Derek [Derrick] Birkmann (BA '05, Fine Arts/English Language & Literature) selected as the painter who will bring a new look to Okotoks Alberta's downtown.
Ed Piva (BES '00), a teacher with the WRDSB, uses rap and hip hop to teach grade 8 students about science and the environment. Check out a recent radio interview Piva did for 900 CHML.
How effective is social media in this election? PostRank Inc., founded by Ilya Grigorik (BCS '07, Computer Science/Political Science), is trying to find out.
David Reading (MSc '82, Earth Sciences), President and CEO of Aureus Mining Inc. comments on the company's positive drilling results in Liberia.
Heather Moyse (BSc '00, Kinesiology), who won Canada's first ever women's bobsleigh gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympic games, has won the Female Athlete of the Year at the 2010 Ontario Sports Award gala last week.
Craig McLennan (BA '91, Sociology), RIM's managing director of North America, talks about the launch of the company's PlayBook.
Rahul Bhatia (BASc '84, Electrical Engineering), managing director of Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo (part of InterGlobe Enterprises Ltd), discusses IndiGo's expansion (in January the company hit the headlines when it ordered 180 Airbus A320 aircraft).
Serge LeClerc (BA '96, Sociology), a former drug dealer who turned his life around and became a member of the Saskatchewan legislature, has died.
Brad McCamus (BASc '91, Mechanical Engineering) joined Angoss Software Corporation in the capacity of Vice President, North American Software Sales.
Los Alamos National Laboratory research statistician Christine Anderson-Cook (BMath '89, Statistics/Teaching; PhD '94, Statistics) selected as one of 20 women to receive the 26th Annual Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women.