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Julie Nolin, Vancouver


Communication Arts - Journalism 1991

Julie Nolin is quick to acknowledge that her college experience got off to a rocky start, but she worked deliberately during the second year of her Communication Arts – Print Journalism program to get herself back on track, becoming heavily involved in the Endeavour and student government. Since her graduation in 1991, she has gone on to achieve great success professionally, illustrating her assertion that “it’s what you do with your education that makes a difference.”

Today, Nolin is based at CTV British Columbia and splits her time between Vancouver and Edmonton, where she started working as a reporter and anchor at CTV Edmonton in November. She has won many journalism awards over the years for her work as a reporter, producer and host. In addition, Nolin, who is the great-granddaughter of Métis politician Charles Nolin (a first cousin to Louis Riel), has been a documentary director, writer and producer for APTN’s award-winning program “The Sharing Circle.”

Living with her husband, two sons and a Westie close to downtown Vancouver, Nolin says there is much she loves about her work.

“Every day is a surprise, because you never know what you will be covering as a reporter in a major market like Vancouver,” she says. “I enjoy the people I work with – the photographers, editors, and producers – and being able to connect with people I meet while I’m out on assignment. I have also been extremely fortunate to see so many parts of every city I’ve worked in. There are great memories created everywhere I go.”

Nolin still has great memories of her time at the college, and says she still draws on some of the lessons learned as a student – including the writing rule, K.I.S.S! (Keep it simple, stupid!). “K.I.S.S. is especially important in broadcast writing,” she adds. “I think I owe [former Lethbridge College journalism instructor] D’Arcy Kavanagh a huge thank you for this.”

 

Andrew Lockhart, Burnaby


Multimedia 2001

Andrew Lockhart, a 2001 Multimedia graduate, had what many in the gaming world would consider a dream job: he worked as a test lead at the Vancouver-based Relic, Inc., a studio specializing in 3D real-time strategy games including Company of Heroes.

“Testers – especially good ones – are always in demand,” says Lockhart, who went on to study at the Art Institute of Vancouver—Burnaby. He worked at a few smaller companies before being hired at Relic more than four years ago, where “I had the opportunity to work on some really great game titles with some amazing people. One of the best things about working in games is that you get a really broad set of people and skillsets under one roof. You can learn a lot.”

But he was also left wanting to learn more, to challenge himself with new projects, and to “work to live, not live to work.” So last August, after “doing a lot of soul searching and exploring other possible career paths,” Lockhart left Relic and went back to school, enrolling in the Computer Systems Technology program at British Columbia Institute of Technology. “I’m quite excited to see where this will take me,” he says.
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