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Painting Canadian History

Friday, October 27, 2017 by Susan Statham (BA '92)
Portrait of Pierre Trudeau

In May of 2016 I was commissioned by Galerie Q to paint twelve of Canada’s Prime Ministers for a series called ‘The Nation Builders.’ The former Prime Ministers to be included were: Sir John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Robert Borden, William Lyon Mackenzie King, R. B. Bennett, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien.

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From a wish to reality - Convocation 2017

Friday, October 20, 2017 by Pat Duguay (BA '17)
Pat with her two daughters

The University of Waterloo boasts such a unique reputation on the Canadian landscape. When I began my career here 16 years ago, I was acutely aware that I lacked a degree. Although it didn’t stop me from taking an enormous amount of pride in working in and around the best and brightest students, staff and faculty in Canada, it was something I longed for.

convocation
Arts

Dropping off our son, 31 years after meeting at Waterloo

Friday, October 13, 2017 by Carl Spiess (BASC ’89)
Carl and Jennifer dropping their son off at the University of Waterloo

It is coming up on 31 years since Jennifer (BASc '91) and I met at the University of Waterloo. I was in second year Systems Design Engineering and Jennifer was one of two women starting in her Mechanical Engineering class. I’m so happy that we met.

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My Waterloo Story

Friday, October 6, 2017 by John Baker, (BASc '00)
Profile of John Baker

Most of the time, real life is not like the movies. In the movies, there's always some magical moment where the hero discovers his or her true purpose, or a moment of epiphany and clarity when someone decides what their path will be.

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