LPSSMatters.com

Patrick Guay ('94) · Student Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 1

1. Academy Of Design, Computer Graphics
2. Not married, 5 year relationship
3. Montreal, Quebec
4. Graphic Design, Music Journalist Hour Magazine
5. Toured Canada with old band Slaves on Dope 7 times, interviewed many big name music artists.

Jackie Brown ('84) · Student Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 1

Currently working in Sales in Mississauga
Currently single (was married for 10 very long years)
Happy, healthy and travel to hot sunny places whenever I get the chance!

Heidi Winterton ('96) · Student Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

1. U of Guelph BA English
2. Married, 1 child
3. Currently living in Oakville, Ontario
4. Jayson's still an infant so I'm a full time mom right now. Used to work in the IT industry, telecom and networking.

Van Lee ('97) · Student Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Ottawa

1. University of Waterloo, BMath/OR, graduated '02
2. Single
3. Ottawa, Ontario
4. Research Analyst, Canadian Institute for Health Information (non-gov't)
5. No real highlights, yet.

Norm McLeod ('76) · Student Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Barrie

1.Worked since school
2.Married 21 years, 4 kids, 8,10,18 & 20
3.Living in Barrie, Ontario
4. Working for an auto parts company in Alliston

Jim Murphy ('84) · Student Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Edmonton

1. Post Secondary? Philosophy and then joined the Army. Kant didn't seem to impress the drill Sergeant.
2. Marital Status? Soon to be wed (May '04) with a young 'un on the way!!! Yippee!!
3. Where do you live? Edmonton, or wherever the army says I must hang my hat.
4. What do you do? I'm a soldier, formerly an infantryman, now an electronics technician, which is such an inadequate description that it makes me shake my head.
5. Highlights? Heh... Here are a few of the many:

How about this: out of I don't know how many troops, I was picked as the entire army's "most deserving" junior non-commissioned officer this last year, flown to Ottawa with my girlfriend for a week, and given the duty of standing sentry on the National Cenotaph for Remembrance Day.
Or how about this: my section of 10 troops discovered a "lost" town in the mountains of Bosnia when we almost ran over an old fellow on our patrol route. He asked us to shoot him. He'd given up on life. So after some questioning, it seems like there was a hamlet not too distant that hadn't seen a new face for years, and all the people were destitute, ridden with diseases, and malnourished. We went back to camp and passed the word, and the next day, we rolled back up there with our armoured fighting vehicle loaded to the guns with hams, chickens, canned goods, clothing, blankets, boots and shoes for the children, and more of the same. God, you should have seen those people when we rolled up and laid it all out on the table we brought. I still get choked up thinking about it.
Or how about this: sent to the top of a mountain in Croatia, honeycombed with dank, echoing, dark tunnels hacked out by nazis with slave labour and then by Tito, again with slave labour, I brought out my saxophone and played in the dimness. I swear I could feel the ghosts which walked those endless shafts, the tones lingering and fading over minutes, not seconds. My hair stood on end, but I played anyway, and hypersensitive to even the tiniest sound, I drank the rich fear and pride of this rare moment.

Wow. I didn't mean to get so carried away. But my life is so filled with highlights that it's almost not fair (don't worry, I'm touching wood.) I've had times which were hysterical, and happily, I've been able to pass the belly laughs on to others. I have so much richness in my life, (family, friends, health, challenge, perspective, lucidity, etc.) that I often feel quite guilty that many others haven't been given even half as much. I'm just glad I understand that, and I don't take it for granted.
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Jim Murphy
email: murphy.cj@telus.net

Lawrence Mak ('96) · Student Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 4

Hi Ryan,

I remember having you on my ICQ list, but you were never online.

Anyways:

1) University of Toronto - Engineering Science, Computer Option
2) I am currently Single.
3) Mississauga, ON, haven't moved. =)
4) I am one of the helpers for this lpssmatters.com website. Currently, i am doing web design for a living.

