Queen’s is proud to have six members of our community represented in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 2021 list for making differences in their fields.
recognizes outstanding achievers in Canadian business – visionaries and innovators – under the age of 40, who are changing the way things are done.
The honourees are selected by the Top 40 Advisory Board which is composed of respected Canadian industry leaders, many of which are former recipients of the Top 40 honour.
Here is a look at this year’s Queen’s community member honourees:
- Janice Ciavaglia, Artsci’05, serves as CEO of the Assembly of First Nations with 170+ employees. The AFN is an advocacy group which is mandated by 630+ First Nations in Canada that works to make positive change for First Nations communities across the country.
- Sarah Joyce, Com’08, is the Senior Vice President of E-Commerce for Sobeys Inc. and led the launch of Voilà by Sobeys, their newest e-commerce platform helping Canadians shop for groceries during the pandemic.
- Andrew Joyner, Artsci’06, leads Tricon Residential’s Canadian rental apartment platform.
- Robert Marsh, Com’07, is the president of Liberty Mutual Canada, a branch of one of the largest insurers in the world. He is also a founding curator of Global Shapers, a World Economic Forum initiative.
- Leon Ng, Artsci’04, is passionate about tech topics, including virtual reality and artificial reality, and is the founder & CEO of LNG Studios.
- Dr. Teresa Purzner is an Assistant Professor in the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Department of Surgery, a researcher at Kingston General Hospital Research Institute (KGHRI), and Clinical Neurosurgeon at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre.
Learn more about these Queen’s community members and the other honourees by visiting .
