A silver lining of the remote delivery of the MIR program during 2020-21 academic year is that we were able to βbring inβ an incredible number of our wonderful Alumni to speak virtually with our MIR class, in a variety of ways! It all began when we had an overwhelming response to our call for Orientation Week Alumni Roundtable participants - we needed to channel this generosity! One innovation was a weekly βCoffee Hourβ series, where alumni joined us virtually to share their experiences since completing the MIR β their first jobs, career paths, surprises along the way, and advice for our students in the short and long-term. Other alumni joined us as guest speakers within our courses, while others acted as ambassadors during MIR and PMIR recruitment webinars, helping potential students to see the program through their experience. And of course, we continued with the traditional Safka and Winkler Speaker Series. While we missed the in-person experience of hosting you on campus, there is certainly something to be said for being able to easily hop onto a Zoom session for an hour. We are so grateful to all of our wonderful, accomplished, and generous Alumni who volunteered to share their time and expertise with us this year, in the variety of ways noted above! Many thanks to:
- Wendy Alderdice (MIR β91)
- Peter Edwards (MIR β85)
- Anne Price (MIR β19)
- Lauren Canzius (MIR β07)
- Silvia Lulka (MIR β96)
- Leanne McSherry (MIR β16)
- Elaine Wu (MIR β00)
- Tim Liznivk (MIR β87)
- Katharine Price-Raas (MIR β02)
- Ben Gooch (MIR β09)
- Janna Dolphin (MIR β12)
- Simran Grewal (MIR β18)
- Emilio Frometa (MIR β18)
- Shaun Cawley (MIR β12)
- Tara McCrae (MIR β97)
- Eva Liu (MIR β15)
- David Bryden (MIR β13)
- Sofia Alonso (MIR β11)
- Matt Hopkins (MIR β10)
- Kelly Stevenson (MIR β17)
- Dominique Skubnik (MIR β18)
- Sheri Brake (MIR β97)
- Thomas Kim (MIR β16)
- Devin Winson (MIR β11)
- Brenda Kennedy Kumar (MIR β98)
- Chris Faulkner (MIR β95)
- Amanda Taylor (MIR β17)
- Fraser Blair (MIR β07)
- Michael Smolander (MIR β14)
- James Martin (MIR β17)
- Jamie Bruno (MIR β04)
- Hanna McMullen (MIR β16)
- Daniela Jiminez (MIR β16)
- Cavina Tsoi (MIR β16)
- Ernest Mistica (MIR β15)
- Kaanesh Ghosh (MIR β14)
- Peter Watson (MIR β89)
- Morgan Bello (MIR β18)
- Arlette Boghoskhan (MIR β14)
We look forward to hosting you all in person, on campus as soon as it is safe to do so! We also intend to continue the weekly virtual Coffee Hour during the Fall 2021 term, as this regular opportunity to connect via Zoom was such a hit with students and alumni alike.
Please contact Tanya Ligthart (ligthart@queensu.ca) if you are interested in taking part in this or any other alumni initiative!