Former MP and University of Waterloo history professor, John English (BA '67, History), wins the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000.
Nipissing University appoints Katherine Bergman (BSc '81, Biology) vice-president academic and research.
"Radio Nowhere", a short story by Douglas Smith (BMath '75) that's set at the University of Waterloo and featured in the horror anthology Campus Chills, has been short-listed for the 2010 Aurora Awards.
TVOKids welcomes new host Kara Harun (BA '06, Drama) to "The Space."
Ten years after it was launched out of Lucas Skoczkowski's (BASc. '97, Electrical Engineering) apartment solarium, Redknee Solutions Inc. is now a key provider of infrastructure software to the telecom industry.
Gerry Remers (MA '82, Philosophy), CEO of Christie Digital, is the 2010 winner of the Michael R. Follett Community Leader Award, presented by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.
A high school hobby became a thriving numismatic business for Todd Sandham (BASc '98, Civil Engineering).
R. Gordon McKay (BES '78, Geography) has joined the board of directors of Lion Energy Corp.
Revolution Computing has named former MySQL executive Zack Urlocker (MMath '86, Computer Science) to its board of directors.
Karolyn Smardz Frost (PhD '03, History) is one of 10 finalists for the TVO Best Lecturer Award.