Mamhtákosiwin, gigii-minojigem, yawashte, kischi-iteyhta-mashchohin, nezu annellassi, félicitations!  

As Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, it is my great pleasure to congratulate the remarkable Class of 2024.  You now join our alumni community– a community who shares the best of the University of Manitoba spirit wherever they go. 

You are graduating! As you reflect on what it took you to get to this moment, consider the connections you made—all the friends, mentors, advisors and family that guided and supported you.  

You have reached deep within yourselves to get to this day. You have also likely reached out to others, both to lend support and to receive it. Take some time to thank those special people who have supported you. Gratitude and connection are both transformative!       

As you move forward, look for ways to contribute, and create positive change. Serving others adds tremendous meaning to our lives. You have cultivated talents the world needs. Please share these generously.    

Be proud of yourselves. You are extraordinary students, forged during extraordinary times. Never forget this.   

Anne Mahon, BHEcol (Man.)
Chancellor 

Class of 2024, as you chase new inspirations, I have but one request: Please, think big.  

You emerge from this innovative university as the next generation of leaders and changemakers. You will shape our global society with your ideas and passions. You will redefine, reimagine, and rebuild so much.  

Although you graduate today, you remain a part of our herd. You join our remarkable alumni community that is brimming with big thinkers living around the world. And now you take your place among them, writing our collective story. It is an inspiring one because, like the bison, we move forward through whatever troubles the world delivers, determined to reach a better future.  

Be proud of graduating from this university. A joy of being your university’s president is meeting with people around the globe, all of whom praise our collective efforts to advance truth and Reconciliation, understand and mitigate climate change, and bolster health as a human right. Manitobans have much humility, but I assure you, on the global stage, UM is a giant.  

You are the remarkable Class of 2024. Continue to pursue what you love, and believe in where that can take you. The University of Manitoba is proud of you and all you have achieved. And all you are about to achieve.  

Congratulations, and here’s to all your big ideas.  

Michael Benarroch, PhD 
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manitoba 

You did it Bisons! Congratulations on graduating and officially becoming UM alumni! Not only are you part of the ‘herd’ but you’re also now part of the UM Alumni Association, a lifelong network of over 188K fellow UM graduates (alumni) living in 134 countries that you can count on for guidance, mentorship and career opportunities. As you celebrate your Convocation, know that we are all cheering you on from across the world and wishing you every success in your next chapter.

As fellow UM grads, we know what it takes to get here. We understand and applaud the hard work, dedication and drive that brought you to this point. It is our privilege to welcome you to the alumni community.  We honour your outstanding achievements through awards and recognition, and support you in the years to come with perks and alumni-exclusive benefits and services as you go out and help shape Manitoba and our world.

Stay engaged with your alma mater by connecting with other alumni and joining us on campus or online for events and activities. There’s something for everyone, like cheering on your Bisons at the annual Homecoming football game, continuing your education at Learning for Life webinars and lectures, making connections at UM Café–an online mentoring platform, or UM Career Lab–a program built for new grads like you that includes career development and financial literacy webinars. Build up your resume with volunteer opportunities open to alumni within your faculty, on the Alumni Association Board of Directors or Alumni Council, mentor a student, or be an alumni ambassador at a UM event. Stay in the know through our digital version of UM Today The Magazine and our monthly alumni e-news (make sure we have your current contact info!).

There’s no doubt that today marks one heck of a major milestone for you - a time to look back on your University of Manitoba experience. Take pride in how it has shaped you and imagine how it will bring you closer to accomplishing your goals. Today you begin your alumni journey and what we hope will be a life-long relationship with your university.

On behalf of the UM alumni community, congratulations on the tremendous achievement celebrated today. #WeAreAllBisons

Visit us at umanitoba.ca/alumni to keep in touch and to learn more about the benefits of being UM alumni.

Jessica Carvell
JD (Manitoba)
Chair, Alumni Association Board of Directors

Marlene Stern
DipOT, BOT (Manitoba)
Chair, Alumni Council

Created in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation, the Governor General’s academic medals have become the most prestigious award for outstanding achievements that Canadian students can receive.

