Class notes

1960s

Dr. Michael Gross (BASc ’64, MASc ’65, PhD ’69) celebrated 58 years of marriage to Pat and 30 years of retirement.  

Henry Hogg (BASc ’67) was re-elected reeve of Addington Highlands Township for a sixth term, and elected warden of Lennox and Addington County for a fifth term.  

Christine Dominico (BA ’69) published Pushback: Claim Your Voice, a novel that addresses the struggles girls face as they confront the expectations and definitions of what it means to be female.    

Betty Anne Keller (BA ’69) was inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. 

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1970s

Ted Hanna (MASc ’70) moved to Iowa and is completely retired.  

Robert Trenberth (MASc ’70) retired after a 50-year career spanning structural design and project management with roles including chief executive, policy advisor, director and chairman. 

Sharon Livingston (BA ’73) received a 2023 Ontario Senior Achievement Award.  

Dr. Steven Mintz (OD ’73) retired after almost 51 years of practice, including 45 years as partner in RMC Optometric Group in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  

Dr. Shiv Talwer (PhD ’73) retired early from civil engineering to research, develop, deliver and promote unifying education to integrate fragmented humanity.  

Brian Hyodo (BASc ’74) is a farrier for his second career.  

Dave Stewart (BASc ’74) is an energy engineer focused on helping organizations transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy using strategies developed in Denmark.  

Bernie Sander (BMath ’75, MASc ’76) wrote a 900-page tome on his family history dating back to the 1700s.  

Rick Teper (BASc ’77) retired after a long career as a construction manager.  

Stephen Carpenter (BASc ’78, MASc ’80) was inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.  

After 45 years of engineering throughout Canada and overseas, John Murray (BASc ’78) is working part-time for Urban Systems in Kelowna, BC, and JJRM Projects Ltd.  

Ian Smith (BASc ’78) is an emeritus professor after nearly 40 years at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.  

Thomas Dean (BASc ’79) retired from the University of Waterloo as director of technical operations in Chemical Engineering. 

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1980s

Dr. Steve Hummel (BASc ’80) retired as an award-winning professor and restructuring leader.

Rick Patterson (BASc ’80) retired after 43 years in engineering.

Wayne Shaw (BASc ’80, MASc ’88) retired for a second time and splits his time between Muskoka cottage life, family time in Toronto and travelling.

Mark Zuehlke (BA ’80) was appointed to the Order of Canada. 

Prosper Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Colin Burge (BSc ’81) as an adviser.  

Jamey Hubbs (BA ’81) was appointed one of three new independent directors of Laurentian Bank.

Michael Barnstijn (BMath ’82, MMath ’85) was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Steve Clark (BA ’82) was re-elected as Member of Provincial Parliament for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.

Neysa Finnie (BA ’83) became vice-president, legal for Photonic Inc.  

Marc Kealey (BA ’83) was elected vice-chairman of the board of directors for Visionary Holdings Inc.  

After more than four decades at Brock University, Karen McAllister-Kenny (BSc ’83) retired as director of recreation.

Diane Patricia Helen Sims (BA ’83) was appointed to the Order of Canada. 

Andrew Smith (BSc ’83) became the inaugural chair of the Technical Advisory Board for Spark Energy Minerals Inc.

Frank Gerencser (BASc ’84), chief executive officer of triOS College, celebrated the grand opening of two public-private partnership campuses with Sault College in Brampton and Mohawk College in Mississauga.

Krista McKerracher (BSc ’84) was named chairperson of the board for Genialis.

Glenn Howard (BES ’85) retired from competitive curling, ending a career that included four world titles and four Canadian championships.

Louise MacCallum (BMath ’85) was appointed to the Order of Canada. 

Blair McArthur (BASc ’85) and wife Brenda opened The Scotsman Hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Lola Reid Allin (BA ’86) published a memoir, Highway to the Sky: An Aviator’s Journey.  

Len Kozachuk (BASc ’86) is working with EnvisionSQ to make products that create cleaner, safer environments for families and communities.

Paul McKone (BASc ’86) retired as senior design instructor for Waterloo’s Department of Knowledge Integration. In his final year, he received the University of Waterloo Distinguished Teaching Award and the inaugural Faculty of Environment Teaching Award.

William Pawlowsky (BA ’86) published his first book, The Fermented Feast: Health Benefits and Recipes for Vibrant Living.

