100 percent ready for the next step in life

  •  September, 2023
By Sean Delaney Hari Chand Balachandran Pillai a student at Emery Collegiate Institute has achieved the remarkable feat of finishing his graduating year with a 100 percent grade point average. As Pillai looks forward to post-graduate studies at Queen’s University, we sat down with him to discuss...

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Pomp and ceremony are back at Emery Collegiate and St. Basil-the-Great

  •  August, 2022
By Sean Delaney Emery Collegiate Institute and St. Basil-the-Great College School recently held graduation ceremonies to honour all the students who achieved academic excellence and will now move on and up. And to thank all the teachers, staff, and resource workers who helped the students reach...

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Emery grad selected to Ontario Court of Justice

  •  February, 2022
By Tim Lambrinos On June 3, 2021, a graduate of Emery Collegiate Institute was appointed as a new justice to the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Paul Cooper had the distinction of growing up on Bluehaven Crescent in Humber Summit during the 1960’s, 70’s and early 80’s. His late parents, Sylvan...

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Emery Collegiate vaccine clinic with a cool twist

  •  July, 2021
By Sean Delaney The sun was shining and temperatures hit 32 Celsius on June 28th. It was a near-perfect day to nab your first or second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at Emery Collegiate Institute (C.I.). TDSB Trustee Christopher Mammoliti, Emery C.I. Principal, Maria Palermo and Al Rugg...

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It continues to be all about the music

  •  November, 2020
By Tim Lambrinos There are musicians that develop their vocals or play instruments and are able to transcend local boundaries to reach their full talent. Many win awards nationally or internationally and others even become household names. And then there are some that simply fly under the radar. ...

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The first laneway housing of Woodview

  •  March, 2020
As demand for the building of new houses continues to rise in Toronto, many are unaware that there once existed a time when housing shortages reached epidemic proportions throughout the entire city. This occurred at the end of the second world war when military veterans were returning h...

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Yesterday and Today Emery's cinematic pioneer

  •  June, 2019
By Tim Lambrinos Emery Collegiate Institute on Weston Road has graduated many exceptional students that have gone on to distinguish themselves professionally and personally in their chosen fields and paths. Ever since the local high school opened its doors in 1961, few graduates have been ab...

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Yesterday & Today: Up, Up and Away

  •  April, 2019
By Tim Lambrinos In 1958, a brand-new elementary school opened on Gulfstream Road, in the heart of a newly built subdivision named Woodview. Prior to development, Matthew Griffith and Charlie Grubbe ran large agricultural operations on the land. All new streets around the school were named afte...

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Emery’s Poet Laureate

  •  June, 2017
This month, Dr. Laurence Hutchman was designated with the title as Poet Laureate of Emery. Hutchman was a student at Gulfstream Public School and Emery Collegiate Institute in the 1960’s. He went on to become a professor who taught English Literature at several Canadian universities. He recei...

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Emery’s Big Reunion May 2016

  •  April, 2016
. By Sean Delaney Emery Collegiate Institute is one of the two area high schools (along with St. Basil’s College), that provides secondary schooling to our community’s teenagers. In its heyday, Emery regularly had more than 2,000 students enrolled per year. Since the opening of the schoo...

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Yesterday and Today: Donovan Ruddock

  •  February, 2015
Ruddock’s maturing ambition beyond belief By Tim Lanbrinos The Emery Village BIA Arts and Heritage Committee endorses naming rights in commemorating our community’s builders, artists, musicians, politicians, community leaders, original pioneers and sports heroes. This is why our commun...

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Emery grad selected to Ontario Court of Justice

  •  February, 2022
By Tim Lambrinos On June 3, 2021, a graduate of Emery Collegiate Institute was appointed as a new justice to the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Paul Cooper had the distinction of growing up on Bluehaven Crescent in Humber Summit during the 1960’s, 70’s and early 80’s. His late parents, Sylvan...

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