Kim Farwell (BASc '95, Chemical), P.Eng., was granted Honorary Life Membership at the prestigious APEGGA Summit Awards held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre.
John Pollesel (BA '88, Chartered Accountancy St/PPAS) is the director for Base Metal Operations North Atlantic, as well as Vale Canada chief executive officer.
Zirkova Premium Vodka, created by John Vellinga (BASc '91, Systems Design) and Katherine Koszarny (BASc '92, Systems Design) recently won the Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Zirkova was among 1,100 entries from 61 countries at the competition, regarded as the world's most reputable and prestigious.
John van Leeuwen (BSc '81, Applied Chemistry) is CEO of EcoSynthetix, a company which plans to use a $3-million provincial grant to help in its quest to replace petroleum as an ingredient in paper making.
PushLife Inc., a mobile application developer founded by Raymond Reddy (BMath '04, MBET '05) and funded by Mantella Venture Partners, of whom Duncan Hill (BMath '91) is a General Partner, has been acquired by Google.
Chow Lin (BASc '06, Computer Engineering) has left Google to join an ex-Google startup based in New York City that focuses on ending the obesity epidemic and helping people live happier lives.
Polluted, a film created by Leonard Mario Zgrablic (BSc '08) and Dik Lee will premiere at the Local Focus 4 Film Festival on April 19.
Mary Jane Schmalz (BA '73, French) is retiring after working 35 years as a speech pathologist at the Brantford General Hospital.
Ram Samocha (MFA '09, Studio Art) discusses his unique metalpoint artwork; his From Scratch collection is currently on view at the RedHead Gallery in Toronto.
Robin Speziale (BA '10, Psychology/Arts & Business) is giving college and university students across Canada the opportunity to find co-operative education work with his website CoopJobs.ca.