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  • Spring 2025

Comfort from the Uncomfortable

A teenage battle with cancer led me to co-create the Good Hood Club, combining philanthropy and loungewear fashion.
By Eloise McINTOSH’17May 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Spring 2025

Making a Splash

Nadia ALY’03 has created an impressive global brand as an award-winning underwater photographer and conservationist.
By By Luisa Trisi | Photography by Nadia ALY’03May 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Spring 2025

The Power of Relationships

In my first year, I have dedicated myself to listening and learning
By Grace McCallum, PrincipalMay 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Spring 2025

From Grassroots to Global Influence

Four highly experienced Branksome community members talk about how to get women more involved in public life.
By Diane Jermyn | Illustration by Alëna SkarinaMay 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Spring 2025

Sisters by Design

Siobhan BARRY’91 and Olivia BARRY’93 each found related creative pursuits in life.
By Amy VERNER’98May 1, 2025
  • Alum Life
  • Award Winners
  • Features

Making Our Planet Safer

Rebecca SINGER’14 2024 Young Alum Achievement Award
By Melanie CHANDLER Jackson’74 | Illustration by Katy DockrillMay 1, 2025
  • Alum Life
  • Award Winners
  • Features

Kindness in Adversity

Nadine LEVIN’64 2024 Allison Roach Alumna Award
By Melanie CHANDLER Jackson'74 | Illustration by Katy DockrillMay 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Spring 2025

The Genteel Powerhouse

Catherine MICKELSON Bedford’89 has built a highly public career as one of the U.K.’s top divorce lawyers.
By Kelsey Rolfe | Photography by Jana JACKSON’07May 1, 2025
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

Incubating Imagination

Angela LAU’05 has experienced Branksome in both Canada and Asia. Now, she inspires kids’ creativity at her studio on Jeju Island.
By Luisa TrisiAugust 7, 2024
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

Where Sport and Human Rights Meet

Alison BISCOE’09 works for a UN-backed agency in Geneva that involves two of her great passions.
By Brian BethuneAugust 7, 2024
  • A Day in the Life
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

Uncovering China

Reporting on Asia’s superpower for the New York Times has become ever more challenging for me and my colleagues.
By Alexandra STEVENSON’03August 7, 2024
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

The Evolution of Karen Jurjevich

Inside the stellar career and personal journey of Branksome's transformative Principal.
By Berton WoodwardAugust 7, 2024
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

Branksome’s Enduring Spirit

Together we have built a legacy of excellence and resilience
By Karen L. JurjevichAugust 7, 2024
  • Features
  • Summer 2024

Pioneers in a Learning Revolution

Kenda SHAHEEN’06 was one of the original 11 graduates of Branksome’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
By Diane JermynAugust 7, 2024
  • A Day in the Life
  • Fall 2023
  • Features

Making a Stretch

Starting our own physiotherapy clinic was a big step but it has allowed us to do things our way—and find the life…
By Candice WONG'00January 11, 2024
  • Alum Life
  • Award Winners
  • Fall 2023

Dedicated to Public Health

Dr. Gillian CHRISTIE’08 is the winner of the 2023 Young Alum Achievement Award
By Melanie CHANDLER Jackson’74January 8, 2024
  • Alum Life
  • Fall 2023
  • Features

Outpacing Alzheimer’s

Stephanie FAUQUIER’07 is turning her distinguished mother’s devastating diagnosis into an ambitious Canada-wide triathlon campaign, Race with Steph
By Carolyn MorrisJanuary 5, 2024
  • Fall 2023
  • Features

Role Model in the Wings

A simple question led professional stage manager Giselle CLARKE-Trenaman’93 to create an education program chronicling the lives of Black Canadians
By Luisa TrisiJanuary 5, 2024
  • Award Winners
  • Fall 2023
  • Features

Changing Lives

Psychotherapist Carol COWAN’64 has known heart-wrenching personal tragedies, but that has only strengthened her resolve to help others. A leader in top…
By Celia HORE Milne’78January 5, 2024
  • Fall 2023
  • Features

The Height of Fashion

Venezuelan-born Carmen BUSQUETS’84 is a high-powered global entrepreneur of online couture
By Amy VERNER’98January 1, 2024

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