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  • 2000s

    Ani Colekessian

    鈥 Artsci鈥07

    Ani received the Jean Royce Fellowship for the research and writing of her debut novel. Blending historical research and creative storytelling, the novel explores how everyday people survive and enable systemic violence. Drawing on her own family history in both the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, the novel will try to humanize these events through the lens of ordinary lives while addressing questions of complicity, survival, and the social conditions that allow violence to take root. For nearly 20 years, Ani has fought for human rights in Canada and around the world. She recently left her senior leadership and communications role at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights to focus on the project full time.  

  • 2020s

    Dr. Jill Price聽

    鈥 PhD鈥24

    Interdisciplinary artist Dr. Jill Price continues her research into UN/making as a creative act within her current exhibition, From There to Here: Walking for Tomorrow, which will be shown at the Art Gallery of Mississauga in May of 2026. For the exhibition, Price used detritus collected from a year of walking and cleaning beaches to create a multi-media installation of sound, video, assemblage, museological display, and text-based art. The intent of the exhibit is to draw attention to the variety of trash that threatens living bodies of land and water. The exhibition was shown at the MacLaren Art Centre, June鈥揙ctober 2025, located in Barry, Ont. 

  • 1980s

    Robert Burgman

    鈥 Sc鈥85

    Robert has been promoted to director of engineering for Ashland, a global specialty chemicals company. He is responsible for managing the company's capital expenditures and overseeing a department that executes large construction projects internationally.

  • Griff Tripp, Class Note

    1970s

    Griff Tripp聽

    鈥 Artsci/Ed'70

    Griff, aged 80, wants to let alumni know about his meeting with his former emeritus professor (chemical engineering), Dr. Bohdan Wojciechowski, aged 90, for a conversation after 55 years. Griff was intrigued by the breadth of his former professor鈥檚 retirement writings on political science. After discovering that Dr. Wojciechowski is living in Mexico near Guadalajara, they got together for a week-long series of lunches exploring the various paths their interests have invited them to travel. Dr. Wojciechowski still has plenty to teach as he addresses political science challenges, finding that 鈥渆very solution creates problems,鈥 which is now published as Wojciechowski鈥檚 Law. Griff is glad to have looked up a favourite prof. A wonderful reunion!

  • 1960s

    Arja Elisabet Hamalainen聽

    鈥 Arts'69

    Arja is a retired social worker and teacher, living in Kingston. A member of the Kingston Frontenac Rotary Club for 11 years, Arja was president of the club last year and is currently a member of the ways and means committee, which is involved in fundraising. Arja would welcome hearing from alums.

  • Robert Gardiner and Laura van Wyngaarden, Class Note

    2020s

    Robert Gardiner and Laura van Wyngaarden

    鈥 Artsci鈥21 and Artsci鈥20

    Robert and Laura have gotten married after dating for over seven years. They met at 国产91尤物福利在线观看's completely by chance on St. Patrick's Day 2018 at the corner of University Avenue and Earl Street. Robert was walking down the sidewalk with some friends when he bumped into Laura and her friends. They started talking about a house party that was going on across the street and continued speaking with each other for half an hour, finally exchanging numbers. They went on their first date a week later. They鈥檝e been best friends ever since and now reside in Carleton Place, Ont., where they own a home and are working in their dream careers. They still return to the spot where they met every year.