The University of Toronto Mississauga is a vibrant and active undergraduate and graduate campus that offers the benefits of a University of Toronto education in a beautiful park-like campus. The campus consists of a number of buildings arranged across a large, treed lot. The surrounding suburban neighbourhood is a fairly affluent section of the city of Mississauga. Established in 1967, UTM is the second largest division of U of T, with 11,700 undergraduate students, 500 graduate students, 740 staff and over 40,000 alumni. The campus is home to 15 academic departments and an Institute of Communication, Culture and Information Technology, where the new $37-million Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex joins the recently opened $70-million Instructional Centre and numerous other award-winning buildings and residences.

Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre

Instructional Centre exterior

Instructional Centre exterior

Health Sciences Complex

Health Sciences Complex

CT Building

CT Building

Deerfield Hall

Deerfield Hall

Deerfield Hall

Bus stop

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Casa Loma is a beautiful landmark and makes for an incredible venue for events. The former home of Canadian financier Sir Henry Pellatt, Canada\’s famous castle is complete with decorated suites, secret passages, an 800-foot tunnel, towers, stables, and beautiful 5-acre estate gardens. It was built by Canadian financier Sir Henry Pellatt to fulfill his childhood wish for a castle. His dream took three years and $3.5 million to complete. If you visit Toronto, it’s a worthwhile place to visit!

Admission:

Adults (18-59): $24.00
Seniors (60+)/Youth (14 – 17): $18.00
Children (4-13): $14.00

Opening Hours:

Daily from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.

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The CN Tower is Toronto’s tallest and most defining landmark. Photos of Toronto are often defined by the building, which stretches more than 550 metres into the sky. This former tallest freestanding structure on earth—is, at 1,815 feet, still one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The tower was constructed by Canadian National Railroad to improve television reception. Construction of the CN Tower cost CAD$63 million. The tower consists of 40,522 cubic meters of concrete, 129 km of post-tensioned steel, and 5,080 metric tons of reinforcing steel. The tower is estimated to weigh 132,080 metric tons.

Antenna: 1815 ft
Roof: 1500 ft
Top floor : 1465 ft (“Skypod”, 147 floor level)
Restaurant: 1152 ft
Observation deck: 1135 ft (“Look Out Level”, 114 floor level)
Glass floor: 1122 ft (113 floor level)

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Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Chris Tucker walk the red carpet at the premiere of their film The Silver Linings Playbook during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. This comedy drama movie is directed by David O. Russell. The Silver Linings Playbook is the poignant story of how one man regains his memory after a stint in a mental institution. Former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

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Canadian celebrities wear red colour when they hit the runway. The event, which highlights awareness for heart disease and stoke, the number one killer for women in Canada. The Heart and Stroke Foundation\’s fifth annual fashion show, which took place at The Carlu, in downtown Toronto. Celebrities, such as Jully Black, Jessica Steen, Gabrielle Rose and Jessi Cruickshank, modeled red dresses from major designers, including Arthur Mendonça, David Dixon, LOVAS by Wesley Badanjak and Adrian Wu.

Pascale Hutton wearing Paul Hardy

Catriona Le May Doan wears LOVAS

Tamara Taylor wearing Mark Belford

Isabelle Maréchal wearing Anne de Shalla

Natasha Gargiulo wearing Micalla

Divine Brown wearing Freda’s

Jully Black wearing Lauren Bagliore

Lauren Lee Smith wearing Ines Di Santo

Jessica Steen wearing Joeffer Caoc

Ali Liebert wearing Momo

Lisa Ray wearing Farley Chatto

Susan Haskell wearing David Dixon

Liza Fromer wearing Mallia

Angie Seth wearing Thien Le

Shannon Tweed-Simmons wearing Arthur Mendonça

Gabrielle Rose wearing Something Blue Vancouver

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The Royal Ontario Museum aka “The ROM” is an incredible museum that all visitors to Toronto must see. The Exibits are all fantastic and amazing! There is definitely something for everyone here. Permanent exhibit of dinosaurs including tyrannosaurus, parasaurolophus and triceratops. The museum is situated north of Queen’s Park and east of Philosopher’s Walk in the University of Toronto.

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The Integral House is a place for architecture, music and performance located at the edge of a Toronto ravine. Dr. James Stewart decided to spend most of his money on a residence. He spent some $24 million for this house, but specialists say that it is worth the price. He used for his dream relatively unknown pair of architects, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe of Shim Sutcliffe to create his residence. Stewart was not looking to build just a residence, but he also wanted a private concert hall and lots of curves. Integral House incorporates an airy space in which chamber groups and soloists can perform to audiences of as many as 150 people. It cots $24 million US, 18,000-square-foot Integral House was completed.

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