1. Nick Bontis was born on May 27,1969 and is a Canadian academic.
13 Facts About Nick Bontis
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Nick Bontis is associate professor and chair of strategic management at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
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In 1985, Bontis played in the U16 Championship Final of The Robbie tournament at Birchmount Stadium for Scarborough Maple Leaf.
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In 1997, Nick Bontis led the Premier Division of the WOSL in goals while playing for London Portuguese.
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Toward the end of his playing career, Nick Bontis played for Schalke FC in the Ontario Soccer League and Proto Stars in the Hamilton Old-Timers League.
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On June 7,2012, Nick Bontis was elected to the board of directors of Canada Soccer.
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On February 13,2014, Nick Bontis was appointed co-chair of the Sport Organizing Committee for Men's and Women's Soccer at the 2015 Pan American Games.
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On May 6,2017, Nick Bontis was elected vice president of Canada Soccer and on May 7,2018, he was re-elected vice president.
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On February 28,2018, Nick Bontis led Canada Soccer's launch of an updated version of the strategic plan based on a nationwide video campaign entitled "You are Canada Soccer".
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On November 21,2020, Nick Bontis was elected president of Canada Soccer.
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On February 27,2023, Nick Bontis resigned as president of Canada Soccer after Canada's provincial and territorial soccer federations sent Nick Bontis a letter requesting he step down amid labour disputes between the men's and women's senior national teams.
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In 2009, Nick Bontis won the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teaching Award.
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Nick Bontis carried the Olympic Torch in Hamilton while it was en route to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and the Pan-American Games torch in lead up to the Hamilton 2015 Pan-American Games.