Fort Garry Convocation, June 4, 3:30 p.m.

Celebrate the journey as graduates take the stage, and family and friends gather to honour their achievements.

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Welcome messages

Chancellor's message

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 2025. 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, University of Manitoba

President's message

President & Vice Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch

Class of 2025, as you chase new inspirations, I have but one request: Please, think big.

You are about to be at the centre of so much. 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 2025. 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 do.

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

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

Alumni Association

You did it, Bisons! Congratulations on graduating and officially becoming part of the University of Manitoba’s proud alumni family! Not only are you now part of the ‘herd,’ but you’re also joining a vibrant, lifelong network of over 224,000 fellow UM graduates across 135 countries — a community built on resilience, ambition, and a shared commitment to making a difference.

As you celebrate your Convocation, know that the UM Bisons spirit is with you — strong, spirited, and unwavering. We’re all cheering you on from across the world, wishing you every success as you take your next steps with confidence and purpose.

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 as you go out and help shape Manitoba and our world.

Stay engaged with your alma mater and fellow Bisons by connecting with other alumni and joining us on campus or online for events and activities. There’s something for everyone, like cheering on Bison athletes, 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. Keep up with the latest stories, achievements, and university news through UM Today: The Magazine and our monthly alumni e-news, Have You Herd — don’t forget to update your 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.

Lasha Glennie
BA, Cert. Human Resource Mgmt (Manitoba)
Chair, Alumni Association Board of Directors

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

Order of proceedings

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

Processional

Entrance of members of the faculties/schools of the University and Colleges, members of the University Senate, the Chair and members of the Board of Governors, the President and the Chancellor.
Entrance of the graduating students.

Elder welcome

Traditional Honour Song

O Canada

Resumption of convocation

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

Presentation of honorary degree recipient

The President

Citation read by

Nancy Kang, BA (Hon.) (University of Calgary), MA (Queen’s), PhD (University of Toronto)

Conferring of honorary degree

Dave Angus, BComm (Hons)
Chancellor of the University of Manitoba
upon Rosanna Deerchild, the degree of Doctor of Letters

Convocation address

Rosanna Deerchild

The Olive Beatrice Stanton Award

(for excellence in teaching at the University of Manitoba)

Citation read by

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

Presented to

Wan Wang, BA (University of Winnipeg), PhD (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Instructor II, Faculty of Arts

Announcement of the award of medals, fellowships, and prizes

Chancellor’s address to the graduands

Conferring of degrees

The Chancellor

Greetings from the Alumni Association

Tracy Bowman, BA (Manitoba), MA (York)
Executive Director, Alumni Relations

Recession of convocation

The President

Recessional

Honorary degrees, awards and citations

Each year, the University of Manitoba recognizes and celebrates outstanding faculty, staff and community members with special honours and awards.

Honorary Degree

Rosanna Deerchild

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
Wednesday, June 4, 3:30 p.m.

Ms. Rosanna Deerchild is a Cree storyteller, journalist, poet, playwright and radio host whose voice has transformed the Canadian media and literary landscape. She is a band member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation with deep family roots in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, and has used her platforms to amplify Indigenous voices, challenge racism and spark national conversations about truth, justice and healing.

For ten years, Deerchild has hosted Unreserved on CBC Radio One, a show dedicated to Indigenous culture, music and stories from across Turtle Island. Her interviews—with academics and activists, aunties and elders, artists and everyday people—are marked by emotional honesty, humour and a deep respect for lived experience. She also launched a CBC podcast on Indigenous history and is now a recurring actor on the television sitcom Acting Good.

A celebrated poet, Deerchild’s work has been published widely and anthologized in collections such as Post-prairie and #NotYourPrincess. Her first poetry collection, this is a small northern town, won the Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry in 2009. Her second, Calling Down the Sky, written alongside her mother Edna Ferguson, explores the intergenerational trauma of residential schools and earned the Lowther Memorial Award in 2016. This deeply personal work inspired her debut play, The Secret to Good Tea, which premiered at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2023 to critical and community acclaim.

Deerchild has also contributed to and co-edited Gush: Menstrual Manifestos for Our Times and she co-founded the Aboriginal Writers Collective which has nurtured Indigenous literary talent for over two decades. A frequent public speaker, she has used her visibility—including a powerful appearance on the cover of Maclean’s—to address racism in Winnipeg and beyond, urging Canadians to listen, learn and act.

For her unwavering commitment to truth-telling, her literary excellence and her role in reshaping the national narrative around Indigenous identity and experience, the University of Manitoba is proud to confer upon Ms. Rosanna Deerchild the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters.

Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Wan Wang

BA(Hon.) (Winnipeg), PhD (Wilfrid Laurier)
Wednesday, June 4 at 3:30 p.m.

Dr. Wan Wang is an early-career, full-time instructor in the Department of Psychology who, since 2019, has been the cornerstone of the department’s degree requirement in quantitative coursework.

Her colleagues describe her as one of the university’s most energetic, creative, compassionate, generous and effective teachers. Her approach has been described by students as highly engaging, rich in depth and breadth, fair and accessible.

Dr. Wang brings to her teaching a flexible, research-based pedagogical toolkit designed to foster critical thinking, problem-solving and a growth mindset among her students. Known for her intellectually stimulating and well-organized courses, Dr. Wang transforms what can be an intimidating subject into an accessible, engrossing experience.

A dedication to inclusive teaching is evident in her use of student feedback and her ongoing professional development, including dozens of workshops. She incorporates experiential learning that enhances students’ autonomy, competence and connection to peers.

Recognized with several student-focused awards, Dr. Wang also contributes generously to her department, sharing her expertise and continually evolving her teaching methods. She is an exceptional educator who continues to take the department’s teaching to new heights.

The University of Manitoba is proud to honour Dr. Wan Wang with the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Honorary Degree

Catherine Christiane Bowler

BA (Macalester), MAR (Yale), PhD (Duke)
Friday, June 6, 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Catherine (Kate) Bowler tells the truth about life’s hardest moments. She is an antidote to a culture of algorithms that nudge us away from what is real—all the faults, vulnerabilities, sufferings and limitations of ourselves and life that give depth and shape to human experience. A raised-in-Winnipeg historian and New York Times bestselling author, she is internationally recognized for her profound contributions to public understanding of faith, resilience and imperfection.

In 2015, Bowler was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at the age of 35. With candour, grace and humour, she began writing and speaking about what it means to live when the future is uncertain. Her bestselling memoirs—Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve Loved) and No Cure for Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear)—have touched millions, helping readers navigate their own suffering and loss without resorting to easy answers.

She confronts these difficult topics from the pulpit of her podcast too. On her award-winning show, Everything Happens, she hosts deeply human conversations with guests like author Malcolm Gladwell, comedian Tig Notaro and political satirist Rick Mercer. No matter the medium, her voice stands out in a society preoccupied with curating faux-perfection and totting toxic positivity; she offers compassion, honesty and a vision of grace that meets people where they are.

Bowler’s academic work is foundational: her book Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel was the first and remains the most authoritative study of this uniquely American religious movement. Now a professor at Duke Divinity School, she has brought insight and clarity to a cultural theology that equates success with moral worth.

Bowler’s work reminds us that embracing life’s limitations can reveal its deepest beauty. For her contributions as a scholar, storyteller and public voice of hope, the University of Manitoba is proud to award Dr. Kate Bowler a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.

Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Jennifer Watt

B.Ed. (Alberta), M.Ed., PhD (Manitoba)
Friday, June 6 at 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Jennifer Watt has been described by Education students as “inspiring” and “easily the most incredible professor I’ve ever had.”

Widely esteemed by colleagues and students, Dr. Watt is known as an innovative, ethical and deeply thoughtful educator who leads with humility and heart. Her classrooms are sites of possibility and belonging, grounded in equity, inquiry and hope. Her students go on to become purposeful teachers and changemakers propelled by care and committed to a more just future.

Dr. Watt’s outstanding service encompasses professional development, community partnerships and the scholarship of teaching and learning. As co-director of the Manitoba Writing Project, and during her acting student support in the Associate Dean Undergraduate office and acting practicum director roles at the Faculty of Education, she has forged strong partnerships with school divisions across Manitoba and the broader educational community through her dedication and problem-solving skills.

Her contributions and commitment have been recognized with numerous awards over the years. Beyond the university, she actively engages with educators, researchers and the public to share her expertise. She employs a variety of methods and platforms to make knowledge accessible and impactful. Her ability to bridge research and practice strengthens both the Faculty of Education and the K-12 community, extending her influence far beyond her own students.

The University of Manitoba is proud to honour Dr. Jennifer Watt with the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Honorary Degree

Greg Selinger

BSW (Manitoba); MPA (Queen’s); PhD (LSE)
Monday, June 16 at 3 p.m.

From his early work in Winnipeg’s Inner City and North End to his leadership as Premier, Dr. Greg Selinger’s decades-long commitment to social justice and linguistic equality has had a lasting impact on Manitoba. As a social worker, educator and public servant, he has shaped policy and public life with integrity, vision and a deep sense of duty to the communities he served.

Before entering politics, Selinger worked as a social worker doing community development in partnership with underserved populations and later taught in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba. He holds a Bachelor of Social Work from UM, a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University and a PhD in Social Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This academic grounding in public policy and equity informed his approach to political leadership at every level.

Selinger was first elected as a city councillor for St. Boniface, where he served on the executive committee and chaired the finance committee. He was then elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, ultimately serving as Manitoba’s Minister of Finance, Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs and, from 2009 to 2016, Premier of Manitoba.

Throughout his political career, Selinger remained steadfast in his social democratic values and consistently advocated for the vitality of Manitoba’s Francophone communities. As Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs, he ensured the implementation of all recommendations from the 1998 Chartier Report on French-language services. He supported the creation of six bilingual service centres and laid the foundation for a whole-of-government approach to supporting the development of the Francophonie—efforts that moved beyond service delivery to cultural and linguistic revitalization.

Selinger also championed access to French-language education. He supported the expansion of both French-first language and immersion school networks and played a leading role in securing full university status for the Université de Saint-Boniface. In the early 2000s, he helped set a target for French-speaking immigration and represented Manitoba in the Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie, where he was recognized as a forward-thinking leader.

