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MIST Nationals: July 30 – August 1st

Salam,
MIST Nationals will be taking place July 30th to August 1st @ University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Did you make it on the team? In order to qualify, you have to finish in the top 5 in any competition.
As of right now, fees and registration are still being determined for Nationals. We are asking [...]

MIST Nationals: July 30 – August 1st
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MIST IS HERE

Ready? If not, you better get ready. Basketball will kick things off on Friday night and MIST officially begins on Saturday morning inshAllah.
Schedule is now posted!
The most-up-to-date schedule with brackets, basketball opponents and workshops is finally here.
Schedule posted here.
Basketball Information
Basketball is only compulsory for people who [...]

MIST IS HERE
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Schedule posted

Here is the schedule for each day.
NOTE: Friday May 21st is Basketball only. Only people who are in basketball need to attend. This day is optional for everyone else. The location of Friday’s Basketball tournament is at the HoopDome.
Click on any day below to see the schedule. Room numbers are still being finalized but everything [...]

Schedule posted
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Deadline is tonight.

Salam,
Last chance to register for MIST. Your team must be fully paid and coach approved before 11:59pm on May 7th. If you aren’t, then your team cannot come to MIST. Sorry!
Hamzah Moin
(905) 815-7047 [in case you have any questions regarding the registration process]

Deadline is tonight.
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CEA = Business Venture

MIST Toronto and CEA has partnered up to help bring about the new Business Venture competiiton.
Not only that, but CEA’s event is a week before MIST. You can essentially enter your business proposal to BOTH competitions. Deadline for both events is on May 7th so get cracking!
http://www.ceavision.com

CEA = Business Venture
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Early Registration almost over

That’s right. It’s almost over. Crunch time folks.
Head on over to the “Registration Instructions” page for more details and video tutorials.
Here’s my number for emergency use (not a replacement for 911): (905) 815-7047 … ask for Hamzah the MIST guy.

Early Registration almost over
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Pre-Launch Gala – FREE UNIFORMS?

In association with MYNA Toronto, MAC Youth Quest and MIST @ U of T:
The MIST Pre-Launch Gala is here! Buy your e-tickets now!
Now is your chance to win free uniforms for your team! All you have to do is sell tickets and recruit people to the dinner. The winning school will have their shirts/uniforms paid [...]

Pre-Launch Gala – FREE UNIFORMS?
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Feeling confused about registration??

Then check out these video tutorials of the entire 11-step online registration process (you have to click “CLICK ME” first before you can click on any link).

Creating an Account
Create a Team
Invite Team Members
Join a Team
Register for Competitions
Register Guests
Pay Registration Fees
Bulk Registration Payments
Coordinate Team Registration
Request Coach Approval
Approve Team Registration

Feeling confused about registration??
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Less than a month remaining…

Uh oh. The early registration deadline is creeping fast. If you haven’t started the online process, you better get cracking. Don’t leave it until the last minute or you’ll get penalized or worse, not allowed to sign-up.
Make your way over here: http://www.misttoronto.ca/?page_id=158
Additionally, the rest of the ballots are up. YES. Email info [at] misttoronto [dot] [...]

Less than a month remaining…
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New MIST site launched

Feel free to poke around. We’re still putting up some content here and there so don’t freak out. The ballots are still being updated and other site tinkerings will be occurring over the next day or so.

New MIST site launched

Salam,

MIST Nationals will be taking place July 30th to August 1st @ University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Did you make it on the team? In order to qualify, you have to finish in the top 5 in any competition.

As of right now, fees and registration are still being determined for Nationals. We are asking people to raise money on their own for this. Including MIST Nationals registration, transportation and accommodations, expect entire costs to be over $250 per person. We’re trying our best to subsidize these costs but we should plan for the worst case scenario.

We’d like a big team representing Toronto inshAllah.

NOTE: Improv, Business Venture and all three French competitions were PILOT competitions for Toronto meaning winners from these competitions are not qualified for Nationals. You can still come to cheer stuff on.

