Chinguacousy Secondary School
Chinguacousy Secondary School founded in 1972, is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Since 2000, the school's enrollment has expanded with the development of the surrounding area. The school sports teams and athletic programs have won a number of OFSAA championships; wrestling (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995), curling (1996, 1998), and rugby (1982). Chinguacousy became competitive in basketball and has won several titles since 2000. In 2011, the Junior Boys Cross Country team won the ROPSSAA Championship for the first time since 1997. Chinguacousy currently has a SciTech Program running. From 1972 - 2016, the mascot was the Chiefs. In June 2016, the school changed its logo and school mascot to the Timberwolves. Academics Standardized test results Scores are displayed for the EQAO (academic) and OSSLT based on data from thEducation Quality and Accountability Office The percentage for the EQAO represents the percentage of all Grade 9 students at or above the provinci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brampton, Ontario
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it the ninth most populous municipality in Canada and the third most populous city in the Greater Golden Horseshoe urban area, behind Toronto and Mississauga. Indigenous peoples have inhabited the Brampton area for thousands of years. Named after the town of Brampton in Cumberland, England, Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a town in 1873, and became a city in 1974. The city was once known as "The Flower Town of Canada", a title referring to its large greenhouse industry. Nowadays, Brampton's major economic sectors include advanced manufacturing, retail administration, logistics, information and communication technologies, food and beverage, life sciences, and business services. History Before the arrival of British ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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VEX Robotics
VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (RECF). In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records. There are three leagues of VEX robotics competitions meant for different age groups and skill levels: *VEX V5 ''(previously VEX EDR)'' is for middle and high school students. VEX V5 Robotics teams have an opportunity to compete annually in the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) *VEX IQ is for elementary and middle school students. VEX IQ robotics teams have an opportunity to compete annually in the VEX IQ Competition (VIQC). * VEX AI is an advanced robotics program for high school and university students. The pilot program registration is scheduled to open to university students in fall of 2020. VEX AI robotics teams will hav ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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High Schools In Brampton
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Dhruv Thakor
Dhruv is a spelling variant of Dhruva. It is a Sanskrit word and commonly refers to: * Dhruva, a devotee of Vishnu who later became the Pole Star in Hindu mythology Dhruv may also refer to: Military * HAL Dhruv, a multi-role helicopter developed and manufactured by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited * INS Dhruv, a missile range instrumentation ship of the Indian Navy People *Dhruv Rathee, Indian YouTuber *Dhruv Sehgal, Indian actor * Dhruv Pandove, Indian cricketer * Dhruv Vikram, Indian actor * Overloaded Dhruv YT, Indian YouTuber *Anandshankar Dhruv Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Gujarat, India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Achary ... (1869–1942), Indian writer See also * Dhruva (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darryl Hinds
Darryl Hinds is a Canadian actor and sketch comedian, best known as a cast member of Royal Canadian Air Farce's annual New Year's Eve specials in the 2010s."Brampton's Darryl Hinds will add comedic excellence to Air Farce's New Year's eve special". ''Brampton Guardian'', December 21, 2016. Early life Hinds was born in Canada to Jamaican immigrants, with an Afro-Jamaican father and an Indo-Caribbean mother. Career He had stage acting roles in his early career, and was a member of the sketch comedy troupe Electric Boogaloo, before joining the Toronto company of The Second City in 2007 as a cast member in the revue ''Facebook of Revelations''. He also starred in the 2008 revue ''Barack to the Future'', in which he appeared in several sketches as Barack Obama, and in the 2009 shows ''0% Down, 100% Screwed'' and ''Shut Up and Show Us Your Tweets''. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Farce for a 2014 special, remaining with the troupe until their final special in 2019. In 2020, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Tatham
Tamara Tatham (born August 19, 1985) is a Canadian professional basketball player. She plays for the Canada women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is tall. Playing career Tatham played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, appearing in a total of 115 games for the Minutewomen, averaging 10.3 points, 6.6 boards, 2.0 assists and 1.7 steals a contest. She kicked off her professional career in 2007, signing with Catz Lappeenranta in Finland, where she spent the 2007-08 campaign. Tatham enjoyed great success in her five years in Germany, representing the SV Halle Lions (2008-09, 2010 - 2013) and TSV Wasserburg (2009-10), hauling in 2012 Eurobasket.com All-German DBBL Player of the Year honours as well as Eurobasket.com All-German DBBL Defensive Player of the Year distinction in 2009 and 2012. She also made the Eurobasket.com All-German DBBL 1st Team in 2009, 2012 and 2013. After leaving German ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alisha Tatham
