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When Sc’70 invited Sc’90 to join their class fund and support the Queen's Rocket Engineering Team, both classes saw a natural match. Engineering design teams had shaped their own student years, and QRET’s passion made the collaboration even more meaningful.

At Homecoming 2025, the partnership became official, surpassing fundraising goals and creating long‑term support for QRET.

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Passing the torch | Queen's Alumni Review “A match made in heaven.”

Humans of Homecoming

“We became friends in first year, when we didn’t think we’d make it here. But almost 10 years later, here we are. We made it.”

For nursing grads Chelsea McKoy, BNSc’20, Emma Lane, BNSc’20, and Erin Pyle, BNSc’20, returning for felt especially meaningful. Their final year was upended by the pandemic, cutting short campus life and the celebrations they had been working toward.

For Emma, it was her first time back. “Not having a graduation, I wanted something to mark it.”

Erin had alumni tradition on her mind: “Part of the tradition of Queen’s alumni is returning for Homecoming, so I thought I’d uphold my alumni duties!”

Five years later, the friends were back where it all began.

📍 Common Ground Coffeehouse, Five-Year Reunion Coffee Up

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Matt Loszak, Sc’12, believes nuclear energy is one of the most misunderstood technologies of our time.

As co‑founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, he’s working to change that by developing smaller, factory‑made reactors that could make nuclear power more accessible and affordable.

Matt sees opportunities to pair these reactors with data centres, support growing energy demands driven by AI, and even enable future space exploration. With renewed interest in nuclear across Canada and the U.S., his work reflects a shift toward what he calls a “second atomic age.”

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Alumnus Matt Loszak is building nuclear power for the AI age | Queen's Alumni Matt Loszak, Sc’12, contends nuclear energy is the most misunderstood technology of all time. He has skin in the game, of course, but he’s not wrong. The co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, which seeks to build smaller, mass-manufactured nuclear plants, shares how often people get wrongfully ski...

On July 1, Jim Farney began his role as director of the School of Policy Studies and Stauffer‑Dunning Chair. Before stepping into the position, he met with alumni, students, faculty, and friends at the Spring Alumni Reception in Toronto, where conversations highlighted the future of public‑policy leadership in Canada.

Jim brings extensive experience as an academic leader, researcher, and public commentator, most recently serving at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.

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Jim Farney begins new role as head of Policy Studies | Queen's Alumni On July 1, Jim Farney officially began his new role at Queen’s as director of the School of Policy Studies and Stauffer-Dunning Chair. But before he got started, he had the chance to meet some of the people he would soon be leading.Farney joined alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the School...

Balfour Mount, MD’63, LLD’02, revolutionized the way Canada understands end‑of‑life care.

Originally a cancer surgeon, he shifted his career after realizing how poorly many patients were supported in their final days. His work led to Canada’s first palliative care service and a new approach that treated the whole person – body, mind, and spirit.

Dr. Mount passed away on Sept. 25, 2025, at age 86, in the palliative care unit named in his honour.

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When Dr. Jodie Pritchard arrived in Cambodia to teach first aid, she expected a classroom. Instead, she stepped into a field with no electricity and livestock wandering through, and she shifted gears to teach right there.

That moment reflects the heart of the Queen's University Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, where Jodie strengthened her skills and gained experience in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, Peru, and a field hospital in southern Gaza.

Today, she brings that same commitment to health equity back to Canada as an ER doctor, transport medicine physician, and educator, shaping future emergency medicine leaders.

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Jodie Pritchard brings global emergency medicine home | Queen's Alumni When Jodie Pritchard arrived in Cambodia a few years ago to teach a first-aid course, the plan was simple: classroom, PowerPoint, structured training. Then she saw the classroom. There wasn’t one. Instead, there was a field. No electricity. Chickens walked right through. And cows kept an eye on ev...

Hazel Lord, Sc’95, found success by focusing on the space where strategy often falls apart.

A fourth‑year project at Queen's University shifted her from polymers to business, eventually leading her to launch Pearl Operational Design. Today, her firm has a full‑time team, a patent‑pending AI tool, and earned her the 2023 Black Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Her path has taken her from Barbados to Queen’s to boardrooms across Canada, shaped by the problem‑solving mindset she built in engineering.

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Congratulations to Lincoln Ho, a at Queen's University 🎉

Welcome to the 2026 class of —Canada's next generation of STEM leaders.
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Congratulations to Kaylee Gagné, a at Queen's University 🎉

Welcome to the 2026 class of —Canada's next generation of STEM leaders.
https://schulichleaders.com/scholars/kaylee-gagne/

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