Among his final contributions as Premier was drafting and tabling a bill to consolidate and protect French-language achievements in Manitoba. Though it was not passed during his tenure, the incoming government adopted it with little change in 2016 as An Act to Support the Development of the Manitoba Francophonie—a testament to the strength and foresight of Selinger’s leadership. At the same time, he championed the Path to Reconciliation Act which passed unanimously before the government changed. In both cases, unanimous legislative support for minority rights laws helps to ensure their durability.

For his exceptional contributions to public life, his advocacy for Francophone rights and education, and his enduring legacy as a Premier committed to equity and inclusion, the University of Manitoba is proud to confer upon Dr. Greg Selinger the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws.

Honorary Degree

Sister Lesley Sacouman

BA (Manitoba)
Thursday, May 15, 10 a.m.

Sister Lesley Sacouman stands at the centre of hope and belonging. A compassionate educator, community builder and faith leader, she has dedicated her life to creating sanctuaries for Winnipeg’s marginalized communities—transforming countless lives through her unwavering commitment to the service of others.

In 1963, at age 17, she joined the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, immersing herself in the heart of Winnipeg’s inner city. In 1976, she co-founded Rossbrook House, a safe haven that continues to offer alternative education, nutrition, music, leadership and Indigenous cultural programming to more than 80 children and young mothers each day.

Her advocacy and impact deepened in the decades that followed. In the 1990s, she helped create Anishinaabe Oway-Ishi, an educational and employment training program for Indigenous youth. She also co-founded Esther House, a home for women recovering from addiction. In 2004, she founded the Holy Names House of Peace—a life-affirming refuge for newcomer women. Building on that mission, she helped establish Marie Rose Place in 2013, a furnished apartment complex for newcomer women and children. At present, she is living at The Salvation Army in a transitional program for vulnerable women.

Her leadership has extended across the community and beyond, including service on the boards of The Winnipeg Foundation, the Law Society’s Access to Justice Steering Committee and UNANIMA International, a United Nations NGO dedicated to advancing human rights.

Few, if any, have impacted Winnipeggers in such intimate and enduring ways. In recognition of her transformative service, Sister Lesley has received numerous awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Caritas Award from the Catholic Foundation of Winnipeg, the Caring Canadian Award presented by then-Governor General David Johnston, a University of Winnipeg Honorary Doctorate of Divinity in 2006 and the University of Manitoba’s 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service.

For her lifelong leadership and devotion to the dignity of all, and for embodying the University of Manitoba’s highest values: justice, equity, compassion and hope, the University is proud to confer upon her a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, celebrating a lifetime of leadership and devotion to the dignity of all.

Peter D. Curry Chancellor's Award

Laurel Hyde

BSc (Manitoba)
Thursday, May 15, 10 a.m.

Ms. Laurel Hyde’s extraordinary service and leadership have made a lasting impact on the University of Manitoba. A proud alum with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, she has shown unwavering dedication to advancing the university’s mission and supporting the community.

Student awards

Governor General's Academic Medals

Governor General's Bronze Medal - Dental Hygiene

Awarded for highest standing in a Diploma program of at least two years other than Diploma Agriculture

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Governor General's Gold Medal (PhD)

Awarded for outstanding achievement at the graduate level

Gomez, Alwyn Titus

Governor General's Gold Medal (Master's)

Awarded for outstanding achievement at the graduate level

Murphy, Dallas James

Governor General's Silver Medal (Degree at least four years in length)

Awarded for outstanding achievement at the undergraduate level

Ricard, Dylan Joseph

Governor General's Silver Medal (Degree less than four years in length)

Awarded for outstanding achievement at the undergraduate level

Ghuman, Jodh Singh

Governor General's Bronze Medal

Awarded for highest standing in the two year Diploma course in Agriculture

Delichte, Trent Alexander

University Gold Medals

Dentistry

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

Pharmacy

Gustafson, Shaelyn Marian

Agricultural and Food Sciences

Robb, Emily Alexandra

Architecture

Strohschein, Nathaniel Linden

Arts

Morton, Brenna Eileen Louise

Education

Boisclair, Jazmin Erika

Price Faculty of Engineering

Ricard, Dylan Joseph

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Guerard, Raymond Allan**

Kinesiology

Basily, Elaria

Law

Haydey, Lisa Marie Copsey

I.H. Asper School of Business

Pragnell, Conrad Walter*

Desautels Faculty of Music

Wurch, Josiah Benjamin

Rady Faculty of Health Science – Nursing

Nguyen, Thuy Huong

Science

Turner, Bentley*

Social Work

Johnston, Maslen Eloise*

Université de Saint-Boniface

Arnaud, Vanessa

University Program Medals

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dental Hygiene

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Agricultural and Food Sciences

Agribusiness

Donald, Cody Ferriss

Agricultural

Wolfe, Nicola Paige

Agroecology

Teller, Rachel Erica

Food Science

Aitken, Matthew

Human Nutritional Sciences

Guttormson, Kaitlyn Nicole*

School of Art

Fine Arts

Farina, Gina Catherine

Faculty of Arts

Advanced Degree

Brasch, Kaidyn Dawn

General Degree

Schwartz, Melissa Beverly

Honours Degree

Masresha, Elbethel Nikodimos**

Desautels Faculty of Music

Composition

Fitzhenry, Dylan Jack

General

Humble, Kyler James Nemeth

Jazz Studies

Greene, John Gabriel

Master of Music

Rubio, Paulo John Mañaol

Music Education

Goetz, Sandra Leigh

Music History

James, Feylin Ashili Elizabeth

Performance

Wurch, Josiah Benjamin

Faculty of Education

Early Years Stream

Shnier, Bryn Jamie

Middle Years Stream

Wood, Kamila Taylor Witwicki

Senior Years Stream

Boisclair, Jazmin Erika

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Physical Education

de Guzman, Alyanna Fiona Sibal

Recreation Management and Community Development

Doucet, Benjamin Robert John

Price Faculty of Engineering

Biosystems

Martens, Benjamin Andrew

Civil

Bodino, Danica Bianca Nabong

Computer

Kolaski, Corben Dayne

Electrical

Gregoire, Zachary Eric

Mechanical

Ricard, Dylan Joseph

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Health Sciences

Pommer, Alexa Brigitte Bérard

Health Studies

Hodson, Sienna**

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Honours Degree

Trippier, Shayla Joy

Major or Advanced Degree

Jobes, Tyler James

Three Year General Degree

Vandal, Livia Jordan

Faculty of Science

General Degree

Marks, Sarah Kelly

Honours Degree

Senden, Alexander Brian**

Major Degree

De Roca, Drew Margaret Elee

Other Awards, Medals and Prizes

Dr. John W. Clay Medal and Prize

For highest overall average in the four year Dental program

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

MacLachlan-Hart Medal

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

He, Catherine Xi

Manitoba Dental Association Gold Medal

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

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

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

Johannson, Lexis Joan

Dr. John Earl Abra Scholarship

For highest standing in Orthodontics in fourth year Dentistry

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

Academy of General Dentistry Award

For the student who shows the most promise of being an outstanding general Dentist

Starosilec, Brett Michael Shawn

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

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

Alpha Omega Fraternity Award

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

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

American Academy of Operative Dentistry Award

For highest standing in Operative Dentistry

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award

For highest average standing in Pathology and Microbiology l and ll

Kobelka, Allyssa Anne

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award

For excellence in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology

Baranjouk, Nestor

American Academy of Oral Medicine

For outstanding achievement in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology

Boyko, Quinn Patrick

American Academy of Periodontology Award

For highest standing in Periodontology

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

American Association of Endodontists Award

For highest standing in Endodontics

Baranjouk, Nestor

American Association of Orthodontics Award

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

Beltrano, Winnica Martirez

American Association of Public Health Dentistry Award

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

Paknahad, Amirali

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

Kwak, Bryan Noann

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

Gustafson, Shaelyn Marian

Certificate of Merit AAPD Predoctoral Student Award

For an outstanding student in the field of Dentistry for Children

Baranjouk, Nestor

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

Kahlon, Rubab

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

Athanasopoulos, Eleni Sophia

Dental Faculty Women's Association Prize

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

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Frank Edick Memorial Prize

For highest standing in Clinical Therapeutics 3

Gustafson, Shaelyn Marian

Mary Jane Ego Scholarship

For highest standing in Oral Surgery, fourth year Dentistry

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

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

Kwak, Bryan Noann

Endowment Fund Award in Dental Hygiene

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

Geronimo, Sofia Beatrice Vicente

Endowment Fund Award in Dentistry

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

Beltrano, Winnica Martirez

Dr. M.H. Garvin Prize in Periodontology

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

Aggarwal, Bhuvan

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

Paknahad, Amirali

Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton Scholarship

For highest standing in Operative Dentistry in fourth year

Boyko, Quinn Patrick

Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler Award

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

Sidhu, Japreet Kaur

A. Langley Jones Leadership Award

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

Herrera, Marc Louis

Sophie Kanee Memorial Prize in Dental Jurisprudence

For highest standing in Dental Jurisprudence, fourth year Dentistry

Deol, Gurpreet Singh

Manitoba Dental Association Prize

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

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Manitoba Dental Hygienists' Association Award

For a graduating student with high academic standing who best recognizes and manages a client’s pain and anxiety by selecting appropriate pain interventions in Dental Hygiene

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Dr. Frances Matiowsky Memorial Award

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

Chambers, Madison Janet

Dr. J.R. Murray Convocation Prize

For high standing and active participation in the College of Pharmacy

Einarson, Jennifer Lee

Maria Araceli Pacheco Memorial Award

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

Stefansson, Kiara Jade

Pharmacists Manitoba and Canadian Pharmacists Benefits Association Award

For graduating students of the College of Pharmacy with high academic standing and demonstrated involvement with Pharmacists Manitoba and the university community

Gerbrandt, Kezra Adrie Janaye

Pharmacy Class of 2009 – Passion and Commitment Award

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

Herrera, Marc Louis

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

Chambers, Madison Janet

Dr. H.H. Saunderson Award in Dentistry

For professional performance and attitudes in Clinical Dentistry

Chambers, Madison Janet

Abraham Schwartz Prize

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

Gustafson, Shaelyn Marian

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

Baranjouk, Nestor

Dr. W. Walker Shortill Practice Management Memorial Prize

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

Pelland, Ramona Adrianna

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

Thevenot, Rebecca

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

Bharkhada, Shivani Jessel

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.

