20 Notable alumni of
Brock University
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Brock University is 2074th in the world, 712th in North America, and 43rd in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Brock University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kyle Dubas
- Occupations
- sports executive
- Biography
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Kyle Benjamin Dubas is a Canadian ice hockey executive who is the current president of hockey operations and general manager for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He previously served as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Matthew Santoro
- Occupations
- actortelevision producervloggerYouTuberaccountant
- Biography
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Matthew Santoro is a Canadian YouTuber, live streamer, and educator. He creates top ten lists and "50 Amazing Facts" videos. Santoro previously produced vlogging and gaming videos, which are no longer available.
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Denis Dyack
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- engineervideo game directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Denis Dyack is a Canadian video game developer and the CEO of Apocalypse Studios. He is also the former president of Silicon Knights, and is a video game designer, writer, director and producer. Dyack directed Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and is directing Deadhaus Sonata. Dyack was inducted into the Canadian Gaming Hall of Fame by the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards in November 2011.
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Rick Campanelli
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Richard Adam Matthew Campanelli is a Canadian television and radio personality known for his work as a VJ and host for MuchMusic and for co-hosting ET Canada. He joined CIDC-FM in November 2021, and was co-host of the morning show until December 2022, when he left the station.
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Dennis Hull
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Dennis William Hull is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played most of his career for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. He is the brother of Bobby Hull and uncle of Brett Hull and Bart Hull.
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Peter McLaren
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Biography
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Peter McLaren is a Canadian-American scholar and is known as one of the leading architects of critical pedagogy. He is known for his writings on critical literacy, sociology of education, cultural studies, critical ethnography, and Marxist theory.
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Marc Jordan
- Occupations
- jazz guitaristsingerrecord producercomposerjazz musician
- Biography
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Marc Wallace Jordan is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, Chicago, and Josh Groban. He was named best producer with Steven MacKinnon at the Juno Awards in 1994 for "Waiting for a Miracle" from Reckless Valentine. In early 2014, Jordan was named Chair of Slaight Family Music Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.
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Kenneth Bi
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directoractorfilm editor
- Biography
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Kenneth Bi is a Hong Kong-born Canadian filmmaker. He has written, directed, and acted in Canada and Hong Kong in numerous theatre and film productions.
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Jenna Sudds
- Occupations
- politiciancouncil member
- Biography
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Jenna Sudds PC MP is a Canadian politician who presently serves as the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, as well as the Member of Parliament for Kanata—Carleton in the House of Commons of Canada.
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Kyle Rae
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kyle Rae is a Canadian consultant and former politician. Rae was a member of Toronto City Council from 1991 to 2010, representing Ward 6 in the old city from 1991 to 1997 and Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale following the municipal amalgamation of Toronto in 1997.
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Malcolm Allen
- Occupations
- politicianelectrician
- Biography
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Malcolm Allen is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Welland in the House of Commons of Canada from 2008 to 2015 as a member of the New Democratic Party. He served as Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the Shadow Cabinet of the Official Opposition (Canada).
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Joe Fletcher
- Occupations
- association football assistant refereeassociation football referee
- Biography
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Joe Fletcher is a Canadian former soccer referee from Niagara Falls, Ontario. He is currently the manager of senior assistant referees for the Professional Referee Organization.
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Philip Lawrence
- Occupations
- politicianfinancial plannerlawyer
- Biography
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Philip Lawrence MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Northumberland—Peterborough South in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He was appointed Shadow Minister of National Revenue in the Conservative Party's shadow cabinet on Sept. 8, 2020.
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Shawn Williams
- Occupations
- lacrosse player
- Biography
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Shawn Williams is the inaugural General Manager and Head Coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He is a former Canadian lacrosse player who played for the Ontario Raiders, Toronto Rock, Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks and Edmonton Rush of the NLL and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was also previously a scout for the Buffalo Bandits and assistant coach with the Colorado Mammoth. He was inducted to the NLL Hall of Fame in 2021 as a first ballot nominee.
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Bluma Appel
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Bluma Appel, OC OOnt was a Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts.
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J.M. Frey
- Occupations
- science fiction writernovelist
- Biography
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Jessica Marie Frey /ˈfraɪ/ FRY is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. While she is best known for her debut novel Triptych, Frey's work encompasses poetry, academic and magazine articles, screenplays, and short stories. Frey calls herself a "professional geek".
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Sophia Aggelonitis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sophia Aggelonitis is a Canadian businesswoman and former politician. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Hamilton Mountain from 2007 to 2011. She served as the province's Minister of Revenue and Minister Responsible for Seniors in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.
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David Grimes
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- meteorologist
- Biography
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David Grimes CM is a career meteorologist who studied mathematics and nuclear and quantum physics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He has been assistant deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada in charge of the Meteorological Service of Canada since July 2006. From 2011 to 2019, he was elected president of the World Meteorological Organization by its 189 members, succeeding Alexander Bedritskiy of Russia.
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Dave Greszczyszyn
- Occupations
- skeleton racer
- Biography
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Dave Greszczyszyn is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2007. Greszczyszyn is a two-time Canadian national champion, had four top-10 finishes in the 2014–15 Skeleton World Cup, and finished 11th at the 2015 FIBT World Championships. He also won five races in the Skeleton-Europacup.
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Vince Molinaro
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Venanzio "Vince" Molinaro is a business strategist and leadership adviser. He is the author of several books, including Accountable Leaders. Molinaro is the reference founder and CEO of Leadership Contract Inc.
