Class Notes

Catch up on classmates, housemates, faculty, and friends.

We Want Your Class Notes

Marking career and personal achievements, special milestones and the birth of future Queen's alumni - Class Notes helps you stay in touch with former classmates, housemates, and faculty.

Submit

  • 1980s

    Jacques Neatby 

    – Artsci’88, EMBA’99 

    Summer 2023

    Jacques Neatby co-wrote a book with INSEAD colleague F. Godart. Leadership Team Alignment: From Conflict to Collaboration is published by Stanford University Press and will be available this summer. Jacques is a partner with MindLab, a Europe-based consultancy, which supports executive teams around the world with strategic alignment issues. He also teaches executive team best practices at business schools in North America and Europe. He lives in Montreal with his wife, Anne-Marie Migneault and daughter Gabrielle, who was born in 2005.

  • Sarah Elliott-LeDreff

    2010s

    Sarah Elliott-Le Dreff 

    – Artsci’12 

    Summer 2023

    Sarah Elliott-Le Dreff is proud to be involved in the Darlington New Nuclear Project as the senior manager of project controls. After an announcement in October 2022, site preparation began on Canada’s first grid-scale Small Modular Reactor (SMR), which could power about 300,000 homes with low-carbon, reliable power. This project will also support Canadian efforts to become a global small modular reactor (SMR) technology hub in a market estimated to be worth $150 billion a year by 2040. The Darlington site is the only Canadian location licensed for new nuclear, with an accepted environmental assessment and a site preparation licence. 

  • 2000s

    Meghan Palmer Sherwin

    – Artsci’00

    Summer 2023

    Meghan Sherwin was recently promoted from CMO to president at Keilhauer Ltd., a leading global contract furniture manufacturer. Keilhauer is one of Canada’s greenest employers and launched the world’s first carbon neutral office chair.

  • Nicholas Vlachopoulos receives award from EIC 2023

    2000s

    Nicholas Vlachopoulos

    – PhD’09

    Summer 2023

    The Engineering Institute of Canada bestowed the honour of fellow upon Nicholas Vlachopoulos for his exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada in 2023.

  • Genevieve Scott

    2000s

    Genevieve Scott

    – Com’01

    Summer 2023

    Genevieve Scott's second novel, The Damages, comes out in Canada on July 25, 2023. Sharp and propulsive, The Damages is an engrossing novel set in motion by the disappearance of a university student during an ice storm. The novel explores themes of memory, trauma, friendship, and identity. It is published by Random House Canada.

  • 1990s

    Laurie Tucker

    – Law’99

    Summer 2023

    Laurie Tucker is pleased to be starting a one-year term as president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) in May 2023. Over the past 22 years, Laurie has built a successful personal injury practice and is a co-founder of the firm, Burn Tucker Lachaîne. She and her partners represent clients locally in Ottawa and throughout eastern Ontario. Laurie is excited for the opportunity to lead the organization, after many years of service on the OTLA Board.