Alumni Notes

Sylvie Levesque, BCom, was appointed chief marketing officer at Newstrike Brands in Toronto in February. Sylvie was previously the general manager for Canada at Treasury Wine Estates. She’s worked in the consumer packaged goods and alcohol beverages business in Canada and abroad for the past 25 years, including at Johnson & Johnson, Molson and Unilever. Newstrike Brands is the parent company of Up Cannabis. Sylvie and her family live in Toronto. They returned in late 2016 after living in Melbourne, Australia for a few years.

Andrew Long (BCom) and his family have been traveling the world since September 2013, and will return to Toronto in August 2014. Andrew’s company, Scavenger Hunt Anywhere, recently broke the world record for the world’s largest corporate scavenger hunt.

Jamil Mawji, BCom, shares that the venture he co-founded in 2016, National Care Group (NCG), was recently ranked the third fastest-growing company in the U.K., as featured in The Sunday Times’ Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table. Jamil says NCG is a support-service provider for people with complex needs arising from learning disabilities, mental health and acquired brain injury.

David P. Carey, MBA, Sc’79, retired as SVP, Capital Markets, at ARC Resources in 2016 and recently joined the board of directors of Bonavista Energy. David and his wife, Kathryn, reside in Calgary. Their daughter, Alison, BA’12, is also in Calgary, while son Graeme, Sc’15, is pursuing his MSc at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Victor Pakalnis, EMBA, was appointed Associate Vice President at Laurentian MIT (Mining Innovation and Technology) in November. He continues as President and CEO of MIRARCO Mining Innovation. He recently chaired the 36th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research — the first time the conference has been held in Canada.