Merrill Albert (BMath ’87) published her second book, Stop the Data Madness! Lessons from a Lifetime in Data Management.

Rob Gulbronson (BASc ’87) was appointed chief operating officer at RLG International.

Ian Pomroy (BA ’87) published a short story in the literary magazine flo.

Barbara Rousseau (BMath ’87) published her first book, Finding Home at the Harbour.

Assent reached a milestone $100 million USD in annual recurring revenue, with Andrew Waitman (BASc ’87) as chief executive officer.

Hamid Arabzadeh (BASc ’88) was named one of 11 Canadian tech entrepreneurs to watch by the Waterloo Region Record.

Nancy Black (BASc ’89) is vice-dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Universite de Moncton and chair of the Science Technology and Practice standing committee of the International Ergonomics Association.

John Gossling (BMath ’89) was appointed co-chief executive of Corus Entertainment Inc.

Jennifer Hough (BA ’89) was named Top Certified Master Trainer of the Year for 2024 by the International Association of Top Professionals.

Rob Nolan (BES ’89, MAES ’92) is Elizabethtown-Kitley's new chief administrative officer/clerk.

Herbert Sutter (BMath ’89) became a technical fellow at Citadel Securities. 

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1990s

Dr. Bill Anderson (BASc ’90, PhD ’97) was appointed principal product manager at Mattermost Inc.

Dr. Renee Bondy (BA ’90, PhD ’07) published her debut novel, [non]disclosure, which addresses child sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Roman Catholic Church, and the discrimination experienced by gay men in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in North America.

Paul Dobson (BA ’90) was appointed chief financial officer at EVgo Inc.

Kelly Hannah-Moffat (BA ’90) was awarded a 2024 Women of Distinction Award from the YWCA Toronto.

Dr. Mark Fillmore (MA ’90, PhD ’93) won a University of Kentucky 2024 Great Teacher Award.

Gladiator Metals Corporation appointed Olav Langelaar (BASc ’90) to vice-president of corporate development.

Mike Perkins (BASc ’90) received an Academy Award in the Scientific and Engineering category for his work on the design and development of the Christie E3LH Dolby Vision Cinema Projector.

Anton Pojasok (BES ’90) became director of sustainability at PCL Construction.

Peter Armbruster (BASc ’91) celebrated 20 years with Activa.

Michael Grasley (BASc ’91) retired as managing director of Accenture IndustryX.

Wendy Kei (BMath ’91) received a Women Corporate Directors Visionary Award for Strategic Leadership.

Dave Leis (BA ’91) became president and chief executive officer of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

Hiten Makim (BA ’91) was named one of the Top 50 Tech Leaders of the Year by the Canada India Tech Council.

Chris Roehrig (BA ’91) retired from his role as director of education for the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board.

Eldon Sprickerhoff (BMath ’91) became a Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame laureate.

Dr. Gabriele Weichert (BSc ’91) was appointed the president of the Canadian Dermatology Association.

Arjan Areeja (BASc ’92) was named chair of the board of directors of the Electrical Safety Authority.

Nicolas Darveau-Garneau (BMath ’92) became a strategic advisor for iA Financial Corporation.

Bill Koornstra (BMath ’92) and wife Colleen donated $150,000 to the Foundation of Guelph General Hospital, which established the Bill and Colleen Koornstra Health and Wellness Fund that supports the mental health and well-being of hospital staff.

Kori Miskucza (BES ’92, BArch ’94) is a private equity and venture capital investor focused on supporting companies working to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. He is also the founder and chief designer of APEXX PanelWall.

Dr. Wendy Rodger (PhD ’92) will be the seventh president and vice-chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

Maclean’s named Jeff Shiner (BMath ’92) to The Power List: 100 Canadians Shaping the Country in 2024.

Phil Brace (BASc ’93) was appointed to BlackBerry’s board of directors.

David Dawson (BMath ’93) became the first Canadian to serve on the National Print and Sign Owners Association board.

Jeff DiBattista (BASc ’93) and Traci DiBattista’s (BA ’93) gift of $50,000 to Quinte Health Care Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital is helping build a new hospital and fund a new ultrasound machine.

Mark Harnett (BASc ’93) runs Drak Marketing, an online marketing consultancy near San Francisco.

Anant Nambiar (BASc ’93) retired in 2021 and is now advising fintech leaders to define their strategic value story and their monetization plans.

Pauline Teoh (BMath ’93) became chief executive officer of Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia.

