. Toronto is home to the Toronto Maple Leafs one of the National Hockey League's Original Six clubs and has also served as home to the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1958 the city had a rich history of ice hockey championships Along with the Maple Leafs' 13 Stanley Cup titles the Toronto Marlboros and St Michael's College School-based Ontario Hockey League teams combined have won a record 12 Memorial Cup titles the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League also play in Toronto at Coca-Cola Coliseum and are the farm team for the Maple Leafs The Toronto Blue Jays host the Detroit Tigers at the Rogers Centre in April 2008 The city is home to the Toronto Blue Jays professional baseball team of Major League Baseball (MLB) the team has won two World Series titles (1992 1993) the Blue Jays play their home games at the Rogers Centre in the downtown core Toronto has a long history of minor-league professional baseball dating back to the 1800s culminating in the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team whose owner first proposed an MLB team for Toronto The Toronto Raptors entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1995 and have since earned eleven playoff spots and five Atlantic Division titles in 24 seasons They won their inaugural NBA title in 2019 the Raptors are the only NBA team with their own television channel NBA TV Canada They and the Maple Leafs play their home games at the Scotiabank Arena in 2016 Toronto hosted the 65th NBA All-Star game the first to be held outside the United States The city is represented in the Canadian Football League by the Toronto Argonauts who have won 17 Grey Cup titles and play in BMO Field Toronto is represented in Major League Soccer by the Toronto FC who have won six Canadian Championship titles as well as the MLS Cup in 2017 They share BMO Field with the Toronto Argonauts Toronto has a high level of participation in soccer across the city at several smaller stadiums and fields Toronto FC entered the league as an expansion team BMO Field is an outdoor stadium that is home to the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and MLS's Toronto FC The Toronto Rock is the city's National Lacrosse League team They won five National Lacrosse League Cup titles in seven years in the late 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century appearing in an NLL record five straight championship games from 1999 to 2003 and are first all-time in the number of Champion's Cups won the Rock share the Scotiabank Arena with the Maple Leafs and the Raptors Toronto has hosted several National Football League exhibition games at the Rogers Centre Ted Rogers leased the Buffalo Bills from Ralph Wilson for the purposes of having the Bills play eight home games in the city between 2008 and 2013 The Toronto Wolfpack became Canada's first professional rugby league team and the world's first transatlantic professional sports team when they began play in the Rugby Football League's League One competition in 2017 Toronto is home to the Toronto Rush a semi-professional ultimate team that competes in the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Ultimate (disc) in Canada has its beginning roots in Toronto with 3300 players competing annually in the Toronto Ultimate Club (League) Collegiate sports.
1.4 The Toronto Technical School Board 3 History The American naval squadron exchange fire with Fort York during the Battle of York in April 1813 the American landing is depicted to the west (bottom left of image) On 27 April 1813 American forces led by Zebulon Pike attacked York After the British-Native force failed to prevent the American landings (in present-day Parkdale) British forces ordered a withdrawal realizing that defence was impossible Upon their departure British forces rigged Fort York's gunpowder magazine to explode it exploded as the American forces were about to enter the fort killing Pike and a contingent of his men in the following days American forces sacked the town and burned a number of properties including the Parliament Buildings the town remained occupied until May 8 when American forces departed the settlement In addition to the Battle of York two other American incursions occurred in the town during the war the second incursion occurred several months later on 31 July An American squadron originally planned to attack British forces at Burlington Heights; although finding the British too well-entrenched in the Heights opted to raid York instead the landings at York went unopposed with most York's garrison moving west to defend Burlington Heights American forces raided the town's food and military stores as well as destroyed several military structures before departing the same night The third incursion into York occurred a year later in August 1814 on 6 August 1814 an American naval squadron arrived outside of York's harbour dispatching USS Lady of the Lake to enter the town's harbour in an effort to gauge its defences. After the ship briefly exchanged fire with the improved Fort York built several hundred metres to the west from its original position the USS Lady of the Lake withdrew and returned to the American squadron outside the harbour American forces did not attempt a landing during this incursion although remained outside the town's harbour for the following three days before departing Post-War of 1812. . . 64 147 QS National 26 The Golden Horseshoe is home to several universities including the University of Toronto and McMaster University in Hamilton which are ranked 1st and 4th in Canada respectively by the Academic Ranking of World Universities Other universities in the region include Brock University in St Catherines Trent University York University OCAD University University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Ryerson University Public primary and secondary schooling is typically provided by school boards largely organized at the municipal or county/regional level the only school board that operates throughout the Golden Horseshoe is Conseil scolaire Viamonde a public French-language school board and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir a public French-language separate school board Attractions. Michael Power High School (Etobicoke 1957 - Basilian Fathers). York University (Toronto) Christian University of Toronto Scarborough (Toronto), In 2008 OCAD president Sara Diamond changed the pedagogy She emphasised academics over studio time and required full-time instructors to hold an advanced degree There was some controversy as two faculty members resigned over the changes in 2010 Tom Traves then president of Dalhousie University in Halifax conducted a confidential review of how OCAD was managed He found that the number of senior faculty and administrators was excessive Diamond adopted most of his 30 recommendations including increased Decanal autonomy Name changes. OCAD conducts research under the umbrella of the Digital Media Research + Innovation Institute (DMRII) which focuses on creative applied research in digital expression digital immersion digital experience and digital media industries it consist of 19 research labs including:! 1976 8,264,465 +7.3% The Ted Rogers School of Management is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship education in Canada and houses the Ryerson University Entrepreneurship Program one of the largest entrepreneurship programs in Canada Graduate studies consist of an MBA with a global focus and an MBA in the Management of Technology and Innovation the school also offers a Master of Management Science (MScM) in the Management of Technology and Innovation The acceptance rate of Ted Rogers School of Management's MBA program is 25% the second lowest of 39 Canadian MBA programs ranked by Financial Post in March 2012 In the 2009-2010 academic year Ryerson introduced two new majors to the Business Management program: Law & Business and Global Management Studies the Global Management Studies major is a successor of the Management major last offered in 2010-2011 In fall 2013 Ted Rogers School of Management launched a new School of Accounting and Finance Accounting and Finance majors are exclusively offered through the School of Accounting and Finance and are no longer attainable through the Business Management Program Ted Rogers School of Management logo.
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