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In the Spring 2026 edition of 91丝瓜视频 News, seven Faculty of Education alumni were featured as social changemakers or award winners. Get to know these alumni through the excerpt below, or read the .

Suzanne Reisler Litwin, BEd鈥�85, received the Sovereign鈥檚 Medal for Volunteers from Governor General Mary Simon in recognition of her fundraising efforts for Breakthrough T1D, formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Over the course of more than 40 years, she has played a major role in raising more than $650,000 for Type 1 diabetes research.聽

Cindy Schwartz, MEd鈥�89, was appointed to the Order of Canada as a new member in 2025. She is the founder and former director of Les Muses, Canada鈥檚 first full-time professional performing arts training program for neurodivergent adults and people with disabilities. Its graduates include actor Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, a Canadian Screen Award winner.

Dan Pontefract, BEd鈥�94, CertEdTech鈥�95, recently published聽The Future of Work Is Grey: The Untapped Value of Age in the Workforce聽(Page Two Books). The book urges business leaders to abandon outmoded models that assume younger workers will always outnumber older generations and that older employees have little left to offer. A leadership and culture change strategist, he has more than two decades of senior executive experience at SAP, Telus, and Business Objects and is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria鈥檚 Gustavson School of Business.

Thomas Downey, BSc鈥�94, BEd鈥�96, a physics educator at Selwyn College in Westmount, Quebec, received a certificate of excellence as part of the 2025 Prime Minister鈥檚 Awards that recognize exceptional Canadian teachers and early childhood educators. He was honoured for his ability to make complex concepts engaging and accessible through humour, storytelling, and creative experiments, like the student-favourite 鈥淪moke and Mirrors鈥� laser tag game to explore light propagation. He integrates real-life experiences, technology, and pop culture references to help students understand science鈥檚 role in daily life.

Val St. Germain, BEd鈥�97, was selected for induction into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. He played 15 seasons as an offensive lineman in the CFL, winning a Grey Cup as a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2007. He is a recipient of the CFL Alumni Association鈥檚 Indigenous Champion Award for advancing Indigenous representation within the game. A two-time all-Canadian guard with the 91丝瓜视频 football team, he received the Forbes trophy as 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 male athlete of the year in 1993-94.

Patrick Delisle-Houde, BSc鈥�15 (Kinesiology), MSc鈥�17, was appointed the new head coach of the Carleton Ravens men鈥檚 hockey team. He leaves 91丝瓜视频 after spending five years behind the bench as an associate coach with the Redbirds. Before joining the 91丝瓜视频 coaching staff, he was the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Montreal Canadiens. He is completing his doctoral studies at 91丝瓜视频.

Latoya Belfon, BEd鈥�19, a teacher with the English Montreal School Board, was selected as one of the Black History Month Round Table鈥檚 2026 laureates. The recognition pays tribute to 12 Black individuals who have made major contributions to the community. She is the author of several children鈥檚 books and the co-founder of Empowered Women in Lit, an online platform promoting diverse authors and combating bias in literature. She is also the CEO of Labworks Publishing, which offers a variety of services, including editing and cover design, to authors interested in publishing their work in book form.