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  • 1990s

    Shaun Morris

    – Artsci’99, Meds’03

    Fall 2023

    Shaun Morris has been named as the co-director for the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health. Shaun’s journey towards a career in global health started when he was a member of the Queen’s Medical Outreach (QMO) Guyana Project in 1999 and 2000. Now a pediatric infectious diseases physician, a clinician-scientist at SickKids Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto, Shaun works in Canada, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Africa. 

  • Brett Christopher (Artsci'97), Frank Cipolla (Artsci’98), Tim Evans (Com'99), James Freeman (Com'99), Paul Levia (Artsci’97, MIR’98), Michael Payne, and Justin Skinner (Artsci'98) and Jim Vlahos (Artsci’98) are celebrating 20 years of rivalry in their annual fantasy hockey pool

    1990s

    Michael Payne

    – Artsci’99, Artsci/Ed’00

    Fall 2023

    Brett Christopher (Artsci'97), Frank Cipolla (Artsci’98), Tim Evans (Com'99), James Freeman (Com'99), Paul Levia (Artsci’97, MIR’98), Michael Payne, Justin Skinner (Artsci'98), and Jim Vlahos (Artsci’98) are celebrating 20 years of rivalry in their annual fantasy hockey pool. These 20 years have brought them to such exotic draft locales as Niagara Falls, Baileyboro, Corbyville and Whitby. Hundreds of dollars have changed hands over the years of competition and friendship.

  • Pierre Default, class note 2023

    1980s

    Pierre Dufault

    – MBA’80

    Fall 2023

    Pierre Dufault was appointed country manager at Diagnexia Canada Ltd., a leading provider of pathology services that play a crucial role in clinical pathways for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Diagnexia opened a cutting-edge digital pathology facility in Toronto in July 2023. Diagnostic turnaround times of less than three days – a stark contrast to the typical waiting times of one to two months – now are available to healthcare providers via the Diagnexia platform connecting Canadian hospital pathology laboratories to an international network of subspecialty expert pathologists.

  • 1990s

    Edmond Yun

    – Artsci’97

    Fall 2023

    Edmond Yun and his family relocated from Hong Kong to London, U.K., in May 2022. Edmond has started working as client manager for Aon UK, which is based in Reading, since May 2023. He is feeling very fortunate that he can continue focusing his expertise on trade credit insurance. He can be contacted by email.

  • Cecil Adams proudly sporting his ³ÉÈË´óƬ '55 Arts jacket.

    1950s

    Cecil Adams

    – Com’55 

    Fall 2023

    Cecil Adams turned 90 in April, 2023, and enjoyed a family celebration in Toronto, where he lives. At the celebration, he was presented with his 1955 Arts jacket, which had been kept by his daughter Kathy for years. The family had it dry-cleaned, and some minor repairs done. It was a great moment and he was thrilled when it was presented to him. And it still fits! Cecil still reads the magazine faithfully.

     

  • 2020s

    Michael Ogoms

    – Artsci’20

    Fall 2023

    Michael Ogoms is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, for the fall of 2023 and has been selected as one of 14 scholars from an applicant pool of over 500 to participate in the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s Engaged Leadership Program. This three-year leadership curriculum is designed to train Engaged Leaders, equipping outstanding doctoral candidates with the skills to translate their ideas into action, for the betterment of their communities, Canada, and the world.