2022-2023 Class Notes

is re-imagining lending in India through his company Asset Direct of Canada Inc. Read more here.

was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Branch in May 2022.

started a new position as the retail operations manager of Cannabis Xpress in July 2022.

won the Canadian Screen Awards 'Best Local Reporter 2022'. 

was selected by The Women Leaders magazine as one of 20 Most Inspiring Women Leaders of 2022.  

married Harjot Bhandal, BMOS'16, in May 2022 in Hamilton, On. 

leads Canada's Agency team at Google. 

was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame as a journalist for his decades of covering motorsports in North America and Europe.

won the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer's Award for New Girl in Little Cove, published in 2021. 

and Jason Grier launched a startup called Delphic Research to help support government affairs professionals.

won the prestigious MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award in 2022. Read more here.

began showrunning after more than a decade of directing. David’s recent project, MTV's unscripted TV series 'Hip Hop My House' is available worldwide on MTV International and Paramount+ (streaming).

has recently accepted a faculty teaching position at Fanshawe College where he will teach Law to business and accounting students.

published her first book, Demystifying Grief: What You Need to Know to Heal, in 2022.

joined the National Board of Directors for The Sunshine Foundation of Canada. 

began a new job as the research project director for Young London, that seeks to empower a generation of leaders through community engagement.

was appointed as the Finance Committee Chair/Secretary/Treasurer for Head Injury Rehabilitation Ontario. 

was promoted to Assistant Principal at Corvallis High School in Corvallis, OR,USA and was selected as scholar in the prestigious Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program. 

retired from a project management career and is now traveling the continent with the goal of visiting 52 cities, 39 states, and 8 provinces.

retired as supervisor from the Hydro Services group at Southern Company-Georgia Power in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2021. 

Deryn Rizzi, GDipPA'18, Jody Becker, BA’96, LLB’99, Karen Chan, EMBA’10, Rebecca Kacaba, BA’03, Priscilla Luna, EMBA’19, Erica Nielsen, MBA’02, Karen Peesker, HBA’92, MBA’97, Eva Salem, HBA’93, Oricia Smith, HBA’95, MBA ‘98, Nitsa Staikos, BA’97, and Nurin Thawer, HBA’05, were selected by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) as some of the 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women. Read more here.

and Vasiliki McInnes, MScN’15, opened a vegan food manufacturing facility in London, Ontario. Read more here.

and family welcomed baby Hartley Muriella Rocco in June 2022.

and Kyle Tan, BSc'18, met at Western and were married in June 2022. 

produced a virtual music album The Stochastics & Friends with 13 other amateur international physicist-musicians. Learn more here.  

and Thomas Wong had a private wedding in August 2021 and renewed their vows with family and friends in August 2022. 

Joel, his wife Kim, and their son Samuel welcomed baby Isla Jade to their family in May 2022.

and Amar Gupta, MBA’17, founded the functional coffee company brüst in 2018 and have recently partnered with Denis Shapovalov. Read more here.

won Season 10 of Big Brother Canada.

was installed as Nipissing University’s President in June 2022. Read more here.

married Adam Miller in June 2022 near Elora, Ontario.

published Writers’ Words Volume II, a collection of interviews with 10 Canadian poets.

was promoted to Chief Information Officer at Ontario College Application Service in May 2022.

retired as a family physician in 2019 and self-published a novella called Hearts Of Wax in 2022. 

married Scott Burton, HBA'13 in March 2022.

is a 2022 inductee to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame which celebrates those who have made extraordinary contributions to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities.

and John Noel, were granted a US patent for "Phase-change Material and Method for Producing Same".

was selected by canfitpro as Canada’s Top Fitness Professional for 2022.

is the Adjunct Professor at Nazareth College School Of Business Rochester, NY and new Board Member with Volunteers Of America Upstate NY.

was appointed as the 13th President of Paul Smith's College, in northern New York State.

Anthony Giugno, BSc’19, Paige Martin, BA’18, MMJC’19, Ian Rake, BMOS’16, and Justin Tiseo, BA’16 were recognized as trailblazers in the 2022 Business London's Twenty in the 20s. Read more here.

joined the Department of Justice Canada as counsel.

was acknowledged by Canadian Lawyer Magazine as one of the 2022 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada in the Changemaker Category. Read more here.

participated in the 29th Annual International Conference on Tinnitus.

CEO of Allanson International Inc., was awarded the 2022 “Sign Professional of the Year” by the Canadian Sign Association, recognizing his 30 years of leadership and contributions.

celebrated working at the London Free Press for 25 years.

launched Fonds pour la démocratie Matthew R. Scanlan Democracy Fund Inc., a private foundation based in Ottawa that donates grants to charities.

has been elected as the rector of the University of Chile.

published Immigrant to accompany her paintings featured in the 'Immigrant' exhibition. Read more here.  

began a new job at PricewaterhouseCoopers in September 2022.

won the 2022 Canadian General Counsel Award. Read more here.

married Michael Van Vaals, in April 2022.

celebrated five years travelling as a digital nomad, working with Waste Solutions Canada as a sustainability data analyst.

first went viral in 2020 for her unique TikTok music mashup featuring her ability to sing in more than nine languages and her online following continues to grow. Read more here.  

James Lloyd Cassels, LLB’80; Dr. William Foster Clark, MD’70; Dr. Zane Cohen, BA’65; and Guy Jacques Pratte, BA’78 all joined the prestigious Order of Canada roster in 2022. Read more here.

was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Foundation in September 2022. 

and Geoff Standish welcomed their first child, Eliana Ava Standish in May 2021.

actor-producer is the acting Executive Director and Board Member of the new Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame. Read more here.

was inducted into the Junior Achievement London and District Business Hall of Fame in 2022. Read more here.

began the startup Spently (now UpOrder) that has been acquired by Pantastic. Vincent has joined the Pantastic team as Director of Corporate Development.

married the love of her life in August 2022.