George Harvey Collegiate Institute


George Harvey Collegiate Institute, formerly known as George Harvey Vocational School is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada located at 1700 Keele Street. It is a school focused on technology and offers a STEPS to University program as well as a program called Cybridge E3. It is also the first TDSB school to provide netbooks to students and was the first vocational school in the former City of York.

History

The vocational school was constructed in 1951 and opened in 1953. Designed by architect John B. Parkin, the original building had 12 classrooms, 3 commercial rooms, 3 typing rooms, two science labs, a double gymnasium, a 500-seated auditorium, library, an auto shop, an electrical shop, a machine shop, a wood shop and a large tradesroom. It was the first technical secondary school serving the former City of York before evolving into a composite school.
In May 2019, the school hosted 900 students from the displaced nearby York Memorial Collegiate Institute which caught in a five-alarm fire. As the school has a population of 535 students, the building can hold up to 1,435 pupils.

Notable alumni