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Following studies in Canada, Germany, and Switzerland (PhD, International Relations, Geneva) and a career in trade policy and diplomacy, Dan became a student again. Then, after a masters and ecclesiastical licentiate in canon law from Saint Paul University, Ottawa. Dan became active in a number of organizations in the field of community building and healthcare. More recently, he was asked to design and deliver a course in Saint Paul’s faculty of canon law on “Canon Law and Conflict Resolution” – apparently a first anywhere in the world – as well as to present modules in English and French at Saint Paul’s summer school for leaders of religious institutes, and to the Canadian Canon Law Society. Dan is in regular touch with old friends from Queen’s, and he hopes at least one of his grandchildren will want to study there.

Elizabeth Klinck was recently honoured at Hot Docs Film Festival as their "In Focus" Honouree and at the Gimli International Film Festival with their Alda Award. Celebrating 40 years as an archive researcher and producer, Elizabeth was also featured in several profiles in recent filmmaking publications, such as POV magazine and Business Doc Europe. 

Paige Mamer, who graduated from Queen’s faculty of Geological Sciences and Engineering, was recently awarded the prestigious Geoscientists Canada Fellowship for her service to the geoscience profession. Paige was nominated by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

After completing his PhD (Computing) in 2021 and celebrating in person at convocation in 2022, Taylor Smith is starting in a tenure-track faculty role in the Department of Computer Science at St. Francis Xavier University, N.S., in July. He credits much of his success to his Queen’s supervisor, Kai Salomaa, “the greatest faculty member” at the university. He adds that, “I would not be where I am today without his guidance and support.” Previously, he was a limited-term faculty member at St. Francis Xavier from 2021 to 2023.

Jacques Neatby co-wrote a book with INSEAD colleague F. Godart. Leadership Team Alignment: From Conflict to Collaboration is published by Stanford University Press and will be available this summer. Jacques is a partner with MindLab, a Europe-based consultancy, which supports executive teams around the world with strategic alignment issues. He also teaches executive team best practices at business schools in North America and Europe. He lives in Montreal with his wife, Anne-Marie Migneault and daughter Gabrielle, who was born in 2005.