Yarmie, Jeremiah

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.

Zwaagstra, Angela

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.

Zohair, Mirha

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.

Nimchonok, Taylor

Dr. Harold Popham Scholarship

Presented 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.

Chernick, Samara

Dr. Tet Pin Yong Award in Undergraduate Surgery

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

Jacobs, Joadi

Community Health Sciences Prize – Population Health Leadership

Presented 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.

Levandosky, Alanah

Community Health Sciences Prize – Advocacy – Best project in the Advocacy Physician Development Curriculum series

Levandosky, Alanah
Richard, Ashley
Wittick, Heather
Kuzyk, Natasha

Dr. Patricia Anne Wightman Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

Presented 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.

Meadows, Abigail

Dr. John M. Embil Award for Excellence in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Presented to the graduating student who has demonstrated a commitment to the field of infectious diseases and is judged to have future potential in this field.

Biggar, Kirsten

Dr. William Webster Award

Presented 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.

Gu, Carrie

Lukasz Czarnecki Memorial Award

Presented 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.

Mackic, Lana

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

Presented 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.

Mathai, Sarramma
Setlack, Jennifer

Patricia Chapter No. 8 Order of the Eastern Star Prize

Presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of patient care and leadership.

Setlack, Jennifer

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award

Presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in Emergency Medicine.

Johnson, Sarah

Dr. Harry Dodge Morse Scholarship

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

Bal, Dhirajpal

Dr. John M. Embil Publication Prize for BSc. Med Program – Successful research project publication.

Jacobs, Joadi
Bal, Dhirajpal

Dr. J.R.W. Nicholson Prize – Project with Greatest Scientific Merit.

Szun, Tyler

BSc. Med. Program Award - Best Clinical Research Project

Chen, Albert

Ade & Company Inc. Award for Excellence in Basic Sciences with potential for Commercial

Application

Raabe, Nicole

Ade & Company Inc. Award for Excellence in Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jacobs, Joadi

A. Allyn Rossen Award for Proficiency in Research - Best Project in Cardiovascular Research.

Zaremba, Alexander

Dr. F. W. Du Val Memorial Award - Best Project in Surgery or a Related Field

Gallardo, Flyn

Dr. Jack C. Wilt Memorial Award – Best Project in Infectious Diseases

Occhino, Katia

Dr. Lyonel Israels Memorial Award - Best Basic Science Project Related to Cancer

Dhaliwal, Bhavanjot

Dr. Philip F. Hall Women's Health Research Award – Best B.Sc. (Med.) Project related to Women’s Health

Wightman, Benedict

Dr. James C. Haworth Memorial Award for Excellence and Outstanding Promise in research

Within the area of hereditary metabolic disorders of nutritional disorders

Punj, Jay

Dr. William D. Bowman Award – Best Pediatric or Best Other Project

Abram, Evan

Philip Yaffe Memorial Prize - Best Clinical Research Project Related to Cancer

Hanson, Kaitlyn

Polly & George Sheps Prize - Best Project in Community Health Sciences

Szun, Tyler

Oxford University Press Neurosciences Book Prize

Siwach, Ina

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.

Froese, Rebecca

Allen Medal in Physics

For highest standing in the final two years of Honours Physics or Honours Physics and Mathematics

Turner, Bentley*

Association of Regulated Nurses Medal of Excellence

For a student who has successfully completed degree requirements in Nursing and has demonstrated strong leadership throughout their program and is in excellent academic standing

Master of Nursing – Crawford, Jessica
Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner – Morton, Alannah**
Four-Year Baccalaureate – Nguyen, Thuy Huong

Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal

For outstanding academic achievement

Bond, Joshua Geordy

Doupe Memorial Gold Medal

For second highest standing in the graduating year of the course in Civil Engineering

Bird, Dexter Braden

Dr. Robert Fletcher Medal and Prize in Education

For greatest promise of teaching competence

Shnier, Bryn Jamie

James H. Gray Medal

For highest standing in Prairie History

Mueller, Blake Troy

Lieutenant-Governor's Gold Medal

For best record in scholarship and personal qualities throughout the degree course

Robb, Emily Alexandra

David Ian MacKenzie Medal

For highest standing in Honours Animal Biology

Aston, Gemma Louise

Manitoba Aerospace Gold Medal

For highest degree grade point average in the Aerospace Option Program in Mechanical Engineering

Dielmann, Jonathan*

Mayor's Medal

For completion of the degree requirements for the Master of City Planning degree in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and has made a significant contribution in the area of Urban Studies

Baanbil, John Nahiyin

Médaille d'excellence du Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface

Décerné à l'étudiant ou l'étudiante qui a obtenu les meilleurs résultats dans un programme d'études

Administration des affaires – Fournier, Rachelle Louise Marie
Faculté des arts – Ouellet, Marie*
Faculté d'éducation – Roy, Josée Nadine Marie
Maîtrise en arts – Bass, Jennifer Nicole*
Faculté des sciences – Ghobrial, Youssef George Fawzy
Travail social – Tumba, Mamie Pierre Mukuna

Mindel and Tom Olenick Medal & Prize

For highest standing, total honours course in Microbiology

Eftekharpour, Arya

President's Medal in Diploma Agriculture

For a graduating student in the Diploma course in Agriculture who combines scholarship with outstanding qualities of leadership

Delichte, Trent Alexander

Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba Medal

For the highest standing in selected courses by a student graduating from the Master of Interior Design program

Tonnu, Irena Khanhvan**
Tonnu, Serena Bichnhan**

Paul David Russell Gold Medal

For highest standing in Honours Philosophy

Elia, Carol Ashraf

Gerald W. Schwartz Gold Medal in Business Law

For the graduating student from the Faculty of Law who has achieved the highest standing in the area of business law

Taverner, Kassandra Rei

Gerald W. Schwartz Gold Medal in Entrepreneurship

For the graduating student from the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree program who has achieved the highest standing while majoring in Entrepreneurship/Small Business

Trinke, John Christian

Truesdale Medal and Prize

For demonstration of great promise for excellence in classroom teaching by a student graduating from the Faculty of Education

Seeraj, Edward Rajeev

University of Manitoba Bronze Medal in Management

For the graduating student with the third highest degree grade point average, Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program

Cockshott, Noam Robert

University of Manitoba Silver Medal in Management

For the graduating student with the second highest degree grade point average, Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program

Tran, Liam Viagedor

Access Credit Union Prize

For a graduating student of the Agriculture Diploma program who has achieved the highest percentage grade in Advanced Agricultural Financial Management and Lending

Delichte, Trent Alexander

Agronomy Award

For highest standing in the Crop Management option, Diploma Agriculture

Paddock, Caleb Nicholas

Prix Luc Alarie

Décerné au finissant ou à la finissante qui a obtenu la plus haute moyenne durant sa dernière année parmi ceux qui ont une majeure en sciences politiques, en philosophie ou en histoire

Laroche, Andréa

Cyril L. Anderson – Feed-Rite (Masterfeeds) Award in Animal Science – Degree

For highest standing in selected courses in the Animal Systems Program

Brooks, Ashley Deanna

Cyril L. Anderson – Feed-Rite (Masterfeeds) Prize – Diploma Agriculture

For highest standing in selected Animal Science courses

Delichte, Trent Alexander

Tania (Tye) Asper Memorial Prize

For a graduating student in the Fine Arts degree or diploma program with exceptional work in painting

Beaugrand, Jessica Lynn

Cheryl Anne (McDonald) Azure Memorial

For highest standing in all required course work in the Bachelor of Social Work degree program

Johnston, Maslen Eloise*

Back-To-The-Land Association Prizes

For students who have successfully completed the second year of the Diploma in Agriculture in the School of Agriculture in good standing, and who have declared in writing their intention to return to farming after graduation

Kuhl, Brookelyn Kiana
Single, Rylan Jody

Professor C.P. Bennett Thesis Award

For best graduation thesis in Mechanical Engineering

McBain, Murray William*

Frank Billinkoff Prize in Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms

For highest standing in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in third year Law

Friesen, Maureen

Frank Billinkoff Prize in Wills and Succession

For highest standing in Wills and Succession in third year Law

Bossuyt, Luke Curtis

Biosystems Engineering Undergrad Thesis Award

For a student who has submitted the best written thesis in the course Graduation Project

Purcha, Katrina April Grace

Lieutenant James Wallace Black Memorial Thesis Prize

For best graduation thesis by a student in Civil Engineering

Hay, Adam Alexander

Canadian Institute of Planners Student Prize for Academic Excellence

For the graduating Master of City Planning student with highest standing

Kolody, Gillian Emma

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Award

For the highest cumulative awards grade point average in all compulsory theory courses taught within the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Lavoie, Jeric

Dr. Vic Corroll General Proficiency Award

For high standing in Bachelor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management program and community service

Basily, Elaria

George Thomas Chapman Q.C. Family Prize for Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility

For highest standing in Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility course

Palmer, Emily Jennifer Mary

Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba Foundation Awards

For high standing and an expressed interest in pursuing a career in professional management

Badhwar, Vibhuti**
Fiebelkorn, Angelia Joy
Kaur, Avleen*
Le, Quynh Ngoc*
Liske, Maxwel Rylan**
Naismith, Brooke Janis*
Troia, Marissa Taylor**

Colonel Edward Churchill Prize

For high standing in courses relating to Engineering Management in the final year of Civil Engineering

Muller, David Samuel Paul*

Class of 1980 Prize

For outstanding involvement in extra-curricular activities in the Faculty of Law

Frejek, Peter Gregory

Dean Maxwell Cohen and Family Award

For excellence in International Law and at least one of Human Rights Law, International Trade Law, International Internships or Exchange Opportunities, or related courses

