Jaspreet Parmar of Prince Rupert

NORTH COAST 2011

Prince Rupert

David Beil BHSc Biomedical Studies

Alaura Bruce BSc Biology

Kathleen Christison BScN Nursing

Nancy Chrona BSW Social Work

Thinh Chu BComm Marketing

Mary Rose Ciotoli BEd Education

Tina Demings BEd Education

Brandon Haldane BComm Accounting

Dawn Haugan BComm Accounting

Jessie King MA First Nations Studies

Nicole Kish Certificate in Rural Acute Care Nursing

Lori Leighton MEd Counselling

Tara Leighton BScN Nursing

Debbie McKay BEd Education

Donna McNeil-Clark BEd Education

Jaspreet Parmar BSW Social Work

Mikaela Pond BScN Nursing

Alexis Rekdal BEd Education

Vonda Robinson BEd Education

Cindy Stevenson BEd Education

Allyssa Sy BScN Nursing

Bernadette Trimble BEd Education

Maja Tusek BA English

Kerry Vigue BSW Social Work

Isabella Wilson-Beaulieu BScN Nursing

GraduatesEmily-Sky Collins BA Anthropology

Alissa MacMullin UNBC Scholars Award

Graduate Award Recipient

Jedidiah Zimmerman UNBC Scholars Award

Award Recipient

Port Clements

Alaura Bruce UNBC Scholars Award

Patrick Carlson Dunkley Lumber Ltd. Scholarship, Wilson King LLP Scholarship

Alden Chow William Dow Ferry Scholarship

Breeann Doerksen TD Bank Financial Group Bursary, UNBC In-Course Bursary

Andrea Fish Rotary Clubs of BC Bursary

Kaeleen Foote Ann McQuaid Memorial Scholarship, Marjorie W. Poff Scholarship, Mary Fallis Scholarship

Brandon Haldane BMO Bank of Montreal Aboriginal Scholarship, Four Year Guaranteed Scholarship – Tier 2 renewed

Lauren Lieb BC Medical Services Foundation Health Sciences Bursaries

Susan Luong Northern Undergraduate Student Society Bursary, UNBC In-Course Bursary

Pouyan Mahboubi UNBC Doctoral Tuition Scholarship

Matthew Murray UNBC Scholars Award

Stephanie Offutt UNBC Scholars Award

Jaspreet Parmar BC Association of Social Workers Prize

Juliette Repole Raven Bursary

Luke Robin Dr. Alvin and Mrs. Janey Mooney Scholarship, Raven Bursary

Sarah Robin UNBC Scholars Award, UNBC Leadership Award

Samantha Rosario UNBC Scholars Award

Shayna Scott President’s Scholarship

Ashley Stevens Raven Scholarship

Kerry Vigue BC Association of Social Workers – Northern Branch Bursary, Scotiabank Bursary

Award Recipients

Vonda Robinson and Tina Demings

of Prince Rupert Maja Tusek of Prince Rupert

David Beil of Prince RupertKathleen Christison of Prince Rupert

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UNBC Scholars First-year students (left to right) Alissa MacMullin of Queen Charlotte City, and Matthew Murray and Sarah Robin of Prince Rupert, can all earn UNBC degrees tuition-free after receiving UNBC Scholars awards this past year. As long as they maintain a B average, UNBC Scholars can have their tuition waived for an entire bachelor’s degree program.

818 students graduated from UNBC this year, bringing the total number of UNBC alumni to 9,179. Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace, and Gitwinksihlkw.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADS!

Medical Grads Scott Takeda and Amanda Miller are the first Prince Rupert residents to graduate from the Northern Medical Program. Scott spent a full year of his medical education in Fort St. John last year and is now pursuing a residency in Nanaimo. Amanda is off to Halifax to specialize in internal medicine.

Jessie King of Prince Rupert

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UNBC Highlights 2011Bioenergy UnderwayChristy Clark was only days into her job as BC Premier when she travelled to UNBC to participate in the official opening of the University’s Bioenergy Plant. The facility uses technology to turn waste wood from Lakeland Mills of Prince George into a gas that is burned to heat the campus. Early tests have demonstrated that the system can produce fewer emissions than burning natural gas. The new plant – which is expected to reduce UNBC’s fossil fuel consumption by 85% – joins a wood pellet system on campus that started operations in 2009.

AwardsWhile UNBC did not repeat as national champion in basketball, it did capture a number of prestigious awards over the past year:• TopcampussustainabilityprojectinNorthAmerica(tiedwithHarvard

University) for bioenergy• #1researchuniversityoftheyearamongsmalluniversitiesacross

Canada• NationalAboriginalAchievementawardforprofessorMargo

Greenwood• 3MteachingexcellenceawardforEnglishprofessorLisaDickson• AcademicAll-CanadianandBCPlayeroftheYearformen’s

basketball player Inderbir Singh Gill

Mercer VisitsOne of Canada’s famous television personalities visited UNBC in March to profile the University on CBC. Rick Mercer came after UNBC students won a national challenge to raise money to buy mosquito nets in Africa. See the coverage on YouTube: www.youtube.com/unbcnews.

Local Health Administrator Profiled in New BookA UNBC grad who oversees health service delivery in Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii is among the northern healthcare practitioners profiled in a new book published by the Northern Medical Program. Sheila Gordon-Payne, who has a master’s degree in Disability Management from UNBC, is one of 40 people who describe their rural health experiences in Front Lines, sales of which support the Northern Medical Programs Trust.

Nursing Grads Aim to Work LocallyMore students graduated from Nursing this year than any other major. More significantly, the proportion of Nursing grads who stay and work in the North is the highest among all UNBC degrees. One example is Amy Nyce of Gitwinksihlkw in the Nass Valley, who completed her Nursing degree in Terrace, and is now planning to work in Prince Rupert. Amy’s mom, Sally Ann, was the first graduate (in 1997) of UNBC’s program in the Nass Valley with Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a.

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