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Upper Canada College houses
Upper Canada College, an all male preparatory school in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, like several other Common-
houses,
wealth schools, divides its students into ten houses each
led by a Senior House Adviser and a student-elected Head
of House. Heads of Houses are among the sixteen "stew-
ards" who form the student government of the College,
the Board of Stewards. In addition to the Heads of Hous-
es, four Prefects from each house are elected to represent
their house and the school .
The house system was first adopted in 1923, previous
to which members of the residence community were re-
ferred to as living in "the House" while day students were
part of "the Town". There were only four houses until
the late 1930s. There are now ten houses. Two of these,
Seaton’s and Wedd’s, are boarding houses while the re-
maining eight are for day students. Each house is also
identified by its own colour, which is displayed on the
"house tie", worn with the standard school uniform by
the members of the respective house.
The houses are:
Bremner’s
Bremner’s is the newest house at Upper Canada College,
having been founded in 1983. The Bremner’s house
colour is red. The student head of house is Shashwat
Koirala, and the faculty head (as of 2010) is Mr. Richard
Tong. Bremner’s finished second in the Prefect’s Cup.
Alumni
Howard’s
Howard’s is one of the newest houses at Upper Canada
College, being founded in the 1960s. The faculty head is
Ms. Bina Evans. The current student head of house is Pa-
trick Smit (Class of 2012). The logo for Howard’s house
Bremner’s colours
is The Eye of Thundera, Insignia of the ThunderCats. It
comes from the American television series ThunderCats,
that ran from 1985-1990. They are known for the HO Dy- Jackson’s
nasty which lasted from 2002–2009, in which they won
Jackson’s House is one of the oldest of the ten houses at
the prefect cup four times.
UCC, represented by the colour yellow. Members of Jack-
son’s house are known as "Jacksonites". The house is col-
Alumni
loquially referred to as "J-House", and at times, the "J-
• Tom Szaky - co-founder of TerraCycle Team". The main house cheer is an adaptation of "Thun-
• Trevor Farrow - Professor at the Faculty of Law, derstruck" by AC/DC. Whenever they reach the podium
University of Toronto to present something, Jackson’s house members are ex-
• Leonard Dick - award winning television writer and pected to start their presentation with the house’s call-
producer and-answer cheer of "Ahoy". Jackson’s is led by Head of
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Howard’s colours Jackson’s colours
House Francois Kenny and four Prefects: Sam Armoyan, Martland’s house colour is purple. Their Senior House
Zachary Baruch, Kenny Chow, and Imran Moledina. Advisor is Jeff Woodroffe, and their Head of House is
Pearce Wildi.
Alumni
• Kenneth Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet - Alumni
businessman, philanthropist
McHugh’s
Martland’s McHugh’s house colour is maroon. The Senior House Ad-
The house was named for John "Gentle" Martland, a mas- visor is Reem Aweida-Parsons. McHugh’s is led by Head
ter at the College who was most well known for his re- of House Cole Fleming (Class of 2012) and by four Pre-
form of the boarding houses, making them into some- fects: Eric Kouri (Class of 2012), Max Carnella (Class of
thing more than simple residences. He toned down the 2012), Alexander Li (Class of 2012), Timothy Dutton (Class
rigid study regimes, cold dormitories, bland menus, and of 2012). Past mascots include the "Chubby Chicken" and
bullying, fostering instead more tolerating discipline, the letter Q. The McHugh’s mural plays off of the logo of
swift punishment for serious offenders, the occasional Australian surfboard maker McTavish.
feast, and organised recreation.[1]
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Martland’s colours McHugh’s colours
Alumni Orr’s
Orr’s house colour is cyan. The house was named after
Mowbray’s William H. Orr. The Orr’s Senior House Advisor is Mrs.
Mowbray’s house is named after the UCC English teacher Deirdre Timusk.
William Mowbray. Their sister house at Bishop Strachan The head of house is Aly Kassim-Lakha (Class of 2011).
School is Walsh. Their Senior House Advisor is Mario The Orr’s House Prefects are Joey Linzon, Patrick Firth,
Sturino, and their Head of House is James Hunter (class of Kabir Vassanji and Justin Yuen. The Orr’s mascot is the
2011). Mowbray’s house colour is gray. shark, which is represented by the house’s mural and the
model shark. Orr’s finished second in the Prefect’s Cup
Alumni Standings for the 2009-2010 academic year.
• James Morehead, Class of ’85, Vice President -
Product Management at Support.com, son of Philip
David Morehead and Patricia Morehead
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Mowbray’s colours Orr’s colours
Alumni Alumni
• Michael Szonyi Rhodes Scholar and Professor of
Scadding’s Chinese History at Harvard University
• Andrew Rankin former investment banker at RBC
Scadding’s was founded in 1960 in honour of Henry Dominion Securities.
Scadding, the first boy enrolled in the school in 1829.
