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Residence

Glendon College has two residences, Wood and Hilliard, which together house 401 students in comfortably furnished single, small single and double rooms. There is a large proportion of single rooms open to students in all years of study. Applicants who apply early in the summer have a better choice of accommodation. Priority for admission to undergraduate residence is accorded to scholarship students, international students and out-of-town applicants according to the date of receipt of the application.

Each residence is divided into houses of 30 to 40 students; some are designated to be exclusively for women, while others are coed. Please note that all facilities in a house, including its washroom(s), are shared by all members of the house.

Residence rooms are carpeted and completely furnished with beds, desks, dressers, clothes cupboards, bookshelves, chairs, drapes and recycling baskets. Please note that linen is available upon special request. The rooms are designed to encourage personal additions such as posters, wall hangings, plants and the like. Due to a lack of storage space, however, all university furnishings must remain in the rooms. For the safety of all residents, cooking, pets, waterbeds and air conditioners are not permitted in residence rooms.

The residences have kitchen facilities available for a limited number of senior students. Most residents eat in the Cafeteria Glendon, Bistro Glendon or Café de la Terrasse. There is also a restaurant at the Proctor Field House. Please see the "Meal Plan" section for details.

Each residence house has telephones and a common room with television. Students also have access to vacuum cleaners, irons, video cassette recorders, pool and billiard equipment and a study room. A resident may have his or her own phone but must arrange installation and billing directly with York Telecom or Bell Canada. Card operated laundry facilities are located in the basement of each residence.

Applications to residence are made through Glendon Student Housing Services, 416-487-6844. In the residences themselves, a team of housing professionals endeavour to enrich the experience of residence life, including administrators, night porters, caretakers and dons who act as resource people while helping to foster a sense of community on each floor.

Residence students are at the heart of the academic, social, artistic and athletic life of the campus: part of a cooperative living experience where students of many backgrounds and languages create and administer their own rules to ensure that their rights to both academic and social time are respected. Suggestions and concerns are brought to the Residence Council which is composed of student representatives living in residence.

Summer residence accommodation is also available for students and visitors.

Glendon also offers accommodation for visiting parents and friends during the school year.