Writers
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This fourth year English major from Guelph, Ontario contributes a quasi-Italian flavour and eclectic collection of dress shirts, snazzy pants and expensive-looking loafers to the office on a daily basis. He’s willing to write about anything, but is particularly interested in issues surrounding arts and social science-related topics. In his off time, Joey enjoys collecting moldy records, writing short stories, learning how to say naughty things in other languages as well as playing classical piano and guitar. To support his various habits, he subsides off a steady diet of sarcasm and home-cooked Italian meals courtesy of his doting Nonna. |
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Long before her tenure as a fearless SPARK research communicator began, Natalie Osborne, a fourth year biomedical sciences student from outside Guelph, Ontario, wanted more than anything to realize her childhood dream of becoming a horse. Fortunately for all of us at SPARK, though, she settled for humanity and had quickly become one of SPARK’s most instantly recognizable faces, anchoring many of our videos and winning awards for her hard-hitting writing. Speaking of which, she is also keen to write about a wide variety of scientific topics – especially in the psychology field. When not research-communicating, Natalie enjoys living her life vicariously through films. |
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 Newest addition to the SPARK team, Samantha Beattie, is heading into her fourth year of International Development with an emphasis in Political Economy and Administrative Change. Samantha joined SPARK with designs on carving out her very own niche within the journalistic world. Already, her infectious enthusiasm, bizarre sense of humour and joie de vivre has quickly created a giddily positive atmosphere within the newsroom here at SPARK World Headquarters. When not making her mark with SPARK, Samantha can be found spending quality time with her two cats, Blaze and Sadie, and training as member of the Varsity cross country and track and field team. |
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Bruce Sargent, a third year marketing management student from Enniskillen, Ontario has quickly become SPARK’s resident video guru. Thanks to his fertile creative mind and now-mythical feats of video wizardry, SPARK*air has reached new heights of respectability within the communications community. Huzzah! Adding to this already impressive portfolio- grown men and women have been known to weep at the beauty of his photographic compositions. Outside of SPARK, Bruce is an entrepreneur who recently founded his own farm media production company, Farm Boy Productions, where he specializes in filmmaking, website design and photography for a wide array of agriculture clients.