Governor General's Bronze Medal - Dental Hygiene

• Urban, Stacey Judi
  School of Dental Hygiene, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
  Awarded for highest standing in a Diploma program of at least two years other than Diploma Agriculture.

Awarded for highest standing in an undergraduate faculty, school or college.

Schumacher, Emily Rebecca
College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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Frost-Hunt, Randi Marie
College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Awarded for highest standing in a faculty, college or school program

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dental Hygiene

• Urban, Stacey Judi

Dr. John W. Clay Medal and Prize

For highest overall average in the four year Dental program.

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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MacLachlan-Hart Medal

For proficiency in Complete Denture Prosthesis in the four years of the Dental program.

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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Manitoba Dental Association Gold Medal

For highest standing in the final two years of the Dental Hygiene Course.

• Urban, Stacey Judi

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Dr. Biruta Anna Osins Medal and Award in Endodontics

For a graduating student in Dentistry with excellent academic achievement who demonstrated the highest involvement in the field of Endodontics or has achieved the highest academic standing in the Endodontic Seminars course.

• Omotayo, Ayodeji Oluwarotimi

Dr. J.R.W. Nicholson Prize

Project with greatest scientific merit.

• Harris, Derek

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Philip Yaffe Memorial Prize

Best clinical research project related to cancer.

• Yakobov, Shay

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Polly & George Sheps Prize

Best project in Community Health Sciences.

• Kingma, Gabriel

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Oxford University Press Neurosciences Book Prize

• Xie, Dave (Xiaofei)

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MMCF - Paul Nehra Convocation Prize in Family Medicine

Presented in recognition of a student who has demonstrated excellence in his or her performance during the Family Medicine/Public Health Clerkship rotation, and who has been accepted to post-graduate studies in Family Medicine for the next academic session.

• Anderson, Emma

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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Convocation Prize

To a graduating student with the highest academic standing in the class who has been accepted to post-graduate studies in Obstetrics and Gynecology for the next academic session at the University of Manitoba.

• Nykiforuk, Ava

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American Academy of Operative Dentistry Award

For highest standing in Operative Dentistry.

• Elawah, Youssef 

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American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award

For highest average standing in Pathology and Microbiology l and lI

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award

For excellence in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology.

• Peters, Nathan Scott

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American Academy of Oral Medicine

For outstanding achievement in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology.

• Le Roux, Stephen

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American Academy of Periodontology Award

For highest standing in Periodontology.

• Goldstone-Joubert, Kira Lena

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American Association of Endodontists Award

For highest standing in Endodontics.

• Kostyshyn, Taylor Caroline

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American Association of Orthodontics Award

For exceptional interest in the development of the Oro-Facial Complex.

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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American Association of Public Health Dentistry Award

For special interest and achievement in Community Dentistry Externship and Dental Public Health.

• Omotayo, Ayodeji Oluwarotimi

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Canadian Dental Association Student Leadership Award

For a student graduating from the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry who has shown the most outstanding qualities of leadership and character.

• Peters, Nathan Scott

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Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists –Manitoba Branch

For outstanding merit in the Advanced Clinical Therapeutics course and completion of an institutional, primary care or ambulatory care based rotation with excellence.

• Wong, Madison

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Certificate of Merit AAPD Predoctoral Student Award

For an outstanding student in the field of Dentistry for Children.

• Mann, Navnoor

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Class of '99 Dr. Lawrence Stockton Memorial Prize

For a student in the International Dental Degree Program who demonstrated the most improvement in the field of restorative dentistry, excellent communication skills and qualities of a positive role model.

• Omotayo, Ayodeji Oluwarotimi

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Dental Faculty Women's Association Prize

For high achievement in Clinical Dental Hygiene, School of Dental Hygiene.

• Urban, Stacey Judi

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Frank Edick Memorial Prize

For highest standing in Clinical Therapeutics 3.

