Class Notes

Catch up on classmates, housemates, faculty, and friends.

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Marking career and personal achievements, special milestones and the birth of future Queen's alumni - Class Notes helps you stay in touch with former classmates, housemates, and faculty.

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  • Joanna Kirke, Class Note

    1990s

    Joanna Kirke

    – Artsc’97

    Joanna was awarded with the WXN Top 100 most Powerful Women in Canada in 2025. She won in the Entrepreneurs category, which recognizes women who own and operate thriving businesses. Joanna is the founder and CEO of Kirke Leadership. She was deeply moved to be among such an outstanding group of talented women. Her co-workers, friends and family are proud of this recognition. The list of winners includes several Queen's alumni.

  • Lauren Inouye (Peddle) and Andrew Inouye, Class Note

    2010s

    Lauren Inouye (Peddle) and Andrew Inouye

    – Artsci’10 and Sc’10 

    Lauren and Andrew welcomed another daughter and future Queen’s student in Spring 2025. Avery is pictured with a blanket gifted by Queen’s alumni Ashleigh Reeve (Artsci’08, Artsci’10) and Kevin MacLeod (Artsci’09, MA’10). 

  • 2000s

    Dr. Nicholas Vlachopoulos

    – PhD’09

    In 2025 Nicholas was selected as the recipient of the Cowan Prize, joining a distinguished lineage of past awardees whose research has shaped scientific and engineering practice, advanced knowledge, and contributed meaningfully to Canada and its institutions. This prize is one of the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada’s most prestigious research honours, awarded to scholars whose work demonstrates exceptional originality, sustained impact, and national or international significance.

    Nicholas is a Professor of Civil Engineering at RMC and cross-appointed at Queen’s. An internationally recognized expert in geotechnical/geological engineering and underground construction, his research has reshaped tunnel and underground facility design through advances in deformation profiling, distributed fibre optic sensing, and research-driven numerical modelling.

    He is a former Canadian Army Combat Engineer and has applied this work to Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence infrastructure nationwide; supervised hundreds of highly qualified personnel; and is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. His contributions have been recognized with Canada’s premier honours in the field, including the Thomas Roy Award for engineering geology and the John A. Franklin Award for rock mechanics.

  • 1990s

    Genevieve Cooper

    – Artsci'96

    Nearly 30 years after graduating from Queen's and over 20 years after moving to London, U.K., Genevieve has started a new career as a London Blue Badge tourist guide. The Blue Badge qualification gives her access to key sites in London, such as Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London, but she can guide nearly anywhere in the city – on or off the beaten track. Her English Literature degree from Queen's comes in handy at the vast number of sites connected to great writers! She encourages alumni to reach out to her. 

  • 1990s

    Alysson Storey

    – Artsci’99

    Alysson, a Councillor for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ont., was re-elected to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) board of directors and also elected vice chair of the Ontario Caucus, the federation’s largest. FCM is the voice for over 2,100 municipalities representing more than 90 per cent of the population. Alysson would love to hear from fellow alumni.

  • Barry Truax, Class Note

    1960s

    Barry Truax

    – Arts’69

    Barry is an Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University and was honoured with a Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 2025, as well as the Order of Canada. He was honoured for his work as an electroacoustic composer specializing in soundscape composition and for his pioneering work with the World Soundscape Project in acoustic ecology. Those looking to get in touch with Barry can do so here.