Scadding was also Head Boy of the school for three years
in a row, and later became a teacher at the college. The Seaton’s
house’s colour is teal. The Scadding’s "logo" has tradi- Seaton’s is one of the original four houses at UCC, and is
tionally been a Superman "S", topped with a three-point- one of the two boarding houses. It was founded in 1924
ed crown. The Scadding’s logo is a replication of the and is named after Field Marshal Sir John Colborne, lat-
Pulitzer Prize winning photograph Raising the Flag on er Lord Seaton, UCC’s founder and former Lieutenant-
Iwo Jima, with the American flag replaced with the afore- Governor of Upper Canada. Seaton’s has a long-fought ri-
mentioned S. The house motto is "Scaddings: King of valry with Wedd’s - the other UCC boarding house. Mem-
Houses". bers of Seaton’s House are called "Seatonians". Seaton’s
is led by House Master Brent Mackay. Seaton’s prevıous
Head of House is Andrew Morrison. The head of house is
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Scadding’s colours Seaton’s colours
David Lee. The prefects are Mıchael Topolınskı, Sebastıan the Seaton’s Follies, who would put on a satirical show
Malo, and Chrıs Choı. The 3rd flat senıors are Hassan every term. During the early 1980s there was the Seaton’s
Abdul, Ka Hım cha, Sınan Malık, John Seydel, and Arjun House Independent Tribune and the Seaton’s House In-
Chaudry. dependent Theatre. Also in the early 1980s an unofficial
club called the Midnight Ramblers was formed in
Traditions and symbols Seaton’s and had a companion chapter in Wedd’s House.
Since the House is both a residential community and a In the 1970s, the Seatonians were called "Louis’ Gre-
competitive house within the Prefects’ Cup competition, nouilles" in reference to House Master Louis Paichoux,
it has traditions that somewhat resemble a fraternity. who was French. Other terms for Seatonians include
However, certain responsibilities are placed on the upper "Seatons"and "Seatonsmen". "Seatonite" has also been
year students, such as ensuring grade 8 and 9s are in bed used, but has fallen out of favour due to its similarity to
at their curfew hours. the Wedd’s designation "Weddite". Seaton’s colours are
The earliest exclusively Seatonian club was the green and white. It also has adopted the crest of Lord
Seaton’s Ski Club which formed in the early 1930s. In Seaton as a house symbol, which adorns adorns the house
the early years the boarding houses would participate in flag. Symbols have also included a mouse, a frog (for the
"competitive theatre", staging productions of the same ’Grenouilles’), a fiery ’S’ designating the Seaton’s "Heat",
play. Seaton’s also had a drama troupe of sorts called
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the Green Machine logo, and most common since the
1990s, the Superman shield.
There is also an annual tradition (founded in 2003)
of a House superhero, who stars in a house spirit video,
called "Seatonsman". Seniors (originally anyone in the
house) could audition for the role through video taped
and shown in House Meeting, resulting in a vote on who
would be Seatonsman. The competition was narrowed to
seniors in 2005 to keep it from being politicized by fu-
ture Head of House candidates. There is a Seatonsman
cape as well as a Seatonsman trophy, awarded to the
winner of the competition. Seatonsman was first created
by Matthew Kupfer, later Head of House, and originally
starred Simon Ayotte.
Alumni
• Hal Jackman - former Lieutenant-Governor of
Ontario
• James Bacque - novelist and book editor
• John Lancaster - correspondent for CBC News
• Ted Rogers - President and CEO of Rogers
Communications Inc.
• Brendan Fraser - actor
• Peter C. Newman - journalist
• Colin Greening - Professional Ice Hockey Player
Wedd’s
Wedd’s is the one the oldest of the ten houses at UCC, and
is one of the two boarding houses. Wedd’s is led by House
Master Andrew Turner, and is represented by the colour
black. The Head of house for Wedd’s in Loyan Issa.
Alumni
• Michael Ignatieff - fomer leader of the Liberal Party
of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the
Canadian House of Commons Wedd’s colours
• Andrew Saxton - Member of Parliament and
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the 2005/2006 - Howard’s House (Head of House: Reid
Treasury Board in the Canadian House of Commons Pauly ’06, Julian Cupilari ’07)
2004/2005 - Howard’s House (Head of House: Phil
Prefects’ Cup Noelting ’05, Reid Pauly ’06)
2002/2003 - Howard’s House (Head of House: David
The Prefects’ Cup is awarded annually to the house that Steinbach ’04, Phil Noelting ’05)
places first overall within the intramural competitions. 2001/2002 - Wedd’s House (Head of House: Christo-
Recent Prefects’ Cup Champions 2010/2011 - Mart- pher Cruz ’02, Andrew Lee ’03)
land’s House(Head of House: Matt Walker ’10. Pearce Wil- 2000/2001 - Wedd’s House (Head of House: Andrew
di ’11) Nelson ’01, Christopher Cruz ’02)
2009/2010- Martland’s House(Head of House:Matt 1999/2000 - [ ]
Walker ’10) 1998/1999 - Wedd’s House (Head of House: Scott Hill
2008/2009 - Howard’s House (Head of House: John ’98, Ali Jaffer ’99)
Zucchi ’09, Antonis Drivas ’10) 1996/1997 - Scadding’s House
2007/2008 - Mowbray’s House (Head of House: 1995/1996 - Jackson’s House
Alexander Estey ’08, Alfred Nataprawira ’09)
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References
[1] Killbourn, William; Toronto Remembered; Soddart
Publishing, Toronto; 1984; Pg. 170
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