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Hilary Duff
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Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and singer. Duff began her career at a young age, and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the Disney Channel comedy series Lizzie McGuire. The series proved to be a hit, leading to an adaptation of the series to be released. Duff began working on projects with the Disney Channel, including the film Cadet Kelly. She later began work on an album, releasing the Christmas themed Santa Claus Lane through Walt Disney Records, upon signing with Hollywood Records, Duff began working on her second studio album, Metamorphosis. The album achieved critical and commercial success, topping the Billboard 200, the album also found success in both Canada and Japan. Duffs success in acting and music led to her becoming a household name, with merchandise such as dolls, clothing. Duff began to expand her career into theatrical films, with leading roles in such as Agent Cody Banks, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story. She continued to have success in music, with her albums Hilary Duff, following the release of her fourth studio album, Dignity, Duff released a greatest hits album and parted ways with Hollywood Records. During this time, she began appearing in independent films such as War and she later released the novel Elixir, which became a New York Times best seller. The book was followed by the sequels Devoted and True and she currently stars in the comedy-drama series Younger as Kelsey Peters. She returned to music in 2014, and signed with RCA Records for her studio album Breathe In. Duff has worked with charities and organizations throughout her career. Duff has received media attention since the beginning of her career, most notably for her romantic relationships, friendships. Her romances with Aaron Carter and Joel Madden were often reported in the media, in 2010, she married former professional hockey player Mike Comrie, with whom she has a son. The two of them finalized their divorce six years later and she has been described by later Disney actresses as an inspiration, with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez claiming they looked up to Duff and emulated her career. Duff has sold an estimated 15 million records since her debut in 2002, Duff was born on September 28,1987, in Houston, Texas. Her parents are Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of stores, and Susan Colleen
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Military academy
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A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard. It normally provides education in an environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. The first military academies were established in the 18th century to provide officers for technically specialized corps, such as engineers and artillery. The Royal Danish Naval Academy was set up in 1701, making it the oldest military academy in existence, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich was set up in 1720 as the earliest military academy in Britain. Its original purpose was to train cadets entering the Royal Artillery, in France, the École Royale du Génie at Mézières was founded in 1748, followed by a non-technical academy in 1751, the École Royale Militaire offering a general military education to the nobility. French military academies were widely copied in Prussia, Austria, Russia and even powers, including Turin. The two original departments were combined and moved to Sandhurst. In the United States, the academy at West Point was founded in 1802. There are 12 Cadet Colleges in Bangladesh, among these, nine for boys and three for girls. Four Cadet Colleges were established before 1971, other cadet colleges were built after the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Air Force – Academia da Força Aérea, founded in 1978, it is an all-boys institute whose funding arises solely from tuition fees. The Academy is a fully accredited by the province of Ontario. Canada formerly had three university level service academies, the Canadian Military Colleges, RMC was founded in 1876, RRMC in 1941 and CMR in 1954. Graduates of the Colleges are widely acknowledged to have had an impact in the Canadian services and society. Royal Roads reopened as a university in the fall of 1995. In 2007, the Department of National Defence reopened Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean as a preparatory, Air Force Institute of Technology Army Academy R. O. C. Colombian Army NCO School Colombian Air Force, Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School, Colombian Naval Infantry and Colombian Navy, Admiral Padilla Naval Academy, located in Cartagena de Indias. National Police of Colombia, General Santander National Police Academy, located in Bogotá, univerzita Obrany http, //www. unob. cz/en/ Vojenská akademie a velitelství výcviku http, //www. vavyskov
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Robot
