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John Popham
John Edward Popham (born September 20, 1982 in Oshawa, Ontario) is currently a Liaison Officer in the office of Student Recruitment at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario. John is part of a team responsible for a recruitng the best and brightest Ontario High School students to apply to and attend McMaster. Previously, May 2007-December 2011 John worked as an alumni officer in the office of alumni advancement at broad portfolio consisting of event planning, numerous committees and University Awards.

Background
Born to David and Leslie Popham, September 20, 1982 at Oshawa General Hospital in Oshawa Ontario. John grew up in Oshawa and attended Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute, in which he was very involved with a number of clubs and social activities. John played competitive baseball including a two year stint for the Oshawa Legionaires for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. John is the middle child to older brother James, and younger brother Daniel.

College Career
John entered McMaster in September of 2001 and graduated in June of 2005 with a Bachelors Honours degree in Theatre and Film. During his time as a student John was an active student leader rising through the ranks of the Inter-Residence Council (IRC) until concluding his IRC career as President in 2004-2005. John was also deeply involved with his program of Theatre and Film including Stage Managing credits for Morris Panych's 7 Stories, Directing credits for Stewart Lemoines Neck Breaking Car Hop, and acting credits for his role as "The Furnace" in Robert Morgan, Martha Ross and Leah Cherniak's The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine.

Student Politics
Prior to Graduation in 2005 John was elected to the Student Representative Assembly (SRA) at McMaster University as a Humanities Representative for a short time before being elected to the McMaster Students Union (MSU) Board of Directors as Vice President Administration for 2005-2006. Johns duties as Vice President included managing over 30 part time Managers and services, acting as Deputy Speaker, and sitting on various University Committees. John was then elected to the position of MSU President in January of 2006 to serve as President for the 2006-2007 academic session. In his time as President John worked to initiate Project Watchdog, a program for students helping students in the McMaster Surrounding area. John also witnessed the creation of a consignment used book store, and an athletics tuck shop. John concluded his year of Presidency with little adversity in May of 2007.