Findlay, Gillian Valerie Viskup

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba Award Animal Systems

For graduating students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences with good academic standing, interest in dairy science and demonstrated leadership in their home community and on campus

de Laroque, Ciarra Carolynn Grace*

Food Science

Jochum, April Shavaughn

Dr. Valsa and George Daniels Indigenous Prize

For high standing in the final year of study in any undergraduate degree program offered by any faculty, school or college at the University of Manitoba with a direct entry option in the year in which the prize was tenable, who has self-declared as a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person from Canada

Robb, Emily Alexandra

Dr. Valsa and George Daniels International Prize

For high standing in the final year of study in any undergraduate degree program offered by any faculty, school or college at the University of Manitoba with a direct entry option in the year in which the prize was tenable, who graduated from high school in a specified state in India

Singh, Gurman

Dr. N. Demchuk Award

For high standing in the second, third and fourth year Physical Chemistry courses

Wiebe, Kolby Tyler

William Gordon Dodds Award for Archival Studies

For outstanding work in archival studies, by a student who has successfully completed the requirements for the Master of Arts in History program

Schers, Ashley Hannah Nicole**

Ieleane Downey Memorial Book Prize

For highest average in fourth year Honours English courses

Teranishi, Emma Hanako

Anthony G. Draper Memorial Prize for Remedies

For highest standing in Remedies in third year Law

Harley, Meredith Jeanne

William J. Eva Sr. Memorial Prize

For a student who is, in the opinion of the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, the most deserving graduating student in Food Science

Aitken, Matthew

Jane Evans, Q.C. Prize for Property, Trusts & Successions

For excellence in Property, Trusts and Wills and Successions, third year Law

Stewart, Corbin

Pallister Farm Award

For highest standing in selected courses in Agriculture Marketing and Policy in Diploma Agriculture

Paddock, Caleb Nicholas

James Farms Award

For highest standing in Farm Management in Diploma Agriculture

Hanslip, Autumn Renee Marley

Alf Francis Memorial Prize

For third highest standing in third year Law

Buhay, Cody Angus

French Government Prize

For outstanding achievement in final year Honours, Major or Minor French

Schwartz, Melissa Beverly

Irvin Goldman Prize for Criminal Law

For demonstrated excellence in Criminal Law through subjects of Criminal Law and Procedure, Charter Issues in Criminal Law, and Clinical Criminal Law, third year Law

Alder, Elise Rebecca

Dr. Lane Graham Honours Thesis Prize for Biological Sciences

For a graduating student from the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree, in any theme of study offered by the Department of Biological Sciences, who has submitted the top Honours thesis

DeJaegher, Emily Madison

Gilbert T. Gregory Memorial Prize for Real Estate Transactions

For highest standing in Real Estate Transactions in third year Law

Ferbers, Skylar Ann

John R. Haig, Q.C., Memorial Prizes in Advanced Legal Research

For highest standing in Advanced Legal Research

Garcia Manzano, Maria De Lourdes
O'Connor, Mathew Raymond

Alice Hamilton Prize in Painting

For a student graduating from the Degree or Diploma program in the School of Art with the top-ranked portfolio of painting

Akadiri, Grace Polly

W.N. Ten Have Research Award

For the most outstanding thesis in fourth year Honours Psychology

Amoyaw, Breanna Adwoa Giesbrecht

Shirley Joy Hechter Memorial Prize

For an outstanding Human Nutritional Sciences graduating student who has participated actively in extra-curricular activities or community service while working toward their degree

Guttormson, Kaitlyn Nicole*

Yude M. Henteleff Prizes in Human Rights and Civil Liberties

For third year students in the Faculty of Law who have demonstrated an active interest in human rights and civil liberties through participation in related activities and organizations

Yuel, Maya Kristen

Honsa Family Prize in Intellectual Property Law

For the graduating student from the Juris Doctor program in the Faculty of Law who has achieved the highest combined standing in the Copyright Law course and the Trademarks and Patents course

Khaliqdina, Laraib Jamshed

Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize for Family Law

For outstanding performance by a third year Law student in at least two of Family Law, Clinical Family Law, Advanced Family Law and Children and the Law

Sapacz, Jeanna Lee

Max Kaplan Prize in Legal Aspects of Business Planning for Business Planning and Finance Law

For highest standing in an Advanced Clinical Business Law course, third year Law

Taverner, Kassandra Rei

Fay Lando Memorial Prize

For the best essay on a topic pertaining to Canadian Literature by a graduating Honours student

Teranishi, Emma Hanako

Dr. Eugene H. “Papa” Lange Memorial Prize in Agriculture

For a graduating student who has the highest combined grade in all of the communications courses offered by the School of Agriculture

Park, Tyler

Rylan Laudin Memorial Prize

For a graduating student in Diploma Agriculture nominated by a professor, staff member or student

Peterson, Amber Lauren

Law Society Prizes

To the four highest-ranking students in the graduating year in Law

First Prize (Margaret Hypatia Crawford Prize): Haydey, Lisa Marie Copsey
Second Prize: Khaliqdina, Laraib Jamshed
Third Prize: Buhay, Cody Angus
Fourth Prize: Krowiak, David Stan

Albert Lucas Prize

For highest standing in Honours, Major or Minor French

Schwartz, Melissa Beverly

Dr. Romulo & Patria Magsino Prize of Excellence in Education

For a graduating student who has successfully completed the degree requirements for a program leading to the Bachelor of Education degree offered by the Faculty of Education

Warzel, Andrea Renata

Manitoba Pork Council Prizes

For high standing in selected courses in Agricultural and Food Sciences

Degree: Alcantara Munoz, Christopher Allan
Diploma: Delichte, Trent Alexander

Manufacturing Engineering Thesis Prize

For the best thesis in Manufacturing Engineering

Nash, Graham

D'Arcy McCaffrey Q.C. Memorial Award

For outstanding performance in Advanced Advocacy

Alder, Elise Rebecca

Jean & Joseph McCombe Memorial Prize

For highest cumulative grade point average in the Bachelor of Arts (General) program

Friesen, Jakiya

Robert and Lenore McGinnis Meritorious Student Award

For highest cumulative awards grade point average in the final two years in Agriculture

Robb, Emily Alexandra

Alexander McIntyre Prize in Education

For scholastic achievement and leadership in the final year of the Bachelor of Education program

Barrett, Jordynn Shae

Mrs. V. McLaughlin Memorial Award

For high scholastic attainment in Management combined with outstanding extra-curricular activities and personal relationships with fellow students

Nelson, Tamara Mei

Mr. Justice Gerald W.J. Mercier Prize in Clinical Family Law

For highest standing in Clinical Family Law

Peterson, Heather Joy

Leon Mitchell, Q.C. Prize in Labour Relations

For highest standing in the Labour-Management Relations course

Belbas, Emily Rae

Honourable Alexander Morris Exhibition Prize

For highest grade point aggregate in the full course in Law

Haydey, Lisa Marie Copsey

Margaret I. Morton Prize

For highest average score for the submitted written thesis in the course Graduation Project, completed independently and focused on Textile Science

Derksen, Patricia

Dan Muir Memorial Award

For outstanding ability in design in the Bachelor of Environmental Design program

Bosc, Jenna Carolynne

Paul Myers Memorial Award in Group Work

For highest standing in the Social Work Practice Sequence

Johnston, Maslen Eloise*

Alex Noble Memorial Scholarship

For special interest in, and aptitude for, science instruction in Education

Bungsy, Manisha

Nels & Elvira Pearson Scholarship

For scholastic achievement and promise of teaching competence by a graduating student in the Faculty of Education program

Handoga, Lauryn Jaye Faith

Prix de l'association des anciens et des anciennes du Université de Saint-Boniface

Décerné à un étudiant ou une étudiante qui a contribué, de façon remarquable, à la vie étudiante au Collège

Rudnicki, Sydney

Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba Thesis / Practicum Prize

For the highest ranked student in a practicum from the Master of Interior Design program

Farnaghi, Farzan**

Leonard Remis Award in Canadian History

For academic achievement in Canadian History courses

Daly, Ashlin Gail

Elizabeth Lewis Rose Memorial Book Prize in Human Nutritional Sciences

For highest standing in the Bachelor of Science (Human Nutritional Sciences) program

Guttormson, Kaitlyn Nicole*

Nathan Rothstein Prize in Film Studies

For the highest standing in Film Study major courses

Draper, Kyra

Schulz Goszer Prize for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law

For a graduating student of the Juris Doctor program who has achieved the highest grade for an alternative dispute resolution themed paper in an upper year family law course, or the highest grade for a family law themed paper in an upper year dispute resolution course

Taylor, Brynn Gwendoline

J.H. Schumacher Memorial Prize in Engineering

For highest standing in Power Option subjects by a graduating student in Engineering

Murray, Liam Vincent

Dr. Shannon Scott Prize for Excellence in Nursing Research

For a graduating student in a Master's or Ph.D program in the College of Nursing whose research has the potential to influence the nursing profession and the people it serves

Agnew, Elizabeth Margaret*

Ian R. Seddon Memorial Award

For a degree student who has achieved good academic standing and has achieved high standing in Monogastric Production Systems

Sran, Karman

Sunil K. Sen Scholarship

For high standing in fourth year Honours Physics

Turner, Bentley*

Mark G. Smerchanski Memorial Prize

For highest standing in final year Geological Sciences, Geology or Geophysics option

Guerard, Raymond Allan**

Dr. Elizabeth B. Smith Convocation Prize

For the graduating student, Bachelor of Science (Human Nutritional Sciences) degree program, with high academic standing who will be proceeding to graduate work with a research focus on Nutrition at the University of Manitoba

Guttormson, Kaitlyn Nicole*

Society of Chemical Industry Merit Awards

For highest standing in fourth year honours Chemistry or Biochemistry

Homik, Reid Michael Tyler
Wiebe, Kolby Tyler

Robert I. Soronow Q.C. Prize for Dispute Resolution

For highest standing in Dispute Resolution

Withers, Adam

Professor Paul and Anna Stelmaschuk Awards

For a student who has achieved the highest grade in the Management Planning Project 2 in Diploma Agriculture