Here are the list of qualified people for each competition:

2D Art
Amina Quraishi – Clarkson
Sara Ibrahim – Downsview
Sehar Shahzad – Middlefield
Sinan Mohsin – Islamic Foundation
Fatmah Al-Toum – Ancaster

3D Art
Saaliha Khadim – Islamic Foundation
Omar Khawaja – ISNA
Nariman Ali – White Oaks
Mahdi Chowdhury – Turner Fenton
Ifra Jamil – Erindale

Photography
Jasia Islam – Madinatul-Aloom Academy
Mustafa Haddara – White Oaks
Farah Said – Oakville Trafalgar
Madina Djabrailova – ISNA
Hufsa Akbar -Marc Garneau

Digital Art
Fizza Shaji – Gordon Graydon
Ahmed Saleh – Turner Fenton
Shafquat Arefeen – Islamic Foundation
Tayyab Pirzada – Turner Fenton
Omer Mustafa – Glenforest

Fashion Design
Yakeen Jafar – Winston Churchill
Shema Al-jailani – Erindale
Iman M’Hiri – White Oaks
Huma Alam – Islamic Foundation
Onsia Ansari – David & Mary Thomson

Website
Galt
White Oaks
Gordon Graydon
Erindale
Islamic Foundation

Knowledge Test #1
Ahmed El-Gammal – White Oaks
Suzanne Sarhan – Erindale
Mehek Mazhar – Ancaster
Kosan Shafaque – Islamic Foundation
Yusra Maryam – Woodlands

Knowledge Test #2
Aasim Sufi – Cedarbrae
Muneerah Khan - Islamic Foundation
Ifra Jamil – Erindale
Fadeel Mohammed – Islamic Foundation
Sherif Mohamed – SATEC @ W.A. Porter

Knowledge Test #3
Salma Ibrahim – Islamic Foundation
Arsalan Khan – Erindale
Sahra Gedleh – Madinatul-Aloom Academy
Mohammad Ali – Erindale
Hiba Ahmed – Islamic Foundation

Knowledge Test #4
Tasneem Abdelhaleem – White Oaks
Sabeen Kazmi – ISNA
Hager Rostom – Erindale
Sadiq Gilani – ISNA
Rehaan Khan – Islamic Foundation

Brothers Memorization
Yusuf Kapoor – Erindale
Ikram Siddiqui – Erindale
Kashif Syed – Gordon Graydon
Qasim Khan – Islamic Foundation
Muneer Armanazi – ISNA

Sisters Memorization
Nura Mohamed – ISNA
Mariam El Sheikh – Leaside
Zainab Tasneem Bhaiyat – Marc Garneau
Juwyriyah Ahmed – Erindale
Afeefah Ally – Cedarbrae

Brothers Tajweed
Ahmed Bhaiyat - David & Mary Thomson
Mohammed Yahya Nathalia – Islamic Foundation
Hikmat Yar Alvi – Erindale
Muhammad Hamza – Islamic Foundation
Asharib Ali Syed – Glenforest

Sisters Tajweed
Amal Ahmed – White Oaks
Saima Khan – Erindale
Maimoona Fatima Ansari – Islamic Foundation
Zineb challakhi – White Oaks
Musarrat Uddin – Islamic Foundation

Tafseer Test
Ambreen Haneef – Woodlands
Abd-Al-Wahab Khawaja – Islamic Foundation
Aysha Butt – Islamic Foundation
Sherine Soliman – ISNA
Aziz Rana – Erindale

Prepared Essay
Sherine Soliman – ISNA
Maha Khan – Meadowvale
Fatima Dhaduk – White Oaks
Zainab Anjum – Woodlands
Sameera Amodwala – Marc Garneau

Extemporaneous Essay
Hossai Furmli – Islamic Foundation
Ahmed Khan – Erindale
Hager Rostom – Erindale
Amira Zubairi – Iroquiois Ridge
Sheza Ashfaque – ISNA

Original Oratory
Osama Ahmed – White Oaks
Kosan Shafaque – Islamic Foundation
Siraj Syed – Islamic Foundation
Asharib Ali Syed – Glenforest
Tasneem Abdelhaleem – White Oaks

Extemporaneous Speaking
Afra Mehwish – Woodlands
Abdullah Al-Tantawi – Stephen Lewis
Saaliha Khadim – Islamic Foundation
Lobna El-Gammal – White Oaks
Mustafa Haddara – White Oaks

Short Fictional Story
Shafquat Arefeen – Islamic Foundation
Fatima Anjum – ISNA
Sara Ibrahim – Downsview
Anum Ilyas – ISNA
Maariyah Baig – White Oaks

