OTTAWA — Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis has become the youngest person in Canadian history to graduate from university.
The 12-year-old accepted her University of Ottawa diploma for a bachelor's degree in biomedical science at a convocation ceremony last Saturday evening.She completed a 40-page thesis about the relationship between the brain and the hand for right-handed versus left-handed people.
Her mother Johanna Dennis said she knew her daughter was special when she was about two-and-a-half years old.She told The Canadian Press in an interview that she's excited to get her own lab and work with others on her research about the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for co-ordinating balance and movement. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2023.
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