{"id":2710,"date":"2014-06-06T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordlearning.com\/oxford-learning-franchisee-on-jeopardy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:01:56","slug":"oxford-learning-franchisee-on-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordlearning.com\/oxford-learning-franchisee-on-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Learning Franchisee on Jeopardy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What do Canada\u2019s Smartest Person, Professional Football, Jeopardy, and Oxford Learning have in Common?<\/h3>\n<p>The answer is <strong>Peter Dyakowski<\/strong>! Peter is winner of Canada\u2019s Smartest Person (2012), a professional football player for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and also a partner at Oxford Learning Hamilton, where he helps area students improve their smarts, and get better grades.<\/p>\n<p>As an Oxford Learning franchisee, Peter helps young children strengthen their love of reading with our Little Readers program, which builds not only a strong foundation in reading skills, but equips students with better thinking and learning abilities, a skill that no doubt is invaluable when competing for the title of Canada\u2019s Smartest Person!<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Peter also recently appeared on the current season of Jeopardy, and while he didn\u2019t take home the title of Jeopardy Champ, we know that he had fun, which is what learning is all about. <\/p>\n<p>Peter is also a Grey Cup Silver Medalist, proving that athletes can definitely out perform their non-athletic counterparts, both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on all your successes, Peter!<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Peter and his Canada\u2019s Smartest Person win <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/smartestperson\/blog\/canadas-smartest-person-peter-dyakowski\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><br \/>\nand follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDyaskowski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do Canada\u2019s Smartest Person, Professional Football, Jeopardy, and Oxford Learning have in Common? 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