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| name = Lisgar Collegiate Institute |
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| image = Lisgar Collegiate Institute logo.jpg |
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| address = 29 Lisgar Street |
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| city = [[Ottawa]] |
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| province = [[Ontario]] |
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| postcode = [[Postal codes in Canada|K2P 0B9]] |
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| country = Canada |
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|25|14.2|N|75|41|17.0|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} |
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| fundingtype = Public |
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| motto = Alere Flammam |
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| motto_translation = Nourish the Flame |
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| founded = {{start date and age|1843}} |
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| schoolboard = [[Ottawa Carleton District School Board]] |
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| superintendent = Prince Duah |
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| trustee = Justine Bell<ref name='OCDSB site'>{{cite web|url=https://lisgarci.ocdsb.ca/contact_u_s/contact_information|title=Contact information|website=Lisgar CI}}</ref> |
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| administrator = Mejd Elmahdi |
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| principal = Steven Spidell <ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRvcgxJLDXLZw9gmSnsuXFjj6mRXDcd4-XymjMXtHqoBVgivve-nGYZ_HupKTHWIv7clOhVARfjkmFp/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true|title=Lisgar Collegiate Institute Staff Directory|via=Google Docs}}</ref> |
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| principal_label1 = Vice Principals |
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| principal1 = Babak Ghiri <br /> Janice Bernstein <ref name="staff" /> |
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| grades_label = [[Education in Canada#Levels in education|Grades]] |
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| grades = 9–12 |
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| enrollment = 909 |
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| enrollment_as_of = 2021-2022 |
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| campus_type = [[Urban Area|Urban]] |
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| colours = Blue, Silver {{color box|blue}}{{color box|grey}} |
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| team_name = Lords |
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| newspaper = Lisgarwrite |
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| yearbook = Vox Lycei |
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| communities = [[Sandy Hill, Ottawa|Sandy Hill]], [[New Edinburgh (Ottawa)|New Edinburgh]], [[Centretown]], [[Rockcliffe Park, Ontario]] |
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| free_label = Public transit access |
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| free_text = [[Confederation Line|Line 1]] station [[uOttawa station|uOttawa]]. Also served by [[OC Transpo routes|routes]] 5 and 14.<ref name='OC Transpo Map'>{{cite web | url = http://www.octranspo1.com/images/files/systemmap/systemmap.pdf | title = OC Transpo System Map | access-date = 2011-12-25 | date = 2011-07-19 | publisher = [[OC Transpo]]}}</ref> |
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| website = {{URL|https://lisgarci.ocdsb.ca}} |
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'''Lisgar Collegiate Institute''' is an [[Ottawa-Carleton District School Board]] [[secondary school]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The school is located in [[downtown Ottawa]] by the [[Rideau Canal]]. |
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==History== |
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'''Lisgar Collegiate Institute''' is an [[Ottawa-Carleton District School Board]] [[secondary school]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. |
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[[File:Ottawa Collegiate Institute.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ottawa Collegiate Institute c. 1875 – 1880]] |
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[[File:Ottawa collegiate institute 1910.jpg|thumb|right|School library collection, 1910]] |
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[[File:Lisgar Collegiate Institute, November 2024.jpg|thumb|Lisgar Collegiate Institute(High School), Ottawa - November 2024]] |
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[[File:LisgarCI.jpg|thumb|right|View of Lisgar Collegiate from the Mall, the area between the North and South buildings]] |
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In 1843, a [[grammar school]] with 40 paying students was opened in the Sandy Hill area of Ottawa in a house at the corner of Waller Street and Daly Avenue. In 1859, the school became one of the first in Ontario to admit girls. The school changed locations several times in the first few years, and was renamed first Bytown Grammar School and later Ottawa Grammar School. In 1871 the school was raised to a high school and in 1873 to a [[collegiate institute]], becoming Ottawa Collegiate Institute. |
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Lisgar is located in downtown Ottawa by the [[Rideau Canal]]. It is just blocks from Canada's [[Parliament buildings]]. The school serves the neighbourhoods of [[Sandy Hill (Ottawa)|Sandy Hill]], [[New Edinburgh (Ottawa)|New Edinburgh]], [[Centretown]], [[Rockcliffe Park]], and has many students from other areas. The school is also known for its [[gifted]] student program. It is one of the province's best regarded public schools. |
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The school found a permanent home in 1873 when a lot at what was then the southern edge of the city was purchased. The school board acquired the land on Biddy Street for [[Canadian dollar|$]]3,200 and paid a squatter $100 to give up any claims on the land. Biddy Street was renamed Lisgar Street in 1880 after [[John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar|Lord Lisgar]], an [[Irishman]] who served as Canada's second [[Governor General of Canada|Governor-General]]. A [[Gothic Revival]] style structure, designed by W.T. Thomas and W. Chesterton, was built at a cost of [[Canadian dollar|$]]26,000. Governor General [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Lord Dufferin]] (another [[Irishman]]) laid the cornerstone and the school opened in 1874. |
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==History== |
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In 1892, the school became the first public secondary school in Ontario to hire a female teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lisgar.ca/schoolinformation_timeline.php|title=Home - Lisgar CI|website=lisgar.ca|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> Four new classrooms were added on the south side in 1892, moving the front wall towards the street and enclosing the front entrance stairs. |
