An Oscar-nominated filmmaker, an executive tackling Canada’s housing crisis, and a Bank of Canada governor are among the 10 Queen’s alumni who made the Maclean’s 2024 Power List, which ranks 100 Canadians shaping our country.
The recipients were divided into 10 categories including education innovators, health-care advocates, and tech entrepreneurs.
Here’s an overview of the 10 alumni who made the magazine's list and the impact they’re making on Canada.
Dr. Peter Attia, Artsci’96 – Physician and author
Category: Health Care
Dr. Attia’s high-profile writing career focuses on helping people live healthier, longer lives. He’s written a bestselling book, Outlive, and his medical podcast, The Drive, has been downloaded more than 75 million times.
Dr. Graham Carr, Artsci’77, MA’79 – President, Concordia University
Category: Education
As president of Concordia University in Montreal, Dr. Carr is tackling planned tuition increases for out-of-province students in Quebec head on, with a lawsuit that contends the move violates provincial and federal charters.
Gillian Hadfield, Artsci’83 – Director, Schwartz Reisman Institute of Technology and Society
Category: AI
Director of the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, the University of Toronto’s new AI research facility, Hadfield is a Schmidt Futures senior fellow and law professor at the university. Hadfield’s research into better aligning artificial intelligence with human values lands her on Maclean’s list.
Mary Langley, Artsci’15 – Co-Founder, Switch Health
Category: Health Care
Langley helped launch Switch Health in 2020 to produce COVID-19 at-home test kits. Now the company has released two more game-changing testing products: the world’s first ever at-home HPV test kit for women and an at-home diabetes diagnostic test kit.
Dr. Tiff Macklem, Artsci’83 – Governor, Bank of Canada
Category: Housing
As governor of the Bank of Canada, Dr. Macklem has navigated turbulent economic waters since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling issues like inflation and interest rates.
Diana Matheson, MBA’23 – Project 8 Sports
Category: Sports
Matheson is a retired soccer player who represented Canada at three Summer Olympics, earning two bronze medals. Now she’s planning to launch an eight-team women’s soccer league in Canada by 2025 and has secured sponsorships from Air Canada, CIBC, DoorDash, and Canadian Tire.
Gabriel Miller, Artsci’99 – CEO, Universities Canada
Category: Education
Miller, who was named the new CEO of Universities Canada in March, takes on the post during a challenging period for the higher-ed sector.
John Redfern, Artsci’81 – CEO and President, Eavor Technologies Inc Category: Climate
Redfern’s Calgary-based company is completing a $325-million subsurface radiator project in 2024. When complete, the company hopes to show the world the potential of clean, geothermal energy to address increasing global energy needs.
Gaetan Royer, MPL’87 – CEO, Massive Canada
Category: Housing
Royer’s company, Massive Canada, just completed a 91,000 square-foot plant in British Columbia to build prefabricated apartment buildings and address Canada’s housing crisis.
Celine Song, Artsci’10 – Filmmaker
Category: Arts and Culture
Fresh off two Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Screenplay for 2023’s Past Lives, Song begins filming her next project, The Materialists, this year.