• Frost-Hunt, Randi Marie

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Mary Jane Ego Scholarship

For highest standing in Oral Surgery, fourth year Dentistry.

• Song, Minkyung

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Dr. Reda Elgazzar Oral Surgery Prize

For high academic achievement, high standing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 and demonstrated a high standard of professionalism, fourth year Dentistry.

• Sidhu, Shubleen Kaur

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Endowment Fund Award in Dental Hygiene

For high academic achievement and leadership ability in the graduating year of the Dental Hygiene course.

• Urban, Stacey Judi

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Endowment Fund Award in Dentistry

For high academic achievement and leadership ability in in the graduating year of Dentistry.

• Peters, Nathan Scott

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Dr. M.H. Garvin Prize in Periodontology

For high achievement in Periodontology, conscientious concern for patients and professional promise.

• Le Roux, Stephen

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Golden Scaler Award

For a graduating student who has achieved high standing in the fourth year Clinical Periodontics course by demonstrating overall clinical excellence, efficiency in completing clinical requirements and an outstanding clinical performance.

• Nguyen, Anna

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Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton Scholarship

For highest standing in Operative Dentistry in fourth year.

• Song, Minkyung

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Eleonore Haywood Lung Association Manitoba Convocation Prize

For academic excellence of a graduating student in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

• Normand, Kaylene Emma*

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Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler Award

For a graduating student in Dental Hygiene who has demonstrated a high level of development in instrumentation skills.

• Rodriguez, Olivia Mari

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A. Langley Jones Leadership Award

For aptitude for community pharmacy and consumer health care products and leadership qualities.

• Choi, Sandra Sae-mi

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Sophie Kanee Memorial Prize in Dental Jurisprudence

For highest standing in Dental Jurisprudence, fourth year Dentistry.

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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Manitoba Dental Association Prize

For highest overall average in the graduating year of the Dental Hygiene course.

• Macdonald, Sarah Gabrielle

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Dr. Frances Matiowsky Memorial Award

For a senior student in Dental Hygiene who has demonstrated concern for patients, fellow students and the faculty in general.

• Penner, Madeline Rane

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Dr. J.R. Murray Convocation Prize

For high standing and active participation in the College of Pharmacy.

• Valencia, Eunice Baltazar

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Maria Araceli Pacheco Memorial Award

For high standing in Pathology, Pharmacology and Dental Hygiene subjects along with demonstrated professional promise and concern for patients.

• Urban, Stacey Judi

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Pharmacy Class of 2009 – Passion and Commitment Award

For a Pharmacy graduate with high academic standing and a strong record of community service.

• Dhaliwal, Simranpreet Singh

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Portnoy Award

For a graduating student who has initiated and completed a challenging comprehensive restorative treatment in the General Practice Clinic and/or in Interdisciplinary Case Studies.

• Lyall, Mitchell

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Dr. H.H. Saunderson Award in Dentistry

For professional performance and attitudes in Clinical Dentistry.

• Omotayo, Ayodeji Oluwarotimi

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Abraham Schwartz Prize

For a graduating student who has achieved the highest standing in the College of Pharmacy.

• Frost-Hunt, Randi Marie

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Dr. Alvin Shinoff Award

For a graduating student in Dentistry who has developed outstanding treatment plans in the General Practice Clinic and/or in Interdisciplinary Case Studies.

• Mann, Navnoor

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Dr. W. Walker Shortill Practice Management Memorial Prize

For high standing in the Practice Management course in fourth year Dentistry.

• Ovaisy, Eileen

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David Stern Memorial Prize

For a student who has achieved the highest grade in Pharmacy Management and plans to pursue a career in retail pharmacy.

• Marino, Alyssa Erika

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Daniel Tai Humanitarian Award in Dentistry

For a graduating student of the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry who has been selected by the graduating class as the most compassionate and unselfish practitioner among the class and has demonstrated the willingness to help others.

• Omotayo, Ayodeji Oluwarotimi

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The College of Dental Hygienists of Manitoba Leadership Prize

For a graduating student in Dental Hygiene who has demonstrated commitment to their peers and community, exemplified leadership qualities, and shown dedication to the profession).