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A fire in 1893 caused the school to be temporarily closed. Lisgar was one of a limited number of buildings to survive the [[1900 Hull–Ottawa fire|Great Ottawa fire]]. There have been a total of 23 fires at the school, including three major ones: 1893, 1915, and 1942. |
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In 1903, the east wing was built with eight new classrooms. In 1908, Ottawa architect [[Edgar Lewis Horwood]] added a west wing with laboratories, an auditorium, and the main tower.<ref>http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1529A [[Edgar Lewis Horwood]]</ref> The auditorium balcony is suspended by iron rods which lead to huge beams above the ceiling. |
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A rifle range for the cadet corps, in the now blocked-off fifth-floor attic, was added in 1912. Students practised shooting there until after World War II when shooting moved to the nearby [[Cartier Square Drill Hall]]. |
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A basement cafeteria was added in 1923. After the school was split in 1922 to form [[Glebe Collegiate Institute]], OCI was renamed '''Ottawa Lisgar Street Collegiate Institute''', which was soon shortened to '''Lisgar Collegiate Institute'''. Officially, the school remained OCI for several decades. Since the split, Glebe and Lisgar have been traditional rivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lisgar.ca/documents/2011_Lisgarwrite_Dec.pdf|title=Home - Lisgar CI|website=www.lisgar.ca|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkt0HkzCcrYC&q=lisgar+glebe+rivalry&pg=PA192|title=Lisgar Collegiate Institute, 1843-1993|first1=Joan|last1=Finnigan|first2=Lisgar Alumni|last2=Association|date=12 November 1993|publisher=Lisgar Alumni Association|isbn=9780969725404|access-date=12 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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In 1951, a new gymnasium was built across the street with a tunnel connecting it to the main building. The tunnel was not open for the use of students for many years, but it was re-opened in October 2015. The new building was enlarged in 1962. The Gym Building also includes the school's computer science labs, music rooms, and its communication technology classrooms. The area in between the buildings is referred to as "The Mall", and students must either cross The Mall or the tunnel to travel between the two buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=lisgarwrite |date=2016-06-18 |title=The Tunnel: The Most Essential Part of Lisgar |url=https://lisgarwrite.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/the-tunnel-the-most-essential-part-of-lisgar/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=The Lisgarwrite |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1953, the current, near-vertical roof was installed over the previous sloping roof. This was done to reduce the build-up of winter ice. The old roof is still there and there is an odd-shaped attic space between them. |
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In 1957, Lisgar was the first school in Ontario to introduce a special program for gifted students.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |
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In the 1970s, the [[Ottawa Board of Education]] decided to close the school and sell its downtown real estate. This action was blocked by community members and alumni, and the school was completely renovated instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitalneighbourhoods.ca/english/centretown/story-293.aspx |title=Lisgar Collegiate Institute |access-date=2014-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051831/http://capitalneighbourhoods.ca/english/centretown/story-293.aspx |archive-date=2014-05-29 }}</ref> This renovation included a small westward extension to the auditorium to add fire exits which replaced external fire exits on the north side of the auditorium. To meet fire code requirements, the existing west staircase was moved from the stair tower westward to just beside the entrance to the auditorium. The result is that now many windows on the north wall do not line up as intended. The windows in the stair tower had been placed a half-way between floors to align with the landings. These windows now lead into classrooms and floor-aligned windows lead into the stairway. |
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In 1996, the third floor of the North building was completely renovated and the science labs were modernized. In March 2003, parts of the first and second floors and the basement of the North building were damaged by a water main break that closed the school for a week, coincidentally before the previously scheduled March Break, thus giving the students two weeks off school. Some minor changes were made to the affected floors in the reconstruction. |
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===Memorial Hall=== |
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A brass plaque and print were erected by students and alumni in 1986 to Sergeant [[Edward Holland (Canadian Army officer)|Edward Holland]] of [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons]], a graduate of Ottawa Collegiate who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for bravery in action during the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]] at [[Battle of Leliefontein|Leliefontein]], Komati River, South Africa on November 7, 1900.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=8130|title=Holland memorial: Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-056 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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The Ottawa Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a brass plaque which is dedicated to the memory of students of Ottawa Collegiate Institute who died in the [[World War I|Great War]].<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9315|title=First World War memorial (names of the fallen): Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-170 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> Another memorial is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant [[Alexis Helmer|Alexis Hannum Helmer]] who was killed in action during the war and was part of the inspiration for ''[[In Flanders Fields]]''. Unveiled in 2001, the plaque was erected by the Lisgar Alumni Association.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9293|title=Helmer memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-169 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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Another memorial plaque is dedicated to the memory of former Lisgar students who died during the Second World War.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9314|title=Second World War memorial (names of the fallen): Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-168 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> A memorial framed poster erected by the school is dedicated to the sixteen Canadians awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the Second World War.