Alisha Tatham (born October 14, 1986 in East York) is a Canadian professional basketball player. She plays for Canada women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her sister Tamara also competed for Canada at the Games. She is tall. She also competed for Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, .... Massachusetts statistics Source References Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian women's basketball players 1986 births Living people UMass Minutewomen basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Black Canadian basketball players Pan American Games com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alyssa Reid
Alyssa Ashley Reid (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her career began in 2008 on ''The Next Star''. She rose to fame in 2011, following the release of her single " Alone Again". From 2018-2020, she released music under the name ASHS. Early life Reid was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Brampton, Ontario. Her family moved around Canada often. Reid stated that it gave her the life experience she needed to enter the music industry. She is of Irish, Ukrainian and Greek heritage. She wrote her first song at the age of 7 and started vocal lessons at the age of 9. From then on, she has continued to develop her voice into what has become a singular vocal style. She went to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Performing Arts School from grades 9 to 11, and then attended Chinguacousy Secondary School through to graduation. Career 2010–2011: Career beginnings and ''The Game'' Reid was soon discovered by writer, producer, and Wax Records co-founder Jamie Appleby ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Russell Peters
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on ''Forbes'' list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing ''Hip-Hop Evolution'' (2016). He lives in Los Angeles. Early life Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 29, 1970 to immigrants from India, both of Anglo-Indian descent, Eric and Maureen Peters, who had moved to Canada in 1965 from Bombay, Maharashtra, Western India and Calcutta, West Bengal, East India respectively. His extended family lives in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. Peters was raised Catholic. When Peters was four, he and his family moved to Brampton. He attended Chinguacousy Secondary School for grades 9–10, and North Peel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zarqa Nawaz
Zarqa Nawaz (born 1967 in Liverpool, England) is a Canadian creator and producer for film and television, a published author, public speaker, journalist, and former broadcaster. Biography Zarqa Nawaz was raised in the Toronto area and attended Chinguacousy Secondary School. Initially, Nawaz planned to go to medical school and completed a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto. She completed a second degree in journalism at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1992. She worked with CBC Radio, CBC Newsworld, CBC Television's '' The National'', and CTV's ''Canada AM'', and was an associate producer of several CBC Radio programs including '' Morningside''. Her 1992 radio documentary ''The Changing Rituals of Death'' won multiple awards at the Ontario Telefest Awards. Stating that she became "bored of journalism," she took a summer film workshop at the Ontario College of Art & Design and began working as a filmmaker, using comedy to explore the relationships bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raj Grewal
Rajvinder Grewal (born September 11, 1985) is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2019. Elected as a Liberal in the 2015 Canadian federal election, he resigned from caucus in 2018 after a police investigation into his extensive gambling debts, and did not stand in the 2019 Canadian federal election. In September 2020, he was charged by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for breach of trust and fraud over $5,000. Before politics The son of an airport cab driver, Grewal attended Wilfrid Laurier University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business, and then completed an MBA at York University's Schulich School of Business and a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to his legal studies he worked as a financial analyst, while after becoming a lawyer he specialized in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance on Bay Street. Federal politics Grewal's nomination to represent the Li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karl Ludwig (sledge Hockey)
Karl Ludwig (born November 25, 1988) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Personal life Started playing sledge hockey in 1995 with the Halton-Peel Cruisers. He attended Humber College in Toronto from 2006-2008 for Tourism Management and again from 2011-2013 for Comedy Writing and Performance. Career Ludwig won a gold medal at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents i .... Karl will be putting on a one man show on Broadway about the early years of the Golden Girls, in late June 2017. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig, Karl 1988 births Living people Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |