Georges Vanier Secondary School

Public middle school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Georges Vanier Secondary School and Woodbine Middle School are two public schools consisting of a junior high school (Grades 6 to 8) and high school (Grades 9 to 12) located in North York district of Toronto, Ontario. Owned and Operated by the North York Board of Education (which is now merged into the Toronto District School Board), the school was named after Canada's first French-Canadian Governor General, Georges Vanier.^[1] Attached to the Vanier-Woodbine campus is the North-East Year Round Alternative Centre.

History

Opened in 1966, Georges Vanier was selected by the Canadian Education Association as one of 21 exemplary schools across Canada. The school offers specialized programs such as MSC2,^[2] Stem +, Program 2 Art, "One World Youth Arts Project" program, BSc@Van, and the "Focus on Information Technology (FIT)" program, in addition to offering an Advanced Placement program and a Centennial College Partnership program. The school also provides 3 Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM) programs: Advance, ICT, and Aviation & Aerospace.^[3] These programs give students the opportunity to earn nationally recognized certifications.^[4]

Incidents

On the night of November 3, 2003 a fatal gang brawl left one individual dead after he succumbed to stab wounds. The individual was not a student at the school and later identified as a resident of Richmond Hill, Ontario who happened to be in the area at the time of the fight.^[5]

Notable alumni

David Bendeth, music producer, writer, mixing engineer and recording artist
Ian Crichton, guitarist of the rock band Saga
Benny Hinn, TV evangelist and faith healer
Leighton Hope, Canadian sprinter and Olympian
Maurice LaMarche, voice actor
Geddy Lee, lead singer and bassist of the rock band Rush
Alex Lifeson, guitarist of the rock band Rush
Howie Mandel, comedian and Deal Or No Deal host (attended for half a year)
Mark McKoy, Track & Field Olympian
Kirk McLean, goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks
Alannah Myles, recording artist and songwriter
Garth Richardson, audio engineer, music producer
Carl Rose Professional soccer player and 1976 Olympian
Brian Saunders, Canadian sprinter and Olympian
Gord Stellick, media personality and former manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club
Catherine Swing, TV personality, actor, producer, director and former Miss Canada 1978
Susan Tighe, civil engineer

References

^ [1], georges vanier ss website, 07:06, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
^ School, Georges Vanier Secondary. "Georges Vanier Secondary School > Special Programs > MSC2.ca". schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
^ School, Georges Vanier Secondary. "Georges Vanier Secondary School > Special Programs > SHSM". schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
^ [2], tdsb page for schools, 07:06, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
^ "'It's the 10 per cent that kills us'". Christie Blatchford. The Globe and Mail.

External links

Georges Vanier Secondary School
Woodbine Junior High School
TDSB Profile (Vanier)
TDSB Profile (Woodbine)
TDSB Profile (NEYRAC)

Secondary education in Toronto

English-language public schools
Toronto District SB	A. Y. Jackson Agincourt Albert Campbell Alderwood† Avondale ASE 1 Bendale* Birchmount Park Bloor Bickford Park* Brockton* Burnhamthorpe C. W. Jefferys CALC (Parkview) Cedarbrae Central Etobicoke Central Technical Central Toronto City Contact Danforth David and Mary Thomson Delphi Don Mills Downsview Dr Norman Bethune Drewry Earl Haig East York EYASS Eastdale Emery Etobicoke ESA (Royal York) EYRAC Forest Hill Frank Oke George Harvey George S. Henry Georges Vanier Greenwood Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Humbergrove* Inglenook Jarvis John Polanyi Keiller Mackay† Kingsmill* Kipling L'Amoreaux Lakeshore (New Toronto) Lakeview* Lawrence Park Leaside Lester B. Pearson Lewis S. Beattie* Malvern Maplewood Marc Garneau Martingrove Midland* Monarch Park Nelson A. Boylen* Newtonbrook Native Learning Native Learning East North Albion North Toronto Northern Northview Heights Oakwood Oasis Parkdale Parkview R. H. King Richview Riverdale Rosedale Heights Runnymede Scarborough Centre Scarlett Heights* SEE SLE SEED Silverthorn Sir John A. Macdonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden* Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South East Stephen Leacock Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Tabor Park* Thistletown Timothy Eaton† Ursula Franklin Vaughan Road* Victoria Park Vincent Massey* W. A. Porter West Hill West Humber West Park* Western Weston Westview Wexford William Lyon Mackenzie Winston Churchill West End Woburn Yorkdale York Humber (Emmett) York Humber (Humber Blvd.)* York Memorial York Mills
Toronto Catholic District SB	A.P.P.L.E Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Brebeuf Brother Edmund Rice† Cardinal Carter Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco* Father Henry Carr (Marian Academy) Father Henry Carr (Kipling)† Father John Redmond Francis Libermann James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Loretto Abbey Madonna Marshall McLuhan Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame Regina Pacis* Senator O'Connor St. Basil-the-Great St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John Paul II St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park St. Mary St. Michael's Choir St. Mother Teresa St. Oscar Romero St. Patrick

English-language public schools

Toronto District SB

Toronto Catholic District SB

French-language public schools
CS Viamonde	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français Toronto Ouest
CS catholique MonAvenir	Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Père-Philippe-Lamarche Saint-Frère-André

Private schools
Non-religious	A.R.S. Armenian Abelard Arrowsmith Bayview Glen Beach* Bond Branksome Hall Brighton Crescent Crestwood Dragon* Greenwood Halton Hudson Linden Lycée Français Metropolitan Nile Toronto French Toronto Prep UTS Upper Canada WillowWood York
Religious	Bialik Hebrew Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn Mariyah Islamic Netivot HaTorah North Toronto Christian Royal St. George's St. Clement's St. Michael's Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Tiferes Bais Yaakov Whitefield Christian

Miscellaneous
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Italics - Alternative school or adult secondary school | * - Non-operational | † - Demolished or sold off