Accommodation & Venue

We are pleased to announce that Toronto's Sutton Place Hotel will host Stepford Universities. Immerse yourself in the European elegance and charm of The Sutton Place Hotel, located in the heart of Toronto, just minutes from financial and fashionable shopping districts, major attractions, and world-class entertainment venues.

Reduced accommodation rates are available for all conference registrants. Please ask for the "Higher Education Strategy Associates" group rate when booking to recieve the conference rate.

Location:
955 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2A2
Phone 416.924.9221
Fax 416.924.1778
Toll Free Reservations 1.8663.SUTTON (1.866.378.8866)

Refer to group "Higher Education Strategy Associates" to recieve the special discounted group rate of $195.00 CDN.

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Local Attractions

A five-minute stroll north on Bay Street brings you to the Bloor-Yorkville area of the city. The ultimate fusion of historic charm and modern seduction, Bloor-Yorkville is home to over 700 designer boutiques, spas, restaurants, and world class galleries. Bloor-Yorkville is Toronto's premier shopping neighbourhood of unique side streets and quaint laneways. West on Bloor Street, from colossal dinosaurs and Egyptian antiquities to European period rooms and the ever-popular Hands-on-Biodiversity Gallery the Royal Ontario Museum offers something for everyone. Further west on Bloor, the Bata Shoe Museum is a centre of knowledge about the role of footwear in the social and cultural life of humanity. Everything from glamorous European shoes to native North American moccasins to chestnut-crushing clogs to celebrity footwear is on display in this award-winning building.

South to the lakeshore, defining the Toronto skyline, the CN Tower is Canada's most recognizable and celebrated icon. At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building, a Wonder of the Modern World, Canada's National Tower, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto.

• Molson Amphitheatre: The Molson Amphitheatre is located on the former site of the Ontario Place Forum. The Amphitheatre's sound-delay system allows patrons on the lawn to hear as well as those in the reserved seating, while two large-screen video walls allow those in the rear and lawn sections a closer view of the performers on stage.
• Hockey Hall of Fame: Largely due to Sutherland's convincing arguments claiming Kingston as hockey's birthplace, the CAHA and the NHL agreed to establish a Hockey Hall of Fame in that city. In a meeting held September 10, 1943, Kingston's mayor, Stuart Crawford, was elected president of the newly-established Hockey Hall of Fame.
• Ontario Place: Ontario Place is an internationally acclaimed cultural, leisure and entertainment parkland located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The complex extends throughout three man-made islands along the Lake Ontario waterfront. Ontario Place opened in May 1971 and featured a five pod pavilion complex, The Forum, pedal boats, a marina, restaurants and the world's first permanent IMAX theatre, the Cinesphere.
• Roy Thomson Hall: Roy Thomson Hall opened in the fall of 1982 and has hosted hundreds of world-renowned artists over the years.
• Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts: Hummingbird Centre is Toronto's only mainstream civic theatre in the heart of the downtown entertainment district, it is the largest performing arts venue in Canada with a capacity of 3,200 seats.
• Air Canada Centre: Home of the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) and Toronto Raptors (NBA)Air Canada Centre has earned its place of distinction along Toronto's skyline, and in the hearts of sports and entertainment fans from all over the world.
• Princess of Wales Theatre: The theatre is a 2000-seat theatre located at 300 King Street West in the heart of Toronto's Entertainment District. It is named in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales.
• Rogers Centre (SkyDome): Formerly known as SkyDome, the venue was renamed the Rogers Centre February, 2005. Home of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club and the Toronto Argonauts.