Awards Wall
The Awards Wall celebrates the achievements of students, graduates and instructors in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources. It features selected Faculty awards, medals, teaching awards and Dean’s Honour List recognition. This is not a complete list of all awards, scholarships or bursaries available through the Faculty or the University of Manitoba.
Dean's Honour List
Undergraduate students who have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of study in a term and who achieved a term GPA of 3.50 or higher will be placed on the Dean’s honour list.
Winter 2026
Akin-Akinbulumo, Sope Albig, Peter Baker, Mitchell Balan, Austin Bamford, Evan Batenchuk, Will Bilic, Gina Boning, Esmé Bourns, Kaylee Buchalter, Rylie Calder, Kian Cardona, Mateo Cloé Carrière Carruthers, Caleb Catojo, Eve Charest, Madison Cockerill, Katrina Courchaine, Kendal Danner, Alyssa De Souza, Pedro Despins, Audrey Despins, Sarah DiBernardo, Brayden Ellenor, Jeremy Fielding, Evan Forest, Marisa Friesen, Aiden Friesen, Brodie Friesen, India Friesen, Stephen Fulton, Trevor Gauthier, Annie Gauvin, Quinn Gledson, Sarah Goertzen, Jack Gowan, Mitchell Ho, Gwyn Hruska, Tori Ikemezie, Chidubem Isaak, Adam Kaus, Alexa Klassen, Asher Klassen, Natasha Kucheravy-Logan, Matthew Lakusta, Sophie Latisnere, Amber Leclerc, Collette | Letham, Taylor Li, Fangyu Manji, Adam Mapfumo, Rufaro Marsic, Andrei Mitchell, Alex Muirhead, Aidan Newcomb, Paige Oliver, Grace A. Ollson, Braxtyn Oskenekisses, Napeyo Ostermann, Sydney Parker, Jack Pauls, Samantha Penner, Mason Perch, Evin Pilkey, Jack Podolchuk, Kaitlyn Polet, Cooper Popiel, Natalie Prokopowich, Liam Regehr, Ayub Reimer, Heidi Sagert, Paige Scholz, Emmett Sdrolias, Stefan Selkirk, Jordan St Clair, Maricris Stam, Mya Steffan, Connor Super, Nash Tamakuwala, Krisha Torres, Daija Tougas, Émilie Tran, An Trobert, Connor Trojillo, Truston Uhmann, Amelia Ura, Rhys Voogt, Mason Wai, Kateesha Waleed, Muhammad Umer West-Massey, Alex Winstone, Arden Yonda, Nicholas Ziehlke, John Zubriski, Nic |
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Fall 2025
Akin-Akinbulumo, Sope Albig, Peter Alozieuwa, Victor Asham-Moroz, Rory Baker, Mitchell Balan, Austin Bamford, Evan Best, Ryan Bilic, Gina Bocangel, Kiara Boning, Esmé Bourns, Kaylee Boyko, Kai Buchalter, Rylie Calder, Kian Capolongo, Joshua Cardona, Mateo Cloé Carrière Carrière, Emily Carruthers, Caleb Chirinos Ayala, Almendra Courchaine, Kendal Daignault, Nathan Damodharan, Akhildas Danner, Alyssa Dave, Dev Davis, Matthew De Blonde, Riley Despins, Audrey Despins, Sarah DiBernardo, Brayden Fecyk, Quentin Fehr, Abbygail Fielding, Evan Flather, Abby Flinkfelt, Marian Forest, Marisa Frankenhauser, Sophie Friesen, Aiden Friesen, Brodie Friesen, India Friesen, Matthew Gagne, Coen Gartaula, Bikalpa Getachew, Mahelet Giesbrecht, Juniper Gledson, Sarah Goertzen, Jack Gowan, Mitchell Green, Tomas Gregory, Bailey Hall, Jessica Harland, Danika Harnish, Nathan Ho, Gwyn Isaak, Adam Janeson, Miles Kaus, Alexa Klassen, Asher Kristof, Jessica Krutsch, Justin | Kucheravy-Logan, Mathew Lakusta, Sophie Latisnere, Amber Letham, Taylor Li, Fangyu Lotscher, Oliver Manji, Adam Mays, Raeden McGarry, Cassidy Mintenko, Arison Mitchell, Alex Mostowy, Ayana Muirhead, Aidan Naumann, Dennis Newcomb, Paige Oliver, Grace A. Ollson, Braxtyn Ostermann, Sydney Paetzold, Bronson Patel, Asu Taralkumar Pauls, Odin Pauls, Samantha Perch, Evin Perez, Anabella Perfanick, Kristen Pilkey, Jack Podolchuk, Kaitlyn Polet, Cooper Popiel, Natalie Prokopowich, Liam Regehr, Ayub Reimer, Heidi Scarth, Emma Schneider, Ariana Scholz, Emmett Sdrolias, Stefan Shupenia, Alexandria Sinclair, Mehru Sivasankar, Naren St Clair, Maricris Stam, Mya Stephanson, Emma Tickner, Alyssa To, Kyara Tran, An Trobert, Connor Trojillo, Truston Uhmann, Amelia Wai, Kateesha Waleed, Muhammad Umer Watts, Rebecca Wawrykow, Abigayle West-Massey, Alex Williams, Ellis Wilson, Hailey Winstone, Jenna Yonda, Nicholas Yu, Dongping Zalevich, Katrina Zubriski, Nic Zueff, Kiersten |