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9296|title=Second World War Victoria Crosses: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-167 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute and [[Vintage Wings of Canada]] erected a memorial plaque, unveiled in 2008, dedicated to the memory of Pilot Officer David Francis Gaston Rouleau, who died during the Second World War while trying to get to [[Siege of Malta (World War II)|Malta]].<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9297|title=Rouleau memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-166 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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The Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a memorial which is dedicated to the memory of former Lisgar students who died or served during the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9298|title=Korean War memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-165 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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The Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a memorial frame including a Canadian flag which was flown in [[Afghanistan]] which was presented to Lisgar by LCol Plourde.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=9305|title=Canadian flag memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-164 Ottawa, ON|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> |
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==Academics== |
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[[File:Lisgarlines2006.JPG|thumb|right|In 2006 parents camped in the Lisgar sports field to enroll a limited number of students from outside Lisgar's catchment in the school.]] |
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Lisgar was ranked 12th among all [[secondary school]]s in Ontario and 1st in Ottawa by the [[Fraser Institute]] in 2021/22.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.compareschoolrankings.org/school/on/secondary/922960|title=Ontario Academic school ranking: Lisgar |website=compareschoolrankings.org|access-date=2022-06-12}}</ref> The school serves the neighbourhoods of [[Sandy Hill (Ottawa)|Sandy Hill]], [[New Edinburgh (Ottawa)|New Edinburgh]], [[Centretown]], [[Rockcliffe Park]], and part of [[Old Ottawa East]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lisgar Collegiate Institute English and Immersion Attendance Boundary|url=https://ocdsb.ca/UserFiles/Servers/Server_55394/File/About%20Us/Contact%20Us/Our%20Schools/Student%20Transcript/OCDSB%20-%20Schools/Secondary%20Attendance%20Boundary%20Maps/Updated/Lisgar%20CI%20ENG%20IMM%20Grade%209%20to%2012.pdf|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Ottawa-Carleton District School Board}}</ref> In 2006, parents and students camped out overnight to apply for a transfer to Lisgar.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kubacki|first=Maria|date=December 23, 2006|title=Tent city for Lisgar transfers is history|work=The Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20061223/282342560356782|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> Lisgar was ranked number one for public schools in Ottawa and 4th in the province by the [[Fraser Institute]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Local school bumps up grade| date=2008-03-31| first=Laura| last=Czekaj| publisher=Ottawa Sun}}</ref> Lisgar is also home to the student-run [[Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spacesim.org/Spacesim/About_Us/aboutus(contact_us).htm|title=Contact us|website=Spacesim.org}}</ref> |
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Students have frequently placed in the top ten amongst [[Canadian Mathematical Olympiad]] winners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cms.math.ca/Competitions/CMO/results/winschool.e|title=Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Winners|website=cms.math.ca|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> |
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The school offers [[Advanced Placement]] courses. Apart from [[Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil]] and Advanced Placement Spanish, students taking AP courses take an advanced form of a regular course, which provides them with an Ontario Credit, as well as taking the AP exam in May. As of 2016, Lisgar inaugurated its AP Capstone Program which requires students to take AP Seminar and AP Research as well as four other AP Courses with a score greater than 3.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |
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In [[1843]], a '''District Grammar School''' was opened in the Centretown area of Ottawa at the corner of Waller and Daly streets. There were 40 paying students. In [[1859]], the school was one of the first in Ontario to admit girls. |
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==Music== |
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Several Grammar Schools were consolidated as the '''Ottawa Collegiate Intstitute''' (OCI) in [[1873]]. At the time, "collegiate institute" was a designation given to schools in [[Upper Canada]] that had four or more masters who were well-qualified to teach classics, moderns, English and mathematics. The school board acquired the land on Biddy Street for C$3,200 and paid a squatter C$100 to give up any claims on the land. (Biddy Street was renamed Lisgar street in [[1880]] after [[John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar|Lord Lisgar]] Canada's second [[Governor General of Canada|Governor-General]].) |
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[[File:Lisgar Collegiate Institute symphony orchestra visits Breda 2018.webm|thumb|The symphony orchestra performing in the [[Grote Kerk (Breda)]] in the Netherlands (2018)]] |
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Musical ensembles at the school include the concert band (beginner), symphonic winds (senior), concert orchestra (beginner), and Lisgar Symphony Orchestra (senior). Smaller ensembles include the string ensemble, junior and senior jazz bands, and saxophone, flute and clarinet ensembles. These groups take part in music competitions, including the Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival. All ensembles perform two annual concerts. |
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The building was designed in the [[Gothic Revival]] style by W.T. Thomas and W. Chesterton, and was built at a cost of C$26,000. The school opened in [[1874]] when Governor General [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Lord Dufferin]] laid the cornerstone. |
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==Athletics== |
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In [[1892]], the school was the first public secondary school in Ontario to hire a female teacher. |
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Sports at Lisgar include rugby, soccer, hockey, basketball, rowing, cross country. At the 160th Reunion, an "Athletic Wall of Fame" was established.<ref name="ReferenceA">Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2004</ref> There have been three inductions to date, with the third group inducted during the 175th Reunion in May 2018. |
