Spring 2022 Red Blazer

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noted that every grant application she writes and every script she rehearses and performs has benefitted fromMrs. McLeod’s fundamental instruction years ago at SCS. She shared these reflections: “Tome, Mrs. McLeod was a formidable teacher and lover of English, grammar, Shakespeare, Latin, the value and importance of the written word, and the weight, specificity, and depth of imagination they bring to the reader. She taught me to be a sharp and attentive listener and to be a curious and disciplined student and learner – a skill worth its weight in gold across all industries. I will never forget the joy with which she led us through Macbeth in our Grade 9 English class. She taught students English and Latin, yes – but she taught me somuchmore than that!”

hospitalization and physiotherapy which followed the accident. When he leaves the hospital, Evan returns to a very different world, one in which his coordination and speech have been irrevocably damaged. Now visibly disabled and facing a new phenomenon, ableism, Evan’s wit and sense of humour hold strong as he reinvents himself and sets new goals for his future. Visit gauthier115.wixsite. com/brick-wall for more information about the book and its proud author.

We are pleased to share that in October, Dr. Helena Jaczek ’67 was named one of PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet members. She becameMinister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for SouthernOntario.

Tanya Pavri ’06 , Madison White , VivianCheung , Carmen Leung , AmandaWai (all ’07) , and guest, gathered in NewYork City for a mini SCS reunion last fall. Thank you to Carmen for sharing the photo! Amanda Pileggi ’09 spoke to the Grade 10 English classes virtually in January. Amanda is a Co- Producer at Collective Pictures. Katherine Lloyd ’10 visited the Grade 12 Accounting class virtually in January. Katherine is an Associate, Client Implementation Team, at RBCCapital Markets.

Congratulations to JaneMason ’84 who recently published her fourth cookbook, Mexico: The World Vegetarian . We look forward to hopefully sampling something from Jane’s new book at a future SCS Cook-a-long! Lora Brovold ’98 nowworks as an actor, voice-over artist, and independent producer in Edmonton, Alberta. Having read about the passing of past staff member ElizabethMcLeod, Lora

Susanne (Murray) Gauthier ’84 is pleased to share some exciting news: the publication of her first book. Rebuilding A BrickWall is the true story of EvanWall, a bright, athletic young Saskatchewanman who, at the age of 19, sustains a traumatic brain injury as a result of a serious car accident. Told in Evan’s voice, the reader shares Evan’s very intimate experiences and feelings about severe injury and the sixmonths of intensive

AliGreey ’05 , a doctoral student in theDepartment of Sociology at the University of Toronto, visited SCS inNovember to talk to students about the BeyondBullying Project. Ali is the project coordinator on the Canadian iteration of the project that is focusedongathering stories about LGBTQ+ sexuality and gender in high schools.

AmyWoroch ’12 visited the AP Biology class virtually inOctober. Amy is aClinicalGeneticCounselor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NewYork City.

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