12-Year-Old Girl Graduates As The Youngest Person Ever From University In Canada

• Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis has become the youngest person to graduate from a university in Canada
• She attended the University of Ottawa to do a diploma for a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science
• The child prodigy who has completed a 40-paged thesis started the university when she was nine

A 12-year-old girl from Ottawa, Canada, has become the youngest Canadian to graduate from a tertiary institution.

Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis gained admission to the University of Ottawa to do a diploma for a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science during the weekend.

Anthaea-Grace started school at the university when she was nine years old. The child prodigy completed a 40-paged thesis on the relationship between the brain and the hand for right-handed versus left-handed people.

CBC News indicated that Anthaea-Grace researched the topic for one year and presented her findings at the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium.

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The 12-year-old said she was happy to call herself a researcher.

Anthaea-Grace’s mother, Johanna Dennis, felt proud as the brain behind the child prodigy.

Johanna said she knew her daughter was talented when she was about two-and-a-half years old because she could read at that time.

She started public school at four years old after studying for kindergarten and grade one together.

However, the 12-year-old was in the same class with much older students, which did not make it easy for her.

Anthaea-Grace said other gifted and intelligent people like her should not be cowered because of the misconceptions about them.

While growing up, Anthaea-Grace also learned swimming, dancing and enjoyed the musical theatre.

She is fielding offers of postgraduate studies from at least seven universities in Canada and the United States.

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A 13-year-old also made history when he walked across the stage to become the youngest African-American graduate.

Elijah Muhammad graduated college with a Computer Science and Cybersecurity degree.

The child prodigy didn’t understand the gravity of his achievement until his father explained it to him. Aside from the degrees, Elijah has 10 IBM certifications, one Google IT certification and four Oklahoma City Community College diplomas.

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In a tweet sighted by YEN.com.gh, Divine said he is a first-generation college graduate and the first physician in his family.

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Source: YEN.com.gh