Hanslip, Autumn Renee Marley

STEP Canada Prize in Estate Law

For highest standing in the course Wills and Successions

Sapacz, Jeanna Lee

S.C. Stothers Award in Animal Science

For highest mark in Animal Science Seminar course

Sran, Karman

E.W. Stringam Award for Excellence in Animal Systems

For excellence in Animal Systems

de Laroque, Ciarra Carolynn Grace*

Syngenta Achievement Award

For highest grade point average over the four years of the Bachelor of Science program in Agriculture

Wolfe, Nicola Paige

Lawrence Tapper Prize in Accounting

For highest standing in the Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree program proceeding to the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation

Troia, Marissa Taylor**

Paul Teskey Memorial Prize for Labour Law and Mediation

For a graduating student of the Juris Doctor program, with high academic standing in Labour-Management Relations and Topics in Dispute Resolution, who has the highest combined average in these two courses

Moon, Eric James

Sid Trepel Prize in Marketing

For a graduating student in the I.H. Asper School of Business with a declared major in Marketing and the highest standing in Marketing courses

Schaan, Brayden Kyler*

Bessie Turner Memorial Prize

For greatest promise of professional competence in the field of primary teaching

Goodman, Danielle Caitlin

University of Manitoba Distinguished Dissertation Prize

For doctoral graduands who have made a ground-breaking, novel contribution to their academic discipline

Edwards, Brock***
Martell, Emma*
Qi, Zhen**
Xiao, Yu**

University of Manitoba Distinguished Master’s Thesis Prize

For graduating students in thesis-based graduate programs in each of the following categories at the Master’s level: applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences

Castillo Marzo, Evelyn**
Christianson, Tara Dawn Hopper***
Kostal, Kayla Lynne***
Neale, Quinn Kelly*
Stewart, Jordan**

Professor Sidney Warhaft Memorial Award

For the best thesis by a graduating Master of Arts student in English

Burns, Nicole Elise****

Paul Norman Warren Memorial Prize

For highest standing in Securities Law in third year Law

Latawiec, Brandon

Weir Awards

For a Master's student and a Ph.D. student in Environment and Geography in the final year of study with high academic standing who has presented the most outstanding thesis

PhD

Edwards, Brock***

Master's

Lebar, Fiona Terezija**

H.E. Welch Award

For highest standing in Biological Sciences core courses not including electives

Martin, Alexandria Brooke

Isabel Wettlaufer Scholarship

For distinction in the certification year in the Human Ecology area by a graduating student in the Faculty of Education

Perillo, Mikaela Elizabetta

Minor Keith Wilson Award

For good academic standing and active participation in the faculty and/or university community by a student graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree

Ferrer, Betty Mae Asedillo

Dennis Woodford Prize

For a graduating student from a Master’s or Ph.D. program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who has submitted the most outstanding graduate thesis dealing with power system modelling and simulation

Wijekoon, W M Ihalawatte Gedara Jagannath Sri*

Pauline & Samuel Zinman Prize

For second highest standing in third year Law

Khaliqdina, Laraib Jamshed

ZSA – National Post Richard Leipsic Prize

For a graduating student of the Juris Doctor program with high academic standing in Corporate Law courses

Latawiec, Brandon

List of graduates

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Doctor of Philosophy: Arts Majors and Peace & Conflict Studies

Dzorka, Gifty* (St. John's College)
Major: Anthropology
Thesis: Corporate agricultural production, smallholder farming, and the sustainability of food systems in Ghana
Advisor: Li, Fabiana Graciela

Jordaan, Gerhard Francois (St. John's College)
Major: Anthropology
Thesis: Beyond language: tracing social identity through pottery. Stylistic analysis of Early Iron Age communities in southeastern South Africa
Advisor: Fowler, Kent Douglas

Noor, Md Thuhid
Major: Economics
Thesis: Reimagining endogeneity in trade and migration: using shift-share instruments and machine learning
Advisor: Brown, Laura Kimberley

Gray, Amy-Leigh Jenna*
Major: English
Thesis: ‘The eye could literally not follow her’: deviant girlhood, reproduction, and meat animals in twentieth-century American literature and culture
Advisor: Medoro, Dana

Hawamda, Izzeddin* (St. Paul's College)
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: Perceptions and experiences of interfaith dialogue in Winnipeg: an exploration of understandings and ideas among Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders
Advisor: Byrne, James John Sean

Hayward, Ashley Lorraine*
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: Strengthening support: Service providers' insights on addressing the complex needs of birthing people facing insecure housing in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Advisor: Lavoie, Josée Gabrielle Marie

Heaman-Warne, Carl Alfred
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: "There is so much meaning, and also it is so stressful" Wellbeing for newcomer workers in the settlement sector: a participatory action research study
Advisor: Flaherty, Maureen Patricia

Luna Eslava, Leonardo Rafael* (St. Paul's College)
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: A historical, cultural, and political analysis of oppression and resistance: the case of the Emberá Chamí community in Colombia
Advisor: Byrne, James John Sean

Mohamed, Adey Oshow*
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: The hybridization of an Indigenous peacebuilding practices: an exploratory study of the Borana traditional peace method in the intergroup conflict in Marsabit County, Kenya
Advisor: Sibanda, Eliakim M

Patrick, Stephaney Ava-Joy
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: Envisioning pathways to peace post-war: the views of young Sri Lankan Tamils living in Canada and the United Kingdom
Advisor: Byrne, James John Sean

Sheppard-Luangkhot, Tara Lee (St. Paul's College)
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: Formers' understandings of why they engaged with and disengaged from violent social movements in settler-colonial North America and Europe
Advisor: Byrne, James John Sean

Dunsford, Jennifer Anne
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies IIS
Thesis: Salient vulnerability theory: a grounded theory study of Nurses' ethical decisions in the context of workplace violence
Advisor: Senehi, Jessica Joy

Dudok, Stephanie Ann*
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Late-life mental health, substance use and addiction service needs in Manitoba
Advisor: Reynolds, Kristin Audrey Alison

Hogarth, Jessa Michelle
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Posttraumatic stress disorder and cannabis use: an in-depth examination of a nationally representative sample
Advisor: Keough, Matthew Thomas
Co-Advisor: Mota, Natalie Paula Fernandes

Horner, Scarlett Belle
Major: Psychology
Thesis: External and internal factors affecting emotion regulation
Advisor: Greening, Steven Grant

Rysen, Karli Kristine
Major: Psychology
Thesis: CANreduce: Findings from a randomized controlled trial testing a novel online evidence-based intervention for individuals with heavy cannabis use
Advisor: Keough, Matthew Thomas
Co-Advisor: Wallbridge, Harold Richard

Brown, Donna Lynn (St. Paul's College)
Major: Religion
Thesis: Reconstructing tradition and social engagement in Buddhist studies: The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Advisor: Dickson, William Rory

Klassen, Edward Cornelius*
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Mystified discourse
Advisor: Funk, Laura Megan

Doctor of Philosophy: Social Work

Kodom, Richard Baffo
Major: Social Work
Thesis: Living on the margins of society: exploring the traumatic experiences of deportee migrants in Ghana within the contexts of community cohesion, political stability, social exclusion and mental health
Advisor: Baffoe, Michael Jackson

Owadara, Felicia Oluwatoyin*
Major: Social Work
Thesis: A survey of the implementation of participation strategies to enhance inclusive workplaces in the public and private educational systems in Lagos State
Advisor: Frankel, Sidney Irvin

Master of Public Administration (Joint with the University of Winnipeg)

Abdullah, Maryam
Major: Public Administration

Barrera, Joselito Edel Ilano
Major: Public Administration

Clavecillas, Tabitha Nicole Santos
Major: Public Administration

Coelho, Delaney Cristina Trites
Major: Public Administration

Ellis, Roman Michael
Major: Public Administration

Hart, Alina
Major: Public Administration

Johnson, Keeley Christina
Major: Public Administration

Kounhunde, Kafui Mawussé
Major: Public Administration

Ladyka, Beth Len
Major: Public Administration

Oster, Celina Lara
Major: Public Administration

Pandher, Kirandeep Kaur
Major: Public Administration

Tombo, Sandra
Major: Public Administration

Wallin, Alexa
Major: Public Administration

Zeldenrust, Inge
Major: Public Administration

Master of Arts (Joint with the University of Winnipeg)

Asamoah, Gifty
Major: History

Dux, Emma (St. John's College)
Major: History

Hiebert, Michaela Anne
Major: History

Humphrey, Sharon Elizabeth* (St. John's College)
Major: History
Thesis: Anarchy in the punkive: collecting the stories of punk women and creating a local punk music scene archive
Advisor: Bak, Gregory Stanislaus

Janssen, Eva
Major: History

King, Maren Anise
Major: History

Kinnear, Camilla Rose Leader (St. John's College)
Major: History

Moreau, Alexandra Julienne* (St. Paul's College)
Major: History
Thesis: En attendant le céleste héritage: frameworks and methodologies for the archival preservation of Franco-Manitoban folklore
Advisor: Bak, Gregory Stanislaus

Mueller, Blake Troy (St. John's College)
Major: History

Peters, Christian William Robb
Major: History

Saikia, Ankurita*
Major: History

Valeri, David Anthony (St. Paul's College)
Major: History

Falk, Jerome Nealon (St. John's College)
Major: Religion
Thesis: Logos, sin, and moral transformation in Origen's De Principiis 3.1
Advisor: Marx-Wolf, Heidi

Thomson, Tiana Di Martino*
Major: Religion
Thesis: Oppositional logic and the limits of Western rights theory: analyzing human rights in the global war on terror
Advisor: McCance, Dawne Christine

Master of Arts: Arts

Akter, Aklima
Major: Anthropology
Thesis: Women's struggles for social wellbeing in the patriarchal dried fish value chains of Bangladesh
Advisor: Johnson, Derek Stephen

Heidinger, Selina Tyne
Major: Anthropology
Thesis: Community and malleable identity in the furry fandom
Advisor: Rosenoff Gauvin, Lara

