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RED

News. Ideas. People.

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Project Manager
Barry Naymark, Manager, Seneca Alumni

Managing Editor
Corey Long, Associate Director,
Campaign and Major Gifts

Contributors
David Agnew
Katie Colvin
Mary Del Bianco
Renata Dinnocenzo
Laura-Ann Farid
Tiffany Hsieh
Aaron Mark (CCM)
Lisa Pires
Ryan Phipps
Sonia Novello
Jasmine Yeung (BMT)
Tan-Ling Yeung

Photography
Ricardo Bernardino (IDP)
Steve Frost
Joanne Klimaszewski
Joanne Ratajczak
Linda Stapleton
Roberto Vasquez
Garbis Yaghdjian

Cover design
Shout

Art direction and design
Underline Studio

Printing and distribution
Andora Graphics Inc.

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Featuring

President’s message ........................................... 3

Up front ................................................................4

On campus ........................................................... 7

Pro files ................................................................ 11

Cover story ..........................................................16

Alumni stories ...................................................22

Giving back ........................................................ 35

Back in the day ..................................................44

7

A championship delivery

Seneca’s Women’s Curling team, led by skip and athlete-of-the-year Stephanie Vanhuyse, brought home national gold.

14

Advocating for mental heath

The Honourable Michael Wilson delivered a keynote address at the first RBC Mental Health Symposium at King Campus.

26

The lady on Leafs Lunch
Broadcasting grad Andi Petrillo is breaking down barriers in the testosterone-filled world of sports broadcasting.