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Date	1908 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Pieter Cullis • Ian Hacking • Justin Trudeau • Albert Bandura • Kim Campbell • Robert A. Mundell • William Gibson • John Goodlad • John Napier Turner • E. Mavis Hetherington • Bertram N. Brockhouse

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