Poetry
Aziz Rana – Erindale
Amal Ahmed – White Oaks
Nourhan Afify – Clarkson
Ramya Amuthan – Winston Churchill
Sumayya Desai – Islamic Foundation

Children’s Book
Muneerah Jafry - Islamic Foundation
Zara Jan – Islamic Foundation
Aisha Qavi – Erindale
Shameela Shaikh- Marc Garneau
Sabeen Kazmi – ISNA

MIST Bowl
ISNA
Islamic Foundation
Erindale
Madinatul-Aloom Academy
Woodlands

Debate
Osama Ahmed – White Oaks
Abdullah Al-Tantawi – Stephen Lewis
Lobna El-Gammal – White Oaks
Ahmed Saleh – Turner Fenton
Alfateh Zreik – Stephen Lewis

Math Olympics
Jeff Park – Erindale
Mariam El Sheikh – Leaside
Omar Hashem – White Oaks
Faran Haq – Gordon Graydon
Omer Mustafa – Glenforest

Brothers Nasheed/Rap
Marc Garneau
ISNA
Islamic Foundation
Cedarbrae
White Oaks

Sisters Nasheed/Rap
White Oaks
ISNA
Stephen Lewis
Islamic Foundation
Erindale

Research Project
Woodlands
Glenforest
Erindale
Meadowvale
Islamic Foundation

Community Service
Marc Garneau
Erindale
Islamic Foundation

Science Fair
Gordon Graydon
Erindale
Islamic Foundation

Short Film
Glenforest
Marc Garneau
Oakville Trafalgar
ISNA
Cedarbrae

Scrapbook
ISNA
Erindale
Islamic Foundation
David & Mary Thomson
Middlefield

Newsletter
ISNA
Islamic Foundation
Raiders

Brothers Basketball
Orchard Park
Oakville Trafalgar
Ancaster
Islamic Foundation

Sisters Basketball
Marc Garneau
ISNA
Team in Semis #1
Team in Semis #2

Ready? If not, you better get ready. Basketball will kick things off on Friday night and MIST officially begins on Saturday morning inshAllah.

Schedule is now posted!

The most-up-to-date schedule with brackets, basketball opponents and workshops is finally here.
Schedule posted here.

Basketball Information

Basketball is only compulsory for people who are assigned to it. The entire team does not need to be there.
It will be 3-on-3, NCAA format. Two halves with ten minutes each and a break in-between.

The location is at the HoopDome. For some strange reason, if you use GPS, MapQuest or Google Maps then you will get lost. Confusing, I know.

Please follow these directions closely: http://www.hoopdome.com/contact_us.aspx

MIST Toronto has booked off four courts. We are doing the best we can to accommodate segregation.
Sisters please wear hijabs as there isn’t total privacy on the court (it’s very open).

Please have your basketball team at HoopDome by 4:30pm so we can register you. Please bring valid School IDs. If your team does not show up at its scheduled match time it’ll count as an automatic loss. Schedule for basketball is posted below in schedule section.

If your team isn’t on schedule, they most likely were merged with another team because there were less than 3 people.

Dinner is not included on Friday night. Please make your own arrangements. You will get lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday (included in registration costs).

Rules and Other Boring Stuff (But Very Important)

There are a few things that you’ll have to keep note of (please comply so we don’t have to scream at you during the weekend).
- Dress code is business casual. You can wear shirts if it’s something coordinated with your school. You CANNOT wear jeans. You CANNOT wear tight-fitting clothing (both genders).
- If you’re coming from a private school or a school with uniform, please comply by those standards as you’re still representing your school.
- No swearing and other profane language. That’s pretty obvious.
- No putting down other teams. Friendly smacktalk is fine to a certain degree. Anything that is hurtful or discouraging will NOT be tolerated (ie. booing, hissing etc).

Registration Arrival Times

Saturday morning is when MIST kicks off. Before you can participate in your competition, you will need to show up at registration.
Each school will have different arrival times. It’ll be like an airport.

