Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School

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Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational, non-semestered, Catholic high school in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada managed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. It was named after Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, a communication theorist, and a committed Roman Catholic. The school was formally founded in September 1998 to replace De La Salle College Oaklands campus in the same area. The school site was once owned by the Toronto Hunt Club while the building was built by the Canadian Forces as the Canadian Forces College and was used until 1994. Its motto is "Faith is our medium".HistoryToronto Hunt ClubThe Toronto Hunt Club was established in by British Army officers of the Toronto garrison (Fort York) in 1843. It held gymkhana equestrian events at various sites around the city. In 1895 it acquired its first permanent home in a rural area east of the city between Kingston Road and the waterfront. In 1898, the streetcar was extended eastward to the site, and soon the area became a cottage district and then streetcar suburb of Toronto. This forced the equestrian activities to move further afield. In 1907, the horses were thus moved to a site in Thornhill (Steeles' Corner at Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street).