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Max Woods is a Chiropractor at the Barrie Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre. He is a certified Active Release Technique (ART) and Graston Technique provider.
2000
Ben Craig joined the family business, Craig Manufacturing Ltd., in September 2006, representing the third generation. After completing an Honours BA in Economics, he has been gaining experience in heavy equipment for the past two years. Ben feels the timing is perfect – the 60th Anniversary of Craig’s as well as the opening of two new plants, the one in Hartland that Ben’s father rebuilt after the fire in 2005, and the one Ben is building in Ontario now. He is located in Toronto and services Central and Western Canada and the United States.
1999
Patrick Arkeveld is the Director of International Operations for Jonas Software in the UK. Jonas is a global leader in Club Management software. Pictured on the famous Swilcan bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland – Patrick is wearing an SAC sweater! Alan Lau is at Stanford working on his PhD in Electrical Engineering. His research area is fiber-optic communications, trying to pump up the speed of global backbone Physics! In particular, it’s the physics of EM waves propagation in waveguides (such as an optical fiber). Once he graduates he will be looking for a job in academia at Waterloo and McGill. Daniel Near is with the National Hockey League’s New York office as Manager, Retail Sales and Marketing, Consumer Products. Dan graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BA and then from Miami University in Ohio with an MBA. He and his wife Lori live in Chatham, New Jersey.
Steve Amell was married on December 8, 2007 to Carolyn Lawrence in Toronto. There were several SAC friends at the wedding, including classmates Brian Chisholm and Nick Middleton. Steve’s first feature film acting debut Closing The Ring premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Starring Christopher Plummer, Shirley MacLaine, Mischa Barton and Stephen in the four lead roles, it was directed by Lord Richard Attenborough. At the screening, Stephen entertained the live audience with a ‘question and answer’ session which was very well received. Closing the Ring was at the London Film Festival in October and released in the UK in December. Stephen was nominated for a Gemini last fall for his role in the comedy Rent-a-Goalie and received a Gemini for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series” in ReGenesis Season Three. Alain Chicoine graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E). His degree was in Civil and Environmental Engineering and he also earned a certificate in Geological Engineering. Alain is now in Halifax working as an Environmental Engineering Consultant with Stantec, formerly Neill and Gunter, in Dartmouth.
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Mike Richardson graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2004 with a BA in Political Science. While there he took advantage of the business option courses offered. After working with his family business, Mike chose to pursue a career in the financial services industry. He currently works as an Investment Advisor with Caldwell Securities in Toronto. Samuel Rothwell graduated from Acadia University in ’04 and then MacQuarie University in Sydney, Australia in ’06 with a B.Ed. “Sammy” as he is remembered by his school mates is now teaching in Taiwan. He has traveled extensively over the past two years and is looking forward to returning to Canada next year. 2001 Gord Birkett is the authorized dealer for Roto-Static, a carpet and upholstery household cleaning services company in Richmond Hill and surrounding area. Gord joined the Council of the SAC Association in 2004 and helps with special events, primarily co-ordinating the Alumni and Advancement visits to universities in Southern Ontario.