The Kaneff Centre/Innovation Complex[a] is an academic building complex on the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. The former, named for philanthropist Ignat Kaneff, opened in 1992 as the original home of the political science, economics, commerce, and management programs at the campus. The Innovation Complex is a C$29.7 million expansion of the Kaneff Centre completed in 2014 that houses the campus registrar's office and the Institute for Management and Innovation (IMI). The buildings share the municipal address of 1833 Inner Circle, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The Kaneff Centre for Management and Social Sciences, as it was then called, opened in 1992 as the first new academic building at the University of Toronto's Erindale College (now the University of Toronto Mississauga) since the South Building in 1973.[1][5] The building housed the political science, economics, commerce, and management programs and was shaped as a horseshoe with a circular courtyard in the middle.[3] It was named for Bulgarian-Canadian business magnate and philanthropist Ignat Kaneff who was the first to donate C$1 million to U of T Mississauga.[1]
Expansion
Following substantial growth in the campus's student population, plans were developed in 2011 to expand the Kaneff Centre with Moriyama & Teshima Architects chosen for the design.[2] The structure, called the Innovation Complex, was completed in August 2014 and built as an infill where the courtyard was originally. The circular space became a domed rotunda used for speaking events and ceremonies. In total, the expansion added 65,300 square feet of space, tripling the facility’s capacity.[3] Also added was an underground tunnel connecting the complex to the William G. Davis Building. The city of Mississauga contributed C$10 million to the project's funding.[6]
The Department of Political Science has since moved to Maanjiwe nendamowinan while the Department of Management remains the main occupant of the Kaneff Centre portion of the complex. The Department of Economics and Institute for Management and Innovation (IMI), occupy the upper floors of the Innovation Complex, with the UTM office of the registrar's main service desk located in the rotunda.[7][4]
The Blackwood Gallery
The Blackwood Gallery is based in the Kaneff Centre and maintains public artworks and light box exhibits around the UTM campus. It hosts programming including annual exhibitions by students in a joint program of the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.[8]
↑ The Kaneff Centre and Innovation Complex share the same building code (KN) and street address. The latter is an expansion of the former and sometimes considered a separate building.[4]
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