Christopher Pringle has been appointed director of government relations (department of mechanical and mechatronics engineering) at the Univ of Waterloo, ending a long career in S&T with the Government of Ontario. After a career in the high-tech sector, Pringle joined the Ontario government in 1986 as a senior advisor with responsibility for the Premier's Council Technology Fund. Over the next 20 years he held a variety of positions including investment advisor for