The Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award recipients from 2011 included Sean Zister (BES '96, Geography) and Jillian Skene (BA '04, Drama/Arts & Business), accepting award on behalf of Igloo Inc.
Chief executive and founder of Toronto's Loose Button Inc., Rui (Ray) Cao (BASc '09, Systems Design Engineering/Management Sciences) and his team help brands connect with and forge deeper relationships with customers.
Teacher and author Sarah Raymond (BA '88, Fine Art, English) recently published her first young adult novel, Signs of Martha, "a quirky tale about an artist-wannabe who apprentices under a sign painter."
Taymoore Balbaa (MArch '04), winner of the inaugural Canada Council Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners, has won the inaugural RAIC Young Architect Award.
Family doctor James Larmer (BSc '05, Kinesiology; MSc '06, Kinesiology) opens practice in Brighton, Ontario.
The Cambridge YWCA celebrated the accomplishments of Ruth Legate (BA '81, Liberal Studies) with a 2011 Women of Distinction Award.
Artist Victoria Wonnacott's (BA Arts '75, Fine Arts) various shows have included an exhibition at Homecoming in 2005. Check out her work.
George Young (BASc '83, Electrical Engineering) is a member of the a cappella group Northern Stars Chorus, who perform in the Nepean, Ontario area.
Tarin Hughes (BA '09, Fine Arts/Classical Studies) is the new education co-ordinator for the Kamloops Art Gallery.
Robert Pease (BSc '81, Earth Sciences), president and CEO of Terrane Metals, is the co-winner of the mining person of the year award.