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3 GEORGIANVIEW 2024 PRINT EDITION GEORGIANVIEW 04 Greetings from Kevin Weaver, President and CEO, Georgian College 05 Greetings from Hilary Anderson (class of 1991), Chair, Alumni Association Executive Council 05 Board of Governors' Awards of Distinction: celebrating excellence 06 Alumni out and about: bringing alumni together 08 Alumni inspire: stories of career and personal success 16 Military-connected college: veteran chooses Georgian for firefighting program – and rugby 18 Black history, Black excellence: a professor and an alumnus reflect on their career paths; share about their experiences with racism 20 Automotive Business School of Canada: alumni of the year 22 Innovation: how Georgian is navigating artificial intelligence (AI) 24 Innovation culture: Indigenous language revival 26 New technology: first cohort of Mechatronics students get ready to graduate this fall 30 Interdisciplinary innovation: simulation space enables real-life learning 34 Frontline Support campaign: renovation reveal welcomes community 38 Awards and scholarships: Schulich Builders announces transformative scholarship program 44 Go Grizzlies Go: student athletes celebrated 45 A golden legacy: beloved coach retires from rugby at Georgian Editors David Bell Kim Goggins Kelly Pottage Contributors David Bell Marg Bruineman Sharon Burkhart Kim Goggins Yoram Kerbel Kelly Pottage Phil Sach Kendra Saxton Kristin Taylor Jenni Thompson Photography Nat Caron Doug Crawford Carling Fee (class of 2019) Design Michelle Al-Jbouri Jaye Davies (class of 1999) CONTACT US 705.722.5104 alumni@georgiancollege.ca GeorgianCollege.ca/alumni GeorgianCollegeAlumni @GeorgianAlumni Angeline King (class of 2016) shares her story of relearning the Anishnaabemowin (Ojibwe) language through Georgian's Anishnaabemowin and Program Development program. She and a number of other alumni now teach the language at Georgian using immersive learning technology. See page 24 for the feature. 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. In this issue On the cover • Subscribe to communications • Update your preferred contact info • Request an alumni card • Share your story GeorgianCollege.ca/alumni Update your alumni profile