Alumni

After completing a master's degree in resource and environmental management, Dave Waldron has been instrumental in shaping the sustainability movement in Whistler. In addition, he is working with the David Suzuki Foundation and has co-founded a Vancouver-based consultancy supporting sustainability and leadership development.http://www.fenv.sfu.ca/programs/

The university’s more than 100,000 alumni are true ambassadors for SFU. They are inspiring youth, inventing world firsts, awakening social consciousness and leading companies worldwide. These students of yesterday are helping the world cope with shifting economies, battle climate change, and resolve global health issues. www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni

Carol Hunyh earned a BA in psychology with a minor in kinesiology from SFU in 2004. At the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, she captured Canada’s first gold medal. She is only the second Canadian ever to earn an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. The first was SFU student Daniel Igali. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews08220801.shtml

Five of the first 16 students in SFU’s new master’s program in global health convocated in June 2008, including South African graduate Anne Paxton. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews052908015.shtml

Kanwal Singh Neel found ways to address the issue that Aboriginal student math performance is lower than that of non-Aboriginal students in almost every region of the province. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews052908010.shtml

Tom Kineshanko knows the carbon market is coming and he plans to play a leading role in it. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews052908016.shtml

Liana Zwick, a 41-year-old mother, obtained her Bachelor of General Studies degree on time despite being diagnosed with breast cancer mid-way through her studies. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews05290805.shtml

Ania Kolodziej is the first grad of SFU’s French Cohort Program in Public Administration and Community Services. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews05280802.shtml

Alison Lawton is raising $25 million to combat HIV/AIDS in infants, young children and adolescents in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world. www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews01240806.shtml

Daniel Igali, a graduate of criminology who is now pursuing his master's degree, proudly holds the 2000 Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling (69kg) title and was inducted into the BC and Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/Stories/sfunews10310704.shtml

Terry Fox, honorary alumnus, was a kinesiology undergraduate student at SFU when he was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently had a leg amputated. His Marathon of Hope was a journey that Canadians will never forget. His courage, determination, humanitarianism and selflessness have been an inspiration to millions of people. http://www.sfu.ca/terryfox/about.html