F ive hundred C and fifty-six for conferring...

Wednesday June 15, 2016: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 1

Presiding

Chancellor

Suzanne B. LabargeB.A., M.B.A., D.Litt. (Hon.)

President and Vice-Chancellor

Patrick DeaneB.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D.

Five hundredand fifty-six�

for conferring degreesC

2 Faculty of Social Sciences

ORDER OF EXERCISES

Musical Prelude The Graduand Procession The Academic Procession The Chancellor’s Procession

The Provost’s Welcome Dr. David Wilkinson

The Chancellor’s Welcome Dr. Suzanne B. Labarge

The Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Laws honoris causa on Dr. Steven Hillel Paikin Citation: Dr. Patrick Deane

The Convocation Address Dr. Steven Hillel Paikin

The Conferring of Degrees In-Course

Musical Interlude

The Presentation of the Graduates

The Valedictory Address Nathan Beresh

Awards of the 2015-2016 Session

The Alumni Address McMaster Alumni Association

The President’s Address Dr. Patrick Deane

Announcements

The National Anthem

Convocation ceremonies will be recorded, broadcasted live and archived at http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/gradFollow @McMasterConvo on Twitter, tweet with #MacGrad2016 and try our Snapchat filter!

The President’s academic regalia is a gift of the McMaster University Alumni Association.

The Convocation Music Supervisor ..................................... Arlene Wright (Piano)Convocation Trumpeters ...................................................... Bob Grim and Valerie Cowie Piper ..................................................................................... Jamie ConnollyVocalist ................................................................................ Margaret Bárdos

Immediately following Convocation, graduates and their guests are invited for a reception in Hamilton Convention Centre in Wentworth Room BC.


THE RITUALS OF CONVOCATION

The procession of the graduands in plain black gowns and of faculty and offi cers of the University in colourful and varied regalia; the blue-robed Bedel with his ornate silver Mace; the conferring of degrees by the Chancellor; these are among the rituals of Convocation that stand in a tradition that has a history of more than 700 years.

The University’s Mace is carried to and from the Convocation platform by the University Bedel and during the ceremony is splendidly displayed on the Mace Table, resting on a velvet cushion. The cushion is maroon with a piping of grey, the McMaster colours. The Mace symbolizes the authority of the University Senate to confer degrees, this authority being exercised by the Chancellor.

Bedels were functionaries and maces were weapons hundreds of years before universities emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries. So it is that McMaster’s Bedel carries the University Mace directly in front of the Chancellor, symbolically to protect her.

The Chancellor sits on a massive oak ceremonial chair that bears a carved representation of an early version of the University Seal. She requests that members of the graduating classes rise from their seats and then admits them to their respective degrees. The graduating classes are then invited to join the Chancellor on stage. Once a graduate’s name is called, they are hooded facing the audience, and then are congratulated and welcomed to the community of scholars by the Chancellor and President.

The academic hood is symbolic of admission to a university degree and carries colours specifi c to a particular degree. It is derived from clothing worn in medieval times, when a hood was similar to that of a modern parka and served the same purpose of protection in inclement weather. The hood that the Registrar or pro-Registrar deftly puts over a graduand’s head is a link to the dress of students of at least seven centuries ago.

The backdrop to the Convocation platform displays McMaster’s Coat of Arms. The symbol of the stag and tree, constituting the crest of these Arms, was the personal emblem of Senator William McMaster, whose munifi cent benefaction made possible the founding of the University in 1887. Handcrafted by Dorothy Gregson and Margaret Wallace, this banner celebrated 30 years of service at McMaster Convocation ceremonies in 2014.

The President of the University attends Convocation but it is the Chancellor, the titular head of the University, who presides over this ancient ceremonial. Her seniority is indicated by her robe being more elegant than the President’s. The President relieves the Chancellor of making announcements, may present an honorary graduand for his or her degree and, as Vice-Chancellor, confers degrees when the Chancellor is unable to do so.

A Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Bedel and Registrar share with a seal, mace, colours, robes and coat of arms a history of hundreds of years of association with universities. Each of these traditional inheritances is a part of McMaster University and all of them come together on the platform of its Convocations.

