Northern Secondary School The following is a selective list of notable alumni of the Northern Secondary School , in Toronto , Ontario .
Television and film [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Arts and literature [ edit ] 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]
John Jossifakis Business owner, entrepreneur, event planner
Humanitarianism, activism, social work and others[ edit ] Name Notability Aileen Williams Black Canadian activist and founding member of the Canadian Women's Negro Association (CANEWA)
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