Zheng, Liwei
Major: Classics

Habib, Syeda Sumaiya*
Major: Economics

Ihemadu, Gabriel Chisom
Major: Economics

Li, Zihui*
Major: Economics

Mayesha, Sadiya Fairuj
Major: Economics

Samsnur, Mohammad
Major: Economics

Sefa, Agyei*
Major: Economics

Sharif, Md Shahanawaz*
Major: Economics

Ugbah, Anthonia Ebele (St. John's College)
Major: Economics

Zhang, Hao*
Major: Economics

Shaji Marar, Lakshmisree
Major: English
Thesis: Revisionary superheroes and speculative romance: disidentificatory tactics of South Asian representation and fandom in Western popular culture
Advisor: Keating, Erin Michelle

Adewale, Abigeal*
Major: French
Thesis: Le patriarcat et la marginalisation de la femme chez Amadou Amal et Samia Sharrif
Advisor: Lassi, Etienne-Marie

Daniels, Ashley Justine Wacanta
Major: Indigenous Studies
Thesis: Hena kiksuya mayanipte ye! ‘Remembering' for Indigenous data, research, and spectrum sovereignty
Advisor: Daborn, Merissa

Nienhuysen, Jamie Lynn
Major: Indigenous Studies
Thesis: Restorying of the Sandy Bay Indian Residential School
Advisor: Miller, Cary

Coates, Alice Katherine Frances
Major: Linguistics
Thesis: Adult attitudes towards Dene Yati/Zhatié: a community questionnaire
Advisor: Loureiro-Rodriguez, Veronica

Pesch-Johnson, Michele Lea*
Major: Linguistics
Thesis: “But when it's there, like, more mouths [...] that's like ‘Oh, I'm actually kind of low key sad'”: an investigation into the pragmatics of emoticon lengthening
Advisor: Loureiro-Rodriguez, Veronica

Balogun, Jamiu Oluwatobi (St. John's College)
Major: Philosophy

Dan, Kai
Major: Philosophy

Madden, Ivy May* (University College)
Major: Philosophy
Thesis: Genres as perspectives
Advisor: Matheson, Carl Alan

Nakato, Miki*
Major: Philosophy
Advisor: Schafer, Arthur Melvyn

Uzoh, Emmanuel Afamefuna* (St. John's College)
Major: Philosophy

Dubiel, Sydney Nicole*
Major: Political Studies

Iskierski, Eleni Nicole
Major: Political Studies

Monkman, Dane Edward Hector
Major: Political Studies
Thesis: Reconciliation may occur: treaty narratives as entwined disconnection
Advisor: Ladner, Kiera

Yildirim, Deniz*
Major: Political Studies
Thesis: Analyzing the Freedom Convoy through demand and supply-side perspectives in far right literature
Advisor: Peeler, Bryan

Elsom, Anthony Lloyd*
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Factors associated with suicidal ideation for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples using the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
Advisor: Nijdam-Jones, Alicia

Vallotton, Jamie-Lee Lazlo
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Public attributions and attitudes toward the not criminally responsible accused in Canada
Advisor: Nijdam-Jones, Alicia

Yeo, Liam Thomas*
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Exploring the attentional cycling model of mind wandering through the lens of time perception
Advisor: Brosowsky, Nicholaus Paul

Gaulke, Taryn Arlena
Major: School Psychology 3 Yr Thesis
Thesis: The relationship between birth order, number of children, and family well-being in neurodevelopmentally diverse families
Advisor: Theule, Jennifer Allison Nicole

Adumata, Graham Baffour
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Does individuals' perception of CCTV cameras in public spaces influence their behaviour and sense of safety? The case of Winnipeg
Advisor: Asomah, Joseph Yaw

Gaisie, Ophelia*
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Intersection between ecological destruction and human rights: study of illegal mining activities in Ghana
Advisor: Woolford, Andrew John

Giesbrecht, Michael Kenneth
Major: Sociology
Thesis: An analysis of Downtown Community Safety Partnership and its effect on Winnipeg's core
Advisor: Linden, Eric William

Nygaard, Chantel Izess*
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Interrogating the Icelandic imaginary: nation branding and the articulation of national identity in Iceland's tourism advertisements
Advisor: Wilkinson, Lori Anne

Master of Arts: Peace Conflict Studies (Joint with the University of Winnipeg)

Cork, Kimberly Anne (St. Paul's College)
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies
Thesis: Transformative mediation: is it possible in a numbers game?
Advisor: Senehi, Jessica Joy

Okose, Ngozi Virginia* (St. Paul's College)
Major: Peace & Conflict Studies

Master of Human Rights

Alves, Priscila Werton
Major: Human Rights
Practicum: Indigenous genocide and the pandemic: the case of Brazil
Advisor: Anderson, Kjell

Mohammed, Talia Makeda
Major: Human Rights
Practicum: Ethnoracial relations in Trinidad and Tobago: analyzing how racial divisions among political parties block progressive realization
Advisor: Khoday, Amar

Nuñez Gonzalez, Piaroa Gabriela
Major: Human Rights
Practicum: Dispossession, violence, resistance: First Nations and Mapuche women in the face of settler colonial patriarchy
Advisor: Perry, Adele

Osiname, Tamika
Major: Human Rights
Thesis: “All human beings are born free and equal”: a Black studies critique of human rights
Advisor: Anyaduba, Chigbo Arthur

Selby-Lyons, Avery
Major: Human Rights
Practicum: A matter of human rights, not luxury: enacting legislation for uniform guaranteed access to menstrual products across Canada
Advisor: Henry, Richard Rory

Uwase, Irene
Major: Human Rights
Practicum: Rural women, cooperatives, and legislative action in addressing the gender pay gap in Rwanda
Advisor: Hajer, Jesse William

Master of Laws

Ayita, Oluwafisayo Stephen
Major: Law
Thesis: Mediation practice in Nigeria: experiences from Abuja and Ondo with lessons from Ontario, Canada
Advisor: MacPherson, Darcy Lawrence

Kelly, Diane Margaret
Major: Law
Thesis: We have never forgotten the children: the journey of the Treaty #3 Anishinaabeg as they exercise jurisdiction in relation to their children and families, with consideration of the Act
Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth and Families
Advisor: Turnbull, Lorna Anne

