Among his students there were the future novelist Michael Ondaatje and Scott Griffin, founder in 2000 of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
Walter Scott | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Winfield Scott | Griffin | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Merv Griffin | Scott Brown | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | Winfield Scott Hancock | Walter Burley Griffin | Stewie Griffin | Randolph Scott | Peter Scott | Coretta Scott King | Seann William Scott | Scott Walker | Scott Bakula | Nick Griffin | Lake Burley Griffin | George Gilbert Scott | Campbell Scott |
In 1958, Blaikie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec where he became lifelong friends with fellow student Scott Griffin, the founder of the Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry that annually awards the Griffin Poetry Prize.