Jodie Wallis (BMath ’93) received a 2024 Catalyst Honours award for being a Business Champion.

Dr. Claudio Chuaqui (PhD ’94) was appointed chief scientific officer at Meliora Therapeutics.

Kursat Kacira (BMath ’94) was appointed chairman and president of Altai Resources Inc.

Guido Romagnoli (BSc ’94) was appointed president and chief executive officer of Second Nature Designs LP.

The board of directors for telMAX named Michael Strople (BASc ’94) its new chief executive officer.

Tammy Webster (BSc ’94, BA ’00) received a 2024 WXN Canadian Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award.

Brian White (BASc ’94) retired from Google.

Martha Bennett (BES ’95) became executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of nVent Electric plc.

Will Bouma (BSc ’95) was re-elected as Member of Provincial Parliament for Brantford-Brant.

Kim Jones (BASc ’95) received a 2024 YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award.

VIQ Solutions appointed Dave Sharma (BMath ’95) to its board of directors.

Jonathan Evans (BASc ’96) published a new novel, EXADELIC.

Dr. Craig Kaplan (BMath ’96) made Time’s Best Inventions of 2023 list for helping discover an “einstein”, a long-standing mathematical problem deemed impossible for more than 60 years.

Joyce Marshall (BA ’96) received an Ontario Senior Achievement Award.

Sumon Acharjee (BMath ’97) was named one of the Top 50 Tech Leaders of the Year by the Canada India Tech Council.

Dr. Rekha Agrawal (PhD ’97) has been appointed chief executive officer of Kidde-Fenwal.

Monique Allen (BSc ’97) is serving another term as director on the Women in Capital Markets board of directors.

Norm O’Reilly (BSc ’97) is the inaugural dean for the University of New England’s College of Business.

After 25 years in various leadership positions with the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, Karen Tigani (BA ’97) was named director of education.

Dr. Susan Tighe (MASc ’97, PhD ’00) will serve as McMaster University’s ninth president.

Jane Dietrich (BSc ’98) was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto.

The Governor General appointed Katherine Hay (BA ’98) to serve in the Senate of Canada.

Deep Nair (BMath ’98) was named one of the Top 50 Tech Leaders of the Year by the Canada India Tech Council. 

Benjie Thomas (BA ’98, PDAcc ’98) was promoted to chief executive officer at KPMG.

Cherie Brant (BES ’99) received a 2024 WXN Canadian Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award.

NowVertical Group Inc. announced Chris Ford (BASc ’99) as director for its board.

Dr. Kingsley Fregene (MASc ’99, PhD ’03) is director of technology integration at Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Bryan Helfenbaum’s (BASc ’99) was appointed vice-president, clean energy at Alberta Innovates.

Melissa Gordon (MFA ’99) opened her art exhibit Dream Journals at the Art Gallery of Bancroft.

JanOne appointed Vay Tham (BASc ’99) as chief revenue officer and president of ALTS Sigma.

Ryan Vanderputten (BASc ’99) completed his Executive MBA through the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. He is chief engineer and director, business and engineering services at the City of Calgary.

Johan Wall (BMath ’99) joined Howmet Aerospace as president, engineered structures.  

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2000s

Maclean’s named John Baker (BASc ’00) to The Power List: 100 Canadians Shaping the Country in 2024.

Tabatha Bull (BASc ’00) is president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, a national non-profit geared toward supporting Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs.

Bowen Island Municipality hired Kim Dhillon (BASc ’00) as chief administrative officer.

Forbes named Integriti, co-founded by Omer Husain’s (BASc ’00), one of Canada’s Best Startup Employers in 2024.

The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction announced the appointment of Keanin Loomis (BA ’00) as president and chief executive officer.

Lisa Wannamker (BA ’00) was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Lindsay.

Tom Emrich (BA ’01) published his first book, The Next Dimension, which is a guide to using augmented reality to drive business growth.

Jillian Kennedy (BA ’01) was appointed chief strategy officer with CAAT Pension Plan.

Aron Levitz (BASc ’01, MASc ’03) was appointed co-president of Wattpad, a leading global web novel platform and storytelling community from WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.

Tracey MacArthur (BA ’01, BA ’03) became chief executive officer and president of Hamilton Health Sciences.

Ajoa Mintah (BASc ’01), founder of Four All Ice Cream, is a Stacy’s Rise Project Class of 2024 grant recipient.

