Engineering students support President Bissell at Convocation Hall.
Title
Pollution Probe Time Capsule Ceremony
Date
October 14, 1970
Extent and medium
1 negative: b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Description
Shown: student with gas mask
Title
Donald Chant and members of Pollution Probe
Date
October 14, 1970
Extent and medium
1 negative: b&w ; 5x 5 cm
Description
In this photo Chant and other members of Pollution Probe attend a ceremony to bury a time capsule on the south side of Robarts Library. Zoologist Chant, on the left, was the founder of Pollution Probe.
Title
University President, Claude Bissell, debates Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC]outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC], debates President Claude Bissell outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Commission on University Government - Student sit-in and "Parity Festival"
Date
January 22, 1971
Extent and medium
49 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during a student sit-in regarding parity issues on the Commission on University government (CUG). It includes photographs of striking students preparing signs, and attending a mass meeting in Sidney Smith Hall.
Title
Honorary Degree - Adlai Stevenson, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Date
May 28, 1965
Extent and medium
25 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images document this special convocation including the procession to and from Convocation Hall, Adlai Stevenson addressing convocation and leaving a black- tie reception at Hart House. There are also views of protestors along the street and on the steps of Hart House with signs protesting the war in Vietnam.
Title
Honorary Degree - Adlai Stevenson, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Date
May 28, 1965
Extent and medium
102 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of honorary degree ceremony taking place in Convocation Hall. Several photos documenting the anti-Vietnam protests happening outside with views of people holding placards that read: “No more must die", "Let people know the truth", "Bring US troops home”, “Mr Martin say no to US war”.
Title
Engineering students at Convocation Hall
Date
October 03, 1969
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Engineering students support President Bissell at Convocation Hall.
Title
Engineers protest 'Artsies' in government
Date
[197-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Description
Engineers carry placard with the words, "Keep Artsies Out of Government!"
Title
Protest against the Vietnam War in front of Convocation Hall.
Date
May 28, 1965
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Protest occurred when Adlai Stevenson, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, received an honourary degree.
Title
Notice of a mass meeting during the student strike of 1895
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 document
Title
War protesters on campus.
Date
May 1965
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 25x 20 cm
Description
Protests took place during the visit of the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson. He was given an Honorary Degree by the University of Toronto in May 1965.
Title
Unidentified student addresses crowd at Langdon - Bissell debate outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC], debates President Claude Bissell outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Demonstrations in front of U.C.
Date
May 1985
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w
Title
President Bissell addresses students
Date
September 17, 1968
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm and 26 negatives: b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Photographs show Claude T. Bissell, University President, welcoming first year student and addressing the student body in Convocation Hall (Opening address). Students greet returning Bissell who was away teaching at Harvard University the previous year. Free watermelon is given to the students prior to the meeting as a form of protest to Bissell's stance on University governance outside of Convocation Hall. Also, included are images of students and tents in front of Hart House representing "Tent City," which is a dramatization of the student housing shortage at the University of Toronto. This issue is further documented in photographs of student crowds in front Convocation Hall being addressed by student leaders.
Title
Campbell Committee Report on Disciplinary Procedures - Mass Meeting in Convocation Hall
Date
October 01, 1969
Extent and medium
78 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document a mass meeting attended by over 2000 students and staff regarding the Campbell Committee Report on Disciplinary Procedures. President Bissell addresses a supportive crowd.
Title
Protest Meeting and March - "Stop the Spadina Expressway"
Date
March 18, 1970
Extent and medium
73 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during a University of Toronto rally against the construction of the Spadina Expressway in 1970. It includes views of University staff and students meeting in Convocation Hall, the march to Queens Park and the rally in front of the Provincial Legislature.
Title
Commission on University Government - mass student meetings on parity|Meeting on student housing issues with Ontario Housing Corporation
Date
January 20, 1971
Extent and medium
71 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
One set of images documents student leaders addressing student protesters in Sidney Smith Hall after the Arts and Science Faculty Council rejected the principle of parity. A second series of images show a meeting in convocation hall between residents of the Married Students Residences and the Ontario Housing Corporation regarding evictions.