alumni spotlight
channelling yoga’s healing power
tuesday, april 21, 2020 / thunder bay, orillia
doing downward dogs and warrior poses in sweltering 38-degree heat might sound alarming – but alumna debbie zweep (badmin'94) wants to assure anyone who is curious not to worry. she is the co-owner of modo yoga thunder bay, located in 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s c.j. sanders fieldhouse.
gia spiropoulos rules the court
monday, march 2, 2020 /
gia spiropoulos is a natural born leader and a serious threat on the basketball court. “my dad got me hooked on the sport,” explains the lakehead orillia graduate student from belleville, ontario. “when i was a kid, we used to play together.”
mind over mountains
monday, february 3, 2020 /
every morning following a sunrise run, jill wheatley (bed.'99) cycled to work along picturesque farm roads – expertly dodging cattle, sheep, tractors, and impatient commuters – on her way to work at an international high school in bavaria. she was a health and sport science teacher with an adventurous streak. since leaving canada in 2001, she had been to more than 60 countries and had extended work stints in singapore, russia, switzerland, and germany.
man in motion
monday, january 6, 2020 /
christopher britt doesn’t consider himself a daredevil, but he jumps at the chance to go heli-skiing on in the mountains bordering canada and alaska and surfing in bali. “my brain is always on, so skiing and surfing – or putting on my goalie gear – are meditative and peaceful for me,” he says. “risk leads to increased focus.”
giving kids someone to lean on
monday, november 4, 2019 /
being a kid isn't easy, and when everyday struggles are combined with challenging situations, a child's self-esteem can plummet. matthew chater, (ba’08, psychology/bed’08) the president & ceo of big brothers big sisters of canada, believes that having a mentor can help turn things around for young people.
an ironman with a giant heart
monday, october 7, 2019 /
one winter, former thunder bay deejay brent hawley (ba’01) packed up his belongings, sold off most of his real estate holdings, and moved to hawaii. after two decades in northwestern ontario, brent had landed a job as a media management consultant for the largest group of radio stations in the hawaiian islands – the pacific media group (pmg) in kailua-kona.
putting pen to paper
monday, october 7, 2019 /
in 2015, doug diaczuk did what he once thought was impossible – he wrote a 40,000 word novel in only three days.
a passion for politics
monday, may 6, 2019 /
a high school co-op at a thunder bay radio station turned out to be the first step on a journey that’s taken 24-year-old matt pascuzzo to the prime minister’s office.
阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 a second home to the carlinos
monday, march 4, 2019 /
for the carlino siblings, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 became a home away from home, a place to learn how to learn, to meet new people and grow and push their limits while obtaining the skills needed to work in their desired careers.
bolu fabanwo reaches out to lakehead orillia 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
monday, february 4, 2019 /
a few years ago, any international student arriving at lakehead orillia had a very different university experience than they do now. their homesickness was intensified because there were almost no other overseas 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 on campus.