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Riverdale High School (Quebec)
Riverdale High School (often abbreviated as RHS) was an English language secondary school, in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The school was part of the Lester B. Pearson School Board and was designated a "community school". History Riverdale had many athletic teams, including basketball, rugby, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and swim teams. The school also had a wide variety of community-based clubs and organizations. In 1971, the Riverdale Band won the International Band competition held in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1972, an expansion of the original building took place. The logo visible to the right and the slogan "Reach Higher and Succeed" were adopted during the 1988-1989 school year after they were chosen in a schoolwide contest. Both were submitted by students at the time. The school's official colours were blue (a dark navy blue) and Grey, with the school paper having the matching name "Blue & Grey," but they were changed to match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierrefonds, Quebec
Pierrefonds () is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located along the Rivière des Prairies on the northwestern part of the Island of Montreal. It was merged into Montreal on January 1, 2002, and is today part of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. History Its origin dates back to the eighteenth century, and is intimately linked to that of Sainte-Geneviève, which was composed at the time of Pierrefonds, L'Île-Bizard, Sainte-Geneviève, Roxboro and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. In 1904, following several previous divisions, the Town of Sainte-Geneviève was split into two new villages: Sainte-Geneviève and Sainte-Geneviève de Pierrefonds. This was the first appearance of the name Pierrefonds. At the heart of the conflict leading to the separation was the notary and local member of the Legislative Assembly Joseph-Adolphe Chauret, who, in 1902, had a "seigniorial" residence built for himself reminiscent of the community of Pierrefonds in France’s Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison is a full professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and a past adjunct associate professor at both Dalhousie University and the University of Victoria. He holds a Bachelor's of Applied Science and a Master's of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Research interests Professor Beausoleil-Morrison's research interests are focused around the co-generation of heat and electricity, alternative cooling approaches, and maximizing solar energy utilization. Associations He is past President of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). Previous employment Prior to his employment at Carleton in 2007, Beausoleil-Morrison worked at Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; french: Ressources naturelles Canada; french: RNCan, label=none)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunavut
Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the ''Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the territorial evolution of Canada, first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland was admitted in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the list of the largest country subdivisions by area, fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Prosh
Eric Charles Prosh, (December 17, 1957 – September 3, 2013) was a Canadian paleontologist, geologist, and civil servant who worked in Nunavut. Early life Prosh grew up in Roxboro, Quebec. His parents Eric and Marie had immigrated from Europe to Montreal in the early 1950s. He attended Riverdale High School, where he was valedictorian, Vanier College, and Queen's University. He earned a doctorate in paleontology at the University of Western Ontario in 1989, after years of research on fossils in the Disappointment Bay Formation. He was a post-doctoral student at McGill University prior to employment in industry, eventually at Spectral International, a Colorado-based company specializing in remote sensing and spectroscopy. Legacy Prosh joined Nunavut's Department of Economic Development and Transportation in 2006, and became the Director of Minerals and Petroleum Resources. He was a key player on the Nunavut Mining Symposium organizing committees, during a period of strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Meal Time
''Epic Meal Time'' is a Canadian YouTube cooking show known for creating extremely high-calorie meals, generally out of meat products (with particular emphasis on bacon) and including alcohol (especially Jack Daniel's). It debuted in October 2010, and since then has started to release an episode every Tuesday. It is hosted by Harley Morenstein and a group of his friends. They are now represented by The Gersh Agency and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, and have signed with multi-channel network Collective Digital Studio. ''Epic Meal Time'' won the 2011 Shorty Award in the Food Category. The series began in Montreal, Quebec, the group's place of origin, but episodes have been filmed in California, where guest stars including Tony Hawk, Kevin Smith, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have made appearances. In December 2012, ''Epic Meal Time'' spawned a spin-off series titled ''Epic Chef'', inspired by the Food Network series '' Chopped''. In this series, two chefs battle the 45-minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Morenstein
Harley Morenstein (born July 20, 1985) is a Canadian actor, Internet personality, and vlogger. He co-created, produces, and hosts the YouTube show Epic Meal Time and its FYI television spin-off series Epic Meal Empire. He also runs a vlog channel. He is one of the two remaining original members of the show along with Ameer Atari. Life and career Morenstein was born to English-speaking Jewish-Canadian parents in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Dawson College. He was a substitute teacher for a number of years at Lakeside Academy in Lachine, teaching history. Morenstein currently resides in Montreal. Internet career EpicMealTime In 2010 he co-created ''Epic Meal Time'' with Sterling Toth. The channel has over 6 million subscribers, and over 300 installments, 2 spin-offs, and has had guest stars such as Seth Rogen, Smosh, Tony Hawk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Kevin Smith, who directed the movie ''Tusk'', in which Morenstein had a cameo appearance. He produces the show with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen MacPherson
