Editing Trinity College, Toronto (section)

==Buildings and environs==
[[File:Trinity College, Toronto.jpg|left|thumb|Trinity from Hoskin Avenue]]
[[File:Front portal of Trinity College, Toronto.jpg|left|thumb|Front wing of Trinity College]]
Trinity College is today located on Hoskin Avenue within the University of Toronto, directly north of [[Wycliffe College]]. The primary College grounds are bounded to the North by [[Varsity Stadium]], and to the west by Devonshire House (owned by Trinity College but mostly leased to the [[Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy]]). Directly to its east, the college overlooks Philosopher's Walk, with the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]] on the opposite side of the ravine.

===Trinity proper===
====South wing====
[[File:Trinity College Quad Facing Tower.jpg|thumb|right|Trinity's central tower from the quad]]The front wing of the main building (often referred to as "Trinity Proper") was completed in 1925 by architectural firm [[Darling and Pearson]], among whose other projects include the university's [[Convocation Hall (University of Toronto)|Convocation Hall]] and [[Varsity Arena]].<ref name="Walking">{{cite book|title=Trinity College : a walking guide|last=Office of Convocation|publisher=Trinity College|year=2001}}</ref> The architects were required to faithfully preserve the familiar characteristics of the original Trinity College building in the design of the front wing,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Trinity College: Queen's Park Toronto|publisher=Rous & Mann, Ltd.|location=Toronto}}</ref> which is hence of predominantly [[Jacobethan]] architectural construction. This is particularly apparent in the characteristic roofline and stone towers of the building, while [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] styles are employed in the construction of the Angel's Roost tower in the college's west wing. Prominent faces are carved into the doorposts at the entrance to the college, the entrance to Strachan Hall, as well as the gate under the east wing's Henderson Tower. The door from the entrance hall into the Trinity quadrangle is also carved with the signs of the zodiac, while figures of scholars adorn the hallway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Trinity College: A Visitor's Guide|last=Lassam|first=Sylvia|publisher=Trinity College Archives|location=Toronto}}</ref>

By 1941, immediately prior to the imposition of wartime restrictions on building materials,<ref name="Review" /> Trinity College had undertaken the construction of the eastern and western wings under Toronto architectural firm George & Moorhouse. The western wing provides an academic wing containing many of the college's public rooms and services, including Strachan Hall, while the eastern wing comprises expanded residence space for the burgeoning college.<ref name="UofTCampusGuide">{{cite book|title=University of Toronto: The Campus Guide: An Architectural Tour|last=Richards|first=Larry Wayne|publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]]|year=2009}}</ref>
[[File:Strachan Hall in Trinity College 2023.jpg|thumb|left|Strachan Hall]]

====Dining hall====
The largest component of the western wing, as well as the central dining hall and social space for students residing at Trinity College, Strachan Hall was built in elaborate wood and stone with the intention of matching the aesthetics of the existing college.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Strachan Hall: A Visitor's Guide|last=Lassam|first=Sylvia|publisher=Trinity College Archives|location=Toronto}}</ref> It is replete with decorations intended to extol the history and values of the college, with heraldric artist A. Scott Carter commissioned to execute paintings and carvings of the coats of arms belonging to founder John Strachan, Queen Victoria, St Hilda's College, the Trinity Medical College, Provost Cosgrave, and Gerald Larkin.<ref name=":1" /> Adorning the walls of the Strachan Hall are portraits of the College Provosts, the founder John Strachan, and Sir John Beverley Robinson - Chief Justice of Upper Canada and the college's first chancellor. The largest portraits, which hang from the north wall, are of Bishop Strachan and [[George Whitaker (Canadian educator)|George Whitaker]], the college's first provost from 1852 to 1880.<ref name="Walking" /><ref>{{cite DCB|title=Whitaker, George|first=Christopher Fergus|last=Headon|volume=11|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/whitaker_george_11E.html}}</ref> Hanging on the front wall prominently behind the High Table is a large medieval tapestry provenant of Gerald Larkin's enthusiastic patronage, believed to have been woven in Flanders in the sixteenth century to depict the coming of the [[Queen of Sheba]] to the court of [[King Solomon]].<ref name="Walking" />

====Junior Common Room====
[[File:Divinity Common Room in Trinity College 2023.jpg|thumb|Divinity Common Room]]
Situated in the western wing not far from Strachan Hall, the Junior Common Room (JCR) is used extensively by Trinity College's student organisations as a social and event space. It most prominently houses the Trinity College Literary Institute, whose coat of arms adorns the mantle. A portrait of C. Allan Ashley, professor of commerce at the University of Toronto, and a long-time resident of Trinity College, hangs to the left of the door.