Alex Vye (MASc ’01) is the chief architect at Medavie Blue Cross.

Roisin Bonner (BA ’02, MA ’06) was promoted to team leader for Americas Commercial Industries at Microsoft.

Ruth Casselman (BSc ’02) was named chief executive officer of Accelerator Centre.

Zee Hamid (BMath ’02) was re-elected as Member of Provincial Parliament for Milton.

Jyotsna Vaideeswaran (BASc ’02) became the first vice-president of ads product at Reddit.

Dr. Shahram Yousefi (PhD ’02), founder and chief executive officer of MeshAi.io, has helped the one-click clinician scheduler expand to most major hospitals in Canada.

The Ontario government appointed Sanjee Aroda (BA ’03) to justice of the peace, assigned to Toronto.

Hamed Ghanei (BSc ’03) was appointed chief business officer at Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Dr. Atty Mashatan (MMath ’03, PhD ’09) won a Top 25 Women of Influence Award from Women of Influence+.

Andrea Moyes (BA ’03) was chosen for the Women in Capital Markets Executive Leaders Program.

Bardish Chagger (BSc ’04) was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Waterloo.

Hazhir Ghayouri (BASc ’04) was named a partner at PwC Canada.

Stephanie Holko (BASc ’04) was elected to a two-year term on OCAD University’s Board of Governors.

Steven Laver (BASc ’04) became lead software engineer at Solana Labs.

Kurtis McBride (BASc ’04, MASc ’08) won an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Ontario Award.

Sylvia Ng (BASc ’04) was named one of DMZ’s Women of the Year.

Rohit Ramchandani (BSc ’04) became an advisor for FendX Technologies Inc.

Aye Nyein San (BASc ’04) has been leading technology development at Cosm Medical since 2019, innovating personalized gynecological prosthetic medical devices.

Matthew Strauss (BA ’04) was elected as Member of Parliament for Kitchener South-Hespeler.

Ostrom Climate Solutions Inc. appointed Tej Virk (BASc ’04) as chief executive officer.

Timothy Braude (BMath ’05) became a partner at Goldman Sachs.

Rocket Companies announced Shawn Malhotra (BASc ’05) as its first-ever group chief technology officer.

Dr. Jianwei Niu (PhD ’05) was named dean of University College at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Muneeba Adil Omar (BA ’05) was appointed director of operations, parliamentary affairs at the Privy Council Office.

Bill Zhang (BMath ’05) was appointed president, consumer lines, Asia Pacific at Sompo.

Cesar Forero-Garcia (MFA ’06) was elected president of the Ontario Society of Artists.

Diana Skrzydlo (BMath ’06, MMath ’07) is the first-ever recipient of the Society of Actuaries Outstanding Educator Award.

Alex Xiang (BSE ’06, MMath ’08) is staff psychiatrist at Scarborough General Hospital Adult Outpatient Programs in Scarborough, Ontario.

Alex Cicuttini (BASc ’07) became a project engineer at Shell’s Scotford plant.

Kevin Royal (BA ’07) became customer vice-president, grocery retail at Kraft Heinz in Toronto.

Heather Wheating (BA ’07) became coordinator at the Castlegar Hospice Society.

Vince Woo (BCS ’07) and the team at NASA-JPL launched the Europa Clipper satellite on a five-and-a-half-year journey to Jupiter.

Ag-startup BinSentry, co-founded by Nathan Hoel (BCS ’08), raised $25 million USD in the past year.

Alexander Lee (BAFM ’08, MAcc ’08) became director of HKA’s Forensic Accounting and Commerical Damages team in North America.

Dr. Vivek Ramakrishnan (BA ’08, MA ’11, PhD ’17) is a French teacher for grades 5-8 at Walden International School — an IB school in Oakville, Ontario.

Maclean’s named Stephanie Simmons (BMath ’08) to The Power List: 100 Canadians Shaping the Country in 2024.

Gatlin Smeijers (BASc ’08) was appointed to the board of directors for Group Eleven Resources Corp.

Doug Spooner (BA ’08, MA ’09) became acting commissioner, transportation at the Region of Waterloo. 

Rahim Thawer (BA ’08) was selected as the 2024 recipient of the Ontario Association of Social Workers Local Distinguished Social Worker Award in Toronto and area.

Uzma Memom (MPH ’09) is the 2024 winner of the Windmill Microlending Empowerment Award.

