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    2013 Stars 

     

    Barenaked Ladies  – Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart – Entertainment

    Christine Bentley – Community

    Dwayne Morgan – Arts and Culture

    Judie Oliver – Sports

    Gerry Phillips – Community

    Scarborough Historical Society – Lionel Purcell, Richard Schofield – Community

    Monika Schnarre – Arts and Culture

     

     

     

    2011 Stars 

     

    Peter Appleyard – Entertainment

    Dr. Vicki Bismilla – Education

    Lawrence Gowan – Entertainment

    Jay C. Hope –  Community

    Dr. Dhun Noria – Health and Science

    Dr. Harold Stein – Health and Science

    Ron Watson – Community

     

     

     

    2009 Stars

     

    Marilyn Denis – Entertainment

    Dwayne De Rosario – Sports

    Gordon Deval – Sports

    Lois James – Environment

    Debra McGrath – Entertainment

    Don Montgomery – Community (awarded posthumously)

     

     

     

    2008 Stars

     

    Dr. Sheela Basrur – Health and Science

    Earl Campbell – Education

    Deborah Cox – Entertainment

    Ben Heppner – Entertainment

    Rick Middleton – Sports

    John Wimbs – Community

     

     

     

    2007 Stars

     

    James Bamford – Community

    Johnny Cowell – Arts and Culture

    Dr. Ming-Tat Cheung – Community

    Bob Hunter – Environment

    Cindy Nicholas – Sports

    Anson Taylor – Education

     

     

     

    2006 Stars

     

    Dr. Lloyd Carlsen – Health and Science

    Dr. R. H. King – Education

    Dr. Charles C. Macklin – Science

    Jamaal Magloire – Sports

    Doris McCarthy – Arts and Culture  *new bio for McCarthy see below

    David Onley – Community

    Vicky Sunohara – Sports

    David Thomson – Pioneer

    Wes Williams – Entertainment

    Dr. Joseph Y. K. Wong – Community

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    Scarborough native Cindy Nicholas started swimming competitively when she was just five and a half years old. She wouldn't have known it at the time, but 10 years later, at the age of 16, Nicholas would brave the cold waters and successfully swim across Lake Ontario, setting a brand new record of 15 hours and 10 minutes and smashing long-distance swimmer Marilyn Bell's record by more than five hours and 52 minutes.

     

    Taught to swim by her father, Nicholas won her first medal at the age of eight and also held 16 Canadian and Ontario amateur records for her age group.

     

    In 1975, at the age of 18, Nicholas crossed the English Channel for the first time. She set a record of nine hours, 46 minutes for the crossing from France to England. The next year, she swam the channel again, this time from England to France in 10 hours, 24 minutes. The World Federation of swimming named her the Women's International Swimming Champion for 1976.

     

    Between 1975 and 1982, Nicholas completed a total of 19 Channel crossings, including five two-way crossings which earned her the title: "Queen of the Channel".

    She is a member of the Order of Canada, has received the Toronto Award of Merit and is the first recipient of the Scarborough Award of Merit. She is a member of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame (Woman Athlete of the Year 1977) and received the Vanier award as one of Canada's five outstanding young Canadians. Nicholas served in parliament for one term as MP for Scarborough Centre and is currently practicing law in Scarborough. She is married with a daughter.