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Wilfrid Laurier University
Photo by contributor David Brown - Posted November, 2011
Photo by contributor David Brown - Posted November, 2011
Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted January, 2019
Plaque Location
The Region of Waterloo
The City of Waterloo
Just north of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
facing a parking lot accessible by a driveway off Albert Street
Coordinates: N 43 28.352 W 80 31.765 |
Plaque Text
Founded in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada, and situated on land donated by the Board of Trade of Waterloo, this institution was originally established to train homegrown Lutheran pastors. It was expanded in 1914 with the creation of Waterloo College School, which included faculties for pre-theological education. In 1924, Waterloo College of Arts was established and the following year it became affiliated with the University of Western Ontario, thus offering its students the opportunity to attain arts degrees. This affiliation ended in 1960 when Waterloo College obtained degree-granting powers of its own and was renamed Waterloo Lutheran University. On November 1, 1973, it became a secular, provincially assisted university under the name Wilfrid Laurier University. In the ensuing decades, the university has grown to include multiple campuses and a diverse, international student body. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary remains an affiliate of the non-denominational university.
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