Brunet-Jailly, public policy scholar and editor of the Journal of Borderlands Studies Ric Careless, one of British Columbia's leaders in wilderness preservation, named Environmentalist of the Year (1991) by Equinox Magazine and River Conservationist of the Year (1993) by American Rivers Murray Coell, former BC Liberal cabinet Minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Saanich North and the Islands and former mayor of Saanich. Fin Donnelly, former NDP Member of Parliament for New Westminster-Coquitlam and current member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Rob Fleming, NDP provincial cabinet Minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Victoria-Swan Lake. Barbara Hall, mayor of Toronto (1994–1997) Colin Hansen, former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver-Quilchena. Lydia Hwitsun, former Chief of Cowichan Tribes Judi Tyabji, former BC Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Okanagan-East. Gary Lunn, former Conservative federal Minister, former Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands. Lorna Marsden, former president of York University Rabbie Namaliu, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1988-1992) Adrian Norfolk, Ambassador of Canada to Qatar Barry Penner, former BC Liberal provincial cabinet minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Chilliwack-Hope and former president of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). Andrew Petter, Canadian constitutional law scholar, former NDP Attorney-General of British Columbia and member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Saanich South, and current president of Simon Fraser University Carla Qualtrough, Liberal Member of Parliament for Delta and federal Minister. Tamara Vrooman, former Deputy Minister of Finance of British Columbia and current Vancity CEO Alumni in the sciences Laurel Schafer, Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Development Robert Campbell Aitken, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Trevor Van Damme, Aegean archaeologist Alumni in sports Kirsten Barnes, winner of two Olympic gold medals in rowing in 1992 in Barcelona Ryan Cochrane, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in men's 1500m freestyle swimming, and 2012 Olympic silver medalist in 1500m freestyle swimming Stephanie Dixon, swimmer, gold medalist in the Paralympic Games in Athens (2004) and Sydney (2000), and numerous medals in the Pan American Games Kyle Hamilton, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's eights in rowing Sarah Kaufman, former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship holder, professional mixed martial artist, formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, current Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion