As part of the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the Seven Years' War global conflict and the French and Indian War in North America Great Britain retained control over the former New France which had been defeated in the French and Indian War the British had won control after Fort Niagara had surrendered in 1759 and Montreal capitulated in 1760 and the British under Robert Rogers took formal control of the Great Lakes region in 1760. Fort Michilimackinac was occupied by Roger's forces in 1761 The territories of contemporary southern Ontario and southern Quebec were initially maintained as the single Province of Quebec as it had been under the French From 1763 to 1791 the Province of Quebec maintained its French language cultural behavioural expectations practices and laws the British passed the Quebec Act in 1774 which expanded the Quebec colony's authority to include part of the Indian Reserve to the west (i.e parts of southern Ontario) and other western territories south of the Great Lakes including much of what would become the United States' Northwest Territory including the modern states of Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota After the American War of Independence ended in 1783 Britain retained control of the area north of the Ohio River the official boundaries remained undefined until 1795 and the Jay Treaty the British authorities encouraged the movement of people to this area from the United States offering free land to encourage population growth for settlers the head of the family received 100 acres (40 ha) and 50 acres (20 ha) per family member and soldiers received larger grants. These settlers are known as United Empire Loyalists and were primarily English-speaking Protestants the first townships (Royal and Cataraqui) along the St Lawrence and eastern Lake Ontario were laid out in 1784 populated mainly with decommissioned soldiers and their families "Upper Canada" became a political entity on 26 December 1791 with the Parliament of Great Britain's passage of the Constitutional Act of 1791 the act divided the Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada but did not yet specify official borders for Upper Canada the division was effected so that Loyalist American settlers and British immigrants in Upper Canada could have English laws and institutions and the French-speaking population of Lower Canada could maintain French civil law and the Catholic religion the first lieutenant-governor was John Graves Simcoe.[circular reference]. Post-secondary education, Ryerson's Faculty of Community Services offers multi-disciplinary programs in health early childhood studies social justice and community development the faculty incorporates health and safety programs under the School of Occupational and Public Health the School of Occupational and Public Health (SOPHe) is considered a leader in injury and disease prevention education Ryerson University is the only school that offers a degree program in occupational health and safety in Ontario Certificate programs in health and safety can be completed through the Chang School of continuing education The faculty also includes the Midwifery Education Program (MEP) which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013 the Ryerson MEP site is part of the longest-running consortium of its kind in Canada (with sister-sites at Laurentian University and McMaster University) In keeping with Ryerson's brand of a career-focused education students partner with various mentors supervisors practitioners and professionals to ensure a career-relevant experience is provided in addition to the theoretical instructions commonly offered in a classroom setting The University also hosts a large nursing school named in 2008 for Daphne Cockwell mother of donor Jack Cockwell and nurse who volunteered to work with veterans returning to South Africa from World War II The faculty also includes the School of Urban and Regional Planning Serving programs in both the undergraduate and graduate level the undergraduate program is one of two accredited programs in Ontario recognized by the Ontario Professional Planning Institute Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory 2nd 3.1 Family Compact. Higher education in Ontario includes postsecondary education and skills training regulated by the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities and provided by universities colleges of applied arts and technology and private career colleges the minister is Merrilee Fullerton the ministry administers laws covering 22 public universities, 24 public colleges (21 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) and three Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning (ITALs)), 17 privately funded religious universities and over 500 private career colleges the Canadian constitution provides each province with the responsibility for higher education and there is no corresponding national federal ministry of higher education. Within Canadian federalism the division of responsibilities and taxing powers between the Ontario and Canadian governments creates the need for co-operation to fund and deliver higher education to students Each higher education system aims to improve participation access and mobility for students There are two central organizations that assist with the process of applying to Ontario universities and colleges: the Ontario Universities' Application Centre and Ontario College Application Service While application services are centralized admission and selection processes vary and are the purview of each institution Admission to many Ontario postsecondary institutions can be highly competitive Upon admission students may get involved with regional student representation with the Canadian Federation of Students the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance or through the College Student Alliance in Ontario Culture, Name Tenure School of Fashion Robbins Hebrew Academy Youth development Part of the series on. !
68 124 4 Divisions, Georgina Green tick Green tick 2006 70 29 217 323 See also The growth of the city is influenced by the geography of the city most notably the Toronto ravine system and the Greenbelt a permanently protected area of green space farmland forests wetlands and watersheds within the Golden Horseshoe the natural geography of the city also provided builders with a variety of resources to build from the most abundant raw material was the shale layer underlying the city as well as the abundance of clay making brick an especially cheap and available material and resulting in many of the city's buildings being built from brick Contents; .
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