The images in this collection are collected from several series of historical photos throughout Osgoode Digital Commons.
If you would like to view the images in their original galleries please follow the links below:
Osgoode@125 Historical Photo ExhibitOsgoode Catalysts
Remembrance Day
Graduating Class Composites
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Osgoode Hall Contingent of the Canadian Officer's Training Corps
Osgoode Hall formed its own contingent of the Canadian Officer's Training Corps. Here they are at Niagara Camp, 1940. The Law School agrees that unlike what was offered to returning World War I veterans, there will be no short-cut summer courses for returning students. Instead, plans are laid for refresher courses to help lawyers return to practice.
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Osgoode Hall Rifle Association
Osgoode Hall Rifle Association trained lawyers, clerks, and law students without previous military experience. The Law Society of Upper Canada created a rifle range on the Osgoode Hall grounds, paid for rifles and ammunition, and provided Convocation Hall for military lectures.
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Passing Grade for Enlisted Osgoode Students
A motion passed by the Benchers gives enlisted Osgoode students a passing grade for the year in which they registered, while third year students are automatically called to the Bar.
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Swelled Enrollment
Enrollment in the Law School was low during the war years, but soon swelled to over 700 students with the declaration of peace. Returning veterans took advantage of the benefits offered by the Veteran's Rehabilitation Act to receive a post-secondary education.
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Victory Bond Ads
The Obiter Dicta publishes lists of individuals serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, messages of encouragement from Dean Falconbridge, tongue-in-cheek editorials about 'What to Do in an Air Raid,' and ads for Victory Bonds. This advertisement appeared in the April 1943 issue.
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Walter Leishman McGregor
Walter Leishman McGregor, Class of 1947. On the morning of August 19, 1942, Walter McGregor received his orders to lead troops from the Essex Scottish Regiment onto the beach at Dieppe. They ran into hail of German artillery fire, and hours later, McGregor was taken captive. He spent two and a half years as a prisoner of war. During this time, the Law Society of Upper Canada continued to send him law books so he could continue his studies. At the end of the war, Walter resumed his law degree at Osgoode, passed the Bar, and spent most of his life practicing general commercial law in Kingsville and Windsor. He is also credited by his peers as leading the effort to put up a memorial at Dieppe in recognition of the valiant efforts of veterans and their fallen comrades for the 50th anniversary.
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Women Serving in the Canadian Forces
Canadian Women's Army Corps corporal Marie Ballard studying law in the student's library at Osgoode Hall. Thousands of Canadian women served as non-combatants in all three branches of the Canadian Forces.
