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{{Collegebox|College Name = Toronto
 
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The '''University of Toronto''' is a public university in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest university in Canada by enrollment, and has nearly three times the number of postgraduate students as any other Ontario university. Toronto's quizbowl team has been active since the early 2000s, and has had the most recent success of all Canadian programs. Teams from Toronto have won every ACF and NAQT (Division 1) event held in Ontario (which they have played in) in the last three years, and have also performed credibly in the Midwest Circuit of the US with top-4 finishes at ACF Winter '09 (at Ann Arbor) and ACF Regionals '09 (at Chicago). As of 2010, the University of Toronto "A" team has not lost an NAQT Sectional game since 2007. At the [[2010_NAQT_ICT]], held in Chicago, Toronto's "A" team finished 6th overall, compiling a perfect record in the preliminary rounds.
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The '''University of Toronto''' is a public university in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest university in Canada by enrollment, and has nearly three times the number of postgraduate students as any other Ontario university. Toronto's quizbowl team has been active since the early 2000s and has generally competed with [[McGill]] for the Canadian ACF Regionals and Division I SCT championships. At the [[2010 ICT]], Toronto's A team finished 5th overall in the best performance of a Toronto team at either ACF Nationals or Division I ICT. The team has more recently seen success at Division II ICT, coming 4th in 2022, 5th in 2019 and 6th in 2018.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The club was refounded in 2002 by Luke and Hamilton-area [[Reach for the Top]] acquaintances.  They were joined by Rico Catibog, formerly of [[Waterloo]], who brought with him buzzers and question packets, and Bobby Hsu, formerly of [[Queen's]]. Luke was succeeded by Jeremy Weiss, Eric Smith, and Jason Dickson.
 
The club was refounded in 2002 by Luke and Hamilton-area [[Reach for the Top]] acquaintances.  They were joined by Rico Catibog, formerly of [[Waterloo]], who brought with him buzzers and question packets, and Bobby Hsu, formerly of [[Queen's]]. Luke was succeeded by Jeremy Weiss, Eric Smith, and Jason Dickson.
  
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In 2004 there was a separate club founded by Engineering students, but they do not seem to have attended any tournaments and may no longer exist.
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In 2004 there was a separate club founded by Engineering students, but they do not seem to have attended any tournaments and no longer exist.
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The club has expanded substantially in the years since the 2017-18 school year to become the largest in Canada and one of the largest of any university.
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In 2024, the team of Ben Chapman, Tony Chen, Sky Li, and Gareth Thorlakson placed 4th at the NAQT ICT, delivering the highest finish for a Canadian school at either national tournament.
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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===pre-2007===
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All SCT and ACF Regionals results are from the Canadian or Niagara sites of those tournaments unless otherwise noted. The list may be incomplete due to missing stats.
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In 2004 Toronto won the VETO mirror and the Trans-Canada Championship Match and won Ontario Bowl.
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In 2005 Toronto won the [[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament]], and Bobby Hsu, playing with members of Brock, won Ontario Bowl.
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In 2006 Toronto won the VETO mirror.
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In 2007 Toronto won both Division I and II at the [[NAQT SCT Canada|NAQT Canada East sectional]], and tied for first place at the Ottawa Hybrid Tournament.
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! DI SCT
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! DII SCT
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! DI ICT
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! DII ICT
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! ACF Regionals
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! ACF Nationals
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! Notes
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| 2001
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| 2004
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| 5th/12th
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| 2005
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| 2nd/6th
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|Combined field for SCT
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| 2007
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| 1st
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| 1st/5th/15th
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| 22nd
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| 2008
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| 1st
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| 1st/14th
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| 20th
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| 17nd
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| 2009
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| 1st/2nd
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| 2nd
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| 16th
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| 3rd
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| Chicago site of ACF Regionals
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| 2010
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| 1st/5th
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| 5th
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| 2011
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| 1st
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| 16th
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| 20th
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| 2012
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| 2st
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| 1st
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| 26th
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| 2013
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| 4th
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| 2015
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| 6th
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| 2016
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| 2nd
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| 5th
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| 29th
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| 2017
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| 1st/3rd
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| 11th
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| 1st/3rd/6th
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| 15th/35th
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| 2018
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| 2nd
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| 1st/3rd/5th
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| 18th
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| 6th
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| 3rd/7th/8th
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| 29th
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| Toronto A autobid for ACF Nationals; two DII teams tied for 5th
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| 2019
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| 2nd/3rd/5th
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| 1st/2nd/7th/8th
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| 18th/20th
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| 5th/15th
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| 2nd/3rd/5th/7th/10th
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| 23rd
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| Toronto A autobid for ACF Nationals
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| 2020
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| 2nd/3rd
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| 2nd/3rd/7th/9th
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| 1st/2nd/3rd/10th/11th
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| Toronto A autobid for ICT
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| 2021
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| SCT was not held
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| 2022
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| 2nd
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| 1st/4th/9th
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| 4th
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| 1st/9th
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| 27th
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| 2023
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| 1st/4th
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| 2nd/5th/9th/10th/12th/18th
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| 30th
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| 11th
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| 1st/2nd/5th
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| 15th
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| Toronto A autobid for ICT
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| 2024
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| 2nd/3rd
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| 2nd/10th/10th/12th/14th/19th/19th/22th
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| 4th
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| 9th
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| 1st/2nd/6th/9th
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| 22nd
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| Toronto A autobid for ICT
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===2007-2008===
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==Current Members==
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'''NAQT SCT''' at [[Carleton University]] ([http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2529 stats])
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[[Benjamin Chapman]], [[Raymond Chen]], [[Jamie Chow]], [[Ian Chow]], [[Sky Li]] (President 2022-23), [[Rein Otsason]] (President 2013-15), [[Martin Profant]], [[David Snoddon]], [[Gareth Thorlakson]], [[Meghan Torchia]] (President 2015-18), [[Wenying Wu]]
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* (DI) 1st Place (Eric Smith, Tim Mikkelsen, Johnathan English, Chris Lionel, Stephen Lalonde)
 
