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  • School Profiles
  • Passages
  • A Day in the Life
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Features

  • Alum Life
  • Award Winners
  • Features

Counsel to Justice

Tricia “CK” PURKS Hoffler’80 is the 2025 Allison Roach Alumna Award winner.
By Sarah LaingMarch 26, 2026
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

Our Window on the Future

We are looking for your help in writing Branksome’s next chapter
By Grace McCallum, PrincipalMarch 25, 2026
  • Alum Life
  • Award Winners
  • Features

Innovating Youth Mental Health

Jennifer ROWAN Peacock’03 is the 2025 Young Alum Achievement Award winner.
By Sarah LaingMarch 25, 2026
  • A Day in the Life
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

The View from the Brick Works

My work at Evergreen in the Don Valley is all about transforming public spaces to build a healthier future for the planet.
By Joyce CHAU’00March 25, 2026
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

The Visual Storyteller

Sarahmay WILKINSON’02 designs award-winning book covers that capture the meaning of works by some of the world’s major authors.
By Luisa Trisi - Photography by Anh NguyenMarch 24, 2026
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

Where TV Shows Are Born

Subah IMAMI’15 is part of the process in Hollywood, analyzing pitches that could become the next Friends.
By Dianne Rinehart - Photography by Julianne DonelleMarch 24, 2026
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

The Journey to Excellence

Travel icon Martha ROBINSON Butterfield’59 and daughter Nathalie BUTTERFIELD’90 have learned a lot about entrepreneurship while running women-friendly businesses.
By Rita Silvan - Photography by Sofia KirkMarch 23, 2026
  • Features
  • Spring 2026

Mentioning the Unmentionable—and Treating It

As a urogynecologist in Hawaii, Dr. Miriam BENTLEY-TAYLOR Seitz’99 transforms women’s lives.
By Christina Frangou - Photography by Nani Welch Keli‘iho‘omaluMarch 22, 2026
  • A Day in the Life
  • Features
  • 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

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