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vic facts
2010–2011 is Vic’s 175th anniversary year. Watch for well-known and little-known facts about Victoria University to be released as the celebration year approaches.
vic fact #1
Photograph: Victoria University Archives
Victoria University was founded as Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Ont, in 1836. Royal assent was then given in 1841 to change the academy’s name to Victoria College. It was not until 1884, however, when Victoria College and Albert College, a co-educational boarding school, federated that the name Victoria University was adopted.
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