Alumni & Friends

Notable Alumni

Many of our alumni have achieved great success in their careers and the community.  Some are even household names! Here's a sampling:

• Ida Albo, entrepreneur, philanthropist, community leader
  
• Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, now President of The University of Winnipeg
• Jack Armstrong, pediatrician and past-president of the Canadian Medical Association
• Darlyne Bautista, Philippine education leader, cultural curator/ambassador, School Trustee
  
• David Bergen, Giller-Prize winning author
• Trevor Boris, MuchMusic comedian
• Stephen Borys, Director and CEO of the Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Leo Wang-Kit Cheung, Bioinformatics Program Leader, Loyola University Medical Center
• Richard Condie, Filmmaker, Writer, Musician
  
• Sharon Conway, General Manager, Louis Riel Institute
  
• Norman Cantor, the late historian and scholar
• Len Cariou, Tony award-winning and Emmy-nominated stage, film and television actor
  
• Honourable Kevin Chief, Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities
  
• Eleanor Coopsammy, CTV Winnipeg Morning Show host
• Hilary Druxman, jewelry designer
• Danishka Esterhazy, filmmaker
• Donavan Fontaine, Chief, Sagkeeng First Nation   
• Vince Fontaine, Musician  
• Amanda Furst, GO! Founder, Manitoba Red Cross Young Humanitarian & YWCA Young Woman of Distinction
  
• Noam Gonick, filmmaker  
  
• Margo Goodhand, Editor, Winnipeg Free Press
  
• Reese Halter, Conservation Biologist, science communicator, author    
• Peter Herrndorf, former Chair of TV Ontario, now Director-General of the National Arts Council
• Linda Holeman, author
• Claudia Hudspeth, M.D., Consultant at McKinsey and Company, former Emergency Coordinator at UNICEF
• Jamie Jurczak, lawyer, Vice-Chair Chamber of Commerce, entrepreneur 
  
• Tina Keeper, Former MP for Churchill, actress
  
• Suzanne Kelly, actress (recently in Cannes)
• Wab Kinew, award-winning journalist and hip-hop artist
  
• Ash Koley, pop singer
• Chantal Kreviazuk, singer and songwriter
• John Langstaff, Former Chief Executive Officer and President, Cangene Corp.
  
• Troy Lulashnyk, Canada's Ambassador to the Ukraine
  
• The Honourable Sterling Lyon, PC, QC, OM, late former Premier of Manitoba
• Guy Maddin, filmmaker
• Shannon Martin, Global News anchor
• Tim Martin, Canada's Ambassador to the Republic of Columbia
  
• Chandra Mayor, author
• Diane McGifford, former Provincial Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy
• Cheryl McKenzie, Gemini award-nominated journalist, host and producer of APTN National News
• Susan Misner, Golden Girl Finance co-founder, entrepreneur, advisor
  
• Prashant Modha,  Mondetta Clothing
• Erfan Nasajpour, professional basketball player in the Iranian Basketball Super League and volunteer coach for UWinnipeg's Summer in the City basketball program
  
• William Norrie, CM, OM, QC, late former Mayor of Winnipeg
• Craig Oliver, veteran journalist, Chief Political Correspondent for CTV News
• Gilles Paquin, CEO/Owner Paquin Entertainment Group
  
• John Paskievich, director and photographer
• The Honourable Howard Pawley, OC, PC, QC, OM, Former Premier of Manitoba
• Fred Penner, entertainer
• Michael Phelps, former president and CEO of Westcoast Energy Inc.
• Lindor Reynolds, journalist, human rights advocate
  
• Bill Richardson, CBC radio personality and award-winning author 
• Brad Roberts, Lead Singer, Crash Test Dummies
• Shaneen Robinson, journalist, broadcaster, writer, community leader
  
• Donald John Roberts, Professor of Economics, Strategic Management, and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, award-winning author
• Paul Samyn, Editor, Winnipeg Free Press
  
• David Selchen, Director of Talent Management at Hewlett-Packard
  
• Khal Sharif, video game maker, virtual world designer, web developer
• Devi Sharma, publisher of the Indo-Canadian Telegram, community leader
  
• Margaret Sweatman, acclaimed author and English Faculty Member
• Sandra Joan Thomas, Winnipeg Public Library Writer in Residence 2012-2013
• Susan Thompson, former Mayor of Winnipeg, former Consul General to the US in Minneapolis, and former CEO of the University of Winnipeg Foundation
• The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety
• Beth Torbert, Musician/Singer (Bif Naked)
• Larry Updike, CBC Radio Host
• Bill Valgardson, award-winning author
• James Wilson, Treaty Commissioner for the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba

Also, see a list of Distinguished Alumni Award recipients and find out how to nominate someone for the award here. Do you know someone whose name should be on this page? Please e-mail alumni@uwinnipeg.ca with your suggestions.