• Urban, Stacey Judi

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Dr. Isadore Wolch Prize in Endodontics

For a graduating student who has achieved high standing in Endodontic Literature Review Seminars and has demonstrated high skill and aptitude in Endodontic treatments in General Practice Clinic.

• Kim, Jinchul 
   

Fairgrieve McBane Award

Awarded to a member of the graduating class having demonstrated the most genuine compassion and profound interest in caring for those in need of medical assistance.

• Glow, Sari

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Katherine Klassen Memorial Award

Awarded to a graduating student who is recognized by peers and instructors as having demonstrated a high level of compassion, humanism, and as having modeled a patient-centred approach to care.

• Osahan, Prabhnoor

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Doctors Manitoba Student Leadership Prize

Awarded to a graduating student who best demonstrates student leadership by having a positive impact on student life.  Promotes initiatives that enhance medical student health and wellness.

• Bieniek, Arielle

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Manitoba Medical College Foundation - Jack Hildes Memorial Convocation Prize

Awarded to a member of the graduating class who most exemplifies those qualities of humanity, personal discipline, keen curiosity, scientific inquiry, social responsibility, and good citizenship, which enhance a career in medicine and advance health in the community.

• Valcourt, Emelissa

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Manitoba Medical College Foundation – Robin Krause Human Values Convocation Prize

Awarded to a graduating student who best exhibits the traits inherent in the mission statement and goals of the Human Values Program.

• Panchendrabose, Kapilan

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Dr. Harold Popham Scholarship 

To a graduating student with good academic standing in Pediatrics who has been accepted to post-graduate studies in Pediatrics for the next academic session.

• Ripstein, Yael

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Dr. Harry Dodge Morse Scholarship

To a graduating student who has been ranked the highest in the selection process for admission to the postgraduate program in Urology.

• Dua, Suvig

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Dr. Tet Pin Yong Award in Undergraduate Surgery

To a graduating student recommended by the Head of the Department of Surgery and the fourth year Clinical Coordinator.

• Sirant, Luke

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Dr. Charlotte W. Ross Memorial Award

To a graduating student who has received the highest ranking in the selection process for admissions to the postgraduate program in Obstetrics and Gynecology and who enrolls full-time in the next academic session in the Postgraduate Medical Education Program in the Faculty of Medicine, in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

• Valcourt, Emelissa

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Community Health Sciences Prize – Population Health Leadership

To a graduating student/s who has demonstrated a commitment to engagement and promotion of public and population health through their course work, student engagement, volunteer activities, and/or career plans.

• Valcourt, Emelissa

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Community Health Sciences Prize – Advocacy

Best project in the Advocacy Physician Development Curriculum series.

• Garcia Fiola, Andres
• Karam, Giorgio
• Krishnan, Sampath
• Wan, Joey

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Patricia Chapter No. 8 Order of the Eastern Star Prize

To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in patient care and leadership.

• Morakinyo, Oluwatobiloba

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Dr. Patricia Anne Wightman Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellent core knowledge in psychiatry subject areas with a high level of compassion and professionalism in interactions with patients.

• Cianflone, Pietro

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Dr. William Webster Award

To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellent core knowledge of anesthesia, outstanding basic anesthesia skills, a high level of professionalism in all interactions with patients and health care team members, and extraordinary potential as a future physician.

• Wiens, Ian

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Lukasz Czarnecki Memorial Award

To a graduating student ranked highly in the Internal Medicine selection process, who has shown a commitment to the service of others through compassion, integrity and understanding towards their needs and who enrolls full-time in the next academic session in the Postgraduate Medical Education Program in the Faculty of Medicine, in Internal Medicine.

• Czehryn, Alexander

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James Walker Wood, M.D. Convocation Prize in Family Medicine

To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in his or her performance during the Family Medicine rotation and has been accepted to post-graduate resident training.

