UTSC Library's 'Memory Project'

The Memory project expresses the UTSC Library's commitment to act as stewards of UTSC's story, and to enable wider appreciation and engagement with our institutional history. 

The UTSC Library acknowledges that items in this collection may express outdated views and use terminology and language that may be considered offensive by today’s standards. These instances have been retained in their original form and remain unaltered to preserve context and the historical record.

We hope to inspire reflection on those traces that remain, and support a better understanding of UTSC's origins and evolution. This project emerged out of our library response to the campus strategic plan Inspiring Inclusive Excellence. 

If you are interested in the history of campus, please review the History of UTSC project, an initiative by long-term library collaborator and HCS Faculty member Chris Berkowitz.  

Contribute 

If you recognize a person or a place in one of our digital objects (or an error or omission), you can use the link in the upper right corner of the object to send us a message that will be reviewed by our library staff so we can correct the description on the photograph. 

If you have materials you think we should consider for inclusion in the memory project, please email  dsu.utsc@utoronto.ca.

Metadata Contributors

The following people have made our metadata better by making corrections and providing more information. Thank you!

• Corey Formica
• Celeste Richards
• Julie Witt
• Kasey Bayne
• Tina Doyle

Take-Down Policy

The UTSC Library respects the intellectual property and consent of others. If you are concerned that you have found material in our collections for which you have not given permission or if you wish to withdraw permission, please contact us at the UTSC Library using the email address dsu.utsc@utoronto.ca or the address on the bottom of our website homepage, stating the following:

• Your contact information (including email address and phone)
• Exact URL where you found the material
• Details that describe the material (name, specifications, characteristics, etc.)
• The reason why you would like content removed or altered, with any pertinent documentation.

Upon receipt of your objection, the UTSC Library will:

• Promptly acknowledge receipt of your statement via email (or other means of communication if you do not have an email account.

We may temporarily remove the material from public view while we assess the validity of your information

Upon completion of our assessment, the UTSC Library will take appropriate action and communicate that action to you.

Credits

Institutional memory is a long job, helped by multiple people who ensure that documents are captured, described, and saved over generations.

This digital project has benefited from the expertise of multiple UTSC Library Emerging Professionals, particularly Evelyn Feldman (2019) and Fiona Kovacaj (Fall, 2022).

We are also grateful for partnerships with the larger University of Toronto Libraries system, particularly Mark Pellegrino from the Media Commons at UTL, and the Internet Archives. 

Exhibits have been organized by our Digital Collections Technician, Catherine Spence. 

The project is supported by the UTSC Library's Digital Scholarship Unit librarians and staff, and contains many materials that were digitized from the UTSC Library's Archives.

Sources for Exhibit Information

University of Toronto Scarborough. (n.d.). UTSC History.  https://web.archive.org/web/20210312212951/https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aboutus/utsc-history  

Onley, Robert (2010, May 21). Explore UTSC’s story of intriguing architecture at Doors Open Toronto. University of Toronto Scarborough. https://ose.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=2155 

The Underground. (n.d.). About. https://www.the-underground.online/about