Upper Canada College, an exclusive Toronto private school that has for generations educated a roll call of Canada's elite, is shuttering its 177-year-old boarding program as part of an effort to attract a more diverse student body. The school has made unwanted headlines in recent years over allegations of sexual abuse by teachers in the 1970s and 1980s, but school officials say the ensuing controversy had nothing to do with the decision to end the boarding program.
Families from Canada and around the world are bringing a different approach to how they raise their children, said Michael MacMillan, chair of the school's board of governors. "Parents are more and more involved in bringing up their kids and nurturing their kids, and less interested in sending them to a single-sex boarding school away from home," MacMillan said.
Families from Canada and around the world are bringing a different approach to how they raise their children, said Michael MacMillan, chair of the school's board of governors. "Parents are more and more involved in bringing up their kids and nurturing their kids, and less interested in sending them to a single-sex boarding school away from home," MacMillan said.