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Erum Afsar has achieved the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, a designation acknowledging a lifelong commitment to excellence in the boardroom. She was also awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal from the province of Alberta for her community service and dedication to STEM. Additionally, she celebrated a significant career achievement with the opening of the Valley Line LRT in Edmonton, of which she was project manager for the downtown portion.

Mona Rahman is humbled and surprised to discover that she has been included in the EqualityX Top 50 Influential Muslims List in the Americas. The 2023 Influential Muslim List is reserved for the most inspirational Muslim individual whose work has brought distinction to Muslim communities. This recognition is awarded to professionals with a solid track record of making a positive difference and clear evidence of impact, both in the workplace and in society. Mona had served as education coordinator of the Islamic Society of Kingston (ISK) for six years. She’s also been working with children and youth in the Muslim community since her undergraduate days and frequently speaks about various topics in the local schools and on campus as a member of the Islamic information and outreach committee. She currently teaches Qur’an as well as Grade 11/12 Islamic studies at the ISK Evening and Weekend School. Since 2014, she has been serving as co-chair for the Give30 Campaign in Kingston, which aims to raise money for local food banks during Ramadan and also serves on the boards of Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and the Kingston Health Sciences Centre. She was the inaugural interim co-chair of UCARE at Queen's and is the current co-chair of the community equity advisory committee for the Limestone District School Board. During the day, she serves as the research awards officer in the vice-principal research portfolio at Queen's.

Terry Collins is deeply grateful to the Royal Canadian Institute for Science for awarding him the Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication, which was announced on Oct. 30. For Terry, the Fleming Medal is the honour of a lifetime and humbling, given the list of past recipients but also because of the award's famous namesake, Sir Sandford Fleming, the Institute's founder, the father of standard time and Queen's long-serving second chancellor.

He would like to thank RCIScience and the hundreds of scientists and media colleagues with whom he has had the honour to work with over his career. He would also like to congratulate

CBC's “Quirks and Quarks” on winning the RCIScience William Edmond Logan award.

Jodi Nathanson has been a high school English teacher (Grades 9-12) at TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto for over 20 years. She has filled the role of co-head of the English department, and has recently published articles in Canadian Teacher Magazine, The Literary Yard, The Wilderness House Literary Review and The Bangalore Review by Spanning Minds. Those interested are encouraged to read her articles: , Sept. 26, 2023; , Aug. 23, 2023; , July 2023