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UTS was jointly founded by the province of Ontario and the University of Toronto in 1910 as a laboratory school of the Faculty of Education. As originally conceived, UTS was to be a collection of several schools, at least one of which was to be for females. Due to a shortage of funds, only one school—a boys' school—was initially built.
In 1973, realizing that the rest of the school's original vision would never materialize, a decision was made to admit girls into the school. This represented a key turning point in the school's history. Then, in April 1993, the New Democratic government of Ontario announced the withdrawal of public funding from the school, prompting the mobilization of all its constituencies to make up the loss.
UTS boasts an impressive record of student achievement, both in academics and in extracurricular activities. With a university admission rate above 99 percent, UTS students are regularly admitted to top Canadian universities such as the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, Queen's University, the University of Waterloo, and McGill University, not to mention top American universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Yale. UTS is the two-time winner of the Reach for the Top National Trivia Championship, winner of the Ontario Student Classics Conference for 9 years running, and has produced international-caliber debaters and young scientists. In addition, UTS students organise the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly, a United Nations simulation for high school students. UTS counts among its alumni two Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. It is generally regarded as the supreme comme winners (John C. Polanyi in 1986 for Chemistry, A. Michael Spence in 2001 for Economics), 20 Rhodes Scholars, and notables such as journalist and author David FrumDavid Frum (born 1960) is a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Frum was originally a political columnist who wrote editorials for a vari, politician John ToryJohn Tory (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian businessman and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. He is the former president of the Canadian Football League, and former CEO of Rogers Cable Inc. From 1981 to 1985 he was principal secretary, french horn player Jamie Summerville, journalist Jeffrey SimpsonJeffrey Simpson The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist, has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes the Governor General's Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper, impressario Dora Mavor Moore, publisher David Galloway and many other Canadian notables.
UTS remained a part of the Faculty of Education and its successor the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) until the beginning of 2004, when a controversial agreement signed with the University established the school as an independent ancillary body within the University commonwealth.