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==Clubs== |
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Four new classrooms were added in 1892, but a fire in [[1893]] caused the school to be temporarily closed. In [[1903]], a new wing was built with eight new classrooms. Another wing with laboratories and an auditorium was added in [[1908]]. A rifle range for the cadet corps was added in [[1912]], and a cafeteria in [[1923]]. |
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Clubs available to students include Lisgar Business Co (aka DECA), Debate Club, Biomedical Club, [[Model United Nations]] Club, Chess+ Club, Fim Club, Lisgar's Environmental Action Force (LEAF), [[Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation]] (Spacesim), [[Key Club]], Vox Lycei (yearbook), and the school newspaper ''Lisgarwrite''. |
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Lisgar's Student Council consists of approximately 30 executive member positions. These include the co-presidents, Student Senator, Secretary, Treasurer, and 5-6 elected grade representatives, alongside 6 committees and several individual roles consisting of the remaining positions. Student Council is responsible for running a variety of school-wide events and activities throughout the course of the school year, including the Annual Pancake Breakfast, the week-long 'Battle of the Grades', and the end-of-year 'Oscars'. |
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[[Image:LisgarCI.jpg|right|thumb|300px|View of Lisgar from the Mall]] |
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The school's ''[[Reach for the Top]]'' team won the Canadian national finals in the 2008, 2015 and 2017 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reachforthetop.com/reach-for-the-top/champions/|title=Reach For The Top National Champions}}</ref> In 2006, the school's [[Reach for the Top]] team became the first Canadian team to participate in the [[National Academic Quiz Tournaments]] (NAQT) High School National Championships, placing 25th.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} In 2008, the Lisgar Reach team became the first team to qualify for both the Canadian Reach for the Top finals and the NAQT High School National Championships in [[Chicago]], placing second in [[Ontario]] for Reach and first in their qualifying division (Ottawa) for NAQT.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} Electing to attend the Reach Nationals in [[Edmonton]], Lisgar came from behind to beat two-time champion [[University of Toronto Schools]] 420–415 for the national title. In 2010, Lisgar was able to qualify two teams for the NAQT Chicago tournament.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |
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In [[1922]], OCI was renamed '''Ottawa Lisgar Street Collegiate Institute''' which soon was shortened to '''Lisgar Collegiate Institute'''. |
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Lisgar's Improv team has won the National Tournament of the [[Canadian Improv Games]] in 1999 and 2000, and from 2004 to 2012 qualified for the Canadian National tournament almost every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://capitalcurrent.ca/archive/centretownnews/1997-2016/2012/03/23/lisgar-improv-team-prepares-to-grace-stage/|title= Lisgar improv team prepares to grace stage |website= capitalcurrent.ca|date=23 March 2012}}</ref> |
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In [[1951]], a new gymnasium was built across the street with a connecting tunnel. This building was enlarged in [[1962]]. The old gym was turned into what is now the cafeteria. |
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==Notable alumni== |
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In [[1957]], Lisgar was the first school in Ontario to introduce a special program for gifted students. |
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{{alumni|date=June 2022}} |
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{{main|Category:Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni}} |
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* [[Alexis Helmer]] – [[World War I]] soldier, [[Canadian Field Artillery]], part of inspiration for ''[[In Flanders Fields|In Flanders Field]]'' |
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* [[Henry Botterell]] – [[World War I]] Canadian Fighter Pilot |
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* [[Maurice Brodie]] – Polio researcher |
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* [[Desmond T. Burke]] – Canada's Sports Hall of Fame marksman, doctor |
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* [[Sam Berger (lawyer)|Sam Berger]] – Lawyer, involved with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]], as its legal advisor, president, and winning 4 [[Grey Cup]]s as owner |
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* [[King Clancy]] – Played 16 seasons in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] for the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Senators]] and [[Maple Leafs]], member of three [[Stanley Cup]] teams |
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* [[Adrienne Clarkson]] – Noted broadcaster and 26th [[Governor General of Canada]] |
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* [[Peter Cureton]] – Actor and playwright |
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* [[Ted Finn]] – First director of the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service]] |
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* [[Eugene Forsey]] – Canadian former [[Senate of Canada|Senator]], constitutional expert |
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* [[Jessa Gamble]] – Author and science journalist |
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* [[Arnold Gosewich]] – Record industry executive and literary agent |
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* [[Lorry Greenberg]] – Former Ottawa mayor |
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* [[Lorne Greene]] – Newsreader, actor, and Star of TV's ''[[Bonanza]]'' |
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* [[James Walton Groves]] – Mycologist |
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* [[Bruce Halliday (politician)|Bruce Halliday]] – Physician and [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|former Member of Parliament]] |
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* [[Laura Hannant]] – Child activist |
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* [[Anne Heggtveit]] – World and Olympic ski champion |
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* [[David Hein]] – Co-author and co-composer of [[Tony Award]]-nominated musical [[Come from Away]] |
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* Sergeant [[Edward Holland (Canadian Army officer)|Edward Holland]] – a member of the [[Royal Canadian Dragoons]] who won the [[Victoria Cross]] for valour during the [[Battle of Leliefontein]] on November 7, 1900, in the [[Second Boer War]] |