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A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. Robots can be guided by a control device or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to take on human form but most robots are designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating movements, a robot may convey a sense of intelligence or thought of its own. These technologies deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, many of todays robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. These robots have also created a branch of robotics, soft robotics. From the time of ancient civilization there have many accounts of user-configurable automated devices and even automata resembling animals and humans. As mechanical techniques developed through the Industrial age, there appeared more practical applications such as automated machines, remote-control and wireless remote-control. The word robot was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 play R. U. R. by the Czech writer, Karel Čapek but it was Karels brother Josef Čapek who was the words true inventor. Electronics evolved into the force of development with the advent of the first electronic autonomous robots created by William Grey Walter in Bristol. The first digital and programmable robot was invented by George Devol in 1954 and was named the Unimate, there are concerns about the increasing use of robots and their role in society. Robots are blamed for rising unemployment as they replace workers in increasing numbers of functions, the use of robots in military combat raises ethical concerns. The possibilities of robot autonomy and potential repercussions have been addressed in fiction, the word robot can refer to both physical robots and virtual software agents, but the latter are usually referred to as bots. Closely related to the concept of a robot is the field of Synthetic Biology, the idea of automata originates in the mythologies of many cultures around the world. Engineers and inventors from ancient civilizations, including Ancient China, Ancient Greece, since circa 400 BC, myths of Crete include Talos, a man of bronze who guarded the Cretan island of Europa from pirates. In ancient Greece, the Greek engineer Ctesibius applied a knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics to produce the first organ, in the 4th century BC, the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum postulated a mechanical steam-operated bird he called The Pigeon. Hero of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician and inventor, created numerous user-configurable automated devices, the 11th century Lokapannatti tells of how the Buddhas relics were protected by mechanical robots, from the kingdom of Roma visaya, until they were disarmed by King Ashoka. Yan Shi proudly presented the king with a life-size, human-shaped figure of his mechanical handiwork made of leather, wood, in 1066, the Chinese inventor Su Song built a water clock in the form of a tower which featured mechanical figurines which chimed the hours
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Cadet
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The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries, the term is also used in civilian contexts and as a general attributive, for example in its original sense of a branch of a ruling house which is not currently in the direct line of succession. The term comes from the French term cadet for younger sons of a noble family, in Commonwealth countries, including the United Kingdom, a cadet is a member of one of the cadet forces. In the United Kingdom these are the Combined Cadet Force, the Sea/Royal Marine Cadets, Army Cadets, Military officers in training are called officer cadets. In Canada, the term refers to an officer in training, with the official rank names as Officer Cadet for the Air Force and Army. It also refers to any member of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets and these three organizations are volunteer youth groups administered by the Department of National Defence. In Germany, the rank Cadet only exists in the German Navy for officers in training, in the Army and the Luftwaffe, officers in training usually have the rank of a Fahnenjunker or Ensign before they are promoted into the rank of a Lieutenant. Graduates of PMMA are given reserve officer status in the Philippine Navy, the term cadet is also applicable to the enrollees of Citizens Army Training and Reserve Officer Training Corps. Service academy cadets are thought to be between the NCO and Officers ranks, and NCO consider cadets as rank higher to them, in Ireland, a Cadet is a pupil of the Military College, which carries out officer training for the Air Corps, Army and Naval Service. Training takes two years and the Cadets are split into Senior and Junior Grades and Classes, in Norway, a cadet is a pupil of either of the three Krigsskolen, which educate commanding officers for either the Army, the Navy or to the Air Force. In the United States, cadet refers to a college student who is concurrently in training to become a commissioned officer of the armed forces. Some state-sponsored military colleges, including The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute and private college, Norwich University. In Australia Cadet also refers to an officer in training, the official rank is Officer Cadet however OCDTs in the Royal Military College—Duntroon are referred to as Staff Cadet for historical reasons. In the British and Commonwealth as well as Russian service, these groups of boys or youths are organized, armed and trained on volunteer military lines, the Antigua and Barbuda Cadet Corps consists of students between the ages of 12 and 19. It Is a voluntary organization, sponsored by the government. The main objective is to training and personal development to the youths through paramilitary activities. The training is geared to young men and woman to become model citizens. Emphasis during training is based on discipline, loyalty, leadership
