Read profiles of FASS alumni who are making a mark. Got a tip? Email alumni@dal.ca with your profile ideas.
Alumni Spotlight
Up to the job: Leslie Gallagher
Leslie Gallagher (BA’12) matches job seekers with local small businesses seeking young talent through WorkLocal.jobs. The innovative job board lets candidates record video interview messages for prospective employers.
Hill climber: Vassy Kapelos
Vassy Kapelos, MA’06, makes her mark in Ottawa as Global National’s parliamentary correspondent. Her investigative exposé of the ambulance industry in Alberta earned her the Edward R. Murrow award for best news series for her reporting on the issue.
A passion for Spanish: Kate Archibald
Through two Dal degrees and several international adventures, Kate Archibald’s (BSc’10) Spanish language skills have proved a valuable companion.
Circus act: Dawn Shepherd
Dawn Shepherd (BA’02) uses her love of aerial acrobatics to inform her work with youth at risk.
Real growth, real learning: Camilla Sutton
Catching up with Camilla Sutton (BA (IDS)’93), chief currency strategist at ScotiaBank, Global Banking and Markets.
Taking on the world: Tamara Woisky
Native Brazilian Tamara Woisky (BA’06) came to Dalhousie in 2001 to study marine biology. Five years later, she left with a BA in International Development Studies, volunteer-work experience and the skills and confidence to take on the world.
Top chef: Daniel Burns
His kitchen is tiny, but restaurant critics say Daniel Burns’ (BA’98, BSc’98) culinary influence is growing.
The accidental entrepreneur: Stephanie Mark
Stephanie Mark (BA’07) and the team behind The Coveteur take you inside the closets of the rich, famous and incredibly stylish.
A good and happy place: Alex Atiol
An interview from Immigration Settlement & Integration Services with Alex Atiol (BA (Economics)’96), coordinator of orientation services.
Christopher Rauscher (BA (Classics)’07)
Christopher Rauscher graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with a BA in classics in 2007. Also a Maine School of Law graduate (2012), Rauscher works in Portland, Maine as Assistant Director of Policy for Senator-Elect Angus King.