École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé

École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé
Unité dans la diversité Unity in diversity
Address
300 Banbury Rd York Mills, North York, Ontario, M2L 2V3 Canada
Coordinates	43°45′08″N 79°22′17″W / 43.75218°N 79.37149°W / 43.75218; -79.37149Coordinates: 43°45′08″N 79°22′17″W / 43.75218°N 79.37149°W / 43.75218; -79.37149
Information
School type	Public High school
Religious affiliation(s)	Secular
Founded	1969
School board	Conseil scolaire Viamonde (Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto and North York Board of Education)
School number	907588
Principal	Katerina Koncar
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	577 (2013-14)
Language	French
Website	etiennebrule.csviamonde.ca

École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé (French pronunciation: ​[ekɔl səɡɔ̃dɛʁ etjɛn bʁyle]) is a French-language public high school located in North York, Ontario, Canada part of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde.^[1] It serves the French population of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

It is featured in the NFB documentary Une école sans frontières (A School Without Borders) by Nadine Valcin ^[2]

History

Throughout the mid 1960s, Étienne-Brûlé was part of the North York Board of Education. A four-year battle resulted in the opening of the school on September 2, 1969: following the adoption of Bill 141, a group of Francophones demanded that a French-language public high school be established in the Toronto area.^[3]

To this end, 15 portable classrooms were set up on the grounds behind the English-language secondary school York Mills Collegiate Institute. At the time, 310 students from Francophone families living not only in Toronto, but also in Oshawa, Georgetown, Burlington and Mississauga, formed the first student body at Étienne-Brûlé.

In 1973, the school officially inaugurated its first building, which is still located at 300 Banbury Road in North York. The majority of students were of Franco-Ontarian origin, while others came from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, and a few from outside of Canada. Today, Étienne-Brûlé reflects the highly diverse population of modern-day Toronto; students come from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

The school was part of the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto of the Metropolitan Toronto School Board. In 1998, it became the part of the newly formed Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest, which is now le Conseil scolaire Viamonde.

Notable alumni

• Patrick Chan
• Paul Poirier
• Dan McTeague
• Chantal Hébert
• Sarah Osman
• Rose Cossar

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario

References

External links

• École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé
• www.lexpress.to/archives/3798/ (An article on the most recent school play)
• picasaweb.google.com/lexpress.to/TheatreEtienneBrule (Photos of the aforementioned play)

Viamonde schools
Secondary schools	École secondaire Confédération École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé École secondaire Franco-Jeunesse École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier École secondaire Jeunes sans frontières École secondaire Le Caron École secondaire Michel-Gratton Le Collège français
Primary or elementary schools	Académie de la Moraine Académie de la Tamise Académie la Pinède Carrefour des jeunes École élémentaire Antonine Maillet École élémentaire Champlain École élémentaire Félix-Leclerc École élémentaire Horizon Jeunesse École élémentaire Jeanne-Lajoie École élémentaire La Fontaine École élémentaire La Source École élémentaire LaMarsh École élémentaire Laure-Rièse École élémentaire L'Envolée École élémentaire Les Rapides École élémentaire L'Héritage École élémentaire L'Odyssée École élémentaire Marie-Curie École élémentaire Nouvel Horizon École élémentaire Patricia-Picknell École élémentaire Pavillon de la jeunesse École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau École Publique Renaissance École élémentaire St-Joseph École L'Harmonie École publique Gabrielle-Roy École Publique Maison Montessori