====Chapel====
[[File:Trinity College Chapel.jpg|thumb|Trinity College's chapel]]
[[File:Side portal of Trinity College, Toronto.jpg|thumb|Entrance to Trinity College's chapel]]

The Trinity College Chapel was built with funds donated by Gerald Larkin, head of the Salada Tea Company from 1922 to 1957. It was designed in the modified perpendicular Gothic style by renowned English architect [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], who was also responsible for the [[Liverpool Cathedral]] and the ubiquitous [[red telephone box]]es seen throughout Britain.<ref>[http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-phone-box/biography/the-red-phone-box-biography-finished The Red Phone Box Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045052/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-phone-box/biography/the-red-phone-box-biography-finished|date=2011-07-17}}, retrieved 14 January 2015</ref> The chapel extends {{convert|100|ft|m}} to the reredos and is {{convert|47|ft|m}} high at the vault bosses.<ref name="Walking" /> Using only stone, brick, and cement, Italian stonemasons employed ancient building methods; the only steel in the construction is in the hidden girders supporting the slate roof, with the exterior walls being sandstone. The Chapel contains several architectural sculptures, including a tympanum by Emmanuel Hahn as well as a carved lintel and tympanum by Jacobine Jones, who also carved the wooden angels on the baptistry. The Lady Chapel's altar was preserved from the original Queen Street location chapel, while the matching sedilia was donated by [[Robertson Davies]]' widow in his memory.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Guide to the Trinity College Chapel|last=Lassam|first=Sylvia|publisher=Trinity College Archives|location=Toronto}}</ref> 
In the chapel a memorial tablet in Indiana limestone designed by Allan George, with lettering and medallions by A. Scott Carter, is dedicated to the members of Trinity College who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=5764|title=World Wars memorial: Trinity College Chapel: Memorial 35091-010 Toronto, ON|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> A number of bronze memorial plaques also honour alumni who died during the First World War.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=5768|title=Charles Edward Courselles Jones: Trinity College Chapel: Memorial 35091-014 Toronto, ON|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> On the wall outside the entrance to the chapel, a memorial Triptych illuminated manuscript in three frames is an Honour Roll erected by Trinity College in 1942 dedicated to the approximately 1000 men and women of Trinity College who died while serving their country; Canadian artist Jack McNie completed the lettering by hand.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=5765|title=Triptych illuminated manuscript in three frames (Honour Roll): Trinity College Chapel: Memorial 35091-011 Toronto, ON|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>

====Quadrangle====
[[File:Trinity College Quadrangle.jpg|thumb|Trinity College's quadrangle]]
The college's northern wing was completed by architects Somerville, McMurrich and Oxley in 1963, thereby completely enclosing the college quadrangle.
The Trinity [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] has long been a focal point of student life at the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salterrae.ca/archive/2005/8/article2.php |title= Quadrangle Redux|last= Pomedli|first= Steve|publisher= Salterrae|access-date=April 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928112125/http://www.salterrae.ca/archive/2005/8/article2.php |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> The site is home to Shakespeare in the Quad, an annual tradition dated to 1949 famed for its of hosting of open-air Shakespeare performances and artistic exhibits.<ref name=":0" /> The quadrangle design features footpaths and patterns based on the Greek letter [[Chi (letter)|Chi]], representing Christ, writ large and intricate flagstones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000223156|title=News - Canadian Architect}}</ref> It was outfitted with a sundial until the quadrangle's renovation in the summer of 2007.<ref name=":0" />

===St. Hilda's College===
[[File:St Hilda, UofT.jpg|thumb|left| St. Hilda's College, overseen by architects George & Moorhouse]]
St. Hilda's College, the Trinity College's second residential building and historically the college's female counterpart, was constructed in 1938. Prior to its completion, the women of college resided in three converted homes on St. George Street. Architects George and Moorhouse had built St. Hilda's College in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style popular at the time at the time, paying particular emphasis to the provision of domestic facilities and spaces to provide a "home-like influence" for young women then expected to adopt traditionally feminine roles and virtues.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17787/22156|title=View of Centres of 'Home-Like Influence': Residences for Women at the University of Toronto {{!}} Material Culture Review|journal=Material Culture Review|date=January 1999 |access-date=2019-10-25|last1=King |first1=Alyson E. }}</ref> Originally envisioned as a complementary but separate institution, St. Hilda's only briefly had its own classes, but it retained a separate administrative and social existence until the 21st century. In 2004 St. Hilda's was converted into a mixed residential space inclusive of all students of the college.<ref name="UofTCampusGuide" /><ref>{{cite book | editor-first = Barbara | editor-last = Sutton | title = Sanctam Hildam Canimus: A Collection of Reminiscences | publisher = [[University of Toronto Press]] | year = 1988 | pages = xi}}</ref> North and south wings were added later to the building, and in 2010 the college undertook the installation of a green roof.<ref name=":0" />

