List of Northern Secondary School alumni

Northern Secondary School

The following is a selective list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School , in Toronto, Ontario.

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List

Television and film

Name	Notability
Patrick J. Adams	Actor, USA Network's series Suits [1]
Marco Brambilla	Director of Demolition Man [2] [3]
Susan Clark	Actress, TV series Webster [2] [4]
Michael Dobson	Voice actor [2] [5]
Jayne Eastwood	TV and film actress, King of Kensington , Dawn of the Dead (2004) [2] [6]
Sally Gifford	Host on CBC's national children's show The-X [7]
Chris Lightfoot	Actor, Nikita , Dan For Mayor , Warehouse 13 [8]
Ted Nasmith	Canadian illustrator, known for his renditions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion [2] [9]
Ann Rohmer	Television personality on CP24 and CityTV Toronto [2] [10]
Kelly Rowan	Actress, The O.C. [2] [11]
Emma Seligman	Director and screenwriter, Shiva Baby and Bottoms [12] [13]
Ali Velshi	Journalist with Al Jazeera America and formerly CNN [2] [14]
Zack Ward	Actor, CSI , Cold Case , Transformers [2] [15]
Richard Williams	Won two Academy Awards as director of animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit [2] [16]

Professional sports

Name	Notability
Matt Black	Played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL) [2] [17]
Tom Europe	Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL) [2] [18]
Simon Farine	Plays basketball (2011–12) for the Maccabi Haifa B.C. team in the Israeli Premier League [19]
Bob Goldham	Won two Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL); analyst on Hockey Night in Canada with the CBC [2] [20]
Dave Lougheed	Played for Canadian National Rugby team and participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup [2] [21]
Neil Lumsden	As a player, he helped win three CFL Grey Cup titles with the Edmonton Eskimos; as General Manager he helped the Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1999 [2]
Nemanja Mitrović	Professional basketball player
Ashtone Morgan	Plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer; first TFC Academy graduate to play for Canadian National Team [2]
Leif Pettersen	Played for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL [2] [22]
Jack Wedley	Toronto Argonauts football player, holds the record for most Grey Cup championships
Raymond Ma	Beijing Ducks basketball player, Chinese Rookie of the Year award 2018.

Arts and literature

Name	Notability
Claire Cameron	Canadian author and journalist.
Herbert H. Carnegie	Became a member of the Order of Canada in 2003; a top hockey player in the country, but at the time (1940s and 1950s), blacks were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level; author; created the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces, which awards scholarships. Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022 [2] [23]
Anne Fleming	Canadian fiction writer; finalist for the Governor General's Award [2] [24]
Andrew MacNaughtan	Multiple Juno Award-winning photographer, director and album art designer; long time photographer for the band Rush; founder of Art Gives Hope, a charity created to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS [25]
Jeffrey Morgan	Authorized biographer of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and The Stooges; Canadian Editor of CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine; columnist for Detroit's Metro Times ; President of Northern Secondary Student Council, 1973-1974 [2] [26]
Mookie Morris	Top 5 Canadian Idol finalist; Northern Music Department graduate [2]

Music

Name	Notability
Dave Beckett	Member of Gary and Dave [2]
Grandson (musician)	Political trap rock musician signed to Fueled by Ramen [2]
Garth Mosbaugh	Tenor singer for the Canadian band The Nylons [2]
Bruce Palmer	Bass guitarist for 60s American rock group Buffalo Springfield (with Neil Young); member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Fashion

Name	Notability
Dean and Dan Caten	Fashion designers, founders of Dsquared2, a high-end Milan fashion label [2] [27]

Military

Name	Notability
Wally Floody	Second World War RCAF Spitfire pilot, instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp

Business

Name	Notability
Ariel Garten	Artist, scientist and co-founder of InteraXon [28]

Humanitarianism, activism, social work and others

Name	Notability
Aileen Williams	Black Canadian activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association (CANEWA)

References

1. "Inside Shows - News - Toronto-native Patrick J. Adams scores 'breakout role' in new legal drama 'Suits' - CTV". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
2. "Northern Alumni Members in the Community". 2006-04-24. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-04-24.
3. "Marco Brambilla Studio". marcobrambilla.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
4. "Susan Clark". IMDb .
5. "Michael Richard Dobsno - Actor". michaelricharddobson.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
6. "Jayne Eastwood". IMDb .
7. "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed December 12, 2004.
8. "Chris Lightfoot". IMDb .
9. "Ted Nasmith – Illustrator ~ Renderer ~ Musician". tednasmith.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
10. "CP24 - Ann Rohmer". CP24 . Archived from the original on October 27, 2009.
11. "Kelly Rowan". IMDb .
12. "'That Was When I Felt Like I Had Made It': Emma Seligman's Big Break". Canadian Business .
13. "Emma Seligman". IMDb .
14. "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Ali Velshi". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11.
15. "Zack Ward". IMDb .
16. "Richard Williams". IMDb .
17. "Argonauts.ca". argonauts.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
18. "Blue Bombers' Europe retires". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . May 18, 2004.
19. "Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
20. "Bob Goldham Hockey Stats and Profile". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
21. "Rugby Union | Statsguru". ESPN Scrum. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
22. "TSN, CFL Mourn Loss of Leif Petterson". TSN . July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
23. "Herb Carnegie". northernsecondary.toronto.on.ca. Archived from the original on May 24, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
24. "Victoria School of Writing - 2000 Faculty and Workshops". Archived from the original on 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2007-01-28. URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
25. "Andrew MacNaughtan Tribute Page". Facebook .^{[ user-generated source ]}
26. "JEFFREY MORGAN : biographer of ALICE COOPER and THE STOOGES". www.jeffreymorgan.info. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
27. "DSquared - DSquared - Klamotten". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26. URL last accessed Sep 8, 2010.
28. Donovan, Vincent (2016-01-03). "Muse meditation device melds science and style for Toronto co-creator". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

External links

• A larger list at NSS