York University

:This article is about the Canadian university. For the British university, see University of York.

History

York University was founded in 1959, by virtue of the York Act, which received Royal Assent in the Ontario Legislature on March 26 of that year. Its first class was held on September 1960, in Falconer Hall on the University of Toronto campus, with a total of 76 students. In the fall of 1961, York moved to the Glendon campus, and began to emphasize liberal arts and part-time adult education.

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1959 - Royal Assent - March 26 - 1960 - University of Toronto - 1961 - Glendon

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In 1965, York moved into its permanent home on the Keele campus. The campus, located at the northern edge of the City of Toronto, was regarded too desolate and isolated, in a generally industrialized part of the city. Some of the early architecture was considered to be unpopular. However, in the last two decades, the campus has been intensified with new buildings, including a dedicated Student Centre and new fine arts, computer science and business administration buildings. As well, as Toronto spread further out, York now finds itself in a relatively central location within the built-up Greater Toronto Area.

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1965 - Greater Toronto Area

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