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Drew Cormier, Sc'11, MBA'12, left his job at Google Trust & Safety after nine years of protecting users and improving the web in general. His accomplishments included stopping botnets, investigating online scams, curbing online terrorist propaganda, advocating for victims of non-consensual adult imagery, and launching two new operations during his tenure. He’s moving on to join a pre-IPO startup and continuing his career in the trust and safety landscape with the aim of protecting a new user base from online misinformation and disinformation.

Congratulations to Alexie, who has recently been appointed University of Toronto’s associate vice-president and vice-provost, international student experience. Alexie was well travelled during his academic career, having studied in Cameroon, the United Kingdom, and later in Kingston. Along with his other credentials, Alexie applies his direct experience as an international student to his role, offering his insight into the needs of students who are new to studying in Canada.

She was known as Christine Douglas back in her Queen’s days. She goes by Christine Wright now and celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary on Sept. 4. Ten years ago, Christine moved to Houston, Texas. She is an international wedding photographer (Swish & Click Photography), published in People, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Scary Mommy, PopSugar, and Yahoo. She has no human children but one furry one named Minerva.

Sofi Papamarko and partner Lawrence Koch welcomed their daughter, Lena Rose, on April 14.

Michael misses his time at Queen’s (2002–2004). He is now working as a professional financial copy editor at PwC Canada (in Montreal) and as a freelance academic editor on the side; he enjoys keeping one foot in the scholarly world. Michael learns a lot each time he reads a manuscript or an article. He was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of his teacher and supervisor, Professor Caroline Falkner of the Classics Department – brilliant and hard-working and a pleasure to be around – and made a modest contribution to the department in her honour. He still stays in touch with Professor Kavanagh, who is a scholar and a (good-humoured) gentleman. He wishes everyone at Queen’s, in every unit and department, all the best. He hopes to visit sometime soon.

Sean Friday, retired Canadian Air Force Major General, who led Canada’s Royal Military College and served in many other roles in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been named senior vice president for M&A firm STS Capital Partners.

Previously, Friday was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal from both Canada and the United States, as well as the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, among others, and is invested in the Order of Military Merit.