Kevin Campbell, MBA’21, tells us he just returned from a four-week trip to Europe. “This picture is from San Sebastian, Spain, drinking sagardoa and enjoying (probably too many) pintxos,” he writes.
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Cicely Dickson (Johnston), EMBA’21, Artsci’12, and her husband, Graham Dickson, welcomed their daughter, Henrietta Hart Dickson, on March 18. Henrietta joins big brother, Charles, who is two-and-a-half years old.
Published in: Fall 2023
After 15 years of working in the training industry and experiencing the detrimental effects of the pandemic on socializing and community, Michael Hamlin, MMIE’21, launched Calgary-based EverFlex in 2021. The company aims to connect people to fitness - and each other - through small group training sessions that are organized based on goals and abilities and uses technology to track and integrate health factor data. everflexfitness.com
Published in: Spring 2023
Katie Heggtveit, MMIE’21, tells us she has been inducted into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour in the Spirit of Sport — Diversity and Inclusion category. In 2017, Katie founded Bootcamps for Change, an organization that delivers fitness programs for youth experiencing homelessness. The organization’s #SweatierForTheBetter program also provides scholarships for shelter youth to become certified fitness instructors and connects them with local job and mentorship opportunities. Katie recently moved to Nashville to pursue her doctorate in Education Leadership and Policy at Vanderbilt University but continues to act as an advisor for the social enterprise.
Published in: Fall 2023
Tamara Jacobs, EMBA’21, says she recently joined the Ryerson University human resources team as manager of HR technology and will lead the digital transformation of the department. “It’s an exciting journey and a role that I have been aspiring to for some time. I am so grateful for the EMBA experience and the confidence it gave me to push forward! I am leaning into my training on high-performance team management and leadership to make this transformation a success!”
Published in: Spring 2022
Amanda Labadie, MMIE’21, has started a new role as a senior project officer of service culture initiatives within the Service, Innovation, Integration branch of the Canada Revenue Agency. She lives in Montreal.
Published in: Spring 2023
Osman Naqvi, AMBA’21, has been working at Invest in Canada as an advisor in investor services since graduating from Smith. He tells us he recently shared his thoughts on how a business education can be used for social good as part of a TEDxYouth event at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon.
Published in: Fall 2023
Hang Nguyen, MBA’21, tells us the hard work, job searching and networking paid off and she’s joined consumer health-care company Haleon Canada as a category strategy manager. Prior to starting her new job, Hang enjoyed a trip to Quebec with her husband, where she caught up with her Full-time MBA class president Chris Jazzar, MBA’21, in Montreal.
Published in: Fall 2022
Gboyega Ojebiyi, MFIN’21, tells us he got a job as a financial analyst with Heartland Farm Mutual after graduation. “I have always wanted to work in the financial services industry in Canada,” he writes.
Published in: Spring 2022
Cicely Dickson, EMBA, Artsci’12, and husband Graham welcomed a son, Charles Huck Dickson, on Jan. 11.
Published in: Fall 2021