1969 — The Digest of Chiropractic Economics reported the first social functions held on the new campus of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC). After nearly a quarter century of cramped quarters at the College’s first campus on Bloor Street in the university district of Toronto and following years of costly court battles with the city’s subway authority over destruction of the original facility, Canadian chiropractors were delighted with the move to newly constructed buildings at 1900 Bayview Avenue.

Artist’s sketch of the CMCC’s new campus at 1900 Bayview Avenue in Toronto, 1969

It was a crowning achievement for CMCC’s president, A. Earl Homewood, DC, ND, who had solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in pledges from chiropractors across the nation to underwrite the new campus.

Joining Homewood and academic dean Herbert J. Vear, DC for the dedication of the new property were Robert N. Thompson, DC, former CMCC president and a member of the Canadian federal Parliament and a host of dignitaries from throughout Canada and the United States.

Founded in 1945 by the organizers of the Dominion Council of Canadian Chiropractors (today’s Canadian Chiropractic Association), the CMCC was probably the first “professionally controlled” chiropractic school. However, like its American counterparts, the institution was heavily tuition-dependent and received no governmental support. The opening of the new campus was a significant achievement for what was then the only chiropractic college in Canada.

Two presidents of the CMCC: Drs. A. Earl Homewood and Robert N. Thompson