Graduated from same Bronx High School that produced actors Burt Lancaster and Stubby Kaye, Directors George Cukor and Gary Marshall,Fashion Designer Ralph Lauren, Comedian Robert Klein, writers James Baldwin and Paddy Chayefsky, Photographer Richard Avedon, Congressman Charles Rangel,and Manhattan Borough President Basil Patterson. Like former NBA great Nate Archibald, Canada is a member of the 1966 class of DeWitt Clinton High.