A high school teacher from Langley 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.