Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical Institute

Former high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical Institute is a dormant high school facility Toronto, Ontario, Canada that formerly served as a technical public high school. Located in the former suburb of located in the Scarborough, it was established by the Scarborough Board of Education which later merged into the present Toronto District School Board from 1966 to 2016. The school was named after Robert Borden, a Canadian lawyer and politician who was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. The motto of Sir Robert L. Borden was Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Hope for a Better Age). The school ceased to exist at the end of the 2015–16 academic year end due to declining admissions. Future use of the building remains uncertain.^[1]

History

Designed by the architects Abram and Ingleson, Sir Robert L. Borden Secondary School was built in 1964 and was opened on September 6, 1966 by the Scarborough Board of Education as a first occupational school in the eastern Scarborough community and the second technical school.^{[citation needed]} The school was one of two schools based on Bendale Secondary School which had opened in 1963.^[2] Since 1987, the school used the present name, Sir Robert L. Borden B.T.I. The school celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1991.

The school's official colours were blue and gold.

Eventually, Borden closed in June 2016 with the last of the remaining pupils graduated Borden on that same week. One month prior, the school building was placed at the hands of the Toronto Lands Corporation for sale.

After closure, the City of Toronto plans to convert the former school into a community hub.^[3]^[4]

Borden B.T.I.’s school structure is currently the only surviving former technical school in Scarborough not to be demolished to date (Timothy Eaton was torn down in 2014 after closing for five years and Bendale six months after closure in early 2020.)

Notable alumni

Orlando Franklin - NFL offensive lineman

References

^ Rushowy, Kristin (June 23, 2016). "Borden high school quietly closes as it celebrates 50th anniversary". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
^ Timothy Eaton ARC - TDSB
^ "Drive to build hub on east Scarborough's Robert Borden lands continues". March 2018.
^ "Delegated Approval Form" (PDF). 2019.

External links

Media related to Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical Institute at Wikimedia Commons
Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical Institute
TDSB Profile

Secondary education in Toronto

English-language public schools
Toronto District SB	A. Y. Jackson Agincourt Albert Campbell Alderwood† Avondale ASE 1 Bendale* Birchmount Park Bloor Bickford Park* Brockton* Burnhamthorpe C. W. Jefferys CALC (Parkview) Cedarbrae Central Etobicoke Central Technical Central Toronto City Contact Danforth David and Mary Thomson Delphi Don Mills Downsview Dr Norman Bethune Drewry Earl Haig East York EYASS Eastdale Emery Etobicoke ESA (Royal York) EYRAC Forest Hill Frank Oke George Harvey George S. Henry Georges Vanier Greenwood Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Humbergrove* Inglenook Jarvis John Polanyi Keiller Mackay† Kingsmill* Kipling L'Amoreaux Lakeshore (New Toronto) Lakeview* Lawrence Park Leaside Lester B. Pearson Lewis S. Beattie* Malvern Maplewood Marc Garneau Martingrove Midland* Monarch Park Nelson A. Boylen* Newtonbrook Native Learning Native Learning East North Albion North Toronto Northern Northview Heights Oakwood Oasis Parkdale Parkview R. H. King Richview Riverdale Rosedale Heights Runnymede Scarborough Centre Scarlett Heights* SEE SLE SEED Silverthorn Sir John A. Macdonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden* Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South East Stephen Leacock Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Tabor Park* Thistletown Timothy Eaton† Ursula Franklin Vaughan Road* Victoria Park Vincent Massey* W. A. Porter West Hill West Humber West Park* Western Weston Westview Wexford William Lyon Mackenzie Winston Churchill West End Woburn Yorkdale York Humber (Emmett) York Humber (Humber Blvd.)* York Memorial York Mills
Toronto Catholic District SB	A.P.P.L.E Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Brebeuf Brother Edmund Rice† Cardinal Carter Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco* Father Henry Carr (Marian Academy) Father Henry Carr (Kipling)† Father John Redmond Francis Libermann James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Loretto Abbey Madonna Marshall McLuhan Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame Regina Pacis* Senator O'Connor St. Basil-the-Great St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John Paul II St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park St. Mary St. Michael's Choir St. Mother Teresa St. Oscar Romero St. Patrick

English-language public schools

Toronto District SB

Toronto Catholic District SB

French-language public schools
CS Viamonde	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français Toronto Ouest
CS catholique MonAvenir	Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Père-Philippe-Lamarche Saint-Frère-André

Private schools
Non-religious	A.R.S. Armenian Abelard Arrowsmith Bayview Glen Beach* Bond Branksome Hall Brighton Crescent Crestwood Dragon* Greenwood Halton Hudson Linden Lycée Français Metropolitan Nile Toronto French Toronto Prep UTS Upper Canada WillowWood York
Religious	Bialik Hebrew Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn Mariyah Islamic Netivot HaTorah North Toronto Christian Royal St. George's St. Clement's St. Michael's Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Tiferes Bais Yaakov Whitefield Christian

Miscellaneous
Lists	List of secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board List of schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board List of schools of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Italics - Alternative school or adult secondary school | * - Non-operational | † - Demolished or sold off