Glen MacPherson, CSC/ ASC (born October 27, 1957) is a Canadian cinematographer based in Los Angeles. MacPherson's cinematography career dates to the mid-1980s. MacPherson is fluent in English and French. MacPherson started work as a focus puller for the 1981 movie ''Gas''. In 1983 MacPherson made his debut as a cinematographer with the movie ''20th Century Chocolate Cake'', directed by Lois Siegel. For the remainder of the 1980s, MacPherson held down a variety of jobs, including camera assistant, camera operator and a director of photography. In 1989, he worked on several episodes of '' The Hitchhiker'' which opened the door for work in the United States and beyond. Filmography Films Television TV series *'' Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story'' (2010) *''Sliders'' (1995) *''Conspiracy of Silence'' (1991) *''C.B.C.'s Magic Hour'' (1989) *'' The Hitchhiker'' (1989) TV movies *Silver Lake' (2004) *Alaska' (2004) *'' Max Q'' (1998) *''Toe Tags'' (1996) *''Calm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Coon
Bill Coon is a Canadian jazz and composer. He is a Juno nominated artist and the winner of the 2009 National Jazz Awards, ‘Guitarist of the Year’. He is known for performing artists such as Miles Black and Jodi Proznick (as Triology), Lonnie Smith, Brad Turner, Peter Bernstein, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ian McDougall, P. J. Perry, Sheila Jordan, Phil Dwyer, Peter Washington, and Oliver Gannon. His compositions and arrangements have been commissioned by large ensembles such as the CBC Radio Orchestra, John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra, and the Dal Richards Orchestra. He graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies in 1988, and a Masters of Education from Simon Fraser University in 2012. A recipient of multiple Canada Council for the Arts awards, he has studied with Jim Hall, Neil Chotem, and Louis Stewart. He is a faculty member at Capilano University, as well as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Button
Craig J. Button (born January 3, 1963) is currently a ice hockey analyst for TSN and a former National Hockey League (NHL) executive. Early life and hockey family Born in Rochester, New York, Button entered the world of hockey at birth. His father, Jack Button, was an executive with the Rochester Americans, and his mother, Bridget, was the secretary to long-time Toronto Maple Leafs' General Manager and Head Coach and Hockey Hall of Fame member George "Punch" Imlach. Jack held executive positions at the American Hockey League before embarking on an extensive career as an NHL executive. Button's brother Tod was an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals and is currently the Director of Scouting with the Calgary Flames. The Button family moved to Montreal in 1975 when Jack was hired by NHL President Clarence Campbell to institute and manage the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. Button served as the head coach of the Israeli Under-18 Junior hockey team. Button graduated from Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boys (Scrabble)
David Boys is a top Canadian ''Scrabble'' expert. He won the World Scrabble Championship (WSC) in London, UK, in 1995, and the Canadian Scrabble Championship in 2003. He also finished third in the WSC in both 1991 and 1999. In 1996 and again in 2007, he lost a match to a computer. His competitive career began in 1986. He has played in over 1,800 tournament games, winning about 67%, and has earned over $40,000 in prize money. Boys is married and lives with his wife, his son Alex and two daughters, Evelyn and Rebecca in Dorval Dorval () is an on-island suburban city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montré ..., Quebec, Canada and works as a programmer analyst. References External links * Canadian Scrabble players World Scrabble Championship winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khem Birch
Khem Xavier Birch (born September 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. High school career Birch played varsity basketball for St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School in Russell, Ontario before playing out the remainder of his high school career at The Winchendon School in Winchendon, Massachusetts and Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. College career In 2011–12, Birch played college basketball at the University of Pittsburgh, with the Pittsburgh Panthers. He then, in 2012, transferred to UNLV, where he played with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. As a junior, in the 2013–14 season, he averaged 10.2 rebounds per game, which was the third highest in the Mountain West Conference, while also averaging 3.8 blocks per game, which was the second highest in the Mountain West Conference. During his college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafiaboy
Michael Calce (born 1984, also known as MafiaBoy) is a security expert and former computer hacker from Île Bizard, Quebec, who launched a series of highly publicized denial-of-service attacks in February 2000 against large commercial websites, including Yahoo!, Fifa.com, Amazon.com, Dell, Inc., E*TRADE, eBay, and CNN. He also launched a series of failed simultaneous attacks against nine of the thirteen root name servers. Early life Calce was born in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. When he was five, his parents separated and he lived with his mother after she had won a lengthy battle for primary custody.Calce, Michael. Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken. Toronto: Penguin Group, 2008. Every second weekend he would stay at his father's condo in Montreal proper. He felt isolated from his friends back home and troubled by the separation of his parents, so his father purchased him his own computer at the age of six. It instantly had a hold on him: "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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