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class notes singer Gavin slate has marketed his new song through an ingenious initiative. NXNE. See the video at youtu.be/-w6hzdcJaQ8. Last July, his song Falling was featured in the new NBC television show Saving Hope. Visit gavinslate.com. 10s Catherine Chow, MMSc ’10, and Michael Hutson, MBA ’08, married in the fall. Catherine writes, “Although we went to the same high school, we didn’t start dating until after we met during the MBA/MMSc program at Ryerson.” Eugen Sakhnenko, Image Arts ’10, is a fine art documentary photographer who presented his exhibit It’s Medicinal at the Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto last spring. The project explored the secret world of medicinal cannabis at a time when Ontario’s Court of Appeal pondered the future of cannabis laws. The photos showcased the people and spaces that make up the industry. Visit eugensakhnenko.com/its-medicinal. Vanessa Santilli, Journalism ’10, won second place at the Canadian Church Press Awards for a biographical profile of CTV news anchor Lisa LaFlamme and second place as editor of the Youth Speak News department at The Catholic Register. Read the Catholic Register article on the awards at http://bit.ly/KLDrYJ. in memoriam Robert Walker Ormston, Retail Merchandising ’53, died March 2, 2012. Ormston treasured the lifelong friends he made at Ryerson. For the 25th-anniversary celebrations and at subsequent five-year intervals, he gathered together as many of his fellow alumni as he could contact and encouraged them to attend each event. n printing his own replica Starbucks “pick of the week” cards, directing patrons of numerous Toronto Starbucks locations to a free download of his song. His marketing initiative was covered by CBC, the Toronto Star, Toronto Life and 42 ryerson university Magazine • W i n t e r 2013 http://www.youtu.be/-w6hzdcJaQ8 http://www.gavinslate.com http://www.bit.ly/KLDrYJ http://www.eugensakhnenko.com/its-medicinal http://www.ryerson.ca/alumni http://www.ryerson.ca/alumni http://www.ryerson.ca/alumni

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ryerson Alumni - Winter 2013

Ryerson Alumni - Winter 2013
Table of Contents
President's Message
Showcase
Gould Street
Picture Perfect
Photo Essay
Feels Like Home
From the boardroom to the delivery room – midwife Jasmin Tecson follows her passion
Flying with the Snowbirds – Capt. Iain Cummings realizes lifelong dream
Alumni Diary/VP Viewpoint
Class Notes
Remember When?

Ryerson Alumni - Winter 2013