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York Memorial Collegiate Institute

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted November, 2016

Located on the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Trethewey Drive, this 2015 Heritage Toronto plaque attached to the wall beside the front doors of the school has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.690120 -79.476192

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Opened in 1930, York Memorial Collegiate Institute was built for York Township Council in memory of local youth killed in the First World War. C.W. Smith was the architect. While Torches of Remembrance and Shields of Honour flank the main entrance, the upper set of eleven steps leading to the front doors symbolize Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. On the wall outside the school's auditorium is a mural by John Hall honouring lives lost in the Second World War, and below the mural hang York Memorial's Honour Rolls. Inside, above the stage, are plaster crests of Canada's provinces alternated with Roses of Sacrifice. Stained-glass windows by Robert McCausland Glassworks commemorate two turning points in Canadian history - the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the Battle of Ypres in 1915.

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