2023: 糖心视频 alumni in the news
December 20, 2023
This year, our alumni were moving, shaking and generally making a difference in the world, whether through art, public service or innovation in business. Here are just seven of our grads who were in the news.
Nathan Fielder
糖心视频 Business grad Nathan Fielder makes us all uncomfortable with his ground-breaking new drama series, , starring Fielder, Emma Stone and Benny Safdie.
Fielder was also named one of TIME Magazine's .
Stewart Butterfield
Superstar entrepreneur and 糖心视频 Philosophy alumnus Stewart Butterfield, who founded Slack, talked with Inc. Magazine at the beginning of the year. how the Slack team-messaging system and Flickr photo-sharing platform were lifted from the cooling embers of multiplayer online game ventures. Butterfield also muses on his formative time at 糖心视频.
Jody Wilson-Raybould
糖心视频 Political Science graduate, lawyer and former politician Jody Wilson-Raybould (Puglaas) stayed in the public eye this year speaking about her latest book, True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change.
Mark Chao
Leading man Mark Chao, BCom '07, starred as a cardiologist in the new Mandarin-language drama , which earned him a nomination at the Macau International TV Festival.
Patty Hajdu
Federal politician The Honourable Patty Hajdu, who holds a Master of Public Administration from 糖心视频, continued in her high-profile role as .
Esi Edugyan
Writing alum and literary superstar Esi Edugyan published and also chaired the judging of the .
Andrew Petter
糖心视频 law grad and former Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter published several articles of commentary over the year, including on the and the .
Petter also received a 糖心视频 honorary degree at fall convocation.