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* (DII) 1st Place (Alex Darling, Jason Dickson, Jessica Pilkington, Morgan Ring)
 
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* (DII) 12th Place (Jim Hutchinson, Maris Rowe-McCulloch)
 
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'''[[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament]]''' at the [[Western Ontario|University of Western Ontario]] ([http://www.uotrivia.ca/2008ohtUWO/2008ohtUWO_standings.html stats])
 
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* 1st place (Chris Lionel, Jason Dickson, Johnathan English, Alex Darling, Lara)
 
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* 2nd place (Jessia Pilkington, Maris Rowe-McCulloch, Jim Hutchinson, Miran Terzic)
 
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'''[[ICT 2008|NAQT ICT]]''' at [[Washington|Washington Univeristy at St. Louis]] ([http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2558 stats])
 
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* (DI) 20th place (Eric Smith, Tim Mikkelsen, Johnathan English, Chris Lionel, Stephen Lalonde)
 
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* (DII) 17th place (Alex Darling, Jason Dickson, Jessica Pilkington, Morgan Ring)
 
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'''VETO''' at the [[Toronto|University of Toronto]] ([http://www.uotrivia.ca/veto08/veto08_standings.html stats])
 
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* 1st place (Eric Smith, Adam Bishop, Chris Lionel, Jason Dickson)
 
  
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===2008-2009===
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(Membership list based on those who have held executive positions or have attended one of ICT or ACF Nationals.)
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'''[[2008 ACF Fall|ACF Fall]]''' at [[McMaster|McMaster University]] ([http://www.andysthoughts.com/ACF2008/ACF2008._standings.html stats])
 
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* 1st place (Jason Dickson, Alex Darling, Miran Terzic, Chris Lionel)
 
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* 3rd place (Tim Mikkelsen, Jessica Pilkington, Belle Song, Jim Hutchinson)
 
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'''[[ACF Winter]]''' at the [[Michigan|University of Michigan]] ([http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ssabhapa/ACFWinter2009/Overall_withFinals2_standings.html stats])
 
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* 4th place (Jason Dickson, Peter Burton, Chris Lionel, Eric Smith)
 
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* 15th place (Alex Darlin, Miran Terzic, Jessica Pilkington, Michelle Stella)
 
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'''[[2009 ACF Regionals|ACF Regionals]]''' at [[Chicago|The University of Chicago]] ([http://bowl.uchicago.edu/2009%20ACF%20Regionals%20Upper%20Midwest%20Test_standings.html stats)]
 
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* 3rd place (Jason Dickson, Peter Burton, Chris Lionel, Zarya Cynader)
 
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'''NAQT SCT''' at [[Laurier|Sir Wilfrid Laurier University]] ([http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2859 stats])
 
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* (DI) 1st Place (Jason Dickson, Peter Burton, Chris Lionel, Eric Smith)
 
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* (DI) 2nd Place (Alex Darling, Sinan Ulusoy, Johnathan English, Tim Mikkelsen, Jessica Pilkington)
 
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* (DII) 2nd Place (Miran Terzic, Muna Mire, Jim Hutchinson, Maris Rowe-McCulloch)
 
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'''Ottawa Hybrid Tournament''' at the [[Guelph|University of Guelph]] ([http://www.andysthoughts.com/GHT2009/GHT2009._standings.html stats])
 
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* 2nd place (Jessica Pilkington, Alex Darling, Maris Rowe-McCulloch, Jim Hutchinson)
 
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* 3rd place (Eric Smith, Miran Terzic, Zarya Cynader, Bobby Hsu)
 