8:00am
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Leaside
Marc Garneau
Winston Churchill
L’Amoreux
Cedarbrae
SATEC @ WA Porter
Downsview

8:15am
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Islamic Foundation
David & Mary Thomson
Madinatul-Uloom Academy
TL Kennedy
Gordon Graydon
Glenforest
Streetsville
Clarkson

8:30am
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Erindale
Abbey Park
White Oaks
Oakville Trafalgar
Iroquois Ridge
Turner Fenton
Stephen Lewis
Woodlands
Meadowvale

8:45am
———-
ISNA
Ancaster
Saltfleet
MacNab
Westdale
Orchard Park
Bishop Reding
Galt
Middlefield

Everyone needs to have their school IDs and submit their work at this time. Some people will need to hold on to your work until the competition itself.

Competition Information

All Submission-Based Competitions
- Submit your work when team registers and you collect your MIST badge.

Short Film

-Your film must be submitted on Saturday morning at Registration
-Your submission must be in an approved format (USB or DVD)
Business Venture
-Your presentation must be in an approved format (USB or CD/DVD)

-Your presentation must be 12-15 minutes. An additional 5 minutes will be used as a Question Period

Logistics Information

The building we’re in for most activities is the Medical Sciences Building.
Google Map Location

Please review and note Subway stops that are nearby.

We’re also in Galbraith and Sandford Fleming for a few preliminary debates.

But Remember!

The most important thing is to come with proper intentions and have fun! Be loud! Have creative chants. This is what MIST is all about. I’ll see you all this weekend inshAllah.

Hamzah Moin
Regional Director
MIST Toronto

Here is the schedule for each day.

NOTE: Friday May 21st is Basketball only. Only people who are in basketball need to attend. This day is optional for everyone else. The location of Friday’s Basketball tournament is at the HoopDome.

Click on any day below to see the schedule. Room numbers are still being finalized but everything will take place at the Medical Sciences and Galbraith buildings.

Friday, May 21st
Saturday, May 22nd
Sunday, May 23rd

Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing happening on Monday, May 24th (other than a stat holiday. This is a day to rest after the wildness of MIST).

Salam,

Last chance to register for MIST. Your team must be fully paid and coach approved before 11:59pm on May 7th. If you aren’t, then your team cannot come to MIST. Sorry!

Hamzah Moin
(905) 815-7047 [in case you have any questions regarding the registration process]

MIST Toronto and CEA has partnered up to help bring about the new Business Venture competiiton.
Not only that, but CEA’s event is a week before MIST. You can essentially enter your business proposal to BOTH competitions. Deadline for both events is on May 7th so get cracking!

http://www.ceavision.com

That’s right. It’s almost over. Crunch time folks.

Head on over to the “Registration Instructions” page for more details and video tutorials.

Here’s my number for emergency use (not a replacement for 911): (905) 815-7047 … ask for Hamzah the MIST guy.

In association with MYNA Toronto, MAC Youth Quest and MIST @ U of T:

The MIST Pre-Launch Gala is here! Buy your e-tickets now!

Now is your chance to win free uniforms for your team! All you have to do is sell tickets and recruit people to the dinner. The winning school will have their shirts/uniforms paid for. Want to look snazzy at the tournament? Then bring people to the dinner. Students worth one point, adults worth two points.

Location: ISNA Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Date: Friday, April 16th, 2010
Speakers: Sh. Abdalla Idris Ali, Br. Faisal Kutty

Buy your e-tickets here:


(make sure to comment on who referred you)

More information: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=106843272680859&ref=ts

If you can’t attend the dinner and still want to support then please see our Pledgie

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9737

For more information: info [at] misttoronto [dot] ca

Then check out these video tutorials of the entire 11-step online registration process (you have to click “CLICK ME” first before you can click on any link).

  1. Creating an Account
  2. Create a Team
  3. Invite Team Members
  4. Join a Team
  5. Register for Competitions
  6. Register Guests
  7. Pay Registration Fees
  8. Bulk Registration Payments
  9. Coordinate Team Registration
  10. Request Coach Approval
  11. Approve Team Registration

Uh oh. The early registration deadline is creeping fast. If you haven’t started the online process, you better get cracking. Don’t leave it until the last minute or you’ll get penalized or worse, not allowed to sign-up.

Make your way over here: http://www.misttoronto.ca/?page_id=158

Additionally, the rest of the ballots are up. YES. Email info [at] misttoronto [dot] ca if you have any questions!!

Feel free to poke around. We’re still putting up some content here and there so don’t freak out. The ballots are still being updated and other site tinkerings will be occurring over the next day or so.