Hello, and a warm welcome to Victoria College!
Vic is an academic community like no other, a place where the close-knit feel of a small college thrives alongside the world-class resources of the University of Toronto. At Vic, you’re invited to explore what piques your curiosity, to join a long tradition of creators shaping their world, and to make connections that will last a lifetime.
I’m confident that you’ll find something that inspires and challenges you here—whether that’s in award-winning first-year seminars like the Vic One and Vic One Hundred series, or in distinctive, interdisciplinary upper-year programs in Literature and Critical Theory, Creativity and Society, Education and Society, Renaissance Studies and Science, Technology, and Society. You’ll also find a nurturing environment in our beautiful campus, through our robust student supports, in countless research and service opportunities as well as in sharing space at the Goldring Student Centre and the E.J. Pratt Library.
Victoria College is also home to a number of research centres, academic departments, and professors engaged in cutting-edge work that ranges across the boundaries of the humanities, sciences and social sciences. You can find the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, the Centre for Comparative Literature, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and most recently, the Centre for Creativity on our historic campus. Or better yet, come see what all the buzz is about by joining us at one of the many thought-provoking talks or events we host here.
As you make your way through university, I hope you’ll take time to get involved in all that Victoria College has to offer. I hope you’ll reach out too. Because what ultimately makes Vic so amazing are the people that call it their academic home of which you are now a unique and vital part.
Once again, I extend a heartfelt greeting. Welcome to your new academic home. Welcome to Vic.
Alex Eric Hernandez
Principal, Victoria College
Past Principals
2012–2024 Angela Esterhammer
2000–2012 David B. Cook
1991–2000 William J. Callahan
1981–1991 Alexandra Ferguson Johnston
1976–1981 Gordon Lincoln Keyes
1971–1976 John Mercel Robson
1967–1970 John Edwin Hodgetts
1959–1966 H. Northrop Frye
1941–1959 Harold Bennett
1932–1941 Walter T. Brown
1930–1932 Edward Wilson Wallace