Class Notes

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Marking career and personal achievements, special milestones and the birth of future ĂŰĚŇ´«Ă˝ alumni - Class Notes helps you stay in touch with former classmates, housemates, and faculty.

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  • Zoe Craig, Class Note

    1990s

    Zoë Craig

    – BFA'90  

    Spring 2025

    ZoĂ« is thrilled to announce the launch of her artist website, built in collaboration with Kingston Frameworks. After a long career in academic publishing, ZoĂ« has returned to the printmaking studio in Toronto and has a new collection of original silkscreen prints. She credits ĂŰĚŇ´«Ă˝ and her professor, J.C. Heywood, for her love of the silkscreen medium. Her work is .

  • 1980s

    Annette (Saulnier) Bergeron

    – Sc’87

    Spring 2025

    Annette is pleased to announce that she has been appointed to the board of directors of the Canada Energy Regulator. She joined the board on Jan. 24, 2025, for a five-year term. She currently holds the position of Honorary Guard Commander of the Fort Henry Guard and serves on the board of Synergy North. Ms. Bergeron has twice been named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada and is a recipient of the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers issued by the Governor General of Canada. She’s also taught at Queen’s.

  • 1970s

    Dr. Ross A. Eaman

    – PhD’78

    Spring 2025

    Ross is now an adjunct research professor at Carleton University after a lengthy career in its School of Journalism and Communication. His most recent publications are: Historical Dictionary of Journalism (2nd ed.), published by Rowman and Littlefield, 2021; and Architecture as Communication: A Medium Like No Other, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025.

  • Grant Linney, Class Note

    1970s

    Grant Linney 

    – Arts’73, BEd’78

    Spring 2025

    In January, Grant received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his long-time advocacy regarding fighting climate change (over 1,000 presentations and counting) and also in promoting outdoor experiential education as essential learning for a sustainable future. 

    Grant Linney is featured in the photo with his MP, Filomena Tassi, for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas.

  • Bill Kitcher, Class Note

    1970s

    Bill Kitcher

    – Artsci'79

    Spring 2025

    Bill’s comic noir novel, Farewell And Goodbye, My Maltese Sleep, was published in October 2023 by Close To The Bone Publishing and is available on Amazon. It's the second funniest novel ever written, and concerns a private detective in 1950s Hollywood. An excerpt from the novel – a standalone story – can be found .

  • Tom James, QR code for ProBono Donation, Class Note

    1970s

    Tom James

    – Com’72, MBA’74 

    Spring 2025

    The early 1970s graduating classes were among the luckiest generation ever! They graduated with the prospects of securing good jobs with opportunities for career advancement and were able to buy a home, something the younger generation can only dream of. Tom would now like to remind his fellow grads that it’s time to pay it forward. The “Last ProBono Award” was established to honour Fred Delaney (BComH’72 and LLB’75) through the provision of scholarships to students from the local area entering the faculties of Business or Law.

    Fred, a dedicated lawyer and three-term mayor of Gananoque, believed in service, fellowship and uplifting others. His guiding philosophy, "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you," continues through this award. Fred often provided legal services to those who couldn’t afford to pay on a “Pro Bono” basis, hence the name of the award.

    Tom is asking others to give through a monthly program or lump sum by calling the Alumni Office at 613-533-2060.