only one team, with that team losing in the semi-finals of the provincial tournament. Starting in 2012, Eric Hamber began a Grade 8 football program in the spring. The team does not play in the formal Grade 8 fall league but organizes exhibition games with other schools during the spring sports season. The program also organizes a flag football program in the spring for feeder elementary schools to promote a culture of football amongst students who are likely to eventually attend to Eric Hamber. Eric Hamber Griffins Football runs with relative independence from the athletics department of the school due to its unique province-wide league and player-based funding. Player fees range from $250–300 based on the season and funding is available for those who cannot afford the costs. Seismic upgrade The Eric Hamber Seismic Replacement Project consists of an entirely new building. The replacement school will be approximately 15,600 meters. The $80 million school replacement will be the largest seismic project in Vancouver history with construction to start in late 2020. In media One of the parking lots at Eric Hamber was extensively used in the early days of television series 21 Jump Street, including a confrontation involving Johnny Depp. It was later used as the high school in the 2007 film Juno. Eric Hamber was used for the filming of TV series iZombie in November 2015. In late 2020, Hamber was used for the filming of the Netflix TV series Riverdale. Canada Sings In 2011, several of Eric Hamber's staff were part of a glee club called "The Edutones" on the show Canada Sings. They defeated the opposing The Distillery Restaurants Corporation's "Run DRC" glee club and won $10,000 for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. They appeared on episode 6 of season 1 which aired on September 8, 2011. Notable alumni Michael Benyaer, (Class of 1988), actor and cartoon and video game voice actor Fred Cheng, (Class of 2001), Hong Kong television actor and singer, the winner of The Voice of Stars Katie Findlay, (Class of 2008), actress, star of The Carrie Diaries C. E. Gatchalian, (Class of 1992), award-winning playwright, poet and fictionist Gregory Henriquez, (1977-1980), Architect Aisha Sasha John, (Class of 1998) dancer and poet Ori Kowarsky, (Class of 1988), screenwriter and director of Various Positions, winner of the 2002 Prix de Montréal Kristin Kreuk, (Class of 2000), Canadian actress, star of Television show Smallville Jenny Kwan,