Brantford Collegiate Institute Student, Dancer Makes Leap to Temple University

Article content originally published in The Expositor on May 6, 2026 by Brian Thompson

_{Lauren Gibbon, a 17-year-old dancer from Brantford has signed with Temple University in Philadelphia, PA in the hopes of making their Division 1 dance team while she studies kinesiology. Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor}

Dancing for most of her young life, a Brantford teen is about to take a leap in her dance journey.

Seventeen-year-old Lauren Gibbon, in her final year at Brantford Collegiate Institute, has signed with Temple University in Philadelphia, PA where she will study kinesiology for four years. She has already been accepted for her master’s degree which, with concurrent studies, will mean an additional two years.

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