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* [[Donald Jackson (figure skater)|Donald Jackson]] – World champion figure skater, first to perform a [[lutz jump|triple lutz jump]] |
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* [[Peter Jennings]] – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] News anchor |
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* [[Martin John (footballer)|Martin John]], professional soccer player, full back for Welsh soccer team Cardiff City. |
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* [[Bruce Kirby (yacht designer)|Bruce Kirby]] – Designer of the [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser dinghy]] |
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* [[Evelyn Lambart]] – Animator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-705-e.html|title=Canadian Women in Film|publisher= [[Collections Canada]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916065606/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-705-e.html |archivedate=2009-09-16 }}</ref> |
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* [[Dominic LeBlanc]] – Lawyer and politician. Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade and former Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.<ref name="Lisgar LeBlanc">{{cite web | url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/dominic-leblanc-is-trudeaus-go-to-guy-heres-why | title=Dominic LeBlanc is Trudeau's go-to guy. Here's why | publisher=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=1 December 2015 | access-date=1 December 2015 | author=Kennedy, Mark}}</ref> |
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* [[Rich Little]] – Impressionist |
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* [[Naomi K. Lewis]] – Author |
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* [[Adam Logan]] – Former world [[Scrabble]] champion |
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* [[Pegi Nicol MacLeod]] – Teacher, war artist and arts activist, member of the [[Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour]] and the [[Canadian Group of Painters]]. |
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* [[David McGuffin]] – [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] News Africa Correspondent |
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* [[R. Tait McKenzie]] – Physician, educator, athlete, soldier, Scouter and renowned sculptor; childhood and lifelong friend of [[James Naismith]] inventor of basketball |
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* [[Susan McMaster]] – Poet, performance poet |
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* [[Timco Mucunski]] – Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs and academic |
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* [[Katherine O'Brien|Kate O'Brien]] – pediatric infectious disease physician; Director of the World Health Organization's Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals |
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* [[Chamath Palihapitiya]] – Founder & CEO of [[Social Capital (venture capital)|Social Capital]], part owner of the [[Golden State Warriors]], and former senior executive at [[Facebook]] |
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* [[Matthew Perry]] – Actor, known for the role of Chandler Bing on ''Friends''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/studio-60-on-the-sunset-strip/hot-list-studio-60-on-the-suns-4439.aspx|title=Hot List: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Matthew Perry|access-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074130/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/studio-60-on-the-sunset-strip/hot-list-studio-60-on-the-suns-4439.aspx|archive-date=2017-11-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Paola Pivi]] – International multimedia artist |
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* [[Simon Pulsifer]] – English Wikipedia contributor |
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* [[Shelagh Rogers]] – Journalist, host of ''[[Sounds Like Canada]]'' |
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* [[Mike Shaver]] – Software developer |
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* [[Shane Smith (journalist)|Shane Smith]] – Journalist, founder of Montreal-based [[Vice Magazine]] |
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* [[Percy Sparks]] – Manufacturer and environmentalist widely credited with being the Father of [[Gatineau Park]] |
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* [[Valdy]] – Folk and country musician |
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* [[Bill Westwick]] – Sports editor for the ''[[Ottawa Journal]]'', and inductee into the [[Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame]] and the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Journal sports editor dead at 82|last=Campbell|first=Don|date=June 20, 1990|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|location=Ottawa, Ontario|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94360936/westwick-1990/}}{{free access}}</ref> |
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* [[Gordon F. Henderson]] – Top Canadian lawyer, President of the Canadian bar association, Chancellor of the University of Ottawa |
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== Notable teachers == |
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In the [[1970s]], a cash-strapped [[Ottawa Board of Education]] decided to close the school and sell its valuable downtown real estate. This action was blocked by community members and alumni. |
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In [[1994]], the third floor of the building was completely redone and the science labs were modernized. |
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==See also== |
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In March of [[2003]], parts of the first, second, and basement floors of the main building were damaged by a water leak. Some minor changes were made to the first floor in the reconstruction. |
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| Lisgar Collegiate Institute | |
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29 Lisgar Street , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45°25′14.2″N 75°41′17.0″W / 45.420611°N 75.688056°W |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public |
| Motto | Alere Flammam (Nourish the Flame) |
| Founded | 1843 |
| School board | Ottawa Carleton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Prince Duah |
| Area trustee | Justine Bell[1] |
| Administrator | Mejd Elmahdi |
| Principal | Steven Spidell [2] |
| Vice Principals | Babak Ghiri Janice Bernstein [2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 909 (2021-2022) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Silver |
| Team name | Lords |
| Newspaper | Lisgarwrite |
| Yearbook | Vox Lycei |
| Communities served | Sandy Hill, New Edinburgh, Centretown, Rockcliffe Park, Ontario |
| Public transit access | Line 1 station uOttawa. Also served by routes 5 and 14.[3] |
| Website | lisgarci |
Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal.
History
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In 1843, a grammar school with 40 paying students was opened in the Sandy Hill area of Ottawa in a house at the corner of Waller Street and Daly Avenue. In 1859, the school became one of the first in Ontario to admit girls. The school changed locations several times in the first few years, and was renamed first Bytown Grammar School and later Ottawa Grammar School. In 1871 the school was raised to a high school and in 1873 to a collegiate institute, becoming Ottawa Collegiate Institute.
The school found a permanent home in 1873 when a lot at what was then the southern edge of the city was purchased. The school board acquired the land on Biddy Street for $3,200 and paid a squatter $100 to give up any claims on the land. Biddy Street was renamed Lisgar Street in 1880 after Lord Lisgar, an Irishman who served as Canada's second Governor-General. A Gothic Revival style structure, designed by W.T. Thomas and W. Chesterton, was built at a cost of $26,000. Governor General Lord Dufferin (another Irishman) laid the cornerstone and the school opened in 1874.
In 1892, the school became the first public secondary school in Ontario to hire a female teacher.[4] Four new classrooms were added on the south side in 1892, moving the front wall towards the street and enclosing the front entrance stairs.
A fire in 1893 caused the school to be temporarily closed. Lisgar was one of a limited number of buildings to survive the Great Ottawa fire. There have been a total of 23 fires at the school, including three major ones: 1893, 1915, and 1942.
In 1903, the east wing was built with eight new classrooms. In 1908, Ottawa architect Edgar Lewis Horwood added a west wing with laboratories, an auditorium, and the main tower.[5] The auditorium balcony is suspended by iron rods which lead to huge beams above the ceiling.
A rifle range for the cadet corps, in the now blocked-off fifth-floor attic, was added in 1912. Students practised shooting there until after World War II when shooting moved to the nearby Cartier Square Drill Hall.
A basement cafeteria was added in 1923. After the school was split in 1922 to form Glebe Collegiate Institute, OCI was renamed Ottawa Lisgar Street Collegiate Institute, which was soon shortened to Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Officially, the school remained OCI for several decades. Since the split, Glebe and Lisgar have been traditional rivals.[6][7]
In 1951, a new gymnasium was built across the street with a tunnel connecting it to the main building. The tunnel was not open for the use of students for many years, but it was re-opened in October 2015. The new building was enlarged in 1962. The Gym Building also includes the school's computer science labs, music rooms, and its communication technology classrooms. The area in between the buildings is referred to as "The Mall", and students must either cross The Mall or the tunnel to travel between the two buildings.[8]
In 1953, the current, near-vertical roof was installed over the previous sloping roof. This was done to reduce the build-up of winter ice. The old roof is still there and there is an odd-shaped attic space between them.
In 1957, Lisgar was the first school in Ontario to introduce a special program for gifted students.[citation needed]
In the 1970s, the Ottawa Board of Education decided to close the school and sell its downtown real estate. This action was blocked by community members and alumni, and the school was completely renovated instead.[9] This renovation included a small westward extension to the auditorium to add fire exits which replaced external fire exits on the north side of the auditorium. To meet fire code requirements, the existing west staircase was moved from the stair tower westward to just beside the entrance to the auditorium. The result is that now many windows on the north wall do not line up as intended. The windows in the stair tower had been placed a half-way between floors to align with the landings. These windows now lead into classrooms and floor-aligned windows lead into the stairway.
In 1996, the third floor of the North building was completely renovated and the science labs were modernized. In March 2003, parts of the first and second floors and the basement of the North building were damaged by a water main break that closed the school for a week, coincidentally before the previously scheduled March Break, thus giving the students two weeks off school. Some minor changes were made to the affected floors in the reconstruction.