• Gervin, Emma
• Groot, Bailey
• Steele, Laryssa

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Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award

To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in Emergency Medicine.

• Levi, Jessica

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BSc Med Program Award

Best clinical research project.

• El-Kefraoui, Charbel

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Ade & Company Inc.

Award for excellence in basic sciences with potential for commercial application.

• Akbari-Kelachayeh, Khashayar

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Ade & Company Inc.

Award for excellence in research in biochemistry and molecular biology.

• Kerr, Evan

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A. Allyn Rossen Award for Proficiency in Research

Best project in cardiovascular research.

• Del Rosario, John

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Dr. F. W. Du Val Memorial Award

Best project in surgery or a related field.

• Panchendrabose, Kapilan

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Dr. Jack C. Wilt Memorial Award

Best project in infectious diseases.

• Kong, William

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Dr. Lyonel Israels Memorial Award

Best basic science project related to cancer.

• Burtniak, Julian

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Dr. Philip F. Hall Women's Health Research Award

Best BSc (Med.) project related to women’s health.

• Ellis, Jessica

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Dr. James C. Haworth Memorial Award

For excellence and outstanding promise in research within the area of hereditary metabolic disorders of nutritional disorders.

• Raghavan, Arjun

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Dr. William D. Bowman Award

Best pediatric or best other project.

• Bieniek, Arielle

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Dr. John Earl Abra Scholarship

For highest standing in Orthodontics in fourth year Dentistry.

• Song, Minkyung

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Alpha Omega Fixed Partial Denture Prosthesis Award

For high standing in the Fixed Partial Denture Prosthesis course and demonstrated exemplary professional demeanour, fourth year Dentistry.

• Peters, Nathan Scott

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Alpha Omega Fraternity Award

For highest academic average over the four years of the Dental course in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry.

• Schumacher, Emily Rebecca

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*October 2023 graduate
 

Beginning each convocation ceremony with an Honour Song is a sign of respect and recognition of Indigenous Peoples as caretakers of this land. It recognizes our collective identities, cultures and languages, and the ongoing commitment of the university to Reconciliation. This song acknowledges the significant accomplishments of the graduates’ journeys as well as their transition into the next stages in their lives.

In the fall of 2022, in consultation with members of the Indigenous community at UM and a committee led by Catherine Cook, former Vice-President (Indigenous), new academic regalia were commissioned for the Chancellor and the President. The new robe designs honour the First Peoples of these lands, demonstrating UM’s commitment to Reconciliation and supporting a graduation experience that feels more welcoming for Indigenous students.

Jackie Traverse, a UM alum and Ojibway woman from Lake St. Martin First Nation, developed the designs in partnership with beader Shannon Denney-Edwards, a Canadian of Métis, French and Islandic descent, and robe fabricator Beverli Barnes.

The robes are constructed of black silk and employ gold piping as a nod to the design the President and Chancellor have worn to date, which were modeled after the University of Oxford’s academic dress. On these re-imagined gowns, motifs have been applied through a combination of embroidery and traditional beading using gold accents. Ms. Traverse explains how each aspect has a deeper meaning:

“The crocuses represent Manitoba and give us our sense of place. The use of white, yellow, black and red represents the four nations. The use of red and orange represent the missing Indigenous women and children. The roots symbolize our connections to this institution and to one another.”

The robes were worn for the first time at Spring Convocation 2023.

Learn more on UM Today

Guests at convocation will readily conclude that the academic dress worn by graduands and members of the academic procession is both colourful and varied.The significance of academic dress may not be so apparent. 

Academic dress includes a gown, hood (worn over the shoulders), and a cap or mortarboard. All universities have distinctive academic dress for each degree offered. This explains the variety of academic dress worn by members of the academic procession who have graduated from many different institutions. 