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Summer 2025
| Best, Ryan Ho, Gwyneth Isah, Ahmad Umar Kapoor, Aastha Klassen, Natasha Lacombe, Kate Scarth, Emma |
Winter 2025
Abarquez, Brend Ahmed, Urooba Akin-Akinbulumo, Sope Albig, Peter Aluloska, Tijana Ayers, Eleanor Bamford, Evan Best, Ryan Bilic, Gina Bourns, Kaylee Buchalter, Rylie Calder, Kian Cantor, Matthew Canvin, Heather Cardona, Mateo Carrière, Cloé Carrière, Emily Carruthers, Caleb Chase, Nick Chirinos Ayala, Almendra Courchaine, Kendal Daignault, Nathan Danner, Alyssa Darr, Anam Davis, Matthew De Blonde, Riley De Souza, Pedro Enyiche, Ugochukwu Martins Favoni-Grossart, Reed Fecyk, Quentin Fehr, Abbygail Flather, Abby Flinkfelt, Marian Frankenhauser, Sophie Friesen, Brodie Friesen, India Friesen, Matthew Gagnon, Klara Gates, Jacob Gauvin, Quinn Ghelij Khani, Raha Giesbrecht, Juniper Giesbrecht, Walker Gowan, Mitchell Green, Tomas Gregory, Bailey Harnish, Nathan Ho, Gwyn Isaak, Adam Janeson, Miles Kaus, Alexa Klassen, Asher Kucheravy-Logan, Mathew | Lakusta, Sophie Latisnere, Amber Letham, Taylor Li, Fangyu Lotscher, Oliver Manji, Adam Mays, Raeden Mitchell, Alex Mostowy, Ayana Muirhead, Aidan Naumann, Dennis Newcomb, Paige Oliver, Grace A. Ollson, Braxtyn Ostermann, Sydney Paetzold, Bronson Patel, Asu Taralkumar Pauls, Odin Perch, Evin Perez, Anabella Perfanick, Kristen Pilkey, Jack Podolchuk, Kaitlyn Polet, Cooper Popiel, Natalie Regehr, Ayub Reimer, Heidi Scarth, Emma Schneider, Ariana Scholz, Emmett Shupenia, Alexandria Sinclair, Mehru Sivasankar, Naren St Clair, Maricris Stam, Mya Stephanson, Emma Tickner, Alyssa To, Kyara Tran, An Trobert, Connor Wai, Kateesha Waleed, Muhammad Watts, Rebecca Wawrykow, Abigayle West-Massey, Alex Williams, Ellis Wilson, Hailey Winstone, Jenna Yonda, Nicholas Yu, Dongping Zalevich, Katrina Zubriski, Nic Zueff, Kiersten |
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Fall 2024
| Abarquez, Brend R. Albig, Peter D. Aluloska, Tijana Ayers, Eleanor A. Benjamin, Happiness A. Best, Ryan Bourns, Kaylee Boyko, Kai J. Buchel, Ben Canvin, Heather I. Capolongo, Joshua M. Cardona, Mateo Nicolas Carrière, Cloé S. Carrière, Emily A. Chirinos Ayala, Almendra Courchaine, Kendal M. Danner, Alyssa De Blonde, Riley T. De Souza, Pedro Dela Paz, Alexandria Robyn Despins, Audrey M. Desrochers, Maya M. Dyck, David W. Favoni-Grossart, Reed Flather, Abby Frankenhauser, Sophie T. Friesen, Aiden J. Friesen, India R. Friesen, Matthew A. Fulton, Trevor Gagnon, Klara Gauvin, Quinn Gies, Olivia M. Giesbrecht, Juniper A. Giesbrecht, Walker Gowan, Mitchell E. Hall, Jessica M. Harland, Danika | Harnish, Nathan B. Hazelton, Amy Lee A. Heidahl, Rob Hiebert, Baylana Hordosi, Matthew E. Isaak, Adam T. Jackman, Caitlyn M. Janzen, Hannah Ji, Joyce Jobes, Tyler Johnson, Madison B. Joshi, Ryan D. Kang, Yiseul Kaus, Alexa B. Klassen, Camryn E. Konu, Caden Kostur, Faith A. Kristof, Jessica L. Labiuk, Aaron Landivar, Ana Isabela Latisnere, Amber L. Lauder, Graham Lazarus, Rachel Leclerc, Collette Lotscher, Oliver Mayuk, Emily McDonald, Owen S. McGarry, Cassidy J. Mitchell, Alex Mustafa, Nabiha Tahsin Neufeld, Austin Newcombe, Emily A. Niessen, Nicholas J. Oliver, Grace A. Paetzold, Bronson O. Parker, Jack H. Patel, Eesha Pauls, Odin V. | Pilkey, Jack C. Pirompak, Thanankarn Popiel, Natalie R. Regehr, Ayub D. Rieger, Jewel A. Roy, Caitlyn Santos, Rebecca Scholz, Emmett M. Shahi, Savreen Sivasankar, Naren R. St.Germain-Silva, Sam Stam, Mya A. Stice, Kael D. Stoess, Cassie Stoesz, Nicole R. Svensson, Jaydon C. To, Kyara L. Trinh, Khang Trippier, Shayla Trojillo, Truston L. Vachon, Ashlee C. Van Egmond, Matthew Vandal, Livia J. Vandeputte, Russell Wagner, Raine Wai, Kateesha Wastle, Thomas A. Watts, Rebecca V. Wawrykow, Abigayle Williams, Ellis D. Wilson, Hailey F. Wilson, Robin Winstone, Arden Wipf, Deborah Yeten, Theeven Yonda, Nicholas S. Zalevich, Katrina G. Zhu, Wenwei Zueff, Kiersten |