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* 5th place (Muna Mire, Michelle Stella, Stephen Lalonde, Chris Lionel)
 
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'''[[ICT 2009|NAQT ICT]]''' at Dallas, TX ([http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2767 stats])
 
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* (DI) 17th place (Jason Dickson, Peter Burton, Chris Lionel, Eric Smith)
 
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'''[[VETO]]''' at [[McMaster University|McMaster]]
 
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* 1st place (with [[Bruce Arthur]] of [[Harvard]])
 
  
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==Former Members==
  
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==Hosted Tournaments==
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Cooper Albertson-Webb, Peter Burton, Alex Darling, [[Wentao Cui]], Jason Dickson, Jon English, [[Milan Fernández]], [[Ryan Hamilton]], [[Sam Hauer]], Charlie Henderson, [[Qaasim Karim]], [[Paul Kasiński]] (President 2018-19), Stephen Lalond, [[Josh Lane]] (President 2020-21), Jessica Li, [[Patrick Liao]], Chris Lionel, [[Zhenglin Liu]], Tim Mikkelson, [[Jay Misuk]], Jordan Palmer, Jessica Pilkington, [[Michelle Prunier]], [[Aayush Rajasekaran]], Morgan Ring, Harry Rusnock, [[Chris Sims]] (President 2019-20), Eric Smith, Max Trower, [[Sinan Ulusoy]], [[Simone Valade]], [[Colin Veevers]] (President 2021-2022), Michael Wainberg (President 2012-13), Jeremy Weiss, Jonathan Whyte
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* [[Toronto Winter Invitational]]
 
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* Every eastern incarnation of [[VETO]], except 2009 and 2010
 
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* 2008 TRASH Regionals
 
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* 2014 [[ACF Regionals]] Mirror
 
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* 2014 [[PADAWAN]] Mirror
 
  
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==Current Members==
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(Membership list based on those who held executive positions or attended one of ICT or ACF Nationals.)
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(incomplete list)
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* Rico Catibog (Head Coach, cookie provider and all-round nice guy)
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Other people affiliated with the club who often attend practices and staff tournaments include Aaron Dos Remedios, Rico Catibog (cookie provider and all-round nice guy), Leslie Newcombe, and Brian Luong.
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* Rein Ostason (Captain, 2013-)
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* Cooper Albertson-Webb
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==Contact==
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* Sunanthan Sivakumar
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* Meghan Torchia
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The club can be contacted at uoftquizbowl@gmail.com. The club's Facebook page is located at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uoftqb.
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* Jordan McKay-Hoffman
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* Sam Ettinger
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==Miscellaneous==
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Stats from previous versions of this page that are likely not located elsewhere:
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* [[2008 ACF Fall|2008 ACF Fall]] at [[McMaster|McMaster University]]: http://www.andysthoughts.com/ACF2008/ACF2008._standings.html
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* [[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament|2009 Ottawa Hybrid Tournament]] at the [[Guelph|University of Guelph]]: http://www.andysthoughts.com/GHT2009/GHT2009._standings.html
  
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==Former Members==
 
  
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* Jordan Palmer
 
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* Eric Smith
 
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* Jay Misuk
 
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* Eric Monkman
 
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* [[Jason Dickson]] (Fearless Leader and ACF crusader)
 
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* [[Sinan Ulusoy]]
 
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* Alex Darling
 
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* Johnathan English
 
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* Bobby Hsu
 
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* Jim Hutchinson
 
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* Stephen Lalonde
 
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* Tim Mikkelsen
 
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* [[Maris Rowe-McCulloch]]
 
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* Zhan Zhou
 
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* Jeremy Benderoff
 
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* Emma Brooks
 
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* [[Peter Burton]]
 
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* Zarya Cynader
 
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* Chris Lionel
 
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* Muna Mire
 
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* Colin Morris
 
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* Jessica Pilkington
 
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* Belle Song
 
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* Michelle Stella
 
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* Miran Terzic
 
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* Meraj Zafar
 
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* Bosco Leung
 
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* Jessica Li
 
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* Michael Wainberg
 
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* Harry Rusnock
 
 
[[Category:Toronto]]
 
[[Category:Toronto]]
 
[[Category:Canada]]
 
[[Category:Canada]]

Latest revision as of 14:09, 28 April 2024

Toronto
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Location:
Toronto, ON
Current President or Coach Sky Li
National championships none
NAQT Page link

The University of Toronto is a public university in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest university in Canada by enrollment, and has nearly three times the number of postgraduate students as any other Ontario university. Toronto's quizbowl team has been active since the early 2000s and has generally competed with McGill for the Canadian ACF Regionals and Division I SCT championships. At the 2010 ICT, Toronto's A team finished 5th overall in the best performance of a Toronto team at either ACF Nationals or Division I ICT. The team has more recently seen success at Division II ICT, coming 4th in 2022, 5th in 2019 and 6th in 2018.