Maninder Sidhu (BA ’09) was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Brampton East.

Dr. Cindy Ward (BA ’09) won a Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year Award.

Ewa Wozniak (BAFM ’09, MAcc ’09) was chosen for the Women in Capital Markets Executive Leaders Program. 

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2010s

Michael Leung (BASc ’10) is working at GE Peterborough on large motor testing and synchronous motor excitation controls.

Koble, founded by Swati Matta (BCS ’10), was acquired by Dialogue Health Technologies. Matta became head of women’s health at Dialogue.

Lee Poteck (MBET ’10) was promoted to chief revenue officer at D2L Inc.

Joshua Wong (MEng ’10) secured $6.8 million in seed funding to fuel the launch of his latest startup, ThinkLabs AI.

Kelvin Wong (BASc ’10, MEng ’11) was appointed a project manager and process mechanical engineer at Jacobs.

Tina Yang (BMath ’10) became vice-president, financial strategy and analysis, at Venerable.

David D’Onofrio (MTAX ’11) was appointed to the board of directors for Lithium Ionic.

Dr. Elaine Ho-Tassone (BES ’11, MES ’14, PhD ’22) won the International Association for Great Lakes Research Elsevier Early Career Scientist Award.

Samantha King (BA ’11) was made chair of the board of directors for the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery.

Forbes named Ample Insight, where Garry Ma (BSE ’11) is chief executive officer, one of the Canada’s Best Startup Employers in 2024.

Adam Proulx (BA ’11) was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences Division) for his work, Emilio's A Million Chameleons.

Forbes named Arteria AI, co-founded by Jonathan Wong (BCS ’11), one of Canada’s Best Startup Employers in 2024.

Robert Brooks (BASc ’12) was named one of eleven Canadian tech entrepreneurs to watch by the Waterloo Region Record.

Jessica Cullen (BA ’12) changed roles from director of communications at Home Hardware Stores Limited to managing partner at Regenerative Capital Group.

Peter Michel (BAFM ’12, PDAcc ’12) became chief financial officer of Sulliden Mining Capital Inc.

Senthuran Sivasambu (MEng ’12) joined ATB Ventures as director of architecture.

Ilia Baranov (BASc ’13) co-founded Polymath Robotics and is living in San Francisco.

Maclean’s named Martin Basiri (MASc ’13) to The Power List: 100 Canadians Shaping the Country in 2024 by Maclean's.

The first satellite location of Green Care Farms, founded by Rebekah Churchyard (BA ’13, BSW ’14), was established: Meaford Green Care Farms. Churchyard also won a Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year Award.

Jennifer Gaudet (BES ’13) was inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame and the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame.

The Hollywood Reporter named Sasha Henry (BA ’13) one of the Most Powerful Women in Canadian Entertainment.

Nicole Sbrocca (MMSc ’13) became chief executive officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County Branch.

Russell Kovshoff (BA ’14) joined the San Francisco 49ers as senior manager, game presentation and live events.

Tom Black (BA ’15) became video coach for the Belleville Senators.

Stefanie Bruinsma (BASc ’15, MBET ’21) launched AutoCate, a platform for women aimed at reducing fraud and discrimination in the auto repair industry.

Business Insider named Matthew Eid-Holm (BMath ’15) one of Wall Street’s rising stars of 2024.

Qasim Farasat (BMath ’15) was named an ApplyBoard 2024 International Alumni of Impact.

Linda Li (BASc ’15, MASc ’19) won a Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year Award.

Bianca Rocha (BES ’15, MCC ’22) won a Co-operators Young Leaders Award.

Max Taylor (BASc ’15) is a mill operator at the Meliadine gold mine in Nunavut.

Abdullah Zubair (MMSc ’15) is leading technology strategy for Bell Canada as a senior manager.

Ekta Jain (MASc ’16) is a research fellow at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology.

Chris Thiele (BASc ’16) started an entertainment company on YouTube, Captain Steel.

Kennishia Boahene (MPACS ’17) was honoured with a 2024 YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award.

Dr. Matthew Courtney (BASc ’17, PhD ’23) became chief sales officer at Advanced Electrophoresis Solutions Ltd.

Susan Chang (BA ’17) published a book, Machine Learning Interviews.

Helen Huang (BSc ’17) was named one of DMZ’s Women of the Year.