The University of Manitoba has patterned its academic dress after the British tradition using the Oxford gown as the model. The Oxford attire is a modified form of the garments worn by its members in medieval times, sometimes attributed to the need for warmth in their damp halls of learning. There are three types of gowns at the University of Manitoba: the Bachelor’s and Master’s gowns are black; the Doctor of Philosophy gown is black with red velvet bars on sleeves and front panels; and the Honorary Doctor’s gown is scarlet. Mortarboards are black with a black tassel and are worn by all graduands except for honorary graduands; they wear round brimmed caps of black velvet with a gold tassel. 

It is the hood which signifies the degree to be presented to the graduand. The hoods for Bachelor’s degrees all have the common characteristics of black material edged with white borg material. Hoods for each of the Bachelor’s degrees at the University have a distinctive lining ranging from no lining (black) for Arts, to green for Agriculture, to gold for Science. Similarly hoods for the various Master’s degrees have a distinctive lining but can be differentiated from Bachelor’s hoods by the absence of a borg edging. Hoods for Honorary Doctor’s degrees are scarlet with different linings: white indicates an Honorary Doctor of Laws; yellow, an Honorary Doctor of Science; and slate blue, an Honorary Doctor of Letters. See the following page for a complete listing of the colours of all hood linings.  

Senate must approve any changes in academic dress. The Senate Committee on Academic Dress, which includes the Director of the School of Art and the Head of the Department of Interior Design, makes recommendations to Senate on the academic dress of graduands, the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Marshalls, and other officers of Convocation. 

Honorary degrees (Scarlet exterior)

Doctor of Laws	White
Doctor of Letters	Slate blue
Doctor of Science	Gold-yellow

PhD degrees (black exterior with red bands and panel)

Doctor of Philosophy

Medium green

Masters degrees (black exterior)

Architecture	Deep gold with royal blue chevron
Arts	Scarlet
Business Administration	Grey with purple chevron
City Planning	Mazarine blue with white chevron
Dentistry	Blue purple
Education	Royal blue
Engineering	Royal blue with gold-yellow chevron
Environment	Forest green with blue chevron and copper braid
Finance	Grey with navy chevron
Fine Art	Asphalt with brick red chevron
Human Resources Management	Half white and half classic blue
Human Rights	Half white and half classic blue
Interior Design	Purple-blue with blue-green chevron
Landscape Architecture	Deep gold with brown chevron
Laws	Half white half scarlet
Music	Emerald green
Natural Resources Management	Deep chrome green with sapphire blue chevron and dove grey band
Nursing	Turquoise with peach chevron
Occupational Therapy	Forest green
Physical Therapy	Light purple
Physician Assistant Studies	Blue purple with pale gold chevron
Public Health	Dark lavender with grey braid
Public Administration	Light blue with dark blue chevron
Science	Gold-yellow
Social Work	Coral with white band
Supply chain management & Logistics	Gray/navy and brown gold braid

Undergraduate degrees (black exterior with borg edging)

Agribusiness	Gold-yellow with blue-green braid
Agriculture	Gold-yellow with green braid
Agroecology	Gold-yellow with medium brown braid
Arts	No lining
Commerce	Grey with purple braid
Computer Science	Black with gold-yellow braid and royal blue braid
Dental Hygiene	Gold yellow with lilac braid
Dentistry	Blue purple with gold braid
Education	Royal blue
Engineering	Gold-yellow with royal blue braid
Environmental Design	Tapestry green
Environmental Science	Forest green with a copper braid
Environmental Studies	Forest green with a sapphire blue braid
Fine Arts	Brick red
Food Sciences	Gold-yellow with scarlet braid
Geography	Forest green with a gold-yellow braid
Geological Sciences	Gold-yellow with a copper braid
Health Sciences	Maroon with white and pewter grey braids
Health Studies	Maroon with white and pewter grey braids
Human Ecology	Magenta
Human Nutritional Sciences	Magenta
Juris Doctor	White
Jazz Studies	Emerald green with brite gold braid
Kinesiology	Sage green with gold-yellow braid
Medicine	Purple
Music	Emerald green with gold braid
Midwifery	Bordeaux with purple braid
Nursing	Medium blue
Pharmacy	Olive green with khaki braid
Physical Education	Sage green
Physical Geography	Gold-yellow with green braid and blue braid
Recreation Management and Community Development	Sage green with maroon braid
Respiratory Therapy	Purple
Science	Gold-yellow
Social Work	Coral

