1960s
1965
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Harbour Publishing released So You Girls Remember That, a book compiled by Jenny Nelson (BA ’65). The book is an oral history of Haida Elder Naanii Nora.
1968
- Carol Gregory (BMath ’68) and her husband Raymond published a two-volume book, Numismatic History of Canada and United States.
1970s
1971
- Nirmal Sinha (PhD ’71) released a new book, Engineering Physics of High-Temperature Materials: Metals, Ice, Rocks and Ceramics, co-authored with his daughter Shoma Sinha and published by Wiley.
1974
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Dr. Francis Zwiers (BMath ’74) has once again been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. Clarivate’s Web of Science recognizes citations in scientific publications; the annual Highly Cited Researchers are the top one per cent in their respective fields.
1975
- Marsha Faubert (BA ’75) released her non-fiction book Wanda’s War, published by Goose Lane Editions.
1976
- Bowtie appointed James Lau (BMath ’76, MMath ’77) to its board of directors as an independent non-executive director.
1977
- Timothy Paleczny (BA ’77, MA ’85) released two books over the last year: The Tale of Indigo (poetry book) and A Life on Water First (novel). He was also featured as Opal Magazine’s May 2023 Author of the Month.
1980s
1981
- Kevin M. Duguay (BES ’81) was elected to Peterborough City Council (Ward 1).
- After 40 years in K-12 education, Ted Fransen (BSc '81) retired as Superintendent/CEO in Winnipeg's Pembina Trails School Division. His retirement was short-lived, as he answered the call to lead the building and launch of Manitoba's provincial online high school, opening in September 2023.
1983
- DBS Group Holdings appointed David Ho (BASc ’83, MASc ’89) to the boards of DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank.
- Saint Sarkis Armenian Church, designed by David Hotson (BES ’83) won American Architects’ Building of the Year Award.
1985
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Easy Math for Kids, led by chief executive officer Annie Hardock (BMath ’85), was selected for 2022 Blueprint: Backing BIPOC Businesses, a mentorship and grant program from American Express.
1986
- Sue Campbell (BA '86) published her book Spirit Refresh: Reflections to Comfort, Challenge and Deepen Your Relationship with God Throughout the Year. The book is endorsed by a variety of denominational church leaders.
- Lynn Lange (BMath ’86) is one of Canada’s Top Women Wealth Advisors in 2023.
- At the age of 93, W. Paul Loofs (BES ’86, BSc ’89) released the third and last edition of his book In His Hands: True Stories of Wondrous Events in an Unusual Life.
1987
- Tamarack Valley appointed Caralyn Bennett (BASc ’87) to its board of directors.
- Royal Bank of Canada’s Dave McKay (BMath ’87, DMath ’18) was named Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year.
- Sun Life appointed Joe Natale (BASc ’87) to its board of directors.
- Ron Wortel (BASc ’87) is now a senior mining analyst at Couloir Capital.
1988
- Thunderbird Entertainment welcomed Lisa Coulman (BA ’88) to its board of directors.
1989
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Jean Andrey (PhD ’89), dean emeritus of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, was recognized with a Clean50 Lifetime Achievement Award.
1990s
1990
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Carol Phillips (BES ’90, BArch ’92), a partner at Moriyama and Teshima Architects, was named to MacLean’s Power List 2023, a ranking of 100 Canadians shaping the country.
1991
- Ecobee, co-founded by Mark Malchiondo (BMath ’91), was named Best Home Tech Innovator at the Canadian Business Innovation Awards.
- Coherent appointed Beck Mason (BASc ’91) as executive vice-president, telecommunications.
- The Sea Beast, a film directed by Christopher Williams (BA ’91) was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
- Harmonic appointed Walter Jankovic (BA ’91, MAcc ’91) as its chief financial officer.
1992
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Antonia Cetin (BA ’92) launched decodehabile.com, a publishing company with instructional resources and reading materials to help French language learners learn how to decode in French.
1993
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Ruth Latta (BA ’93) published her sixth Canadian historical novel, A Striking Woman.
1994
- Laura Barclay-Herod (BA ’94) was recognized as one of Canada’s Top Women Wealth Advisors in 2023.
- Meliora Therapeutics appointed Claudio Chuaqui (PhD ’94) as head of drug discovery.
- Martin Wainwright (BMath ’94) was named the new director of the Institute for Data, Systems and Society.
1996
- KnowBe4 hired David Boschler (BASc ’96) as its new VP of sales for Asia-Pacific.
- Martha Cook (BSc ’96) was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Ontario in London.
- Tomi Poutanen (BASc ’96), co-founder and chief executive officer of Signal 1, was named to MacLean’s Power List 2023, a ranking of 100 Canadians shaping the country.
- Corentec appointed Michael Son (BA ’96) as executive vice president.
1997
- Sigyn Therapeutics appointed Annette Marleau (BSc ’97) as chief scientific officer.
- Dr. Erin Tjam (PhD ’97) released her book Skin Sobering, co-written with Dr. Ryuichi Utsugi.
- ISARA appointed Atsushi Yamada (PhD ’97) as its new CEO.
1998
- Joelle Pineau (BASc ’98), the co-managing director, AI research at Meta, was named to MacLean’s Power List 2023, a ranking of 100 Canadians shaping the country.
- Tracy Primeau (BA ’98) received a Women’s Executive Network 2023 Canadian Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award, in the Corporate Board Directors category.
- Rahim Suleman (BA ’98, MAcc ’98) is the new CEO of Neo Performance Materials Inc.
