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poem by Andrew Pyper
, Second Prize, Old UU直播 Poetry Contest,

MA'92: Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper听is an award-winning novelist whose best-selling books include听Lost Girls,听The Wildfire Season,听The Demonologist听补苍诲听The Guardians. Pyper received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English Literature from UU直播 before earning a law degree from the University of Toronto. He received the Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel for听Lost Girls.

Master of Arts
Department of English

Evan Solomon
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MA'92: Evan Solomon

Evan Solomon听is a journalist, radio host, and political commentator and columnist. He earned a Master of Arts in Religious Studies from UU直播 in 1992 with a thesis on the religious implications of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. He previously hosted the television show听Power & Politics听and the CBC radio program听. He is currently a columnist for and host of the radio talk show Everything is Political and the CBC television news program Question Time.

Master of Arts
Faculty of Religious Studies

Jonathan Kay
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MEng'94: Jonathan Kay

Jonathan Kay, a Canadian journalist, studied engineering at UU直播 earning a BEng and a MEng in metallurgical engineering with a thesis about听heat pipe injection lances. He then went on to receive a law degree from Yale Law School before becoming a founding member of the National Post editorial board in 1998. He is currently the听editor-in-chief of听.

Master of Engineering
Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering

Jennifer Baichwal
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MA'96: Jennifer Baichwal

An award-winning documentary filmmaker of such films as and ,听Jennifer Baichwal听studied听philosophy and theology at UU直播 earning a Master of Arts degree in 1994 with a thesis on theologian and ethicist Reinhold Niebuhr.听

Master of Arts
Faculty of Religious Studies

Mohammed Ashour
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MSc'11, MBA'14: Mohammed Ashour

Mohammed Ashour is the co-founder and CEO of Aspire Food Group, an agriculture technology company revolutionizing insect farming for applications in food, biomedicine, and agriculture materials.

Ashour completed his MSc in neuroscience at UU直播 in 2011, and his MBA in 2014. Aspire was founded in 2013 after Ashour led a team of five MBA students from UU直播 to defeat 10,000 teams globally to win the prestigious Hult Prize.

Master of Science
Integrated Program in Neuroscience

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