NEWS EXCHANGE Millie Bonazza February 1, 2020
Flynn (Regan) ’11 and Jeff Bonazza ’10. Axel Mulroney
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Shirley MacLean, Q.C. ’84 was appointed Commissioner of Official Languages for the Province of New Brunswick on January 1, 2020. Prior to her appointment, Shirley had been the Deputy Executive Director of the Law Society of New Brunswick as well as Chair of the Fredericton Mental Health Tribunal. Sean Layden, QC, ’88, after 27 years of practising law, was appointed to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board on Nov 24, 2020 and will be working out of the Halifax office.
’90s Grandson of The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney ’59 November 14, 2020
Colton (White) ’11 ’17 married Robert Park August 30, 2019
Joe Muise ’99 is a high school teacher in Burnaby, BC. He was recently awarded the Canadian Association of Physicists Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics for the BC/ Yukon region. Joe says he got a strong foundation in physics at StFX and ended up starting his path to teaching through the opportunities that he had to work as a lab assistant in his second, third and fourth years at StFX. Joe was also recognized by the National Science Teaching Association as the recipient of the Robert E Yager Exemplary Teaching Award for Canada.
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Nicole Deleskie ’09 married Tyler MacCuspic 46
Janessa (DeCoste) Rauch ’07 was recently featured by the University of Calgary as one of “six nurse entrepreneurs you should know about.” She is currently working toward her master’s in nursing at UCalgary, exploring the self-care practices of paediatric oncology nurses. She also runs a nurse
StFX ALUMNINEWS l DECEMBER 2020
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coaching business called The Nurse Coach, which is geared toward health-care providers and professionals or educators and teachers. She is a founding executive board member and faculty at The Canadian Institute of Integrative Nursing Development & Education Ltd, an institute geared toward the development and education of holistic nursing and nurse coaches, the first of its kind in Canada. Erin Martin graduated with a Bachelor’s in science at StFX in 2009 and is from Whitehorse, Yukon. Since she graduated she’s completed a Masters in science at Dalhousie in 2011, medical school at Dalhousie in 2015, and general surgery speciality training at the University of Calgary in 2020. She is now a general surgeon in Prince George, BC, and is a clinical instructor with UBC and UNBC. After being in school for 29 years straight she’s pretty excited to be done. She says “the path to surgery is a long one, and I’d love to encourage other students, especially other young women, to pursue it!!” Sonam Tenzin ’06, who received a master’s degree and X-Ring after completing the first joint Paro-StFX MEd program 2002-06, has written and published a book, “The legend of Pholha Masang Chungdue,” which describes the story of the most famous and revered local deity known as Masang Chungdue of the place he resides, Haa, Bhutan. “This deity’s benediction continues to shape the social and cultural lives of the people,” he says. Sonam sent several complimentary copies of the first edition to StFX. The second edition is already published, with the launch postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. “Although my stay
in Antigonish was very brief, about 28 days in the cold winter, yet I did not feel the harsh winter because of the warmth of the locals of Antigonish. My brief stint in StFX greatly widened my thought, confidence and changed my approach to education,” he says.
activities that parents are doing with their infants during the pandemic. If you are interested in taking party, please visit: https:// stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/ SV_1SlxrqVPHWB3syh First Home St. John’s, NL
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Adam Starr `20 and Maxwell Gauthier `20 have incorporated their company, Drastic Scholastic Thermoplastic Inc., and have received nearly $40,000 in awards, thanks to the Spark Nova Scotia Competition ($25,000) and the Canada Starts Grant ($5,000). They were Wallace Interns over summer 2002, earning $10,000 through the internship program. They have obtained operating space in the FM building (Highway #7) at StFX, and have been accepted into Emera IdeaHUB Young Innovators Program. This engineeringfocused program is designed to support entrepreneurial youth interested in exploring the potential to commercialize new products.
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StFX Psychology Lab looking for volunteers The Infant Action and Cognition Lab at StFX is currently looking for parents and guardians of infants between two and six months old and living in Canada to take their survey related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey asks questions about parents’ mental health (e.g., pandemic-related stress, anxiety and depression symptoms, satisfaction with support), as well as about the
Shanelle Clowe ’14 and Chris Hillier ’14 with their chocolate lab, Charley! Happy 100th Birthday!
Sr. Margaret MacDonell ’54 ’00 We’re sending out a very special birthday greeting – to Sr. Margaret MacDonell, CND, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 13! Sister Margaret, of the Congregation of Notre Dame, is a professor emerita at StFX, and is formerly head of the Department of Celtic Studies at StFX. She is a Gaelic speaker originally from Judique, Cape Breton. She holds a PhD in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University, and has been a lifelong supporter of Gaelic culture. Sister Margaret received her degree from StFX in ’54 and an honorary degree in 2000. Happy birthday, Sr. Margaret!