Certificates and diplomas

Aboriginal Child and Family Services Diploma	Smoke
Aboriginal Environment Stewardship Diploma	Smoke
Art	Brick red
Dental Hygiene	Lilac
Diploma in Agriculture	Gold with green braid
Diploma in Labour Relations and Workplace Safety	Smoke
Diploma in Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology	Silver with royal blue braid
Diploma in Population Health	Purple with silver chevron
First Nations Community Wellness Diploma	Smoke
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Agrology	Old gold with cream braid
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Education	Royal blue
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Engineering	Old gold with royal blue braid
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Performance	Emerald green

 

The focal point of the stage decorations at convocation ceremonies of the University of Manitoba has traditionally been a banner 8-feet wide and 13-feet long which incorporates the university crest.

The crest of the university is described in heraldic terms as: A quartered oval within bordure or inscribed as "Universitas Manitobensis 1877" sable, ensigned with the Imperial Crown.

Quarterings

Dexter Chief: Parted per fess: upper argent, cross gules surmounted by crown or, lined with the first: lower vert buffalo statant proper (being the arms of the Province of Manitoba).

Sinister Chief: Parted per fess: upper gules, book or pages argent, lower argent, two fleurs-de-lys or above a branch slipped of three maple leaves vert, stemmed proper (being the arms of St. Boniface College, a charter affiliate).

Sinister Base: Argent, a branch slipped of three grape leaves vert, stemmed proper, fructed purpure, surmounted by a barrulet or bearing motto “Floreat” of the first, edged sable (being the arms of Manitoba College, a charter affiliate).

Argent: silver coloured

Azure: blue

Barrulet: small bar or band

Base: lower part of the field of the coat of arms or shield

Bordure: a border surrounding the shield

Chief: area one-third of the width of the shield occupying the upper section of the field

Dexter: right side of the shield from the perspective of an individual holding it; left side of the shield from the perspective of the viewer

Fructed: depicted bearing fruit

Gules: bright red

Or: gold coloured

Parted per fess: partitioned by means of a horizontal line across the field

Proper: true or Natural colour

Purpure: purple

Quarterings: coats of arms combined on a shield

Sable: black

Sanguine: mulberry or dark red

Sejant: sitting

Sinister: left side of the shield from the perspective of an individual holding it; right side of the shield from the perspective of the viewer

Statant: standing on four feet, facing left

Vert: emerald green

Chancellor
Anne Mahon, B.H.Ecol.

Chair of the Board of Governors
Lynette Magnus, B.Comm (Hons.), CPA, CA

Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors
Kimberly Osiowy, BSc (CE), MSc

President and Vice-Chancellor
Michael Benarroch, PhD

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Diane Hiebert-Murphy, PhD

Vice-President (Administration)
Naomi Andrew BA(Advanced), LLB

Vice-President (Research and International)
B. Mario Pinto, BSc, PhD, FRSC

Vice-President (External)
Vanessa Koldingnes, MBA

Vice-President (Indigenous)
Angie Bruce, MBA

University Secretary
Jeffrey M. Leclerc, BEd, MEd, C. Dir.

Vice-Provosts

• Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCPC, FCAHS
• Lisa O’Hara, BA, MLIS
• Tracey Peter, PhD
• Laurie Schnarr, MA
• Greg Smith, PhD
• Mark Torchia, MSc, PhD

Associate Vice-Presidents

• Christine Cyr, BA
• Raman Dhaliwal, BComm (Hons.)
• Annemieke Farenhorst, PhD
• Stephanie Levene, MBA
• René Ouellette BA, BComm
• Hans-Joachim Wieden, PhD,

Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer
Mike Emslie, BComm (Hons.), CA, CPA, CIA, CISA

Chief Information Officer
Mario Lebar, BA, LLB, MBA

University Librarian
Lisa O’Hara, BA, MLIS