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Pamela J. Goulding, Q.C., LLB, has been appointed to the position of judge of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Called to the Bar of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1986, Pamela has held the position of Crown Attorney and in 2001 became the Senior Crown Attorney in charge of the Special Prosecutions Office. She […]

Paula Altenburg, BA, recently left a management position with an aerospace company to write fiction full time. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance under her own name, Paula Altenburg, and under a pseudonym as co-author Taylor Keating and she is releasing two new books this year. One is with MacMillan/Tor, one of the major […]

Harold Pearse, PhD, a long-time faculty member at NSCAD (1971-2001), has been an adjunct professor and sessional instructor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta for the past 12 years. In October 2011, he was named the Post Secondary Art Educator of the Year by the Canadian Society for Education through Art […]

Pearl Sullivan, DEng (TUNS), BEng (TUNS)’85, MASc’86, is heading up the largest engineering school in Canada as the University of Waterloo’s newly appointed dean of engineering. The first female to hold that position, Pearl, in her late 40s, says she doesn’t like the term “role model” as a female in engineering, but prefers to be […]

Ralph Lewis Matthews, MD, and Beth are currently voyaging in their motor yacht, Docs Holiday. You can follow their return to New Brunswick by googling “Docs Holiday coming home,” or by visiting http://www.cruisingwithdoc.blogspot.com.

Karl West, BA, Bed, currently the principal of Annapolis East Elementary School in Middleton, N.S., retires in June after 35 years of teaching in the Annapolis Valley. Karl has recently been appointed Honorary Colonel of 14 Mission Support Squadron at 14 Wing Greenwood. He and his wife, Muriel, BComm’76, live in Kingston, N.S., where they […]

Mike David Perry, LLB, has recently published his second novel, a romantic courtroom drama entitled Mickey and Angie. His first novel, Child of the Grail, was published in 2011. Catch up with Mike at his website: www.mikedavidperry.com.

Heather Kirk, BA, has just published her sixth book. The book, Be Not Afraid: The Polish (R)evolution, “Solidarity,” was published in late 2011 by Borealis Press of Ottawa. It is an introduction for young adults (Grades 11 and 12) and ordinary adults to the non-violent resistance movement, Solidarity. As distinguished British historian Timothy Garton Ash […]

Marie McCully Collier, DPH, received an award from the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) for her significant contribution to the field of public health. The Public Health Human Resources Award citation notes that Marie’s lasting contribution has been the strengthening of the public health workforce in Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada through her […]