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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Principal Counsel, LDM Law Leslie de Meulles is a sole practitioner operating her law practice in Whitehorse, Yukon on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council. Leslie works primarily with self-governing First Nations on matters related to modern treaty implementation as well as matters related to... More
Friday, August 1, 2014
Associate Professor of Philosophy Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio I grew up in the Ottawa valley, enrolling in the Bachelor of Humanities in fall 1998, and graduating with a concentration in philosophy. I began a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Boston University in fall 2002, graduating in spring 2007 on the basis of a dissertation on... More
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Deputy Director, Chief Curator Ottawa Art Gallery I first heard about the Bachelor of Humanities when I was at Dawson College CEGEP in Montreal taking a Liberal Arts DEC (Diplôme d'Études Collégiales) in 1997. I soon beelined it for Ottawa, where I began at the College of the Humanities, and embarked on my journey... More
Monday, July 28, 2014
Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC World television, London, England Two days after graduating from Humanities in 2005, I hot-footed it to the airport with a ticket to Europe and have not been back - to live - ever since. After a number of years in Paris, with short stopovers in Morocco and Mumbai, I... More
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Johann Kwan (2010) Updated Feb 9 2024 Lawyer, Johann Kwan Law Last time I wrote an alumni profile, I owned a fairly successful photography business in Toronto. That business has now been closed, as I decided to attend law school in 2015 and am now a lawyer. I was called to the bar in... More
Friday, July 25, 2014
Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa I graduated from the Bachelor of Humanities in 2006. With an interest in human rights for members of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities, I decided to embark on a journey into law. Upon graduating from the University of Ottawa in 2009, I went on to serve as... More
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
English Teacher, King's College, Auckland, New Zealand I graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities and a Combined Honours in Philosophy, in 2005. In the Bachelor of Humanities program I had brilliant lecturers and fellow students, but my real teachers were the figures they exposed me to: Socrates, Jesus of Nazareth, the Buddha. After Humanities,... More
Monday, July 21, 2014
Freelance Journalist After completing my Bachelor of Humanities I flew to a tiny town in France and taught English in a local high school for a few months. Unfortunately, I spoke almost no French and soon realized that the slow pace of life enjoyed by the French, and envied by most citizens of the... More
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Ph.D. Student in Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University Former Director, Marketing and Education at inHEALTH I graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities in 2010 with a Combined Honours in Humanities and Philosophy. After getting married in the summer and travelling in France and Italy, I started my Masters of Arts in Philosophy at... More
Friday, July 18, 2014
Victoria Goddard (B.Hum 2004) has published a novel of imaginative fiction, Till Human Voices Wake Us. Victoria's message Hello everyone! I am very pleased to let you know that my novel, Till Human Voices Wake Us, is now available in print and ebook form! The ebook is available from Amazon (all stores, including Amazon.ca), Kobo, Xinxii,... More
Kathleen Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities and a Combined Honours in Philosophy in the Spring of 2014. She won a prestigious Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) to pursue a Masters of Public Administration at Queen's University this coming fall. She graduated with high distinction and won the Humanities Medal. Kathleen maintained... More
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