If anyone has any suggestions, please drop a line. Or ICQ me sometime @ 1375-2183

Lawrence

Jennifer Young ('98) · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:51 am Post subject:

1. Went to work right away. Took night classes at Sheridan for Accounting.

2. Married (May 2001)

3. Burlington, ON

4. Site Administrator for a construction company

5. Got married, bought our first home, next step... kids.

Kimberley McCall ('95) · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

1. Dalhousie University (Computer Science)
2. Married, no kids, 4 dogs
3. Just outside of Dallas, Texas
4. Manage the QA & Development departments for a software company
5. Lots of international travel

Candace Rose-Taylor ('96) · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject:

1. Post Secondary: BSc in Biology and Geography from Wilfrid Laurier University. After Graduation worked as a contract Aquatic Toxicologist for Ontario Hydro for 3 years. Last year interned at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in New Brunswick assisting with Marine Biodiversity research.
2. Marital Status: Single
3. Where do you live: Living in St. John's, Newfoundland
4. What do you do: MSc Candidate in Geograpgy with a focus in Marine Conservation through seabed classification and mapping at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
5. Any highlights: Lived in Madagascar and the Bahamas voluteering as a research assistant/scuba diver in coral reef coservation; traveled Europe and Eastern Canada etc....

ocianaca@yahoo.ca

Josh Kern ('96) · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:

1. Post Secondary: Attended Sheridan College, Print Journalism
2. Marital Status: Currently single
3. Where do you live: Mississauga, soon to be Milton (sadly)
4. What do you do: Marketing Writer and Web site designer for a manufacturer of laser-based survey equipment in Toronto.
5. Any highlights: 1999 birth of my adorable niece (to fellow LP alum Leslie Kern ('94)).

Taka (John) Shinoda ('97) · Student Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Mississauga

1. Post Secondary: Attended Sheridan College, Architectural technology

2. Marital Status: Happily single!

3. Where do you live: Mississauga, just on the boarder of Oakville

4. What do you do: I am the Compliance project lead for the engineering and facilities department of a company called Apotex inc. My latest effort is to get FDA approval for our plant.

5. Any highlights: Nothing major, I'm pretty simple. I bought a home and a car.....for fun I just socialize with my crazy friends, work out, collect rare guitars (which I also play), and timepieces.

Ken Reeves ('86) · Student Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Edmonton AB

Hello LPSS Alumni!

Ken Reeves, Grad from January 1986 here.

I just discovered the alumni group of LPSS. After surfing around the site for the better part of an hour, seeing all your names, I was surprised how many memories started to come back.

One resounding feeling surfaced… It doesn’t feel like twenty years ago to me.

After LPSS, I attended DeVry in TO and then in Phoenix, AZ. I graduated from there in 1988 with a BSc in Electronics Engineering Technology. I worked for 7 years with a test equipment distribution company as a technical sales representative first in Mississauga then in 1993 moving to Edmonton, AB. In 1995 I changed jobs to work for a manufacturer called Fluke Electronics and I have been with them since. Presently I manage distribution sales channels and deal directly with end user customer whenever possible. I am still in Edmonton.

With my wife of almost eleven years we have been raising three children… a 9 year old girl, 6 year old boy and a 4 year old girl. Between parenting, work, house renovations/repairs I also find time to volunteer on our community executive. I manage the sports programs which would include soccer and the utilization of our new outdoor community rink.

I have been “home” to Mississauga several times over the past 12 years and every time I go back I’m amazed at the changes around Mississauga. The area around LPSS doesn’t seem much different (except for some new houses) but the areas off of the Lakeshore at Southdown and towards the west side of Port Credit have changed the most.

In retrospect I’m sure we have all changed a lot since graduation.
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I have been in Edmonton since 1993 working and raising a family of three.

Tim McCallum ('86) · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

1.Post Secondary-Lakehead University for Forestry
2.Married for 12 years
3.Living in Innisfil, Ontario
4.Occupation-Firefighter
5.1 daughter-2 years old

Nancy Cormack ('85) · Student Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 1

1. Still Hanging out with Trish
2. We invented "Post-Its"