Summer 2024
Stogrin, Christopher Joseph
Winter 2024
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Albig, Peter D. |
Hall, Jessica M. |
Okumura, Ciara |
Fall 2023
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Andrushuk, Owen L. |
Hatting, Nora Y. |
Paetzold, Bronson O. |
Medals
These medals recognize graduating students who achieved the highest standing in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
University of Manitoba Gold Medal
2026 – Ayub Regehr, Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography (Honours Co-op)
2025 – Raymond Guerard, Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geophysics
2024 – Taylor Kauppila, Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Major Co-op)
2023 – Andrea Sutherland, Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours Co-op)
2022 – Jim Hyde, Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography (Major)
Program Medal – Honours Degree
2026 – Cassidy McGarry, Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Honours)
2025 – Shayla Trippier, Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography (Honours)
2024 – Kristo Oktaviano, Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours)
2023 – Amy Adamkowicz, Bachelor of Physical Geography (Honours Co-op)
2022 – Max Schreckenbach, Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences (Honours) Geology
Program Medal – Major/Advanced Degree
2026 – Alexa Kaus, Bachelor of Environmental Science (Major)
2025 – Tyler Jobes, Bachelor of Arts in Geography (Advanced)
2024 – Kelsey Manchulenko, Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Major Co-op)
2023 – Sadie McTavish, Bachelor of Environmental Science (Major)
2022 – Amy Warner, Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography (Major)
Program Medal – General Degree
2026 – Samantha Pauls, Bachelor of Arts in Geography
2025 – Livia Vandal, Bachelor of Arts in Geography
2024 – Wayne Kim, Bachelor of Arts in Geography
2023 – Not awarded
2022 – Burke Heide, Bachelor of Arts in Geography
Graduate Awards
These awards recognize graduate students for academic achievement, research excellence, leadership and contributions to their fields and communities. The awards shown below are a selection and do not represent all graduate funding opportunities available through the Faculty or University.
Aboriginal Issues Press Scholarship
For a graduate student who has a research focus on Indigenous issues and has demonstrated a commitment to disseminating the results of their research.
2025 – Not awarded
2024 – Jaden Dela Rosa, Sina Sarviha
2023 – Mya Kidson, Brandy Kowal, Sydney Levasseur-Puhach, Honoure Black, Nicole Scott, Theresa Yetman
2022 – Gerald Beta, Nicole Stonyk, Dane Monkman, Robin Neckoway and Diane Kelly
D.G. & V.E. Barber Memorial Prize in Arctic Research
To honour Dr. Barber’s commitment to the next generation of Arctic researchers, the V.E. Barber Memorial Fellowship in Arctic Research has been renamed the D.G. & V.E. Barber Memorial Prize in Arctic Research.
For more information on the fellowship, including past recipients, please visit the D.G. & V.E. Barber Memorial Prize in Arctic Research webpage.
Graduate Initiative Prize
For a graduate student whose efforts and accomplishments have contributed to an initiative that serves the greater good by supporting specific populations, addressing important issues or advancing policy development.
2025 – Breadon Humeniuk
2024 – Alejandra Diabb Sanchez
2023 – Not awarded
2022 – Not awarded
Henley Graduate Scholarship in Natural Resources Development & Stewardship Manitoba
For an outstanding student pursuing studies in natural resources management.
