Title Varsity's soldiers : the University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps, 1914-1968 / Eric McGeer

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource Series The Canadian experience of war Canadian experience of war. Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Commanding Officers -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Old K": The University Rifle Company and Its Legacy, 1861-1914 -- Chapter 2. Born and Raised in War: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1914-1919 -- Chapter 3. Soldiering on in Peacetime: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1919-1939 -- Chapter 4. "The Child of the Last War": The University of Toronto Contingent, 1939-1945 -- Chapter 5. A Vital Link: The University of Toronto Contingent, 1945-1968 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the university archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focussing on the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks to enlarge appreciation of the university's remarkable contribution to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied the ideal of service to alma mater and to country."-- Provided by publisher Analysis Canada University of Toronto academic environment leadership military officer selection and training service before self student life and attitudes training university at war Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019) Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps. University of Toronto Contingent -- History -- 20th century Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps -- History -- 20th century University of Toronto -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers' Training Corps fast University of Toronto fast Subject Military education -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century Education, Higher -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Military -- Canada. Education, Higher Military education SUBJECT Toronto (Ont.) -- History, Military -- 20th century Subject Ontario -- Toronto Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487518103 1487518102 9781487518110 1487518110

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