Toben Racicot (MA ’18) and wife Alaire published a graphic novel about an Ontario soldier who never came home, The Night in Tilly's Field.

Nana Kyei Bediako (MMSc ’19) is a finance manager for Coca-Cola Bottling Limited.

Sheila Dumlao (BASc ’19) is a product consultant at Deloitte Digital.

Aarchit Gupta (MMSc ’19) is a Salesforce project lead at Yelp.

Mitchell Kember (BSE’19) is a software engineer at Google.

Ellen Kiernan (BASc ’19) is a patent lawyer at Bereskin & Parr LLP in Toronto.

Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton named Brandon Loewen (BA ’19) to the national team.

Adrian Machado (BASc ’19) joined the startup, Zuplo.

Navrosh Sehra (MMSc ’19) is a project manager for Salesforce.

The Canada Council for the Arts awarded Conrad Speckert (BAS ’19) the Prix de Rome in Architecture.

Qianshu Wang (BASc ’19) is a process design specialist at Avalon Holographics.

Joecy Zhang (BA ’19) became chief executive officer of Marketing International Distribution Solutions Inc. 

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2020s

Mohammed Askari (MBET ’20) founded AnchorsBook, a marketplace for watercraft owners and users looking for rentals or charters.

Pradeepika Chanana (MMSc ’20) is a senior business systems analyst with the Canada Life Assurance Company.

Dr. Nyasha Gondora (PhD ’20) was honoured as one of Canada’s 2024 Top 100 Black Women to Watch.

Dr. Pouya Mehrannia (PhD ’20) is a senior data scientist at Aviva Canada and an adjunct lecturer at Waterloo.

Dr. Fabian Celero (PhD ’21) was appointed vice-minister of electricity and renewable energy by the Government of Ecuador. 

Shane Clark (MSW ’21) was awarded the J.D. Leslie Graduate Award.

Dr. Bradley Grightmire (BSC ’21, PharmD ’21) won the New Practitioner of the Year Award in 2023 from the Ontario Pharmacists Association.

David Menary (MA ’21) was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame.

Taylor Robertson (BASc ’21) works for Lincoln Electric developing an app to make robotic welding more accessible.

Santosh Chandra Seker (BA ’22) was featured in an art exhibition, Foreign Dreams, at Hamilton's Worker Arts and Heritage Centre.

Ashley Gellatly (BES ’22) won a 2024 Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships as a CAE Women in Flight ambassador.

Alex Golubovic (BASc ’22) published his first paper in an ACS journal, Bioinspired Lipid Nanocarriers for RNA Delivery. His work focuses on developing tumour-targeting lipid nanoparticles at the University of Toronto.

Bella Goudie (BA ’22, MA ’23) became the new co-owner of Well Fed, an eatery in Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Isabel Hilgendag (MSc ’22) hiked the 4,265 km Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada over five months, becoming one of fewer than 10,000 people to complete the entire trek.

Jacob Mcfaull (BES ’22) published his first children’s book, Where Pumpkins Go After Halloween.

Nicholas Levinski (BASc ’22) won a Women’s Health Scholars Award for groundbreaking research in women’s health.

Kushant Patel (MASc ’22) was appointed senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and works on autonomous computer vision projects for homeland security.

Eric Peters (BSc ’22) represented Canada at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where he competed in archery.

Hannah Blair (BSc ’23) was named one of U SPORTS Top 8 Academic All-Canadians for the 2022-2023 season.

Chloe Muhl (BSc ’23) won a 2024 Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships as a CAE Women in Flight ambassador. 

CT Murphy (BASc ’23) is chief executive officer and founder of Cellect, a startup that aims to improve access to cervical cancer and HPV screening through technology.

The University of Windsor welcomed Dr. Abimbola Oyeyi (PhD ’23) as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Hannah Athena Uitvlugt-Rafuse (BA ’23) became private school English teacher at Oxford Learning Kitchener.

Dr. Randilynne Urslak (PharmD ’23) won a 2023 Student of Distinction Award from the Ontario Pharmacists Association.

Dr. Sheriden Goodmanson (OD ’24) began practising optometry at Admirals Walk Optometry Clinic in Victoria, BC.

Emma Heaney (BSc ’24) received a 2024 ALS Canada Kevin Daly Bursary for demonstrating exceptional dedication to advancing the care and treatment of people living with ALS.

Jennifer Zhen (BAFM ’24) received the Larry B. Sawyer Student Scholarship.