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Lakehead University Alumni Spotlight

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The Lakehead University Alumni Spotlight is a series of profile stories about Lakehead University graduates, published by the university's alumni office from 2015 to 2026. Each story covers one or more alumni, usually people working or studying in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. This page lists all 87 stories found on the spotlight index (as of 30 October 2026) with the people each one profiles. Every story was saved to datum.locker, and the links below go to those archived copies. The pages for the people are written in the wiki's own words; Lakehead's photos are not used.[1]

Date Story (archived copy) People profiled
15 October 2026 Alum Lorne Clifford Chooses Not to Stand by in the Face of Suffering Lorne Clifford
15 September 2026 Engineering Grad Danny Carlos Helped Launch Lakehead’s Next Chapter Danny Carlos
15 June 2026 Standing Up for Burma’s Besieged Chin People Za Uk Ling
21 May 2026 Kate Solbakk is Passionate about Protozoa Kate Solbakk
15 April 2026 Community Leader Erin Beagle Erin Beagle
17 March 2026 Keith Ailey Celebrates Art and Community Keith Ailey
24 February 2026 Teigan Labor Fights for Canada’s Incredible Wilderness Teigan Labor, Peter Labor
23 January 2026 Yukon Educator Heidi Warren Heidi Warren
18 December 2025 Our Region’s Forests are in Good Hands with this Rising Star Temitope Ojo
18 November 2025 Chief Michele Solomon is an Inspiring Changemaker Michele Solomon
14 October 2025 Tackling a Global Challenge One Step at a Time Sidney Howlett
18 June 2025 A High-Flying Career and a Love of Soccer Set This Grad Apart Peter Augruso
18 June 2025 On a Quest to Understand a Devastating Disease Kirkland Johnston
24 April 2025 Life is an Adventure for Holly Gray Holly Gray
24 April 2025 Music is in the Air Laurel Forshaw
16 December 2024 Grit, Vision, and Talent Steve Barkhouse
8 November 2024 Justice Julie Blackhawk is Setting New Precedents Julie Blackhawk
24 September 2024 Rising Star Jamie Klomp
4 March 2024 From the Far North to War-Torn Ukraine Michaela Parenteau
15 February 2024 Into the Forest Faye Johnson
11 December 2023 Climb Every Mountain Carlin Val, Debbie Val
15 November 2023 The Bear Whisperer Kim Titchener
4 October 2023 A Man of Conviction Omer Belisle
11 September 2023 Leah Yari (HBComm'23) Follows Her Passion from Dance to Finance Leah Yari
13 June 2023 Poet Ash Winters (BA’10) has a Way with Words Ash Winters
15 May 2023 Eden Schwartz (HBSW’22) Stands Up for the Vulnerable Eden Schwartz
25 April 2023 Adventures in the Yukon Emmalee Agnew, Terry Milne
16 March 2023 Clifford Mushquash Fosters Hope and Healing Clifford Mushquash
15 February 2023 Silas Young Embraces the North Silas Young
23 January 2023 Reaching out to Migrant Workers Sandy Falcon
16 December 2022 Harnessing a New Source of Green Energy Brian Adams
16 November 2022 Tragedy made Sharon Johnson a Powerful Community Activist Sharon Johnson
18 October 2022 Giving the gift of a lifetime Sarah Kielek-Caster, Megan Perin
16 September 2022 Bringing Clean Water to Communities Sean Petrus
23 June 2022 Entrepreneur and Collector Cameron MacDonald Cameron MacDonald
16 May 2022 A Sculptor of the Uncanny: Katie Lemieux (HBFA’14) makes her mark Katie Lemieux
6 April 2022 Tamer Ibrahim Stands Up for Young People: From English Major to Youth Advocate Tamer Ibrahim
9 March 2022 Julia Johnston is a Quadruple Threat Julia Johnston
