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  • Matt Shepherd, Class Notes

    2020s

    Matt Shepherd

    – LLM'22

    Fall 2024

    Matt has been named the executive director of the Chess Institute of Canada, a registered charity that teaches children life skills through chess. The organization serves kids from all walks of life and across the economic spectrum, teaching resilience, critical thinking, fair play, strategy, and much more through the medium of the world's greatest game. The Institute is perpetually seeking new partners and donors. Feel free to reach out to Matt. 

  • 1990s

    Karl Wunderlich 

    – Artsci’94, Ed’95 

    Fall 2024

    Karl retired from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board after 28 years: 21 years as a vice-principal and principal. Karl looks forward to volunteering, pursuing his hobbies, supply work as a principal, and more time with family. 

  • 1980s

    Sheila Stewart 

    – Artsci'82, Ed'85

    Fall 2024

    Sheila is happy to announce the publication of her third poetry collection, If I Write About My Father, published by Ekstasis Editions in 2024. Her book explores the daughter–father relationship, which draws on reflections about her father, a Northern Irish Presbyterian minister who immigrated to Canada and joined the United Church. Her poetry uncovers the complexities of growing up as the minister’s only daughter in a family shaped by church and manse in small-town southern Ontario. Sheila can be found walking in Toronto's High Park, along the shore of Lake Ontario or on her website. 

  • 2010s

    Thuy-Dan Dang

    – Artsci’14

    Fall 2024

    Thuy-Dan Dang and her husband, Jared Porter, are delighted to announce the birth of their first child, a girl. Mai Linh was born in the summer of 2024 at the Ottawa General Hospital. Thuy-Dan is currently on maternity leave from her legal practice as counsel at the Department of Justice Canada. 

  • Jason Balgopal, Classnote

    1990s

    Jason Balgopal

    – Com’94

    Fall 2024

    Jason wrote a practical guide to the criminal justice system, which was published by Thomson Reuters in May. The book seeks to provide users (police, investigators, prosecutors, defence practitioners, students, and lay users) with the tools and information necessary to navigate the daily busy practice of criminal justice in the provincial court. Jason graduated from Queen’s and went on to obtain an LLB/JD from Osgoode Hall Law School (’97), and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1999. Since 2004, He’s been an assistant Crown attorney for Scarborough (now Toronto); has prosecuted all manner of offences, from theft to murder, and has appeared in all levels of court in Ontario. All of the royalties of the sale of the book are being donated to the Mental Wellness Peer Support Groups. 

  • Mustafa Ansari, Class note

    2010s

    Mustafa Ansari

    – MMIE’19

    Fall 2024

    Mustafa recently got a promotion at the Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC) as marketing manager of recruitment and training programs. Recently, he was awarded the Editor's Choice Award for TBDC by Canadian SME. The construction and trucking industries are facing a major shortage in Canada, and Mustafa has taken this challenge upon himself to solve. He’s launched info sessions and bootcamps to introduce the careers in these industries to prospects looking for a new career, newcomers, and refugees. By partnering with several community organizations, such as Positive Change TO, The Career Foundation, JVS, and SkillsForChange, TBDC is becoming the bridge connecting these industries with people looking for a career. He has videos and pictures to share, and, if anyone is interested, they can email him at: 18mmma@queensu.ca