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Canadian Armed Forces
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This unified institution consists of sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force. Under the National Defence Act, the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence, the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces is the reigning Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor General of Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces is led by the Chief of the Defence Staff, during the Cold War, a principal focus of Canadian defence policy was contributing to the security of Europe in the face of the Soviet military threat. Toward that end, Canadian ground and air forces were based in Europe from the early 1950s until the early 1990s, Canadian defence policy today is based on the Canada First Defence Strategy, introduced in 2008. Based on that strategy, the Canadian military is oriented and being equipped to carry out six core missions within Canada, in North America and globally. Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as members of French and British forces. Thereafter, the Royal Canadian Navy was formed, and, with the advent of military aviation and these forces were organised under the Department of Militia and Defence, and split into the Permanent and Non-Permanent Active Militias—frequently shortened to simply The Militia. By 1923, the department was merged into the Department of National Defence, the first overseas deployment of Canadian military forces occurred during the Second Boer War, when several units were raised to serve under British command. Similarly, when the United Kingdom entered into conflict with Germany in the First World War, the Canadian Crown-in-Council then decided to send its forces into the Second World War, as well as the Korean War. Since 1947, Canadian military units have participated in more than 200 operations worldwide, Canada maintained an aircraft carrier from 1957 to 1970 during the Cold War, which never saw combat but participated in patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the end of the Second World War, Canada possessed the fourth-largest air force and fifth-largest naval surface fleet in the world, conscription for overseas service was introduced only near the end of the war, and only 2,400 conscripts actually made it into battle. Originally, Canada was thought to have had the third-largest navy in the world and its roots, however, lie in colonial militia groups that served alongside garrisons of the French and British armies and navies, a structure that remained in place until the early 20th century. After the 1980s, the use of the Canadian Armed Forces name gave way to Canadian Forces, land Forces during this period also deployed in support of peacekeeping operations within United Nations sanctioned conflicts. The nature of the Canadian Forces has continued to evolve and they have been deployed in Afghanistan until 2011, under the NATO-led United Nations International Security Assistance Force, at the request of the Government of Afghanistan. The Armed Forces are today funded by approximately $20, the number of primary reserve personnel is expected to go up to 30,000 by 2020, and the number of active to at least 70,000. In addition,5000 rangers and 19,000 supplementary personnel will be serving, if this happens the total strength would be around 124,000. These individuals serve on numerous CF bases located in all regions of the country, and are governed by the Queens Regulations and Orders, the 2006 renewal and re-equipment effort has resulted in the acquisition of specific equipment to support the mission in Afghanistan. It has also encompassed initiatives to renew certain so-called core capabilities, in addition, new systems have also been acquired for the Armed Forces
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St. Andrew's College, Aurora
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St. Andrews College, also known as SAC, is an independent school founded in 1899 located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is a school for boys in grades 5 to 12, with a focus on academic achievement, athletics. It is accredited by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute and is affiliated with other associations, including CAIS, CASE, NAIS, in 1905, the School moved to Rosedale, and made its final move to the current campus in Aurora in 1926. The School has a 110-acre campus suburban environment and its Georgian architecture is built around the traditional quadrangle form. There are four boarding houses on campus, which are home to half of the 613 boys. Many teaching faculty live on campus. St. Andrews Colleges Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on August 15,2006, the Schools mission statement is Dedicating ourselves to the development of the complete man, the well-rounded citizen. Sports are an activity and considered an essential part of school life. As of 2002, every classroom and common area at St. Andrews College is covered by a wireless network, the students have a broad selection of courses to choose from, including Advanced Placement classes to better prepare them for post-secondary studies. As well, many AP examinations are offered at this testing location, example of AP courses offered are chemistry, English, calculus, statistics, economics and computer science. SAC has a 100% university acceptance rate and graduates move on to post-secondary education around the world, including