Burlington City Council has announced Jeff Fielding (BES '77, Geography; MA '79, Geography) as their choice to become the new City Manager of the City of Burlington.
Tina Roberts (BSc '80, Kinesiology/Health Studies) has recently published a new cookbook, The Two Sisters Cookbook, featuring 20 family-inspired menus from an appetizer, to a main entrée and dessert.
Carla Ladd (BA '80, Recreation & Leisure Studies), who has been Kitchener's chief administrative officer since 2004, is leaving to assume the same position in Barrie.
One of three rookies on London, Ontario city council, high school teacher Matt Brown (BES '96, Geography) recently marked the first anniversary of formally taking office at city hall.
Grant Cleary (BSc '11, Physics) and two others are setting up shop for their company Thinkalee, which promotes arts and creative enterprises with a non-profit, community boosting sideline, in Cambridge, Ontario.
Ron Schlegel (Honourary LLD '05) honoured as a community builder for his outstanding achievement and commitment to the Kitchener-Waterloo community.
Steve Teeple (BES '78, Pre-professional Architecture; BARCH '80, Architecture) of award-winning architecture firm Teeple Architects, discusses challenging design opportunities, including the Picasso project - a 39-storey, 403-suite condominium building in Toronto's Entertainment District.
As manager of Northern Images Yellowknife, Sally Joyce (BES '83, Geography), will be a part of hosting the Northwest Territories launch of the International Year of Co-operatives on January 12, 2012.
Geoff Christou (BAS '10, Architectural Studies), and his friend Chris Porteous, teamed up to build the ultimate in recycling: a shelf and a desk made from paper.
Bob Copeland (BA '89, Recreation & Leisure Studies; MA '91, Recreation & Leisure Studies), University of Waterloo's athletics director, was honoured by the U.S. Taylor Hooton Foundation, which acknowledges outstanding service in anti-doping education and in protecting young people from the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs.