À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Magazine 2025: Game ChangersÌý
Explore alumni, researchers and students who are redefining their disciplines — the game changers helping us to create a better future for humanity and our planet
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Unlocking the mysteries of the universe
Using a global network of telescopes, Dr. Avery Broderick and a team of researchers are bringing black holes into view for the very first timeÌý
Revolutionizing baseball training with AI-simulated pitchers
Joshua Pope (BASc ’19) and Rowan Ferrabee (BASc ’19) explain how their unique pitching machine is changing major league baseballÌý
Changing the way people explore Africa
Eyitemi Popo (MDEI ’16) discusses her role as a founder and shares her vision for transformation and collective growth in a women-driven economy
How WATCOM transformed computing
Dr. Don Cowan (MSc ’61, PhD ’65) and Ian McPhee (BMath ’73, MMath ’79, DMath ’11) reflect on the rise of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s first software spin-offÌý
Co-op’s coming of age
Since 1958, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s co-operative education program has been launching successful careers
The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Magazine turns its final page
Honouring a rich legacy, and looking ahead to new ways of celebrating the bold spirit of the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ communityÌý
Reinventing tradition
Since 1970, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has delivered alumni stories that engage, inspire and connect our community – first through the Alumni Courier, and since 1989, the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Magazine.
Looking ahead, we are making way for exciting new opportunities, which means this will be our last issue of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Magazine.
We remain committed to sharing stories about À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s community of 255,000 graduates as they improve life in their community and beyond.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Strategies for success: Building a strong, supportive networkÌý→
Jennifer Lee (BA ’00), vice-chair at Deloitte Canada, shares six practical tips to build impactful connections
Champions of changeÌý→
Meet six world-class researchers, alumni and students who are applying boundary-breaking approaches to redefine sports, recreation and tourismÌý
Flourishing through adversity →
Dr. Nel Wieman (BSc ’88, MSc ’91) discovers her passion for helping people and becomes Canada’s first female Indigenous psychiatrist
When support comes full circleÌý→
Disney Lam (BMath ’14) honours her father’s legacy by encouraging the next generation of female software engineersÌý
Reshaping bone repair with 3D printingÌý→
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ researchers are developing 3D-printed bone grafts that promise safer, more effective treatments for patients
Statistical insights that can save livesÌý→
Shu (Joy) Jiang (PhD ’18) is designing a modelling tool to help patients better understand their breast cancer risk
CLASS NOTES
Dr. Steven Mintz (OD ’73) retired after almost 51 years of practice, including 45 years as partner in RMC Optometric Group in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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.
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-À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year Award.Ìý
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.
In memoriam
Commemorating alumni who have died
Talk of the campus
News and updates from around our campus
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