Canadian, American, more than half the students from over 25 countries attending St. Andrews College live in residence. Day boys, from York Region and the area, are a part of the four day houses, Ramsey, Laidlaw, Smith. Middle School consists of students in grades 5 through 8 while Upper School comprises students in grades 9 through 12, Macdonald House is the home to all boarders attending grades 5 through 8. Upper School residents live in the four boarding houses, Flavelle, Sifton, Memorial, the programs for Middle School students are generally independent from those for Upper School. The Middle School clans are Douglas, Montrose, Wallace and Bruce, each student is also part of a clan, where they participate in various activities to earn Clan Points. In addition, St. Andrews students hail from an array of different backgrounds, the remaining students are from various provinces across Canada. Coulter Hall - A three-floor building designated for use by the Social Sciences, Ketchum Auditorium - The Schools auditorium, adjacent to Coulter Hall. The Ketchum Auditorium is home to St. Andrews annual school plays, mcLaughlin Hall - A three-storey wing connecting the Bedard Athletic Centre, Coulter Hall, and Rogers Hall
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Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School
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Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School is an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Hoggs Hollow neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. Established by the Loretto Sisters in 1847, it is one of Torontos oldest educational institutions, Ward advocated excellent education for young women so that they might “do great things” and this has always formed part of the ethos of Loretto schools. The Loreto Sisters arrived in Toronto from Rathfarnham, Ireland, in 1847 at the invitation of Michael Power, the school was named after their previous home of Loreto Abbey near Dublin. The first Superior of the Toronto community and principal of the school was Mother Teresa Ellen Dease, originally located on Duke Street, Loretto Abbey moved to a Bathurst Street site and then to Bond Street in 1860. In 1867 the school relocated to the mansion of Attorney General Robert James on Wellington Street. In 1927, the moved to its current home, a Gothic Tudor style building on Mason Boulevard. The school is attached to Loretto Abbey, the motherhouse of the Loretto Sisters in Canada, at one time, the Mason Boulevard building housed boarders and a private primary school in addition to the secondary school. The primary school, which was run by the Loreto Sisters resident in the attached convent. In 1967, at the request of the Ontario Bishops, students in Grades 9 and 10 were placed under the Metropolitan Separate School Board, fees were still charged for Grades 11–13. In 1984, the Ontario government began funding the last three years of school and the Abbey role as a private school was abolished. On January 1,1998, the MSSB became the Toronto Catholic District School Board, the sale to the school board preserves one of the oldest Catholic schools in Canada. Toronto City Council intends to designate the lands and buildings known municipally as 101 Mason Boulevard, under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School has a ranking of 97 out of 691 in the most recent five years as follows,7.8 in 2007,6.9 in 2008,7.8 in 2009,7.5 in 2010, and 7.8 in 2011. The Fraser Institutes 2010/2011 report on Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School gave it a grade of 7. 8/10. The historic Tudor-gothic school building is located in a neighbourhood adjacent to the Don Valley. The school has access to the Chapel in the Abbey, a pool, a gymnasium, computer facilities, a library, a 300-seat auditorium, a courtyard, a garden and grotto. The Abbey campus was used as a location for the 2002 Disney movie. Loretto Abbey offers a range of service, social
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Fort York Armoury
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Fort York Armoury is a Canadian Forces facility located near the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Fleet Street and Fort York Blvd and it currently hosts several units of the Primary Reserve and the Canadian Cadet Movement. The Armoury was built in 1933 with private funds and boasts the largest lattice wood arched roof in Canada and it was designed by Toronto architects Marani, Lawson and Morris. Fort York Armoury has been designated a recognized Federal Heritage building since 1991, Toronto Transit Commission service is provided by the 509 Harbourfront and the 511 Bathurst streetcar lines. There are three small regimental museums within the Armoury, overlooking Lake Ontario there are a series of regimental Officers Messes. These are excellent examples of the traditional British form, the exceptional architectural feature of Fort York Armoury is a Lamella roof. It provides an uninterrupted span of nearly 125 feet, roofing for parades, military vehicles, the main entrance to the Armoury has pilasters of rusticated masonry with a large carved coat-of-arms. This is the coat-of-arms of the Dominion of Canada and it appears above the flat keyed arch of the entrance. The cap badges of each original regiment are carved in stone set in the parapet over doorways opening to ornamental iron balconies, in the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades
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Sarah Gadon
