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DI Ontario End of Year Newsletter - June 14, 2017
Hello again to all of our Awesome DI Team Family!
What an amazing year this has been for DI Ontario and all of our DI teams! Congratulations and thank you
for helping to make this a record-breaking year for DI Ontario! Over 150 teams participated in DI in Ontario
this year - that’s close to 900 students, our most ever, who have benefitted from the rewards of the
Destination Imagination program! Wow!!!
The Destination Imagination program is only possible due to the hundreds of volunteers who serve as Team
Managers, Challenge Masters, Appraisers, Tournament Volunteers, on the Board of Directors, and many
other roles throughout the year. Thank you to each and every one of you who volunteer to make Destination
Imagination an amazing experience for all of our students!
LOOKING BACK AT OUR 2017 TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES!
All of our teams and team members should be so proud of their DI journey this year! We were awed and
amazed by all of the wonderfully creative team challenge solutions that were seen at our Regional
tournaments this year, both at our GTA tournament held at St-Basil-the-Great College School in North York,
as well as at our Eastern Region tournament held at Ecole Secondaire Catholique Paul-Desmarais in
Stittsville. Qualifying teams who went on to compete at our Provincial tournament at University of Toronto
(Scarborough) impressed the Appraisers even further by “raising the bar” and taking their innovative and
creative challenge solutions to the next level! Great job everyone!
We would like to congratulate the 25 teams who represented DI Ontario at Global Finals this year! It was the
best Team Ontario Global Final trip in recent memory. Collectively Ontario performed better than we have in
the last 5 years. We are all very proud of how well these teams represented Ontario on our behalf!
Top DI Ontario Teams at Global Finals 2017:
Little DInsteins 2.0 from St. Bonaventure - 10th in Instant Challenge (Top Secret ML)
X-Ecutives from Tomken Road - Davinci Award Winner (In it Together ML)
Drumroll Please from St. Bonaventure - 9th Overall (3-Peat ML)
The Kids on the Wall from Bishop Smith - 7th Overall (3-Peat SL)
University of Toronto - 2nd overall (Show and Tech UL)
THE 2017-18 DI CHALLENGE SEASON
Next year’s challenges already have us very intrigued! We have attached a copy of the “Sneak Peak”
Challenge Overviews for the 2017-18 DI Season. You may also access these at the link below.
https://www.destinationimagination.org/blog/2017-18-challenge-overviews-now-available/
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STARTING A TEAM
Information regarding how to start a team in the fall, along with the pricing for next year’s DI program
package, can be found at the link below. Next year’s full challenges will be available for purchase starting
Sept 1st.
https://www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-program/start-a-team/
LOOKING FORWARD TO DI ONTARIO IN 2017-18
Our DI Ontario Directors and Volunteers are already busy planning how we can make your DI experience
even better next year! We are looking at some new and exciting things for next year, including:
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DI Ontario Team Manager & Instant Challenge Workshop(s)
Regional Team Manager Training Teleconference(s)
DI Information workshops for schools, school boards, etc - we are already looking at reserving spots,
so contact us as soon as possible if you would like us to come to your school or area to talk about DI
We will also continue to send you support emails and newsletters with lots of resources, need to dos
(reminders, deadlines…) and loads of encouragement!
If you have any other ideas of things that we could offer for you & your teams that you would like to share with
us, please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear from you!
HOW YOU CAN HELP GROW DI IN ONTARIO
As we end our year, most of you have now seen the full extent that the DI program offers our kids.
Transformation in the workforce requires creativity and innovation and all of the top companies in the world
(Amazon, Google, etc.) place an emphasis on people who practice divergent thinking. Our program provides
an early opportunity to train our youth in this type of thinking and it would be a missed opportunity if we didn't
try to grow our program and get it into every school possible. DI Ontario is looking for help in the following
areas. Perhaps you have a parent on one of your teams who you think might be a good fit in one of the
following areas:
- Fundraising
- Delivering workshops
- Promoting the program within your school board
- Appraising
- Tournament coordinating
If you have any potential leads for us, please introduce them to us and we will follow up.
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Finally, we would once again like to thank all of our wonderful Team Managers and volunteers who have
helped to make DI such a success in our communities. It is through your vision and dedication to our
children’s future that we are able to continue to grow and share this amazing opportunity with even more
children, schools, and families.
Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Have a wonderful & safe summer!
Creatively Yours,
Kim Brown
DI Ontario Communications Coordinator
Regional Director, GTA & Surrounding Area
Destination Imagination - Empowering Students to Change the World!
Contact Us
For questions regarding Tournaments, Training & other activities in the GTA & Surrounding Area:
Email (DI Ontario-GTA Region):
[email protected]
If you would prefer, you may also call Kim Brown at 905-767-5643 (Evenings & Weekends)
For all other questions:
Email (DI Ontario):
[email protected]
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