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Pernah denger yang namanya Universitas Toronto? Di mana universitas ini telah mengabdikan eksistensinya selama lebih dari 1 abad untuk pendidikan di Kanada? Yapp, Universitas Toronto adalah salah satu yang tertua di Kanada. Mari berkenalan dengan universitas yang satu ini.
Terletak di jantung kota Toronto, Kanada. Universitas Toronto merupakan universitas yang dibangun pada 15 Maret 1827. Bisa kebayang dong lamanya?
Universitas Toronto dikenal dalam bidang penelitian, terutamanya penelitian kedokteran. Sepanjang dua dekade terakhir, anggota-anggota di 3.000 fakultasnya telah menerima hampir seperempat penghargaan nasional meski mereka hanya mewakili sekitar 7 persen dari profesor-profesor universitas di Kanada.
Lulusan Universitas Toronto ini, banyak banget yang jadi orang terkenal dan berguna di masyarakat. Entah itu mereka yang meneruskan karirnya di bidang politik, sampai bidang seni sekalipun. Bahkan beberapa lulusan Universitas Toronto terkenal peranannya dalam masyarakat yang ditandai dengan dihargainya penghargaan Nobel untuk mereka. Dilansir dari Wikipedia, ternyata memang benar, banyak sekali lulusan Universitas ini yang berhasil.
Ministers, diplomats, party leaders and other political figures
* Adam Crooks (LL.B.) – Treasurer of Ontario, 1872–77, Attorney General of Ontario, 1871–72, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Toronto West, 1871–74
* Robert Alexander Harrison (B.C.L. 1855, D.C.L. 1859 Trin.) – Member of the Canadian Parliament for West Toronto, 1867–72
* Arthur Matheson (B.A. Trin.) – Treasurer of Ontario, 1905–13, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Lanark South, 1898–1913
* Thomas Moss (B.A. 1858, M.A. 1859) – Member of the Canadian Parliament for West Toronto, 1873–75, Chief Justice of Ontario, 1878–80
* James Wellington McLaughlin (B.A.) – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Durham West, 1879–90
* William Lount (LL.B.) – Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Toronto Centre, 1896–97, former justice in the Common Pleas division of the Supreme Court of Ontario
* Thomas Dixon Craig (B.A.) – Member of the Canadian House of Commons, 1891–1900, as an independent Conservative member
* James Joseph Foy (B.A. St.M.) – Attorney General of Ontario, 1905–14, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Toronto South, 1898–1916
Literature
* Wilfred Campbell (B.A. 1882 U.C., M.A. 1883 Wyc.) – Poet
* Ralph Connor (B.A. 1883, D.Th. Knox) – Novelist
* Archibald Lampman (B.A. 1882 Trin.) – Early Canadian poet belonging to the Confederation Poets group
* Stephen Leacock (B.A. 1891 U.C.) – Humorist, writer and political economist, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
* John McCrae (B.A. 1894, M.B. 1898) – Poet, physician and soldier; In Flanders Fields
* E. J. Pratt (B.A. 1911 Vic., M.A. 1912, B.D. 1913) – Poet, the Royal Society of Canada member, three Governor General's Awards, one Lorne Pierce Medal, Towards the Last Spike
* Arthur Bourinot (B.A. 1915 U.C.) – Poet, lawyer, won the Governor General's Award for Under the Sun
* Paul Hiebert (M.A.) – Writer and humorist, Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour recipient, Sarah Binks
* Raymond Knister (B.A. Vic.) – Novelist, short story writer anc critic, My Star Predominant
* Morley Callaghan (B.A. 1925) – Novelist, writer and playwright
* Earle Birney (M.A., professor of English, 1936–41) – Poet, winner of two Governor General's Awards
* Edna Staebler (B.A. 1929, B.Ed. 1931) – Author, best known for a series of cookbooks, awarded the Order of Canada
* Ernest Buckler (M.A. 1930) – Novelist and short story writer, awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, The Mountain and the Valley
* Dorothy Livesay (B.A. 1931 Trin.) – Poet, winner of the Governor General's Award for Day and Night and Poems for People
* Northrop Frye (B.A. 1933 Vic.; professor of English 1939–91) – Literary critic and theorist; author, Fearful Symmetry, Anatomy of Criticism, The Well-Tempered Critic
* Douglas LePan (B.A. 1935) – Poet, novelist and academic, won two Governor General's Awards, one Lorne Pierce Medal, Guggenheim Fellow, The Deserter, The Net and the Sword
Film, television and theatre
* Frank Shuster (B.A. 1939 U.C.) – Comedian, member of the comedy duo Wayne & Shuster
* Johnny Wayne (B.A. 1940 U.C.) – Comedian, member of the comedy duo Wayne & Shuster
* Arthur Hiller (B.A. 1947 U.C., M.A. 1950) – Film director, The Man in the Glass Booth, Silver Streak
* Elwy Yost (B.A. 1948) – Television host, hosted Passport to Adventure series, Magic Shadows and Saturday Night at the Movies
* William Hutt (B.A. 1948 Trin.) – Actor of stage, television and film, King Lear, Long Day's Journey into Night, Sam Wanamaker Prize recipient
* Albert Wesley Johnson (M.PA.) – President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1975–1982
* Norman Jewison (B.A. 1949 Vic.) – Film director, In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck
Wuihh haha gak kesampean banyaknya, mau liat lebih lanjut? Silakan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Toronto_people
So guys, gimana tertarik gak masuk universitas ini? Masih berpikir 2 kali untuk tidak berkuliah di Kanada? Jangan pernah minder dan jangan berpikir," Aah palingan gw gak keterima.". Ingat kata pepatah, setiap ada kemauan pasti ada jalan, benar bukan?