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Sarah Gadon is a Canadian actress. She first gained recognition with roles in David Cronenbergs A Dangerous Method and she has guest starred in a number of notable television series including Are You Afraid of the Dark. Dark Oracle, Doc, In a Heartbeat, La Femme Nikita, Life with Derek and she also does voice-acting, lending her voice to Mattimeo, My Dad the Rock Star, Ruby Gloom, Total Drama and Wayside. In 2015, she co-starred in Miramaxs supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax, in 2016, she starred in the Hulu adaptation of Stephen Kings miniseries 11.22.63, in which she portrayed James Francos love interest, Sadie. Gadon was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a psychologist father and teacher mother and she has an older brother named James. Gadon has British and Italian ancestry and she graduated high school as an Ontario Scholar from Vaughan Road Academy in 2005. By 2014, she had completed her studies in the University of Torontos Cinema Studies Institute at Innis College, Gadon started acting at the age of 10 with her first acting role as Julia in an episode of La Femme Nikita. For the next few years, she took roles in various television series. Young Laura Burnham in Twice in a Lifetime, Catherine Hartman in Mutant X, Vicki in Life with Derek and she also has a number of television films to her credit. She was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a TV movie for her first film, The Other Me, portraying Heather. Other roles include Samantha in What Girls Learn, Amanda in Cadet Kelly, Julia Norton in Code Breakers and Celeste Mercier in The Cutting Edge, Chasing the Dream. Gadon had a role in many television series, Zoe Kessler in The Border, Katie Atkins in Being Erica, Georgia Bravin in Happy Town. She is also behind the voice of the character in the animated series Ruby Gloom, Beth in Total Drama and Portia in Friends. Gadon was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her work in Ruby Gloom and she shared in this nomination with Emily Hampshire. In 2005, she filmed for Where Love Reigns, a promotional film co-starring Douglas Henshall and her filmography includes both feature length and short films. Her first feature film was Fast Food High where she portrayed Zoe and she portrayed Margaret in the dark comedy Siblings, Priscilla in Charlie Bartlett and Laura in Leslie, My Name is Evil. Her short film work includes Haley in Burgeon and Fade, Julia in Grange Avenue, Burgeon and Fade won the Special Jury Award at the WorldFest Houston Festival for original dramatic short film. She also starred in the indie film, The Origin of Teddy Bears
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Christy Carlson Romano
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Christy Carlson Romano is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Ren Stevens in the Disney Channel sitcom Even Stevens, Romano was born in Milford, Connecticut, the youngest of four children of Anthony and Sharon Romano. She made her first feature appearance in 1996 as a singing Chiquita Banana in Woody Allens Everyone Says I Love You. She also appeared in Henry Fool and Looking for an Echo, Romano made her Broadway debut in 1998 as Mary Phagan in the musical Parade by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work on Kim Possible and she voiced Yuffie Kisaragi in the English version of the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, as well as in the Disney/Square game Kingdom Hearts. Various other appearances include MTVs Kaya, CBSs Joan of Arcadia, The WBs Summerland, in February 2004, Romano began a 31-week run as Belle in Disneys Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. In September 2008, she joined the Broadway company of Avenue Q as Kate Monster for several weeks and she starred as Michelle off-Broadway in Whites Lies at New World Stages in 2010, alongside Betty Buckley and Tuc Watkins. Romano penned a novel, Graces Turn, for Disney literary subsidiary Hyperion, in 2012, she directed a music video for Steph Golds THE SUN which was accepted into the Los Angeles Shorts Fest 2012. Amongst other titles, Romano has appeared in films since her Disney days including Lifetimes Deadly Daycare, Wes Cravens The Girl in the Photographs, Loosies. In March 2016, she directed her first feature, Christmas All Over Again starring Nickelodeons Sean Ryan Fox and YouTube star Todrick Hall, while working at Disney, Romano recorded songs as part of soundtracks for Kim Possible and other Disney projects. She first sang on the Disney Channel on a episode of Even Stevens which led to more singing on the series. In 2004, Walt Disney Records released Romanos debut album Greatest Disney TV & Film Hits, after her Broadway run of Beauty and the Beast Romano signed a record deal with Jason Flom at Atlantic Records. Flom was fired before Romano released her first album and Romanos deal was not honored and she continued to write music with Kara DioGuardi and The Matrix and placed her songs in several movies. On August 22,2006, she published her own novel, Graces Turn, Romano attended Barnard College at Columbia University and received her degree in Film Studies. Romano and writer-producer Brendan Rooney met in February 2011 while she was studying at Barnard College and they became engaged in November and, after two years of engagement, married on December 31,2013 at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta. In June 2016, the announced that they were expecting their first child, a daughter
