Find the Galbraith Building (GB) on a map of U of T – St. George.
Welcome to the Galbraith building – or GB, as you will learn to call it. The Galbraith Building is named after John Galbraith, the first Dean of U of T Engineering. It is located next to the Myhal Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and across the street from the Bahen Centre for Information Technology. It is attached to Sandford Fleming—another U of T Engineering building—via hallways. The best place to study in Galbraith is the tables at the front entrance: the lobby is large and spacious, giving you room to avoid passersby, while the tables sit up against big windows that look over at Bahen.
Some of the most important student resources for all engineering undergrads are housed in Galbraith. Here you will find the Office of the Registrar, the Math Aid Centre, and the Student Recruitment and Outreach Office. There are also Windows ECF labs located in this building. On the third floor, you will find tutorial rooms you may use for second year courses, e.g. Physics, and exams.
You will most likely have your CIV102 tutorials i this building. As well, you might be using equipment from the structural Testing Facility to test the matboard bridges as part of CIV102 in your first year.
GB houses many historical artifacts related to the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. The lobby contains a statue of Professor Galbraith; it stands under the original little red Skule house sign that reads ‘School of Practical Science.’ This is an homage to our faculty’s history as an independent school.
Image of Little Red Skulehouse with “School of Practical Science” sign [Source]
GB hourses many historical artifacts related to the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. The lobby contains a statue of Professor Galbraith; it stands under the original Little Red Skule house sign that reads ‘School of Practical Science.’ This is an homage to our faculty’s history as an independent school.
In the past, the Rock of Ajax resided directly outside Galbraith. It’s significance dates back to WWII. The Ajax Division was a temporary campus set up by U of T which was used to educate engineering students in the post-WWII period. The rock is one way we respect the duty engineers have to society and remember the sacrifices made by engineers who came before us. The rock was moved from this location to the north end of the plantings in front of GB in order to redo the building entrance several years ago.