Tamara Vandersluis, BCom, has been having fun working with the IT resources, infrastructure and integration provider R2i for the last two years as a Senior IT Specialist. The company attracts customers from across North America and specializes in highly available architecture, including IBM i in the cloud. Tamara is also working on a start-up offering equine-based leadership training, which she expects will be up and running in the near future.
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Elizabeth Christo (BCom) died April 19 in Simcoe, ON, aged 52. She had worked at the Multi Service Centre and Michael Bossy Group in Tillsonburg, ON. She is survived by her son Carl and three brothers.
Published in: Winter 2013
Sheilagh Campbell (BCom) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina’s Paul J. Hill School of Business, where she teaches Business Ethics and HR/ Industrial Relations. Sheilagh, who has a Master’s degree in Industrial Relations (MIR) from U of T, earned her PhD in Management from St. Mary’s University in Halifax last year.
Published in: Winter 2013
Shelagh Campbell (BCom) was awarded her PhD (Management) from Saint Mary’s University in January. Shelagh and her family continue to call Halifax home for the time being as she considers her next steps.
Published in: Winter 2012
Toby Wong and Cheryl Scott (both BCom’84) report that the 2014 Calgary Stampede was a true homecoming for them as native Calgarians, and now U.S. residents. Toby and her children Madison (9) and Lincoln (6) travelled from their Chicago home, Cheryl from Seattle. Their mini-reunion included Cheryl’s sister Laura Scott (BCom’82), a Calgary resident, and classmate Tracy Stone, who joined in via Skype from Toronto. Friends and classmates are welcome to contact them at toby8wong@yahoo.com; Cheryl at cascott510@gmail. com; Tracy at tracystone226@gmail.com; and Laura at lescott@shaw.ca.
Published in: Winter 2015
Toby Wong and Cheryl Scott (both BCom’84) report that the 2014 Calgary Stampede was a true homecoming for them as native Calgarians, and now U.S. residents. Toby and her children Madison (9) and Lincoln (6) travelled from their Chicago home, Cheryl from Seattle. Their mini-reunion included Cheryl’s sister Laura Scott (BCom’82), a Calgary resident, and classmate Tracy Stone, who joined in via Skype from Toronto. Friends and classmates are welcome to contact them at toby8wong@yahoo.com; Cheryl at cascott510@gmail. com; Tracy at tracystone226@gmail.com; and Laura at lescott@shaw.ca.
Published in: Winter 2015
Carol (Mazur) Hood (BCom) and her husband Ed travelled from Toronto to Australia in March 2013 to visit their daughter, Jacqui Carl (BSc’14 – Kinesiology), who was on exchange in Perth.
Published in: Winter 2014
Marta Burns, BCom, was in February named Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in Edmonton by Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould. She was previously senior litigation counsel with the Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General.
Published in: Summer 2018
Shelagh M.R. Campbell (BCom) is working on a postdoc fellowship, commuting between Montreal and Halifax. Email: campbellshelagh1@gmail.com
Published in: Summer 2012
Shelagh M.R. Campbell (BCom) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in December 2010 at Saint Mary’s University and was awarded the degree of PhD (Management). Shelagh is staying in the Maritimes as Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Saint Mary’s Sobey School of Business.
Published in: Summer 2011