1999
- Jennifer Clipsham (BES ’99), executive director of the Anthesis Group, is the Clean16 winner in the Consultants and Enablers category.
- Sean Monkman (MASc ’99) was granted honourary membership at the ACI Concrete Convention, the institution’s highest honour.
2000s
2001
- Jeremy Auger (BMath ’01), chief strategy officer at Desire2Learn, was named to the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Executives 2023.
2002
- Mako Mining appointed Brian Szeto (BA ’02, MA ’05) as an independent director.
- Ron Saporta (BASc ’02, MEng ’05), chief operating officer at the University of Toronto, was the Clean16 winner in the Building: Design, Development and Management category.
2004
- Dinah Davis (MMath ’04) won the Oktoberfest Woman of the Year Award, STEM.
- Dr. Robert McDermand (BA ’04, MA ’06), a senior lecturer of sports business at Stephen F. Austin State University, was recognized with a Teaching Excellence Award.
2005
- Leanne Davidson (BA ’05) was named the new chief officer of West Perth Village.
2006
- Alice Hanov (BA ’06) released the second book in her Young Adult series The Head, The Heart and The Heir. She plans to release the third book in December 2023.
- Geosyntec appointed Paula Hutchison (BASc ’06) one of 23 new senior principals.
- Geosyntec appointed Ali Nasseri Moghaddam (PhD ’06) one of 23 new senior principals.
- The Spiders and the Bees, a solo survey exhibition by Francois Saint Pierre (MFA ’06), was presented at Palazzo Borghese in Rome. Versions of this exhibition were previously presented at Koffler Gallery in Toronto and at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
2007
- Dr. Aaron Barrie (OD, ’07) opened the Monashee Optometry clinic in Vernon, British Columbia.
- Briar Beers (BASc ’07), vice-president of Cutting Edge Consulting, was recognized in On-Site’s 40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction.
- Ibraheem Khan (MASc ’07, PhD ’11), chief executive officer of Extract Energy, was the Clean16 winner in the Research and Development category.
2008
- Chris Biederman (BASc ’08), chief technology officer of Li-Cycle Holdings, was named to the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Executives 2023.
- Majid Mirza (BA ’08, MBET ’09, PhD in progress) was named to Report on Business’s list of Changemakers, 50 emerging leaders reinventing how Canada does business.
- Manulife appointed Thaddeus Yu (BMath ’08) as chief strategy officer for its Hong Kong and Macau operations.
2009
- Grahame Booker (PhD ’09) released his new book, Coercion, Authority and Democracy: Toward an Apolitical Order, published by Springer.
- Jeff Robertson (BASc ’09), director of environment and sustainability at Bimbo Canada, was recognized as a Clean50 Emerging Leader.
2010s
2010
- Alexandra Horwood (BA ’10) was named one of Canada’s Top Women Wealth Advisors in 2023.
- Agam Capital promoted Gaurav Rastogi (BMath ’10) to partner.
2011
- Faizan Sheikh (BASc ’11) and Pablo Molina (BASc ’11), the co-founders of Avidbots, were named to MacLean’s Power List 2023, a ranking of 100 Canadians shaping the country.
2012
- Rosemary Horwood (BA ’12) was named one of Canada’s Top Women Wealth Advisors in 2023.
- AXA XL appointed Patrick Lee (BAFM ’12, MAcc ’12) as chief financial officer for Canada.
2013
- WONDRINN, founded by Zamir Janmohamed (BES ’13), was selected for 2022 Blueprint: Backing BIPOC Businesses, a mentorship and grant program from American Express.
2014
- Rachel Bartholomew (MBET ’14) won the Oktoberfest Woman of the Year Award, Entrepreneur Under 40.
- Truzaar Dordi (BA ’14, MES ’16, PhD in progress), vice-president of the Canadian Society of Ecological Economics, was recognized as a Clean50 Emerging Leader.
- Marc Lafleur (BSc ’14) released his first book, True Founder: What No One Else Has the Guts to Teach You About Starting Your Own Business.
- Scottie Resources appointed Ellie Owens (BSc ’14) to its board of directors.
- Michelle Yeap (BAFM ’14, MAcc ’14), senior manager, business analytics at BMO, was named to the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Executives 2023.
- JG Wentworth appointed Jason Yin (BCS ’14) as its new vice-president of front-end engineering.
2015
- Ahmad Basalah (PhD ’15) was named the 2023 ambassador of innovation in the healthcare sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Cadence Health Analysis, co-founded by Stefan Gertz (BASc ’15), was one of seven national finalists for the 2023 Arthritis Ideator Awards.
2016
- Dyster, co-founded by Nabeel Allana (BASc ’16), released a product that helps scientists and engineers run code in collaborative, interactive environments with a natural language interface powered by Generative AI.
2018
- Devin Fitzpatrick (BES ’18) was named one of 100 women selected to participate in Homeward Bound, a leadership and visibility program created to increase women’s influence on global environmental policy.
2020s
2020
- Zain Bandali (BES ’20) released the children’s book Mehndi Boy.
- But Are You Really Sorry: The poetry journal to bring colour & healing back into your life, written by Aniqah Beharry (BMath ’20), was named TCK Publishing’s 2022 Reader’s Choice Grand Prize winner.
2021
- Navya Vikraman Nair (MES ’21) was a top-25 finalist in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) 2023 Storytellers Challenge.
2022
- Tyrell Ford (BA ’22) signed a contract with the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers. Ford previously played for Waterloo’s football team and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
