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Convocation Hall is a domed rotunda on the grounds of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Captain Beefheart, Climate change, Convocation, Darling and Pearson, Documentary film, Frank Darling (architect), Frank Zappa, Fringe (TV series), Hayden (musician), List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, Live at Convocation Hall, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mean Girls, Michael Ignatieff, Millwork, Ontario, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Rastaman Vibration, Robert Mugabe, Rotunda (architecture), Sheldonian Theatre, Sorbonne (building), Toronto, University College, Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Van Morrison, Vice President of the United States.

  2. Darling and Pearson buildings
  3. Neoclassical architecture in Canada
  4. Theatres in Toronto
  5. University of Toronto buildings

Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

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An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers

Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band.

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Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Convocation

A convocation (from the Latin convocare meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Greek ἐκκλησία ekklēsia) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly ecclesiastical or academic.

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Darling and Pearson

Darling and Pearson was an architectural firm based in Toronto from 1895 through 1937. Convocation Hall (University of Toronto) and Darling and Pearson are Darling and Pearson buildings.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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Frank Darling (architect)

Frank Darling (February 17, 1850 – May 19, 1923) was an important Canadian architect, winner of the RIBA Gold medal in 1915, who designed many of Toronto's landmark institutional and financial buildings, as well as scores of bank branches throughout the country.

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.

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Fringe (TV series)

Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.

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Hayden (musician)

Paul Hayden Desser (born February 12, 1971), who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.

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List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto

This is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto, that were constructed before 1920.

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Live at Convocation Hall

Live at Convocation Hall is a live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden, released in 2002 on Hardwood Records and Universal Music Canada.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra

The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz fusion band formed in New York City in 1971, led by English guitarist John McLaughlin.

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Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen buddy comedy film directed by Mark Waters.

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Michael Ignatieff

Michael Grant Ignatieff (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011.

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Millwork

Millwork is historically any wood-mill produced decorative material used in building construction.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Premiata Forneria Marconi

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (translation: Award-winning Marconi Bakery) is an Italian progressive rock band founded in 1970 which continues to the present day.

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Rastaman Vibration

Rastaman Vibration is the eighth studio album by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in April 1976.

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Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017.

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Rotunda (architecture)

A rotunda is any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome.

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Sheldonian Theatre

Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford.

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Sorbonne (building)

The name Sorbonne (French: La Sorbonne) is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France or one of its successor institutions (see below).

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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University College, Toronto

University College, popularly referred to as UC, is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, created in 1853 specifically as an institution of higher learning free of religious affiliation. Convocation Hall (University of Toronto) and University College, Toronto are university of Toronto buildings.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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University of Toronto Faculty of Music

The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the University of Toronto.

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Van Morrison

Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven decades.

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Vice President of the United States

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

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See also

Darling and Pearson buildings

Neoclassical architecture in Canada

Theatres in Toronto

University of Toronto buildings

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convocation_Hall_(University_of_Toronto)

Also known as Convocation Hall.