Johnnie Vu, AMBA’16, was recently recognized with the RBC Global Citizen Award, which recognizes top RBC employees for their significant contributions to the community. Johnnie, who is a regional enablement coach for the bank in Toronto, works with Ascend Canada, a non-profit that helps Pan-Asian professionals. He’s also involved with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.
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Yoav Yosipovich, AMBA’16, and his wife Sarah welcomed their first son, Matti David Yosipovich, on July 31, 2022, at Mount Sinai in Toronto.
Published in: Spring 2023
Yoav Yosipovich, AMBA, celebrated with friends and family as he and Sarah Joy Freedman were married this past August in Vaughan, Ont.
Published in: Winter 2020
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Ryan Aimers, BCom, came back to Homecoming 2018 – and did so for a good cause. Ryan and his former Queen’s housemates organized a 24- hour Homecoming run from Toronto to the house they lived in as students, at 254 Alfred St. in Kingston. On Oct. 18, each participant (10 in total) took turns running relay-style five kilometres at a time, and the crew ran all night, trailed by an RV, to arrive in time for Homecoming the next day (final time: 21 hours 45 minutes). The run was a fundraiser for Mind Over Miles, a Toronto run club that raises awareness of mental health and funds for the Murphy Centre for Mental Health at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. Ryan (top row, second from left) reports that the run raised more than $12,700. “Our goal is to do it again next year and get other alumni houses to challenge us to see who can raise the most.” runninghome254.com
Published in: Winter 2019
Joumana Al Barmaki, MIB’15, and Stefan Lehner, MIB’15, were married on July 29 in Lebanon. They even brought along some Smith attire for their big day.
Published in: Fall 2022
Anmol Bajwa, MBA’15, got married in an intimate ceremony in one of the pandemic lockdowns in 2020.
Published in: Spring 2022
Alexander Banh, BCom, ArtSci’15, left investment banking late in 2016 and is now working in strategy at ecobee. He is also a fellow in the energy and environment cluster at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Co-Chair of Toronto+Acumen, and advises a technology private-equity firm
Published in: Winter 2018
Jawwad Siddiqui, BCom, has accepted a product-manager position at a tech company in Toronto, while continuing to run his small start-up on the side. Check out his blog at jawwad.me.
Published in: Winter 2017
Michelle Chow, EMBA, and husband Jason proudly announce the March birth of their daughter Livia Yael Chow.
Published in: Summer 2017
Vanesa V. Cotlar, BCom, let us know that she’s now taking part in Remote Year, a program that brings together a group of international professionals to travel and work remotely for a year. She is visiting 12 cities over the course of 12 months and experiencing life as a digital nomad while on leave from Monitor Deloitte. She’s currently in Asia, and will continue on to Africa, Europe and South America during the year.
Published in: Summer 2018