The NTCI alumni association was originally known as the North Toronto Collegiate Project Fund and was founded in 1972. The original officers of the Fund were JC Strachan (president), who was then principal of NTCI; James H. McMurray (secretary) who was the school's vice-principal, and Verna Houtman (treasurer). The name was changed in 1987 to the North Toronto Collegiate Institute Foundation.
The Foundation has three basic objectives:
We fund several scholarship prizes which are awarded at Commencement to reward academic and extra-curricular achievement. During any given school year, we also support worthwhile projects that cannot be funded from normal school resources through our activity grants. (Click underlined links for more information.)
This web site and the annual newsletter mailed to alumni in our main database are the key tools we use to carry out the mandate for keeping in touch with alumni. We are also key organizers of large reunions, such as the hugely successful 75th Anniversary Reunion in 1987, which established a remarkable database of names and raised a considerable sum of money.
In line with our role as an alumni association we have also undertaken, especially since the 90th reunion in May 2002, to collect, preserve, restore and catalogue the wealth of archival material which the school possesses. Photographs, films, yearbooks and assorted memorabilia need to be sorted through and, in many cases, transferred to another medium or treated to prevent further deterioration. We work with the school's archivist to identify what needs to be done and then devote some of our financial resources to the task. We also maintain a Photo Gallery (by decade) and the latest Mystery Photo.
The new building opened for classes in September, 2010.
We are also gearing up for the NTCI's 100th anniversary celebration to be held in May 2012. There is a dedicated website for this, along with an active Facebook group (NTCI 100th Anniversary - May 2012).
We want to keep in touch with as many alumni (both students and staff) as possible. Please register with us online. If you wish to help with financial support, that's wonderful. Click here if you'd like to donate.
If you just want to be on the mailing list, that's fine too. Let us know your mailing address if you're not already receiving the Foundation News, our annual Newsletter; even if you are now receiving the newsletter, however, we would like to have your email address too. This is because, while the newsletter will be sent by both Canada Post and email in 2011, for environmental and cost reasons, it will be sent by email only in 2012 (unless you request to continue receiving it by Canada Post), so it is particularly important that we receive your email address.
Register with us online, or send an e-mail to: ntcifoundation at ntci dot on dot ca with your full mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, graduating year, and maiden name (if applicable).
Alternatively, write us at: NTCI Foundation, 17 Broadway Avenue, Toronto ON M4P 1T7 or leave a voicemail message at 416-393-8585 x 20145.