3 GEORGIANVIEW FALL 2021 DIGITAL EDITION
GEORGIANVIEW
04 Alumni play pivotal role at Georgian: Message from the president
05 Keeping future health-care heroes closer to home
06 Nursing degree springboard for career
08 Childhood dream becomes reality
10 Representation matters in policing
12 An act of service
14 Thriving business in vacation destination
16 Graduating onto the frontlines
18 A career on fire
20 Caring started on campus
22 Creativity + entrepreneurial spirit = success
24 Georgian plays big role in grad's life
26 HBEC continues to inspire
28 Alumni caught on social
Publisher
Jamie Campbell
Editors
Lisa Banks
David Bell
Sharon Burkhart
Jamie Campbell
Kim Goggins
Contributors
Jamie Campbell
Kim Goggins
Elaine Murray
Photography
Nat Caron
Doug Crawford
Design
Michelle Al-Jbouri
Jaye Davies
CONTACT US
705.728.1968, ext. 1128
alumni@georgiancollege.ca
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Ali Khonsari (class of 1997), was recently appointed Chair of Georgian's
Board of Governors. Ali is the Vice President of Image Dental Laboratory
in Barrie, Ontario, and a long-time supporter of Georgian College. He first
joined the college's Board of Governors in 2017.
PRIVACY POLICY: Georgian College respects your privacy. To our alumni: on graduation, Georgian will continue to hold
your contact and certain other information so that we can contact you from time to time to facilitate alumni participation in
Georgian College alumni activities and offers. To our donors: your personal information, collected by Georgian College under
the legal authority of the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 and in accordance with Sections 38(2)
and 41(1) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, will not be used for any purposes other than activities
and opportunities in relation to Georgian College. To both alumni and donors: Georgian College discloses your contact
information to outside organizations or agencies, such as mailing houses, to enable them to contact you on behalf of Georgian
College and its affinity partners but ensures it has entered into confidentiality agreements with those outside organizations so
that alumni and donor personal information is kept confidential. Georgian College does not rent, trade or sell its mailing lists.
PHOTO DISCLAIMER: Due to the challenges of
the COVID-19 pandemic, we have relied on the
submission of photos from most story subjects this
year. We thank each of our photo contributors for
helping to bring this issue to life.
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