Varsity's Soldiers The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, 1914−1968

Varsity's Soldiers The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, 1914−1968

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 Officer...

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1. Verfasser: McGeer, Eric 1955- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press [2019]
Schriftenreihe:The Canadian Experience of War
Schlagworte:
Canada
University of Toronto
academic environment
leadership
military
officer selection and training
service before self
student life and attitudes
training
university at war
HISTORY / Military / Canada
Education, Higher > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century
Military education > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)
Beschreibung:1 online resource
ISBN:9781487518103
DOI:10.3138/9781487518103

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