Dr. Alicia (Robinson) Power ’97 BSc. Dalhousie, M.D. UBC Alicia is a family Physician in Victoria, B.C. Along with her colleague, Dr. Jenn Tranmer, she opened a new medical clinic on January 5th. The clinic’s focus is on maternity, pediatric and family care (www. growhealth.ca). Alicia is married to Keir Power and has two children, Wyatt, two and a half, and Evelyn, 10 months. 2000s Nicola Krishna ’00 Nicola and her husband Greg Crossley welcomed their first child, India, in January of this year. Nicola, Greg, and India live in Toronto where Nicola works in Public Relations. Emily (McQuillan) Murray ’01 Emily and her husband were married on May 3, 2014, so just recently celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary. They were married in farm setting Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, with friends and family looking on. In August 2014 they bought a house. Carina (Shalaby) Szczygiel ’03 Carina, and her now husband Mike, were married on September 6, 2014 at Notre-Dame Cathedral, with the reception at the Chateau Laurier. Carina just earned her Master’s Degree in Anthropology in April—her thesis was entitled “Leaving Kuujjuarapik: An ethnography of the Inuit experience of travelling down south to face justice.” Carina has been accepted into Carleton University’s graduate program on both a departmental and a domestic entrance scholarship. Alexandra Pattee ’06 Alex has recently graduated from the Yale School of Management with a Masters of Business Administration and is looking forward to beginning a new chapter of her career as a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Toronto. After graduating from Elmwood in 2006, Alex completed her Bachelor of
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Commerce degree at Queen’s University, graduating in 2010. Prior to beginning her M.B.A., Alex spent three years working in corporate social responsibility and international development. Most recently, she worked as an Associate Program Manager at The MasterCard Foundation, a global private foundation, where she contributed to the promotion of financial inclusion in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. During her undergrad, Alex spent her summers running an HIV education project in Guyana for the Red Cross, working at the Canadian Human Rights Commission and consulting for a microfinance institution in Cambodia. Alex’s passion for social responsibility, economics and commerce were ignited at Elmwood, particularly during her time spent in Mr. Main’s classroom. Outside of work Alex loves spoiling her two dogs, Henry and Richard. Angela Skaff ’06 Angela graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science and just recently graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She is going on to complete a two-year Masters of Science degree combined residency in Clinical Practice and Health System Pharmacy Administration at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. As a resident, she will maintain her national involvement in the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) as the appointed new practitioner representative on The National Advisory Group for Management of the Pharmacy Enterprise. Karlye Wong ’06 Karlye graduated from Queen’s University in 2011, with a dual degree in Life Science and Civil Engineering, with a focus in Environmental Engineering. In the years following, her experiences have taken her from being a project engineer for remote infrastructure projects in the Northwest Territories to being a technical advisor for social housing developments in South Africa. At the moment, she is located in Toronto and has gone back to school to pursue a Masters of Environmental Engineering at the University of Toronto with the Drinking Water Research Group. With predictions that the world will suffer a 40% shortfall of water in the next 15 years, her next steps are to become involved in the international field of WASH (water and sanitation hygiene). While doing her research work at U of T, she is concurrently working on the development of rural distribution systems in Nairobi, Kenya. Anisha Sinha ’08 Anisha attended Elmwood from Grade 6 to Grade 12 and was part of the graduating class of 2008. Since then, she attended the University of Ottawa for her Bachelor of Science, where she received Honours in Biomedical Sciences. From there, she went on to complete her Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Health Services Management from McMaster University DeGroote School of Business (graduated December 2014). Anisha has worked at St. Michael’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre and Shared Services West as part of the co-op program there. She also went travelling in South America earlier this year and is about to start her new full time job back at Shared Services West working as a Project Manager. Genevieve McSpaden ’09 Genevieve graduated from Elmwood in June 2009 and was the Admissions Prefect. Currently, she is working at the 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, MN as an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Engineer. She just celebrated her one-year work anniversary on July 14, 2015. Genevieve works on developing coating formulations for optical films. Gillian McCracken ’13 Gillian is crewing on the tall ship Black Jack for the summer, a sailing camp for youth. As a Watch Leader she’s setting sails, monkeying around the rigging up aloft, and helming her up and down the Ottawa River. Photo (at left): Gillian doing some maintenance work for the Black Jack this spring.
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