HEATHER PATTULLO (BN) of Delta, B.C., attended the UNB Vancouver reunion on May 7, and was thrilled to meet two dear nursing friends whom she hadn’t seen in several years! She was glad she decided to go. It was the first time without her husband, Gary, who died in late 2020. They have been supporters of UNB since graduating in 1968 and have attended many Vancouver reunions over the years. She finally got back to a Fredericton reunion a few years ago and hopes to go again possibly next year.
After a career in education, DONALD HYSLOP (BA) of Kingston, N.S., has taken a position of chairperson of the Mid Valley Region Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee and the position of secretary of the Soldiers Memorial Hospital Foundation.
KAREN O. TAYLOR (BA, MPA’88) of Woodstock, N.B., was invested in the Order of New Brunswick for “her lifelong dedication to addressing injustice, improving other people’s lives and supporting initiatives that make her community, province and country better.”
ALI GHORBANI (PhD) has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC). CAIAC is the Canadian arm of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, an international scientific society dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of AI. He was one of only two recipients of this award for 2024.
He is a professor of computer science, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, and director of UNB’s Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC). With more than 30 years of research and innovation experience, Ghorbani has been a trailblazer in the cybersecurity research space, including in the application of AI toward these goals.
JOHN MATCHIM (PhD), of Eastport, N.L., was awarded the 2023/24 Roy Porter Essay Prize, a prestigious international award offered by the Society for the Social History of Medicine (UK) for student work in the history of medicine, health care, and related fields of study. John’s award-winning essay, From the Mecca of Civilization to a Place like Labrador: The Physicians’ and Surgeons’ Club of Columbia University and reordering health and space on Spotted Island, Labrador, 1912 – 1960, derived from his dissertation on health care provided by ships in northern Newfoundland and Labrador.
In the months following his graduation in May, DIRK LOCK (BA) of North York, Ont., has been spending his summer experiencing Toronto, living and seeing the places he mentioned in his research studies. Suffice it to say that he has been engaging with the community and professionals in the field in a networking capacity. Recently, he was invited to speak about his work, experiences, and research avenues at a Green Summit and Social Impact Business as a design anthropologist and researcher last August.