History

There was a semi-active club at St. Michael's College at U of T circa 2000. As Luke Chao wrote, upon not being able to find a Toronto club:

"I off-handedly lamented my condition on a web-based message board, and forgot about it quickly. A year and a half later, Adam Bishop from UWO read my post, e-mailed me, and told me that St. Mike's had a team. It was at the end of the school year then, but I e-mailed them and they said the club wasn't going to continue since the executives were all going to graduate."

The club was refounded in 2002 by Luke and Hamilton-area Reach for the Top acquaintances. They were joined by Rico Catibog, formerly of Waterloo, who brought with him buzzers and question packets, and Bobby Hsu, formerly of Queen's. Luke was succeeded by Jeremy Weiss, Eric Smith, and Jason Dickson.

In 2004 there was a separate club founded by Engineering students, but they do not seem to have attended any tournaments and no longer exist.

The club has expanded substantially in the years since the 2017-18 school year to become the largest in Canada and one of the largest of any university.

In 2024, the team of Ben Chapman, Tony Chen, Sky Li, and Gareth Thorlakson placed 4th at the NAQT ICT, delivering the highest finish for a Canadian school at either national tournament.

Results

All SCT and ACF Regionals results are from the Canadian or Niagara sites of those tournaments unless otherwise noted. The list may be incomplete due to missing stats.

Year DI SCT DII SCT DI ICT DII ICT ACF Regionals ACF Nationals Notes
2001 3rd
2004 3rd 5th/12th
2005 2nd/6th Combined field for SCT
2007 1st 1st/5th/15th 22nd
2008 1st 1st/14th 20th 17nd
2009 1st/2nd 2nd 16th 3rd Chicago site of ACF Regionals
2010 1st/5th 5th 5th
2011 1st 16th 20th
2012 2st 1st 26th 15th
2013 4th 1st 17th 4th
2014 2nd 5th 6th
2015 4th 6th
2016 2nd 5th 29th 4th/12th
2017 1st/3rd 11th 1st/3rd/6th 15th/35th
2018 2nd 1st/3rd/5th 18th 6th 3rd/7th/8th 29th Toronto A autobid for ACF Nationals; two DII teams tied for 5th
2019 2nd/3rd/5th 1st/2nd/7th/8th 18th/20th 5th/15th 2nd/3rd/5th/7th/10th 23rd Toronto A autobid for ACF Nationals
2020 2nd/3rd 2nd/3rd/7th/9th 1st/2nd/3rd/10th/11th Toronto A autobid for ICT
2021 2nd/5th/6th SCT was not held
2022 2nd 1st/4th/9th 4th 1st/9th 27th
2023 1st/4th 2nd/5th/9th/10th/12th/18th 30th 11th 1st/2nd/5th 15th Toronto A autobid for ICT
2024 2nd/3rd 2nd/10th/10th/12th/14th/19th/19th/22th 4th 9th 1st/2nd/6th/9th 22nd Toronto A autobid for ICT

Current Members

Benjamin Chapman, Raymond Chen, Jamie Chow, Ian Chow, Sky Li (President 2022-23), Rein Otsason (President 2013-15), Martin Profant, David Snoddon, Gareth Thorlakson, Meghan Torchia (President 2015-18), Wenying Wu

(Membership list based on those who have held executive positions or have attended one of ICT or ACF Nationals.)

Former Members

Cooper Albertson-Webb, Peter Burton, Alex Darling, Wentao Cui, Jason Dickson, Jon English, Milan Fernández, Ryan Hamilton, Sam Hauer, Charlie Henderson, Qaasim Karim, Paul Kasiński (President 2018-19), Stephen Lalond, Josh Lane (President 2020-21), Jessica Li, Patrick Liao, Chris Lionel, Zhenglin Liu, Tim Mikkelson, Jay Misuk, Jordan Palmer, Jessica Pilkington, Michelle Prunier, Aayush Rajasekaran, Morgan Ring, Harry Rusnock, Chris Sims (President 2019-20), Eric Smith, Max Trower, Sinan Ulusoy, Simone Valade, Colin Veevers (President 2021-2022), Michael Wainberg (President 2012-13), Jeremy Weiss, Jonathan Whyte

(Membership list based on those who held executive positions or attended one of ICT or ACF Nationals.)

Other people affiliated with the club who often attend practices and staff tournaments include Aaron Dos Remedios, Rico Catibog (cookie provider and all-round nice guy), Leslie Newcombe, and Brian Luong.

Contact

The club can be contacted at uoftquizbowl@gmail.com. The club's Facebook page is located at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uoftqb.

Miscellaneous

Stats from previous versions of this page that are likely not located elsewhere:

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