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Dal Alum named president-elect for the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association Dalhousie alum and part-time faculty member, Wendy Stewart has been annouced as president-elect for the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association and will take up her new role in October 2020. Well done, Wendy! It is wonderful to see our alumni and faculty members step into leading […]

Pursuing a Doctorate Alex MacLellan (MPA’07) was recently accepted to Carleton University’s PhD in Public Policy. Studies are scheduled to begin in September of 2020.

Jim Lawrence (BSc’69, PhD’72), had his method for testing shellfish for certain paralytic toxins pass into law in the European Union. Member countries must use the method for resolving trade disputes involving shellfish.

Andrew Ager (BMus’85) had the Ottawa premiere of his opera “Frankenstein” in an acclaimed production in the Fall of 2019

A New Challenge! Denise Trim (BEng’87, MEng’99) became Director General for Real Property Management at RCMP in June 2019. After 6 years working in a broader context at RCMP it was time to move back to real property! It’s a challenging job, great place to work and lots to do!

Honoured to share Drew White (LLB’88), was honoured in December to be appointed as a Queen’s Counsel by the BC Attorney General. In 2019 he also completed a two-year assignment for the United Nations in Afghanistan, where he led field teams documenting civilian casualties and human rights violations.

Margorie (Magi) Nams (MSc’82) released her debut novel in November 2019, writing as Katie Ardea. With courage as its core theme, Braver Than You Know is a contemporary love story that holds a breath of fresh air, a whisper of grace, and an enthralling taste of suspense. Magi is also the author of the non-fiction […]

Thomas L. McKenzie (MSc’72) is humbled to have been selected as the 2019 Clark W. Hetherington award recipient, the highest recognition of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). He is proud to be “still working after all these years”.  

Dr. John Brewer (PGM’84), has been recognized as a 2019 recipient of an Award of Excellence. Dr. Brewer was also a former Dalhousie staff member as the Unit Director of the Family Medicine Teaching Unit from 1995 to 2005.

John Devlin (BA’73, BEDS’77) has an article on his Outsider Art published in the Cambridge University Press journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. Also, he is being included in Ms. Rainaldi’s book on Canadian Outsider artists to be published by the University of Regina Press. Primarily an Outsider artist, he has recently been branching out into using […]