Master of Social Work

Abubakari, Ushamatu (St. John's College Temporary)
Major: Social Work

Ahima, Diana Odura
Major: Social Work

Bhadra, Snigdha Rani*
Major: Social Work

Bombata, Olukemi Temitope
Major: Social Work

Breiland, Hannah Danielle
Major: Social Work

Calinisan, Pauline Garcia
Major: Social Work

Camara Serruya, Tatiana*
Major: Social Work

Chan, Laura Lynn
Major: Social Work

Creasy, Rochelle Diana
Major: Social Work

Doerksen, Shauna Lea
Major: Social Work

Doner, Trevor Louis
Major: Social Work

Dorset, Hailey Nicole
Major: Social Work

Findlay, Zoe Alexandra
Major: Social Work

Friesen, Ashley Renee
Major: Social Work

Frolek, Mila Danielle
Major: Social Work

Gerbasi, Rose Penny Lee
Major: Social Work

Golis, Laura Jennifer
Major: Social Work

Gustavson, Madeleine
Major: Social Work

Hagos, Lidya
Major: Social Work

Henadeerage Dona, Thamali Prabhasari
Major: Social Work

Jeon, Boun
Major: Social Work

Jones-Larbi, Tobi Afua
Major: Social Work

Kobelka, Alyssa Josefine
Major: Social Work

Krichkowski, Lynnsey
Major: Social Work

Laing, Jade
Major: Social Work

Lakser, Adina Anne
Major: Social Work

Lamoureux, Renée
Major: Social Work

Langlois, Angela Dawn
Major: Social Work

Litzenberger, Sage Emily
Major: Social Work

Liu, Xiaoqiao*
Major: Social Work

Makki, Rowan
Major: Social Work

Mateo, Patrick Jerome
Major: Social Work

McCormick, Matthew Lewi
Major: Social Work

Muhindo, Lina Kasoki
Major: Social Work

Murdock, Alycia Esther*
Major: Social Work

Oguntuase, Olayinka Christiana
Major: Social Work

Oloyede, Temitope Prince
Major: Social Work

Osman, Sartu Jamal
Major: Social Work

Oyegoke, Samad Bolarinwa
Major: Social Work

Palani, Shorsh Kurd
Major: Social Work

Phillips, Sherry
Major: Social Work

Powers, Allison
Major: Social Work

Reske, Emily Paige
Major: Social Work

Sawatsky, Marianne
Major: Social Work

Srivastava, Janhavi
Major: Social Work

Sumi, Jasmin Akter
Major: Social Work

Touzin, Monika Suzanne
Major: Social Work

Tramley, Lia Nicole
Major: Social Work

Wall, Jacqueline Louise
Major: Social Work

Woods, Taylor
Major: Social Work

Master of Social Work - Indigenous Knowledge

Garcia Stewart, Laura Penelope
Major: Social Work-Indigenous Knowledge

Prince, Angela May*
Major: Social Work-Indigenous Knowledge

Uta, Angela Carmen
Major: Social Work-Indigenous Knowledge

Wikjord, Skye Jebra*
Major: Social Work-Indigenous Knowledge

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor of Arts - Honours

Addison, Kate Elizabeth Grace (First Class Honours)
Adegbosin, Aderinola Moyinjesu (First Class Honours)
Anderson, Ashley Elizabeth (First Class Honours)
Andres, Lydia Sherrol (First Class Honours)
Baluyot, Alyanna Mae Lucena
Bamgbala, Anjolaoluwa Opemipo
Barlishen, Colten
Bassett, Hayley Brooke
Belec, Hannah Lawren (First Class Honours) (St. John's College)
Berry, Jenna Elizibeth*
Boomer, Samuel Raymond*
Brache Gonzalez, Anselmo Jose (First Class Honours)
Bullee, Angela Nicole (First Class Honours)
Butterfield, Kiera (First Class Honours)
Cantalejo, Pamela Joyce (First Class Honours)
Cantin, Max Jonathon (First Class Honours)
Cantley, Vanessa Irene (First Class Honours)
Capitano, Celina Nicole (First Class Honours)
Carnelley, Nicholas Thomas Jack (First Class Honours)
Cherneski, Cassidy Wynter (First Class Honours)
Cook, Abbey Shae
Cromarty, Elora Catherine Rose (First Class Honours)
Côté, Josiane (First Class Honours)
Daly, Ashlin Gail (St. John's College)
Dedio, Anya Lynn (First Class Honours)
Dela Cruz, Trina Marie Sikat
Deol, Brahamjot Kaur (First Class Honours)
Dhanoosingh, Jessica Mercedes (First Class Honours)
Disbrowe, Malcolm Cole (First Class Honours)
Dueck, Emma Elizabeth (First Class Honours)
Duncanson, Aaron John Ross* (First Class Honours)
Dupas, Rachel Mary (First Class Honours)
Elia, Carol Ashraf
Fortney, Alex (First Class Honours)
Friesen, Dakota (First Class Honours)
Friesen, Jernie Sierra (First Class Honours)
Froese, Jarret Nicholas
Gauthier, Colby Gilbert Real* (St. John's College)
Gautron, Kirstin Kimberly Marie (First Class Honours)
Glesby, Samantha Jordan (First Class Honours)
Groess, Mikaela Janelle (First Class Honours)
Haile, Saleena Tewelde* (St. John's College)
Hanson-Oliveira, Morgan Lacey (First Class Honours)
Hogan, Olivia Elizabeth Nechama (First Class Honours)
Ivan, Heather Elicia
Jatto, Haneesa Ohunene (First Class Honours)
Johnson, Kaylie Patricia Anne
Joshi, Rowan Alexander*
Joy, Alina (First Class Honours)
Kamenz, Aidan (First Class Honours)
Kaus, Anthony Duke (First Class Honours) (St. Paul's College)
Khandakar, E K Mitu
Kigelman, Simon Michael (First Class Honours)
Kilfoyle, Adam James (First Class Honours)
Klassen, Carly (First Class Honours)
Kowalchuk, Michael Frederick (First Class Honours)
Kreller, Baylee (First Class Honours)
Kullman, Maia Noel
Lacsado, John Michael (First Class Honours)
Letourneau, Kortney Amber
Macey, Jay Corrigal
Magno, Daphne Angel (First Class Honours)
Martin, Nova Haydon Chicoine (First Class Honours)
Mateika, Antonin Mark Frank (First Class Honours)
McGunigal, Margaret Grace (First Class Honours) (St. Paul's College)
Morton, Brenna Eileen Louise (Gold Medal & First Class Hons)
Murad, Madlin (First Class Honours)
Ndukwe, Uzunma Kilali
Ogonyi, Jessica Yegra-Okpahe (First Class Honours)
Oladeji, Favour Oladuntan (First Class Honours)
O'Neil, Lacee Christine (First Class Honours)
Parker, Micah Neriah* (First Class Honours)
Paull, Aiden Mackenzie (First Class Honours) (St. Paul's College)
Perillo, Lorenzo* (St. John's College)
Porteous, Katerina Mikhayla (First Class Honours)
Powell, Rebecca (First Class Honours)
Ragot, Éric Edward Maurice (St. John's College)
Rose, Lakin Jennifer (First Class Honours)
Ross, Alexandra Natasha (First Class Honours)
Schick, Lauren Elyse* (First Class Honours) (St. Paul's College)
Sharma, Ananya
Singh, Sanya (First Class Honours)
Stenning-Brown, Madison Christine (First Class Honours)
Sternberg, Amanda Violet (First Class Honours)
Stojsavljevic, Jovana (First Class Honours)
Sushmi, Rabeya Bosri (First Class Honours)
Tavares, Jasmine (St. Paul's College)
Teranishi, Emma Hanako (First Class Honours) (St. John's College)
Toderan, Brooklyn Dawn
Walker, Maximilian Scott
Wall, Robyn Ivory (First Class Honours)
Wiens, Kyla (First Class Honours)
Willoughby, Briannah (St. John's College)

Bachelor of Arts - Advanced

Abir, Rezone Ahmed* (St. Paul's College)
Adeluoye, Olabisi Olanrewaju*
Adenekan, Inioluwa Adeola
Adeniran, Victoria Timileyin (St. John's College)
Afraz, Sadman Sakib*
Agacer, Haylyn Jewel Dizon (St. John's College)
Aiello, Corrina Celeste McCaffrey
Alban Carranza, Dan Isaac
Allan, Quinn Susanne*
Almonacid Segura, Valentina
Andemariam, Shiden Tewolde Ghide*
Asokan, Anish
Atkey, Claire Emily Burke
Bganya, Tjidzani Siabhon
Blok, Joshua Bedilu (with Distinction)
Bonnefoy, Elliet Jaine
Borodenko, Madison Taylor
Borys, Isabella Abigail (with Distinction) (St. Paul's College)
Bouchard, Natalie*
Brasch, Kaidyn Dawn (with Distinction)
Braun, Emma Nicole
Breddam, Jennifer Grace (with Distinction) (St. John's College)
Burzynski, Emma Jo-Ann (with Distinction)
Carritt, Sienna (with Distinction)
Chabluk, Noah Alexander
Cheal-Brownlee, Emma Delaney (with Distinction)
Chen, Ying-Fang*
Claeys, Brittany Bridgette*
Clarke, Atiba Jameel
Deb, Anamika
Delic, Liliana Milla (with Distinction)
Desrochers, Brett (with Distinction)
Dewey, Emily Clara
Dewey, Micah Bo-Joseph
Driedger, Allyson Rose (with Distinction)
Drury, Joshua Doell (with Distinction)
Ejeh, Peace Ebo
Elias, Kenia
Ereku, Faith Oritseweyinmi
Fay, Madison Rebecca (with Distinction)
Ferguson, Jorja Coral
Ferguson, Rhiannon Rose
Floyd, Kylie
Fontaine, Rachelle
Friesen, Emma Grace Mamie
Froese, Amber Crystal
Fullerton, Liam Connor*
Fullido, Kushma Trinidad
Ganiyu, Fareedah Ayokanmi
Gilberto, Julianna
Gomercic, Danica
Green, Kiera Chantal
Grossman, Hayley
Guenot, Chelsea Ada Marie
Han, Suhui
Hardman, Taylor Brooke
Hare, Victoria Cathryn
Haro Carrillo, Ximena Alessandra (with Distinction)
Hasse, Nathaniel Jeffrey (with Distinction)
Heck, Morgan*
Isaak, Kaitlynn Amy
Ishmam, Shamin Mohammad
Jiang, Tianhao
Johns, Maria Jadwiga* (with Distinction)
Johnston, Mackenzie Ellen
Jones, Julia Elizabeth
Jones, Mattea Irene
Kaur, Mehak Deep (St. John's College)
Khalid, Abeer
Khan, Shehrin Fayeeza*
Khedr, Farah
Kipling, Culley
Kisil, Avery Joan
Klassen, Aaron James (with Distinction) (St. Paul's College)
Kornelson, Janelle
Kowalchuk, Nicole Robyn*
Ksionzyk, Claire Mung
Kwayu, Patricia Mhoja
Labiuk, Keaira Maria Celina Ricard (with Distinction)
Lacroix, Mitchell Cole
Lacson, Andrei Gabriel Paler*
Las, Juan Carlos Torres
Ledda, Kris Dhaniell (with Distinction)
Leider, Otto William
Lkayo, Sabthiyo
Loonfoot, Curtis Donald*
Lopez, Gabriel Augustine Divinagracia (with Distinction)
Lori-Ejejigbe, Theodore Oritse Jolomisan (St. John's College)
Lupul, Emily Ann
Macchia, Sofia Ida Marie (with Distinction)
Maderazo, Gaelen Eliana Vega
Main, Haley Ann Marie (with Distinction)
Mamedov, Ratmir
Manabat, Emily (with Distinction)
Manace, Ria Kaur*
Maxwell, Liza Pearl*
McGillis, Aimee-Mihkokwaniy Giizhik
McKenzie, Keenan Craig
Mencik, Sean Ann (with Distinction)
Mensah-Asante, Maame Abena Asantewaa
Mensies, Kailey Faith*
Miles, Brynn Madison*
Millan, Cedric Guile Alagao*
Miller, William Alexander
Moder, Kennedy Rhea-Dawn
Mohammed, Rahel Habtezghi
Mutiro, Sandra*
Nagpal, Ribhya
Nair, Pranav
Ngaruiya, Ann Gathoni
Nguyen, Mia
Nuessler, Leigha Nicole Lynn
Nyanzou, Tonderai Givemore* (St. John's College)
Obaseki, Ebuwa Kezia
Odunowo, Aminat Morenikeji
Oforikuma, Bryan Kweku (St. John's College)
Olayiwola, Nihmatallah Opeyemi
Oliveira, Cynthia Irene
Onyemaenu, Olivia Ifeoma (St. Paul's College)
Orizu, Ogechukwu Esther
Palahicky, Christopher John (with Distinction) (St. Paul's College)
Paskaruk, Blake Ethan
Patel, Naiya Kalpeshkumar*
Patriarca, Nicholas Villanueva
Persaud, Devanie Ashly (with Distinction)
Pestrak, Avery Alexander*
Peterson, Olivia Degefech
Pionela, Angelynn Gene*
Quaiyum, Lamisa Raisa (St. John's College)
Ragasa, Camela Kristine
Rambarran, Matthew
Rasheek Rouf, Abu Moyeen
Rehal, Navraj Singh
Reichardt, Camryn Erika
Rifat, Md Asiquzzaman
Robles Ramirez, Anne Marie
Rose, Gracie McKenna (with Distinction)
Ryplanski, Kyla
Sabourin, Summer Rose (with Distinction)
Sansome, Amy Brooke (with Distinction)
Schewe, Emma Mary Juba
Schultz, Chase William
Schultz, Jason Jerome
Schuster, Olivia Louise Rakar (St. Paul's College)
Shypit, Lana Catarina
Sidhu, Rajveer Kaur
Singh, Maya
Sired, Sarah Joan*
Smith, Ravyn Cree (with Distinction)
Steginus, Lucas Michael Willi
Stokke, Marit Krystyna (with Distinction)
Sumile, Suzanne Sybelle Gabayron (with Distinction) (St. John's College)
Swapnil Huq, Deepti* (with Distinction)
Tan, ChuoYing
Tanchak, Emma Eileen* (with Distinction) (St. Paul's College)
Tariq, Naila (with Distinction) (St. John's College)
Umeh, Ikechi Robert
Valencia, Michaela Grace Rosales* (with Distinction)
Vega, Nicholas Aaron Dominic Valmores
Vergara, Natalya Jade (with Distinction)
Vicentim Fonseca, Pietro
Villas, Ma Christina
Waldner, Serena Lillian (with Distinction)
West, Samuel Currie
Westfall, Laura Rosalie*
Williams, Mikayla Chanya Trinity
Williams, Taya Kaitryn
Wong, Kwan Kin
Wood, Aven Rhys Mason
Wood, Jasmine Laney (St. John's College)
Wuirch-Coombs, Taylor Jaydon*
Yuan, JingLin
Yumul, Kristina Casandra Reyes
Zamora, Cheyenne Jada
Zapata Giraldo, Valentina

