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Derek Congram,
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Nick Shields,
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Staci Whittle,
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Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe,
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Captain Padruig MacIntosh,
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Hormoz Djahanshahi
Derek Congram
BA ’98
Derek Congram has seen the results of some of the most horrific
acts humanity has committed. He has located, excavated and
examined human remains in Bosnia, Croatia, Costa Rica, Iraq and
Spain while employed by the United Nations, the University of
Cambridge Archaeology Unit, the National Museum of Costa Rica
and the U.S. Department of Justice. Congram is now completing his
PhD at Simon Fraser University where he is a sessional instructor, as
well as consulting for the British Columbia Coroner’s Office.
Nick Shields
BA ’95
Shields has spent the past 20 years working in the production industry.
He started out as an actor, and eventually co-created Media for a Change,
the only professional-level, social justice-oriented production unit in
Canada. In 2003, Shields created Suede Productions, a media production
company located in Windsor that serves all of North America.
Staci Whittle
BA ’90, BEd ’99
Upon completion of her degree and receipt of the Board of Governors
Medal in 1999, Whittle quickly made her mark as an excellent educator
and an astute administrator. In 2004, she was honoured as the top
secondary school teacher in Ontario. She is the vice-principal at
Harrow District High School.
Megan Wing
BA ’03, BA ’04 and
Aaron Lowe
BHK ’03, MHK ’07
One of Canada’s most successful skating pairs, Aaron Lowe and Megan
Wing started their career in 1986, dancing together for more than 20
years. They have won 10 National Ice Dance medals, competed at
five World Figure Skating Championships, and represented Canada
at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Recently, Lowe was hired as the high
performance director for Skate Canada B.C.-Yukon Section while
Wing has been hired for high performance support.
Captain Padruig MacIntosh
BASc ’01
Padruig MacIntosh took the first step to achieving his dream of
becoming a fighter pilot, graduating in 2001 with an honours degree
in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Capt. MacIntosh was
awarded Canadian Forces Wings in 2005 and is a qualified flight
instructor with the Canadian Air Force.
Hormoz Djahanshahi
PhD ’99
Djahanshahi is a Leader with Technology Development Group at
PMC-Sierra in Vancouver, BC. In 1990-1992, he worked as a senior
designer with Fajr Microelectronics where he led a team to design
and build a patient monitoring and biotelemetry system for
Intensive/Cardiac Care Units. Since 2000, he has been with PMC-
Sierra in Mixed-Signal Design Group, and more recently in
Technology Development Group, where he is now a leader and an IP
specialist in Clock Generation Technology.
Alumni Odyssey Award
Six alumni were recognized with the
Odyssey Award at the November 28, 2007,
Annual General Meeting and Awards
Presentations. The Award is presented to
alumni in the early years of their career who
have distinguished themselves with notable
achievements in their local community or
through a significant or innovative
achievement in their professional or
personal life.
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