Ryerson Alumni - Winter 2018 - 45

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2010s
Albert Armah
Nursing '15

Albert received the Ontario
Long Term Care Association
Nursing Leadership Award
in November 2016.
Marisa Blair
Graphic
Communications
Management '17

Just one day after
graduation, the
video series Marisa had been
working on with Adobe was
launched and promoted on
Adobe XD's Facebook and
Twitter pages and the Adobe

Creative Cloud YouTube
channel. She writes: "Adobe
XD is the industry standard
for many Creative Industries
and GCM alumni, so I'm
very excited to have worked
with them on this amazing
project for others in the
design industry to enjoy."
Howard J. Davis
Theatre School '14

Howard is the director of the
short film C'est Moi, the story
of Angelique, a young slave
who was tried, tortured, and
killed for allegedly burning
down the city of Montreal
in 1734. The film premiered
in Hollywood and has since
travelled the United States.
"My film speaks to our

collective consciousness and
how we must be accountable
for our actions and recognize
all injustices in our world
and here in Canada," writes
Howard. cestmoifilm.com.
Joseph DeBenedictis
RTA School of Media '10

Joseph won, with his team
at Pegula, a 2017 New York
Emmy award in the Sports
Interview/Discussion
Category for their video
on the Buffalo Sabres: "All
Star/The Music Man" from
the Beyond Blue and Gold
series. They were honoured
at a ceremony May 6 in New
York City. "It was amazing,"
writes Joseph. "You rent a
tuxedo, you sit at tables with

a bunch of other people who
look good, people hand you
champagne, and you feel
like royalty." He studied at
Ryerson after volunteering at
Durham's Rogers TV network
and producing a cable comedy
show, The Wee Show.
Jamie Kwan
Master of Digital Media '15

Jamie works as a designer
for FORREC, a Canadian
company based in Toronto
and one of the world's top
entertainment design agencies,
working on theme parks around
the globe such as Universal
Studios, LEGOLAND
Malaysia, and Wanda Movie
Park in China. In his role, he
looks at the latest technology

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