Diploma in Arts

Okoebar, Juliana

Faculty of Law

Juris Doctor

Alder, Elise Rebecca
Alem Kahsay, Masarat
Anderson, Zackery
Bacchus, Maia Rose Halima
Balchan, Ravi Dev
Bastin, Alexander Charles Hulsbosch
Belbas, Emily Rae
Bell, Matthew David
Bhangoo, Simrit
Blatta, Jessica Anne McPhee
Borger, Alec
Bossuyt, Luke Curtis
Brown, Dylan Adair Lawrence
Brown, Liam Morley Donner
Buhay, Cody Angus (University College)
Burdz, Zachary Richard
Comeau, Madeline
Csincsa, Steven Ray Aladar
David, Talia
Deleau, Luc Daniel Serge
Dizon, Stephanie Anne Camille
Dueck, Nathan (St. John's College)
Fattah, Zeynep
Ferbers, Skylar Ann
Findlay, Gillian Valerie Viskup
Frejek, Peter Gregory (St. John's College)
Friesen, Maureen
Garcia Manzano, Maria De Lourdes
Giasson, Simon
Giesbrecht, Connor Jaden
Golletz, Nicole Elizabeth
Harley, Meredith Jeanne
Haydey, Lisa Marie Copsey (University Gold Medal)
Hills, Kennedee Marie (St. John's College)
Hodgins, Lauren Melissa
Imbrogno, Marco Liam
Jaleel, Humaira*
Kennedy, Moira
Khaliqdina, Laraib Jamshed
Khandelwal, Isha
Knox, Alli
Kozak, Anna
Kriening, Stefan Otto Hansen (St. Paul's College)
Krowiak, David Stan
Kwasnica, Julia (St. John's College)
Lacey, Easton Anne-Marie
Lafond, Carly Anne
Latawiec, Brandon
Lathlin, Mary-Charlet
Law, Landon
Leicht, Stefan Gabriel (St. Paul's College)
Leverick, Brandon Cody*
Lockhart, Cody-Wyoming
Ly, Nicholas Tran (St. Paul's College)
Mann, Julia*
Martin, Lauren (St. John's College)
Mayo, Paige Ashley Sheryl
McGinnis, Kim Sarha Faye
McNaughtan, Micayla
Miller, Kelci Jenna-Leigh Alexandra
Moon, Eric James
Morris, Harlan Drew
Newman, Sydney Rachel
Nynych, Kirsten Darcie
O'Connor, Mathew Raymond
O'Rourke, Thomas John Joseph
Palmer, Emily Jennifer Mary
Pearce, Samantha Lorraine
Peterson, Heather Joy
Rabichuk, Danielle
Rai, Bharat
Ransom, Carson Jay
Rivers, Christopher Joseph
Rogic, Pavle
Rosenthal, Daniel Ephraim (St. John's College)
Ross, Carter Liam Leonard
Sapacz, Jeanna Lee
Sarmiento, Denise Allyson
Satkunan, Ruban Kunakaran
Schumacher, Madison Kyra Campbell
Shector, Jenessa Shayna
Shetra, Pavel
Shkarlet, Alexandra
Sholdice, Taylor Grace
Stewart, Corbin
Taverner, Kassandra Rei
Taylor, Brynn Gwendoline
Theathi, Simran Kaur
Thielmann, Brendan Joshua
Thomas, Quinn Dalane
Tichon, Brent John Warder Snider
Tran, Jeremy Daniel
Wadwa, Kaeten Rajveer Singh (St. John's College)
Wagner, Jordan Glenn
Wark, Daniel Wesley
Windsor, Jesse Robert William
Withers, Adam
Xiang, Yu
Yaremko, Hayden Alexander
Yousuf, Muhammad Saud (University College)
Yuel, Maya Kristen

Faculty of Social Work

Bachelor of Social Work

Adamo, Jessica
Al Baawadh, Sarah
Alkaraki, Raghad
Aremu, Morenikeji Funmi
Awosile, Mojisola Oluwatoyin*
Baker, Brenda Lee Braun
Balic-Dib, Azra
Baryar, Supanpreet
Bauml, Anna-Marie
Bezpalko, Tyler Edward
Blake, Brittany
Bloomfield, Crystal Cynthia
Brabant, Melinda Katharine
Brandt, Morgan Rose
Broad, Sarah*
Brown, Erin Marie
Brown, Robert Shayne
Buccini, Angelica Cosma
Bunbury, Kyle Elliot
Campbell, Jayda Madison Paige
Chan, Tsoi Kwan
Consiglio, Isabella Brianna
Cooke, Melanie June*
Cross, Alyssa Rachel
Cushenan, Kaylin Elizabeth
Dillabough, Delaney Anne Marie
Dolland, Melissa
Donnelly, Brittany Kathleen
Dow, Cheryl Janine
Dumas, Meghan
Duncan, Sabina Claire*
Dysart, Jackie Eileena Aurora
Dysart, Janice Judith
Faulkner, Courtney Frances
Giesbrecht, Geneva Scarlett
Gillies, Laura Rachel Tessler
Gitzel, Sierra Amber
Grant, Judith
Hajer, Fayrose
Hamel, Amy Amanda
Harker, Olivia Grace
Hoang, Minh Quyen
Hobb, Alyssa
Horvath, Kayla Clair
Hrabluik, Danielle Nicole
Hyndman, Heather Ann Stella
Iniobong, Victor Samson
Jodoin, Brandon
Johnston, Maslen Eloise* (University Gold Medal)
Jones, Sarah
Jubinville, Bree-Ann Marlo
Kiathane, Mercy Wanjiku
Koscielny, Jerrilynn Michal
Lachuta, Amanda Marie*
Lagimodiere, Colleen Louise Eva
Lambley, Shauna
Langille, Andrea Louise*
Livingstone, Caryn Lynne*
Loewen, Tamara Lyn
Malenchak, Kimberly Ann
Manns, Stephanie Lauren
Martin, Shane Fox
McInnes, Kera Lynn
Mckenzie, Carissa Dawn
McKinney, Kaylene
McMurray, Alexander Bradford
Millward, Christopher Sydney
Mirwaldt, Sara Jessica
Mohamed, Yasmin Mohamed Attia
Morris, Kyla Dawn
Muirhead, Madison Noelle
Munroe, Rachel Coleen
Murray, Gabriella Avey
Nasser, Rubina
Norris, Justina Erica
Padmore, Tenaja Ashely Maria
Pennell, Domanick Chase
Peters, Teigan
Poapst, Krystal Lynne
Power, Melissa
Renwick, Dakota Ann
Reyes, Katrina Beatrice Tayan (St. Paul's College)
Romaniw, Celina Ashley Cassidy
Ross, Audrey Joy April
Salamandyk, Nicole Morgan
Sandhu, Jetinder Joyti
Schimpf, Desiree
Schmidtke, Rachel Elizabeth
Sharp, Sarah
Shonek, Renu Kanda
Simpson-Linklater, Ariel
Slasor, Claire Alyssa
Steuart, Rebecca*
Sutton, Haley
Talabis, Lilian
Tays, Bailey Hannah
Thacker, Janick
Thurston, Ashley Cynthia
Ulloa-Juarez, Daniela Olga
Valmestad, Megan Bryanne
Vicente, Claudia Mary Wynn
Virk, Jaideep*
Walsh, Abigail Evelyn
Warwick, Ariana Janelle
Webb, Shawn
Wood, Katherine
Yakielashek, Mariah Gracey

* February 2025 Graduate

Fort Garry Convocation, June 4, 3:30 p.m.

Welcome messages

Chancellor's message

President's message

Alumni Association

Order of proceedings

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

Processional

Elder welcome

Traditional Honour Song

O Canada

Resumption of convocation

Presentation of honorary degree recipient

Citation read by

Conferring of honorary degree

Convocation address

The Olive Beatrice Stanton Award

Citation read by

Presented to

Announcement of the award of medals, fellowships, and prizes

Chancellor’s address to the graduands

Conferring of degrees

Greetings from the Alumni Association

Recession of convocation

Recessional

Honorary degrees, awards and citations

Honorary Degree

Rosanna Deerchild

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Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Wan Wang

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Honorary Degree

Catherine Christiane Bowler

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Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Jennifer Watt

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Honorary Degree

Greg Selinger

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Honorary Degree

Sister Lesley Sacouman

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Peter D. Curry Chancellor's Award

Laurel Hyde

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Student awards

Governor General's Academic Medals

Governor General's Bronze Medal - Dental Hygiene

Governor General's Gold Medal (PhD)

Governor General's Gold Medal (Master's)

Governor General's Silver Medal (Degree at least four years in length)

Governor General's Silver Medal (Degree less than four years in length)

Governor General's Bronze Medal

University Gold Medals

University Program Medals

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Agricultural and Food Sciences

School of Art

Faculty of Arts

Desautels Faculty of Music

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Price Faculty of Engineering

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Faculty of Science

Other Awards, Medals and Prizes

Dr. John W. Clay Medal and Prize

MacLachlan-Hart Medal

Manitoba Dental Association Gold Medal

Dr. Biruta Anna Osins Medal and Award in Endodontics

Dr. John Earl Abra Scholarship

Academy of General Dentistry Award

Alpha Omega Fixed Partial Denture Prosthesis Award

Alpha Omega Fraternity Award

American Academy of Operative Dentistry Award

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award