Memorial Hall
[edit]A brass plaque and print were erected by students and alumni in 1986 to Sergeant Edward Holland of The Royal Canadian Dragoons, a graduate of Ottawa Collegiate who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in action during the Boer War at Leliefontein, Komati River, South Africa on November 7, 1900.[10]
The Ottawa Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a brass plaque which is dedicated to the memory of students of Ottawa Collegiate Institute who died in the Great War.[11] Another memorial is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer who was killed in action during the war and was part of the inspiration for In Flanders Fields. Unveiled in 2001, the plaque was erected by the Lisgar Alumni Association.[12]
Another memorial plaque is dedicated to the memory of former Lisgar students who died during the Second World War.[13] A memorial framed poster erected by the school is dedicated to the sixteen Canadians awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the Second World War.[14]
Lisgar Collegiate Institute and Vintage Wings of Canada erected a memorial plaque, unveiled in 2008, dedicated to the memory of Pilot Officer David Francis Gaston Rouleau, who died during the Second World War while trying to get to Malta.[15]
The Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a memorial which is dedicated to the memory of former Lisgar students who died or served during the Korean War.[16]
The Lisgar Collegiate Institute erected a memorial frame including a Canadian flag which was flown in Afghanistan which was presented to Lisgar by LCol Plourde.[17]
Academics
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Lisgar was ranked 12th among all secondary schools in Ontario and 1st in Ottawa by the Fraser Institute in 2021/22.[18] The school serves the neighbourhoods of Sandy Hill, New Edinburgh, Centretown, Rockcliffe Park, and part of Old Ottawa East.[19] In 2006, parents and students camped out overnight to apply for a transfer to Lisgar.[20] Lisgar was ranked number one for public schools in Ottawa and 4th in the province by the Fraser Institute in 2008.[21] Lisgar is also home to the student-run Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation.[22]
Students have frequently placed in the top ten amongst Canadian Mathematical Olympiad winners.[23]
The school offers Advanced Placement courses. Apart from Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil and Advanced Placement Spanish, students taking AP courses take an advanced form of a regular course, which provides them with an Ontario Credit, as well as taking the AP exam in May. As of 2016, Lisgar inaugurated its AP Capstone Program which requires students to take AP Seminar and AP Research as well as four other AP Courses with a score greater than 3.[citation needed]
Music
[edit]Musical ensembles at the school include the concert band (beginner), symphonic winds (senior), concert orchestra (beginner), and Lisgar Symphony Orchestra (senior). Smaller ensembles include the string ensemble, junior and senior jazz bands, and saxophone, flute and clarinet ensembles. These groups take part in music competitions, including the Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival. All ensembles perform two annual concerts.
Athletics
[edit]Sports at Lisgar include rugby, soccer, hockey, basketball, rowing, cross country. At the 160th Reunion, an "Athletic Wall of Fame" was established.[24] There have been three inductions to date, with the third group inducted during the 175th Reunion in May 2018.
Clubs
[edit]Clubs available to students include Lisgar Business Co (aka DECA), Debate Club, Biomedical Club, Model United Nations Club, Chess+ Club, Fim Club, Lisgar's Environmental Action Force (LEAF), Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation (Spacesim), Key Club, Vox Lycei (yearbook), and the school newspaper Lisgarwrite.
Lisgar's Student Council consists of approximately 30 executive member positions. These include the co-presidents, Student Senator, Secretary, Treasurer, and 5-6 elected grade representatives, alongside 6 committees and several individual roles consisting of the remaining positions. Student Council is responsible for running a variety of school-wide events and activities throughout the course of the school year, including the Annual Pancake Breakfast, the week-long 'Battle of the Grades', and the end-of-year 'Oscars'.
The school's Reach for the Top team won the Canadian national finals in the 2008, 2015 and 2017 seasons.[25] In 2006, the school's Reach for the Top team became the first Canadian team to participate in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) High School National Championships, placing 25th.[citation needed] In 2008, the Lisgar Reach team became the first team to qualify for both the Canadian Reach for the Top finals and the NAQT High School National Championships in Chicago, placing second in Ontario for Reach and first in their qualifying division (Ottawa) for NAQT.[citation needed] Electing to attend the Reach Nationals in Edmonton, Lisgar came from behind to beat two-time champion University of Toronto Schools 420–415 for the national title. In 2010, Lisgar was able to qualify two teams for the NAQT Chicago tournament.[citation needed]
Lisgar's Improv team has won the National Tournament of the Canadian Improv Games in 1999 and 2000, and from 2004 to 2012 qualified for the Canadian National tournament almost every year.[26]
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2022) |
- Alexis Helmer – World War I soldier, Canadian Field Artillery, part of inspiration for In Flanders Field
- Henry Botterell – World War I Canadian Fighter Pilot
- Maurice Brodie – Polio researcher
- Desmond T. Burke – Canada's Sports Hall of Fame marksman, doctor
- Sam Berger – Lawyer, involved with the Ottawa Rough Riders, as its legal advisor, president, and winning 4 Grey Cups as owner
- King Clancy – Played 16 seasons in the NHL for the Senators and Maple Leafs, member of three Stanley Cup teams
- Adrienne Clarkson – Noted broadcaster and 26th Governor General of Canada
- Peter Cureton – Actor and playwright
- Ted Finn – First director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Eugene Forsey – Canadian former Senator, constitutional expert
- Jessa Gamble – Author and science journalist
- Arnold Gosewich – Record industry executive and literary agent
- Lorry Greenberg – Former Ottawa mayor
- Lorne Greene – Newsreader, actor, and Star of TV's Bonanza
- James Walton Groves – Mycologist
- Bruce Halliday – Physician and former Member of Parliament
- Laura Hannant – Child activist
- Anne Heggtveit – World and Olympic ski champion
- David Hein – Co-author and co-composer of Tony Award-nominated musical Come from Away
- Sergeant Edward Holland – a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons who won the Victoria Cross for valour during the Battle of Leliefontein on November 7, 1900, in the Second Boer War
- Donald Jackson – World champion figure skater, first to perform a triple lutz jump
- Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
- Martin John, professional soccer player, full back for Welsh soccer team Cardiff City.