16 February 2022 California Dreaming: Marcus Khoo (BSc’83) on life in Silicon Valley Marcus Khoo
13 January 2022 Finding Peace of Mind Megan Rafuse
21 December 2021 Resisting Racism Paul Popo-Ola
2 November 2021 Professional sports photographer says Lakehead University changed his life Mike Carlson
14 October 2021 John Hammill knows the secret to running a successful media outlet John Hammill
20 September 2021 Greg Chomut (BA/BEd'08) Wakes the Giant Greg Chomut
20 May 2021 Ann-Marie Kungl (MPH'08) is a Woman for all Seasons Ann-Marie Kungl
14 April 2021 Lakehead Orillia student leading the way for diversity and inclusion in Simcoe County Rudy Grewal, Megan Grewal
23 March 2021 Advocating for Children with Down Syndrome Sarah Valiquette-Thompson
24 February 2021 Embracing Community, Culture and Creativity Heather Mason
20 January 2021 Inspiring Young People Fatima Ahmed
18 December 2020 Laying Down the Law Justis Danto-Clancy, Justin Blanco
17 December 2020 Sandra Best (HBSW'13) Helps the Homeless Sandra Best
21 October 2020 A curious mind and an adventurous spirit Mathew Sloan
10 September 2020 Dinosaur Days Carmen Pekkarinen
27 May 2020 Lakehead graduate managing Hamilton’s COVID-19 hotline Michael Bush
5 May 2020 School Days: What happens when your homeroom is in your living room? Gino Russo
21 April 2020 Channelling Yoga’s Healing Power Debbie Zweep, Myles Ball
2 March 2020 Gia Spiropoulos Rules The Court Gia Spiropoulos
3 February 2020 Mind Over Mountains Jill Wheatley
6 January 2020 Man in Motion Christopher Britt
4 November 2019 Giving Kids Someone to Lean On Matthew Chater
7 October 2019 An Ironman with a Giant Heart Brent Hawley
7 October 2019 Putting Pen to Paper Doug Diaczuk
6 May 2019 A Passion for Politics Matt Pascuzzo
4 March 2019 Lakehead University a second home to the Carlinos Rosa Carlino, Sam Carlino, Daniela Carlino, Antonella Carlino
4 February 2019 Bolu Fabanwo Reaches Out to Lakehead Orillia Students Bolu Fabanwo
7 January 2019 Adventures of Titanic Proportions Stephen Low
5 November 2018 Lakehead Orillia graduate credits his degree on college pathway program Cody Avery
3 September 2018 Firefighting Trailblazer Stephanie Drost Stephanie Drost
9 April 2018 The Bold and the Beautiful Marina Rupcic
9 April 2018 Andrew Petras Gets Down to Business Andrew Petras
5 March 2018 A Man on a Mission Nathan Nugent
5 February 2018 Adventures in Forestry Stephanie Seymour
6 November 2017 Launching NASA Telescopes on Outer Space Odysseys Colette Lepage
7 August 2017 Into The Deep Jason Epp
19 June 2017 Teaching, Technology, and the Tragically Hip Vicky Walker
15 May 2017 A Dedicated and Dynamic Public Servant Annette Butikofer
19 April 2017 An Inspirational Student Vanessa Magee
16 March 2017 Tommy Sullivan Finds his Calling in Small-Town Alberta Tommy Sullivan
5 September 2016 Like Father, Like Son and Daughter Anuradha Naimpally, Shivshanker Naimpally
20 May 2016 The Music Man Jean-Paul De Roover
18 April 2016 All In The Family Gina Huneau
21 March 2016 Theresa Thibert Attracts the Attention of Opera Lovers Theresa Thibert
21 March 2016 School uses hockey to keep kids in class Steve Dumonski
8 February 2016 At Home in the Boreal Forest Maureen Kershaw
16 November 2015 Hayden Gorman: What I Did This Summer! Hayden Gorman
7 September 2015 Exploring Education, Activism, and the Outdoors Gregory Lowan-Trudeau
4 May 2015 Treks into the Wilderness Darlene Upton

References

  1. ↑ Alumni Spotlight, Lakehead University (index pages 1–9, read 30 October 2026).