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include two skylights that were in turn incorporated into theoverall landscape of St. James Square.Ryerson University is located in the heart of downtown Toronto.Ryerson is truly an urban campus and provides an informativeand interesting test case of the pros and cons of a growinguniversity bounded by a bustling city on the west and historicToronto neighborhoods on the east.Participants will depart the Sheraton Centre Hotel and beescorted via subway (tickets included) to each destination. Ameeting point will be designated on campus for those who wishto do the first and second group of tours.1:45 PM–4:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredUniversity of Toronto Libraries on theSt. George CampusGuide: Carole Moore, University of TorontoThe University of Toronto Library provides extensive library servicesacross the campus. There are numerous libraries on campus;the central facility being the Robarts Library on St. GeorgeStreet. The University of Toronto Library consistently ranks inthe top five libraries in North America and usually ranks as thetop library for public research and teaching universities. The tourwill also include a visit to the Fisher Rare Books Collection andthe Information Commons.Participants will depart the Sheraton Centre Hotel and beescorted via subway (tickets included)to each destination. Ameeting point will be designated on campus for those who wishto do the first and second group of tours.1:45 PM–4:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredResidences at the University of TorontoGuide: Jennifer Adams, University of TorontoThe University of Toronto operates a large number of residenceson the St. George campus as part of an extensive college system.The residences offer either suite or dormitory style accommodation.The tour will visit the new 381 bed, 17 story WoodsworthCollege Residence, Innis College, New College, Massey Collegeand Trinity College residences. The tour will provide an opportunityto observe the changing residence developments over a numberof decades.Participants will depart the Sheraton Centre Hotel and beescorted via subway (tickets included)to each destination. Ameeting point will be designated on campus for those who wishto do the first and second group of tours.1:45 PM–4:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredLaboratories and Research Facilitiesat the University of TorontoGuides: William Yasui and Ray DeSouza, University of TorontoThe tour will include a visit to the newly renovated first yearchemistry laboratories, the new botany research greenhouse withinthe Faculty of Arts and Science and will include other facilitiesfrom the following: the Intelligent Transportation Systems Centreand Testbed, Centre for Function and Well-Being, the BahenCentre for Information Technology and/or the Munk Centre forInternational Studies.Participants will depart the Sheraton Centre Hotel and beescorted via subway (tickets included)to each destination. Ameeting point will be designated on campus for those who wishto do the first and second group of tours.Sponsored by Diamond and Schmitt Architects, Inc.1:45 PM–5:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredArt and Architecture Walking TourExplore Toronto’s fascinating public art and architecture on thisunique walking tour. Highlights include: Union Station, TheDesign Exchange, Commerce Court, Hockey Hall of Fame, Oldand New City Halls, the Royal Alexander Theatre, and RoyThomson Hall to name a few. Experts will lead this easy walkingtour on Toronto history, many of whom are architecturalhistorians and local writers.1:45 PM–6:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredToronto City Tour and CN TowerDiscover the pulse of Toronto and the world famous CN Tower.Experience the vibrant downtown financial district with stunningskyscrapers, the New City Hall, Kings Cross Circle, bustlingChinatown, the waterfront, stately homes, museums, parklands,theatres, and the medieval style Castle Loma. After a bus tour ofthe city, participants will be given a guided tour of the CN Tower.Travel up 1,122 feet to enjoy the panoramic and spectacular360-degree views of Toronto and its surrounding areas. On aclear day you can even see the mist from Niagara Falls! This tourincludes entrance to the CN Tower.1:45 PM–4:00 PM Meet at Main LobbyOptional Tour Preregistration RequiredSharpe Centre for DesignGuide: Mary Thring, University of TorontoFew buildings in Toronto have caused more controversy. Thenewly-opened Sharpe Centre for Design at the Ontario Collegeof Art and Design (OCAD) is a $42.5 million campus redevelopmentand expansion project, featuring a 60,000 square footteaching studio facility held nine-stories in the air above OCAD’smain campus. The table top structure is held aloft by 12 colourfulsteel columns and conceived as one half of a suspension bridge,with the central core equivalent to the tower at one end of thebridge, and the columns equivalent to the suspension cables.Featured in both Newsweek and the New York Times, the projectis designed by award-winning British architect Will Alsop in ajoint venture with Toronto-based Robbie/Young + WrightArchitects. Sarah McKinnon, Vice President, Academic, of theOntario College of Art and Design will lead the tour. The tourwill depart the Sheraton Centre and walk to OCAD.Established in 1876, OCAD is Canada’s largest university of artand design and the oldest. 3,300 full and part time studentsattend, making OCAD the 4th largest independent art college inNorth America. 14,000 OCAD alumni work as practitioners increative fields such as film and television production, web design,advertising, interior design, illustration, photography, graphicdesign, publishing, and product and furniture design. Theirartwork is held in private and public collections in Canadaand abroad, and exhibited widely.26 SCUP–39 • July 17–21, 2004 • Sheraton Centre Toronto • Toronto, Ontario Canada