- Bruce Kirby – Designer of the Laser dinghy
- Evelyn Lambart – Animator[27]
- Dominic LeBlanc – Lawyer and politician. Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade and former Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.[28]
- Rich Little – Impressionist
- Naomi K. Lewis – Author
- Adam Logan – Former world Scrabble champion
- Pegi Nicol MacLeod – Teacher, war artist and arts activist, member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and the Canadian Group of Painters.
- David McGuffin – CBC News Africa Correspondent
- R. Tait McKenzie – Physician, educator, athlete, soldier, Scouter and renowned sculptor; childhood and lifelong friend of James Naismith inventor of basketball
- Susan McMaster – Poet, performance poet
- Timco Mucunski – Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs and academic
- Kate O'Brien – pediatric infectious disease physician; Director of the World Health Organization's Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
- Chamath Palihapitiya – Founder & CEO of Social Capital, part owner of the Golden State Warriors, and former senior executive at Facebook
- Matthew Perry – Actor, known for the role of Chandler Bing on Friends.[29]
- Paola Pivi – International multimedia artist
- Simon Pulsifer – English Wikipedia contributor
- Shelagh Rogers – Journalist, host of Sounds Like Canada
- Mike Shaver – Software developer
- Shane Smith – Journalist, founder of Montreal-based Vice Magazine
- Percy Sparks – Manufacturer and environmentalist widely credited with being the Father of Gatineau Park
- Valdy – Folk and country musician
- Bill Westwick – Sports editor for the Ottawa Journal, and inductee into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame[30]
- Gordon F. Henderson – Top Canadian lawyer, President of the Canadian bar association, Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
Notable teachers
[edit]See also
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- Education in Ontario
- List of Ottawa, Ontario schools
- Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation
- List of designated heritage properties in Ottawa
- List of high schools in Ontario
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact information". Lisgar CI.
- ^ a b "Lisgar Collegiate Institute Staff Directory" – via Google Docs.
- ^ "OC Transpo System Map" (PDF). OC Transpo. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
- ^ "Home - Lisgar CI". lisgar.ca. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1529A Edgar Lewis Horwood
- ^ "Home - Lisgar CI" (PDF). www.lisgar.ca. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Finnigan, Joan; Association, Lisgar Alumni (12 November 1993). Lisgar Collegiate Institute, 1843-1993. Lisgar Alumni Association. ISBN 9780969725404. Retrieved 12 November 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ lisgarwrite (2016-06-18). "The Tunnel: The Most Essential Part of Lisgar". The Lisgarwrite. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Lisgar Collegiate Institute". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Holland memorial: Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-056 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "First World War memorial (names of the fallen): Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-170 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Helmer memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-169 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Second World War memorial (names of the fallen): Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-168 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Second World War Victoria Crosses: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-167 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Rouleau memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-166 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Korean War memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-165 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Canadian flag memorial: Memorial Hall, Lisgar Collegiate Institute: Memorial 35059-164 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Ontario Academic school ranking: Lisgar". compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Lisgar Collegiate Institute English and Immersion Attendance Boundary" (PDF). Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Kubacki, Maria (December 23, 2006). "Tent city for Lisgar transfers is history". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Czekaj, Laura (2008-03-31). "Local school bumps up grade". Ottawa Sun.
- ^ "Contact us". Spacesim.org.
- ^ "Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Winners". cms.math.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2004
- ^ "Reach For The Top National Champions".
- ^ "Lisgar improv team prepares to grace stage". capitalcurrent.ca. 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Canadian Women in Film". Collections Canada. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16.
- ^ Kennedy, Mark (1 December 2015). "Dominic LeBlanc is Trudeau's go-to guy. Here's why". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Hot List: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Matthew Perry". Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Campbell, Don (June 20, 1990). "Former Journal sports editor dead at 82". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 19.
- Bibliography
- By Ottawa Collegiate Institute. Ex-pupils' (January 12, 2010), A History Of The Ottawa Collegiate Institute 1843–1903 By Ottawa Collegiate Institute. Ex-pupils', Ottawa, Ontario: BiblioLife This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
- By Lisgar Collegiate Centenary Committee (1943), Lisgar Collegiate Centenary: 1843-1943, Ottawa, Ontario: Lisgar Alumni Association, Lisgar Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Ont.)
- By Lisgar Alumni Association' (1993), A History Of Lisgar Collegiate Institute, 1843-1993, Ottawa, Ontario: Lisgar Alumni Association, Lisgar Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Ont.)
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