University of St. Michael's College

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The University of St. Michael's College (USMC or St. Mike's) is a federated university in the University of Toronto, located on its St. George campus. It was founded in 1852 by the Congregation of St. Basil and retains its Catholic affiliation through its postgraduate theology faculty. Its largest component however is its secular Faculty of Arts and Science known as St. Michael's College, one of the seven undergraduate colleges in the University of Toronto's larger Faculty of Arts and Science. St. Michael's is most closely associated with teaching and research in the humanities and in theology. It is also known for being home to Marshall McLuhan throughout his influential career as a philosopher and communication theorist, from 1946 until his death in 1980. Both the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies reside within the university. St. Michael's College School is an affiliated boys school which was once the high...

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