Trent University

Photo by Alan L Brown - May, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - March, 2007

Plaque Location

The County of Peterborough
The City of Peterborough
In front of some cedar trees in front of the
Trent University Library at 1600 West Bank Drive

Coordinates: N 44 21.447 W 78 17.494

Plaque Text

In 1957 public-spirited residents of Peterborough formed a Citizens' Committee to examine the possibility of creating a University to serve the Trent Valley. By letters patent of August 9, 1960, this committee became Trent College Limited and in the following year, a group of academic advisers under the chairmanship of President-designate T. H. B. Symons, organized the university's Academic Planning Committee. A provincial charter of 1963 established Trent as a degree granting university which admitted its first students in September, 1964. That year the renovation of Rubige Hall and the creation of Robinson and Traill Colleges gave Trent a downtown campus. The opening of Champlain College (1967) and Lady Eaton College (1968) marked the beginning of the main campus.

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