Movies
Jenna Ortega starred as a deadpan teen sleuth in this 2022 Netflix reboot connected to The Addams Family.
Wednesday
This Canadian guard won Rookie of the Year with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2024.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
This artist broke streaming records in 2023 with her album Guts, after skyrocketing from Disney stardom.
Olivia Rodrigo
This group of Indigenous peoples formed a powerful confederacy in the Great Lakes region, known to Europeans as the Iroquois.
Haudenosaunee
The Indigenous called this berry a "star berry".
Blueberries.
In 2023, this pink-powered blockbuster became the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, earning over $1.4 billion worldwide.
Barbie
At age 19, she became the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles champion, the youngest American to win since Serena.
Coco Gauff
In 2024, this rapper became the first to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album twice before turning 30, thanks to Her Loss and Certified Lover Boy.
Drake
This once-massive 17th-century trading company controlled Rupert’s Land and shaped early Canadian economic development.
Hudson's Bay Company
Raccoons keep memories for this long.
Three years.
Michelle Yeoh starred in this multiverse-jumping film that swept the 2023 Academy Awards.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
After transferring to Inter Miami in 2023, this World Cup legend turned MLS into a global spectacle.
Lionel Messi
Known for dreamy vocals and sad-girl storytelling, this singer’s 2021 album Happier Than Ever earned her multiple Grammys at age 20.
Billie Eilish
Famous for jazz singing in Montreal’s Black community, this civil rights activist challenged racial segregation in a Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946.
Viola Desmond
A savory Filipino stew made with pork (often including offal) cooked in pig’s blood, garlic, onions, vinegar, and chili.
Dinuguan.
Spider-Man battles variants of himself across dimensions in this 2023 sequel that followed Into the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
With 8 medals, this American gymnast is now considered the most decorated in the sport’s history.
Simone Biles
This K-pop boy band member broke records in 2023 with his solo debut Like Crazy, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
Jimin
Born in England, this philosopher’s Social Contract helped inspire modern democratic government and influenced the French Revolution.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Sprinkled.
In Dune: Part Two, this secret desert title is earned only by a Fremen who has survived riding a sandworm; it marks Paul’s acceptance into the tribe.
Lisan al-Gaib’s Fedaykin
Known for brutal leg kicks and lightning counters, this UFC fighter is called “The Last Stylebender.”
Israel Adesanya
After decades of touring, this British rock star finally wrapped his farewell tour “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” in 2023.
Elton John
This French navigator founded Quebec City in 1608 and is often called the “Father of New France.”
Samuel de Champlain
I spent my deacon year at a Parish in this city/town.
Aurora