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Alumni News
Working and Living in…Halifax
Lyle Quinn (BA’14) provides practical tips to working and living in Halifax, and weighs in on Homecoming weekend at Dal.
Working and Living in…Boston
Michael Sampson (BA’87) provides practical tips to working and living in Boston.
Fellow alum launch minute-taking business
Noah Maislin (BMgmt’11) and Marko Lindhe (BA’12) recently launched Minutes Solutions, providing groups ranging from condo boards to non-profit organizations with minute-taking services.
Noseworthy appointed to regulate B.C.’s real estate market
Michael Noseworthy (BA’05, LLB’08) has been appointed British Columbia’s first “superintendent of real estate,” following the creation of a new office to regulate the province’s real estate market.
Teaching and learning in Ontario North
Teaching kindergarten in the Lac Seul First Nation has been Alisha Hill’s (BA’07) “most rewarding teaching experience,” and she will return to the teach at Waninitawingaang Memorial School for another year.
Veterinarian receives national award
Dr. Ernie Prowse (BA’71), who studied psychology at Dalhousie, has received the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s (CVMA) Small Animal Practitioner Award.
Alumni take part in Rio 2016 Olympics
Five alumni are competing in this summer’s Olumpic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with four alumni involved behind the scenes as coaches, analysts and commentators.
Going solar
Peter L’Esperance (BA’13, JD’16) started the Carbon Consultancy to encourage people, businesses and organizations to measure, reduce, offset or mitigate carbon emissions.
Celebrating Dal’s newest Order of Canada appointees
Seven Dalhousie alumni, three honorary degree recipients and one Dal professor are among the 113 newest appointees to the Order of Canada.
Caines joins Business Hall of Fame
George Caines (BA’58, LLB’61) receives induction to the Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame.