The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being instituted into a separate, autonomous university in 1966. It is composed of 14 faculties and over 85 research institutes and centres. The main campus is located in the northwest quadrant of the city near the Bow River and a smaller south campus is located in the city centre. The main campus houses most of the research facilities and works with provincial and federal research and regulatory agencies, several of which are housed next to the campus such as the Geological Survey of Canada. The main campus covers approximately 200 hectares.
Western Canada High School is a public high school in Calgary, Alberta that has operated since 1929. The high school was antedated by Western Canada College, a boys' preparatory school in the style of a British public school that opened in 1903. The College existed until the end of the 1926 academic year when it closed due to financial problems. The Calgary Board of Education purchased the property that year, and by September 1929 completed a group of new school buildings on the site. From 1929 to 1935 academic and technical schools operated independently on the Western property, until which time they merged under a single administration.
Thomas Robert Hickey is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Country Day School (CDS) is an independent, non-profit, preparatory, co-educational day school in King City, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1972.
Springbank Community High School is a public senior high school in Springbank, Alberta, Canada. Located on the west side of the city of Calgary, the school provides programming to students in grades nine to twelve from the communities of Bragg Creek, Springbank, Redwood Meadows and parts of Calgary’s western edge.
Tyler Toffoli is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 47th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2014. Toffoli has also previously played for the Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, and Vancouver Canucks.
Mathew Dumba is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dumba was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he spent his first 10 seasons. Dumba previously played junior with the Red Deer Rebels and briefly for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Travis Sanheim is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Sanheim was selected by the Flyers in the first round, 17th overall, of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Victor Rask is a Swedish professional ice hockey center who is currently playing with the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League (NL) after he spent eight years in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing for the Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild, and Seattle Kraken.
John Garnet Hathaway is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Jake Bean is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bean was drafted in the first round, 13th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes.
Jacob Bernard-Docker is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bernard-Docker was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, by the Senators in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Carsen Twarynski is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an under contract with the Bridgeport Islanders in the American Hockey League (AHL). He played in the Western Hockey League for the Kelowna Rockets and Calgary Hitmen before being drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
Beck Malenstyn is a Canadian ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 145th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals.
Jake Sanderson is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted fifth overall by the Senators in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
Jake Neighbours is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Blues in the first round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft with the 26th overall pick.
Matthew Coronato is an American professional ice hockey winger for the Calgary Wranglers in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Coronato was drafted by the Flames with the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
Viscount Bennett High School was a combined junior and senior high school in the Richmond neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta that operated from 1955 to 1985. The city's fourth high school, Viscount was built to accommodate the baby boomer generation and the southwest suburbs that had grown rapidly after World War II. At its peak in the mid-1960s, the school had over 2,000 students. Due to the area's ageing population and the opening of other high schools nearby, after only 30 years Viscount Bennett closed in 1985.
