A high school teacher from 91Ô´´ may soon be named the smartest person in Canada.
Jason Vander Hoek, 28, will compete this Sunday in the finale of Canada’s Smartest Person. Vander Hoek won episode 7 of the CBC show, which airs weekly at 8 p.m. According to CBC’s website, brainiacs were discovered living all across the country — selected through a series of pre-tests.
Then they were flown to Toronto to compete on Canada’s Smartest Person.
Each week, they have taken on a series of grueling intelligence tests.
According to his bio on the Canada’s Smartest Person website, Vander Hoek has bachelor of arts degree from Trinity Western with a double minor in chemistry and music, as well as a bachelor of education from Simon Fraser University.
He is described as an accomplished musician who also has a black belt in taekwondo.