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In August, in a private presentation held at the Reena–Toby and Henry Battle Developmental Centre, Fred Winegust ’77 received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, an award instituted to honour the Queen’s 70th anniversary on the throne. Fred was recognized for Community Service and the role he has played at Reena, writing grant applications and implementing programs, in particular with relation to the Reena Community Farm. Fred says his ”commitment to community was developed during my years at CHAT,” and carried into many areas of Jewish community life subsequently. Fred is the father of alumni Tamara ’05, Adira ’07, Yardena ’09, Marc ’11 and Zev ’17.
Melissa Lantsman, Member of Parliament, Thornhill, presents Fred with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal
Dr. David Kaplan ’92 was appointed Vice-President, Quality at Ontario Health, the organization that coordinates the Ontario health system to help make it more efficient and to support the delivery of the best possible patient-centred care. David is an Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and also continues his family practice affiliated with the North York Family Health Team.
David Herbert ’00, Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, was the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Strem Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry, given by the Chemical Institute of Canada. The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of chemistry, showing exceptional promise. David has also been the recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Outstanding Reviewer award as well as the University of Toronto’s F.E. Beamish Prize for Inorganic Chemistry. He is the founder of the Herbert Research Group whose primary research focus is on using synthetic inorganic chemistry to tackle atmospheric and environmental problems. In the wake of the incredibly popular word game, Wordle, Abe Train ’13 launched Globle, a geography-based mystery game that challenges users to guess the correct country every day. When asked about how his time at TanenbaumCHAT helped to contribute to his current career trajectory as a computer programmer and entrepreneur, Abe admitted that he “actually never took a programming class in high school but I definitely got a fantastic STEM education that helped me get to where I am today.” He notes that “the first program I ever wrote was on my TI-83 graphing calculator in Neil Epstein’s Grade 10 Enriched Math class.” Seth Kerzner ’15 recently graduated with honours from Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree as the program’s youngest graduate. As a part of this program, Seth partnered with Bricks Innovation, a Tel Aviv-based start-up in the prop-tech sector, where he helped the company build its data analytics and marketing efforts.
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