The Firefly Foundation was a proud sponsor of the 16th Annual Toronto Brain Bee. The competition took place at the Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories at the University of Toronto on March 28, 2014. 55 students from 15 high schools in the Toronto area participated in the competition.

Following three rounds of questions, the top three winners were: Michael Liu (first place), Catherine Hu (second place) and Andrea Zukowski (third place). Michael and Catherine were from the University of Toronto Schools, while Andrea was representing the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts. As the first place winner, Michael Liu will represent Toronto at the 7th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition, which will take place at McMaster University in Hamilton on May 31, 2014.