2025 – Veronica Coppolaro
2024 – Jessica Mariana Sanchez Jasso
2023 – Not awarded
2022 – Kelsey Margraf
Masters Thesis Prize
For a graduate student who has completed the best master’s thesis in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.
2025 – Gabriela Wasielesky, Muditha Goonetilleke
2024 – Fiona Lebar, Mahdi Zabihi Mayvan
2023 – Adam Snyder, Emily Thoroski
2022 – Emma Ausen
Oakes-Riewe Environmental Studies Research Award
For graduate students that are conducting or have proposed to conduct interdisciplinary environmental (integration of physical, biological, and human processes) research within an Aboriginal context.
2025 – Audrey Moizan
2024 – Julia Arzu
2023 – Holly Gamblin
2022 – Alexandra Windsor and Sean Johnson-Bice
Ph.D. Thesis Prize
For a graduate student who has completed the best doctoral thesis in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.
2025 – Nicole Loeb
2024 – Luke Storrie, Brock Edwards
2023 – Maxwell Day
2022 – not awarded
Seven Oaks Game and Fish Association Environmental Legacy Scholarship
For a graduate student conducting research in terrestrial or freshwater aquatic science that supports the conservation of Manitoba’s natural resources.
2025 – Oluwatimilehin Sanni
2024 – Julianna Wanke
Undergraduate Awards
These awards recognize undergraduate students for academic achievement, research, leadership and contributions to the greater good. Additional scholarships, bursaries and awards may be available.
Undergraduate Initiative Prize
For an undergraduate student whose efforts and accomplishments have contributed to a local, regional, national or international initiative that serves the greater good.
2026 – Not awarded
2025 – Joyce Ji
2024 – Joyce Ji
2023 – Olivia Daoust
2022 – Fardeen Chowdhury and Noelle Wood
Undergraduate Thesis Prize
For a student who has submitted the best undergraduate thesis in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.
2026 - Ayub Regehr, thesis titled “Estimating pCO2 and CO2 Fluxes in James Bay: A Neural Network Approach.”
2025 - Joyce Ji, thesis titled “Case Study Analysis of Bill C-61: Supporting Indigenous Relationality to the Waters Through the Co-Development of Federal Legislation”; and Kateesha Wai, thesis titled “Sedimentary Organic Matter Record of the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian Transition Recovery in the Prees 2C Core (Cheshire Basin, UK).”
2024 – Kailey Carrière, thesis titled “Impacts of Freshwater Salinization on Zooplankton Communities in Shallow Wetland Mesocosms”; and Kendi Dyck thesis titled, “Anti-Environmental Racism: Exploring the Effects of Toxic Landscapes on Community Wellbeing in Mile 99.”
2023 – Andrea Sutherland, thesis titled “Is the watershed approach helping Manitoba adapt to environmental change? Analyzing watershed districts and provincial adaptive capacity with the GROW program”; and Katrina Mayo, thesis titled “Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of meander-belt deposits, Dinosaur Park Formation, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada”
2022 – Max Schreckenbach, thesis titled “The concentrations and distributions of metals in soils impacted by historical smelter emissions, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada"
Teaching Awards
These awards recognize instructors and graduate students who demonstrate excellence and innovation in teaching within the Faculty.
Award of Excellence for First Year Undergraduate Teaching
2026 – B. Catharine Hallman, Department of Environment and Geography
2025 – Ricardo Silva, Department of Earth Sciences
2024 – Not awarded
2023 – Not awarded
2022 – Janna Wilson, Department of Environment and Geography
2021 – Erin McCance, Department of Environment and Geography
Award of Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching
2026 – John Hanesiak, Department of Environment and Geography
2025 – Alistair Brown, ENVR 4400 Advanced Issues in Environment and Health
2024 – Johny Stephen, Department of Environment and Geography
2023 – Paul Durkin, Department of Earth Sciences
2022 – Jonathan Peyton, Department of Environment and Geography
2021 – Bruce Erickson, Department of Environment and Geography
Award of Excellence for Graduate Teaching
2026 – Tim Papakyriakou, Department of Environment and Geography
2025 – CJ Mundy, Department of Environment and Geography
2024 – Nicole Wilson, Department of Environment and Geography
2023 – Karen Alley, Department of Environment and Geography
2022 – Nicola Koper, Natural Resources Institute
2021 – Jose Rodriguez Gil, Department of Environment and Geography
Graduate Student Teaching Award
2026 – Not awarded
2025 – Jack Mulcahy, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences
2024 – Brock Edwards, Ph.D. Geography
2023 – Not awarded
2022 – Not awarded
2021 – Not awarded
Contact us
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Room 440 Wallace Building
125 Dysart Road
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
204-474-7252
204-275-3147