Jarvis Collegiate Institute - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Roy Thomson - won Jarvis entrance scholarship 1906 - left after one year to go to work to help his family - multi-millionaire, owner of newspapers in many countries - given title Lord Thomson of Fleet
  • Conn Smythe 1910-1912 - won Stanley Cup 7 times - owner of Toronto Maple Leafs - built Maple Leaf Gardens
  • Sir Ernest MacMillan - piano prodigy, performed at JCI in 1905; director of Mendelssohn Choir for 15 years; conductor of Toronto Symphony for 25 years; Dean of University of Toronto Faculty of Music; knighted 1935
  • John Strachan - leading figure in early Ontario history - bigwig in Family Compact, etc. - headmaster of Jarvis 1812 - 1823 - founder of University of Toronto in 1827 when he secured a charter for King's College - first Bishop of Toronto 1836
  • Lash Miller, 1880s - chemist, Commander of the British Empire
  • Sir Sam Hughes - JCI teacher - Member of Parliament 1911, Minister of the Militia - knighted 1915
  • Sir Allan McNab - enrolled in Jarvis during its first year, 1807 - Prime Minister of Upper Canada, 1854-1856 - knighted for fighting in Rebellion of 1837
  • George Ignatieff - Jarvis 1932 - Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, President of U.N. Security Council
  • Saul Rae - Jarvis 1931 - Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Herbert Dewart - Leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, 1917–22
  • Sir Lyman Duff - appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1933 - knighted
  • Harry Sniderman - best baseball pitcher ever from Canada - invented the drop pitch
  • Hector Charlesworth, 1880s - first chairman of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Corporation
  • John Falconbridge, 1880s - Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School
  • George Henry - Premier of Ontario 1930-34
  • Omond Solandt - Chancellor, University of Toronto
  • William Finlayson - Ontario Minister of Lands and forests, 1930s
  • Ernest Thompson Seton, 1870s - artist, nautralist, writer
  • Henry Lumley Drayton, 1880s - Minister of Finance, 1919–1921
  • Bertha Harmer, grad. 1901 - Textbook of the Principles and Practices of Nursing, standard text in hospitals across North America, translated into several language; organized Yale University's School of Nursing; director of McGill School for Graduate Nurses
  • Edward Safarian - 1940s - Dean of University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies
  • George Crum - 1940s - Musical Director of National Ballet of Canada
  • Allan Lawrence - 1940s - Attorney-General of Canada
  • Five mayors of Toronto - Bert Wemp, mayor 1929
  • Torquil Campbell - Member of the band Stars
  • Amy Millan - Member of the band Stars
  • Olivia Chow - Member of Parliament
  • David Common - CBC News Correspondent
  • Christian Lander - Author of Stuff White People Like
  • Nicole Stoffman - Actress and jazz singer
  • Mia Kirshner - Actress and writer
  • Drake - Actor and rapper

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