Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College (UCC) is an all-male elementary and secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, the oldest independent school in the province, and the third oldest school in Canada. It is widely considered to be the leading school in Canada. It has educated many of the country's elite, powerful and wealthy and declares its goal as being a "private school with a public purpose."http://www.ucc.on.ca/Admissions/about.htm

Recent events

Scandal

In 2004, UCC was embroiled in a very public $62 million class action lawsuit brought by eighteen students who sued the school over alleged sexual abuse by Doug Brown, a member of the faculty who taught at UCC from 1975 until 1993.

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1975 - 1993

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The lawsuit was settled on the eve of the trial, but the some continue to criticise what they view as a poor handling of the scandal by the College.

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In October of 2004, Doug Brown was found guilty of 9 counts of indecent assault, while a housemaster and teacher at UCC. In January of 2005, he was sentenced to 3 years in jail. An appeal is currently in the works.

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In a media release, UCC has announced that they "continue to offer support to those who were victims of abuse at the College, and are committed to a fair process for determining the school's responsibility to compensate those who were victimized by Doug Brown."

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Capital building project

UCC has launched a decade-long $90 million capital building campaign - the largest and most ambitious fundraising campaign of any pre-university school in Canada. The plans call for the creation of two new arena complexes, an Olympic-standard 50-metre swimming pool, a new racquet centre (squash, badminton and tennis), a rowing centre, expansion of both the Prep and Upper School academic buildings, and an expansion of the Archives.

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