Waterloo in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The University of Waterloo

Photographed by Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024

1. The University of Waterloo Marker

Inscription. In 1956 community leaders, headed by Dr. J. Gerald Hagey, formed the Waterloo College Associate Faculties, a nondenominational corporation, to provide Waterloo with improved educational facilities, particularly in the technical, scientific and engineering fields. A year later about seventy students, attracted by a pioneer programme in co-operative education, attended the institution's first classes. Full university powers were conferred by a 1959 Act and the next year the University awarded its first degrees. St. Jerome's College, a century-old Roman Catholic educational institution, federated with the University of Waterloo in 1960 and within the next year Renison (Anglican), St. Paul's (United Church) and Conrad Grebel (Mennonite) became affiliate colleges of the University. Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation

Erected by Ontario Heritage Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1959.

Location. 43° 28.148′ N, 80° 32.381′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is at the intersection of Ring Road and Seagram Drive

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, on the left when traveling east on Ring Road. The marker is approx. 80 metres inside the entrance to the campus from University Avenue West. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Log Schoolhouse (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Abraham Erb (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); The First Lutheran Seminary in Canada (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Wilfrid Laurier University / Université Wilfrid Laurier (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Waterloo as a Village (approx. one kilometer away); Dominion Life Assurance Company (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Kuntz/ Carling/ Labatt Breweries (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Peter H. Roos (approx. 1.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterloo.

Also see . . . University of Waterloo - how it all began.

The University of Waterloo had its recorded beginnings on December 16, 1955 — a Friday — at a meeting of 17 local business leaders and professional men, called by the president of a small-town college to talk about doing big things. It began at 4 p.m. in the boardroom of Waterloo College, near the corner of Dearborn Street (not yet called University Avenue) and Albert Street. The participants had been invited by Gerry Hagey, a former
Photographed by Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024

2. The University of Waterloo Marker
business executive and president of the college for the past two years, who had already persuaded a few of his friends that it was time to expand the college's scope and size.

(Submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Entrance to the University of Waterloo campus, at University Ave. West and Seagram Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024

3. Entrance to the University of Waterloo campus, at University Ave. West and Seagram Drive

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.