===Library===
[[File:Munk Centre for International Studies.JPG|thumb|Trinity's John W. Graham Library]]
Trinity's John W. Graham Library traces its origins to 1828, when John Strachan secured a collection of some four hundred books from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to stock the library of the fledgling King's College. When Trinity moved to its present-day location on Hoskin Avenue, the library was initially housed in the basement of the main building. In 2000, the library moved into the east wing of the Devonshire House, a heritage building purpose-renovated for the library, alongside the [[Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy]]. Also in 2000, Wycliffe College's theological collection merged with the Trinity library, which was renamed after Toronto lawyer and Anglican churchman John W. Graham (also father of Canadian entrepreneur Ted Rogers).<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/library/about/history/|title=History}}</ref>

Trinity's library contains some 200,000 volumes, computing resources, and approximately 200 study spaces. The Library primarily serves Trinity's undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science and the graduate Divinity students and faculty of Trinity and Wycliffe Colleges, as well as the Munk School and Anglican Church communities. Subject strengths reflect Trinity's academic programs and interests: international relations, ethics, English literature, philosophy, theology, Anglican church history, and biblical studies.<ref name="auto3"/> All Trinity students also have access to the other libraries of the [[University of Toronto Libraries]] system.

The Trinity College Friends of the Library promotes the expansion and well-being of the Graham Library. Each year, the Friends put on a book sale in Trinity's Seeley Hall. The book sale attracts visitors from across the continent, and is considered one of Toronto's best.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/toronto-volunteers-shocked-to-find-1933-edition-of-hitlers-manifesto-mein-kampf-among-donated-books|title=Toronto volunteers shocked to find 1933 edition of Hitler's manifesto, Mein Kampf, among donated books|website=National Post|date=25 January 2015 |last1=Kuitenbrouwer |first1=Peter }}</ref> The book sale routinely raises over $100,000 for the Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/library/about/friends-of-the-library/|title=Friends of the Library}}</ref>

===Gerald Larkin Building===
[[File:Gerald Larkin Buidling Exterior.jpg|thumb|right|The Gerald Larkin Building]]
The Gerald Larkin Building opened in 1962, while the George Ignatieff Theatre, named for then-provost [[George Ignatieff]], was added to the northwest corner of the Larkin Building in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/about/contact_us/maps.html |title= Trinity Campus Map|work= Getting to Trinity College|publisher= Trinity College|access-date= 2016-05-10}}</ref> The Larkin Building is home to the university's Center for Ethics, as well as several classrooms and offices. The ground floor is dominated by "The Buttery," a cafe and student lounge space. In the basement, there is an abandoned, yet perfectly preserved language lab from the 1960s.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://magazine.trinity.utoronto.ca/secret-spaces/|title=Secret Spaces and Hidden Places – Part 1 – Trinity Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazine.trinity.utoronto.ca/secret-spaces-and-hidden-places-then-and-now/|title = Secret Spaces and Hidden Places – then and Now – Trinity Magazine| date=29 July 2019 }}</ref>

Gerald Larkin was President of the [[Salada Tea Company]], and one of Trinity's most generous benefactors.<ref>{{cite book |last= Butler |first= David |title= Bishop Strachan and Heraldry in the University of Trinity College, Toronto |publisher= Stratford Herald Publishing Company |year= 2013 |pages = 70, 141 }}</ref> The college's dining hall and chapel were made possible through his donations. Larkin bequeathed Trinity almost $4 million in his will, which the college used to construct the building bearing his name.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Russell |first= Bruce Hugh |date= Spring–Fall 2016 |title= The Ecclesiastical Patronage of Gerald Larkin (1892-1961) |journal= Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society |volume= 54 |issue=1/2 |pages= 3–23}}</ref>

=== Lawson Centre For Sustainability ===
In 2018, Trinity College announced construction of a new building,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-19 |title=Trinity College planning new residence building |url=https://thevarsity.ca/2018/11/18/trinity-college-planning-new-residence-building/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Varsity |language=en-US}}</ref> the Lawson Centre for Sustainability. When complete, the building will house 342 new residence beds, seminar and lecture rooms, and a new dining facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the New Building |url=https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/lawson-centre-for-sustainability/about/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Trinity College |language=en-US}}</ref>