McMASTER UNIVERSITY:

CHANCELLORS

1887 – 1890 Malcolm Mac Vicar

1892 – 1895 Theodore H. Rand

1895 – 1905 Oates C. S. Wallace

1905 – 1911 Alexander C. McKay

1911 – 1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon

1922 – 1941 Howard P. Whidden

1941 – 1950 George P. Gilmour

1950 – 1955 E. Carey Fox

1955 – 1960 Roy L. Kellock

1960 – 1965 Charles P. Fell

1965 – 1971 D. Argue C. Martin

1971 – 1977 Lawrence T. Pennell

1977 – 1986 H. Allan B. Leal

1986 – 1992 John H. Panabaker

1992 – 1998 James H. Taylor

1998 – 2007 Melvin M. Hawkrigg

2007 – 2013 Lynton R. Wilson

2013 – Suzanne B. Labarge

PRESIDENTS

1949 – 1961 George P. Gilmour

1961 – 1972 Henry G. Thode

1972 – 1980 Arthur N. Bourns

1980 – 1990 Alvin A. Lee

1990 – 1995 Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace

1995 – 2010 Peter J. George

2010 – Patrick Deane

The University Mace was a gift in 1950 from the

class of 1900


PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GREETINGS

Convocation is an exciting time in the calendar of any university; a time to celebrate achievement, to refl ect on the past, and to anticipate the future and the path that lies ahead. It also represents a time of liberation, the ending of one phase of life and a last, symbolic statement of the discipline to which students have been required to submit themselves throughout their studies.

While it is impossible at such events not to celebrate the infi nite promise of individual lives, it is important to be aware of the communal signifi cance of convocation. In the ancient English universities, convocation was the legislative body that oversaw operations of the institution, and to be admitted to a degree was to be admitted to membership. By extension, therefore, convocation was a reaffi rmation of not an individual but a joint enterprise.

Students today have learned the importance of collaboration and partnership, and more than ever understand that the future health, prosperity and cultural vitality of our society depends upon our ability to cooperate, to act together, and to learn from one another. My fervent hope is that graduating students will see their convocation not as an end of growing together, but rather as an opportunity for deepening that process. As alumni they will have many opportunities to renew existing partnerships, and they will be well prepared to forge new ones in the greater community beyond our own.

Personal fulfi llment through community: this is indeed one of the longstanding paradoxes of university life, but it is surely also a sound principle for us all to pursue in the world at large. In wishing today’s graduating students good luck, I feel great confi dence in our joint future and great anticipation of everything that, collectively, they will achieve.

Patrick DeanePresident and Vice-Chancellor

On behalf of your fellow McMaster alumni, we offer you sincere congratulations for having successfully earned your degree. In addition to growing through the challenges of obtaining your formal education, we hope you have taken full advantage of everything McMaster has to offer outside the walls of the classroom.

As an alumnus or alumna you are entering a new phase in your relationship with McMaster. Graduation is merely a milestone in your life-long association with our University. As alumni, you can play a continuing role as supporters of McMaster’s excellence by sharing your time, expertise, and enthusiasm with your alma mater.

As your Alumni Association, we are committed to providing you with many opportunities to maintain and grow your links with McMaster. McMaster’s alumni network, events, offerings, experiences, and programs will be great resources in your post-degree endeavours. We welcome you to the next step in a rewarding and dynamic relationship with our world-class university.


SUZANNE B. LABARGEChancellor, McMaster University

A native of Ottawa, Ms. Labarge holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

Ms. Labarge joined Royal Bank in 1971 and held a variety of positions within the bank prior to being appointed an executive offi cer in 1979. She left the bank in 1985 to join the federal government as assistant auditor-general where she was responsible for a report on Financial Management and Control in the Government of Canada.

She joined the Offi ce of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada in 1987 as deputy superintendent, policy responsible for developing regulatory policies for Canadian fi nancial institutions. She was a member of the BIS Committee for Bank Supervision. In her last position as deputy superintendent, deposit-taking institutions, Ms. Labarge was responsible for all matters relating to deposit-taking institutions.

Ms. Labarge returned to the bank as executive vice-president, Corporate Treasury, in April 1995. She assumed the role of chief risk offi cer in October 1998 and was appointed vice-chairman and chief risk offi cer in February 1999. She retired from that position in December 2004.

Ms. Labarge is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of Coca-Cola Enterprises. She also serves on the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee and the Risk and Finance Committee of XL Group and is trustee for a Canadian family trust and director of associated companies. She has served as a member of the Supervisory Board and Risk Committee of Deutsche Bank, as a director and chair of the audit committee of Novelis Inc and was also a member of the Board of the Bank of China, Beijing.

She served on the Board of Governors for McMaster University for twelve years. She was appointed Chancellor of McMaster University in Sept. 2013. She also serves on the board of the Ontario Brain Institute.

She was granted an honorary Doctor of Letters degree degree from McMaster University and is a recipient of the Queen’s jubilee medal.


DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

ANTHROPOLOGY

Kandace Lynne BogaertThesis: Casualties of War? An Ethnographic Epidemiology of the 1918

Influenza Pandemic Among Soldiers in Canada

Brandi Lee MacDonaldThesis: Methodological Developments for the Geochemical Analysis of

Ochre from Archaeological Contexts: Case Studies from British Columbia and Ontario, Canada

Tian YangThesis: Assessing Heritage, Tradition, and Identity: Anthropological

Research among the Jurchen People of Wanyan Village

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Fatma Armagan Teke Lloyd Thesis: Gender, Migration Regimes and Frames of Deservingness:

The Gendered Management of Women’s Care Migration from Armenia to Turkey

Stephanie Louise TombariThesis: The Green Publicity State: Sustainability, Austerity, and the

‘Green Economy’ in Michigan and Ontario, 2007-2012

MASTER OF ARTS

ANTHROPOLOGY

Mary Lynn Tobiasz

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Khaled Al-Kassimi

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Alexander Moldovan

WORK AND SOCIETY

Milinda AdomaCaroline Mary Fram

BACHELOR OF ARTSHONOURS

★Yasmen Abdelkhalek ...........Economics & Political Science

★Nicholas Randall Abrams............. Anthropology & Religious Studies

Affan Ahmad ...............................Political Science (Minor in Sociology)

Qutaiba Helal Al Nimer ........................ Economics

Mohammed Al-Ani ...... Anthropology & Sociology (Minor in Psychology)

Anastasia Alexis Andricopoulos .............Religious Studies & Sociology

Sarah Rachel Appleby ............... Religious Studies (Minor in Indigenous Studies)

★Curtis Aquino........................................ Economics

Arzu Aram....................................Political Science Stephanie Arlt ..................................Anthropology★Liam O’Grady Askwith.........Economics & Political

Science★Rachael Ball-Condron..................Political Science

(Minor in History)★Ryan Balsam..........Economics & Political Science

PRESENTERS OF DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES

Dr. Tony PorterProfessor, and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Research),

Faculty of Social Sciences

Dr. George Thomas Professor Emeritus, Department of

Linguistics & Languages

★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12)


Ruqaiya Bengali ................................... Economics★Madeleine Victoria Benjamin ...........Economics &

Psychology★Nathan Daniel Robert Beresh ... Religious Studies

(Minor in History) (Minor in Jewish Studies)

Spencer Raye Bernacci ....................Anthropology (Minor in English & Cultural Studies)

Hanna Beydoun ...........................Political Science Connor Nicholas Blair ................... Labour Studies Kristina Borojevic ........................Political Science

(Minor in Labour Studies) Alexander Joseph Boyle ..................Anthropology Jennifer Deanna Broughton .......Labour Studies &

Political Science Maurice Junior Brown .............. Religious Studies

(Minor in History) Nicole Ann Burke .............................Anthropology Connor Troy Cadaret ............................. Economics★Melissa Cameron .........Labour Studies & Political

Science★Kathryn Campeau .............................Anthropology

(Minor in Geography and Earth Sciences) Brenna Kathryn Carriere................ Labour Studies★Adam Bradley Carter ......Economics & Psychology Angela Myra Casol......................Political Science Umair Amjid Chaudhry ................Political Science Si Jia Chen ........................................... Economics Carolynn Denise Chennery ........... Anthropology &

Religious Studies Allan Cho .............................................. Economics Barrie Lok-Hay Choi.............................. Economics Feng-Yi Chu ................................... Labour Studies Xing En Earnie Chua ....................Political Science

(Minor in Economics) Caitlyn Ashley Clark .........................Anthropology

(Minor in Linguistics)★Jeffrey Allen Coffin ..........................Anthropology★Alexandra Jaqueline Crone..............Anthropology

(Minor in Sustainability) Kimberly Khrys’An Cross .............Political Science

(Minor in Sociology) Mownika Cugadhasan .....................Anthropology

(Minor in Psychology) Christian David Carwyn Cullis...... Anthropology &

Political Science John D’Addario ...........................Political Science Kelly Judy D’Mello ......................Political Science★Rhea D’Mello ..............................Political Science Elliot Peter Davis .................................. Economics Marc De Rango .................................... Economics

(Minor in Business) Danielle Helen Deschenes ..........Political Science Taylor Drouillard ........Labour Studies & Sociology★Lisa Rachelle Duggan................ Religious Studies Salma El-Zamel ...........................Political Science

★Derek Bradley Ellens ................. Religious Studies (Minor in Psychology)

Carly Claire Emmett ....................Political Science Imran Ali Esmail ................................... Economics Carly Marie Esposto ..Labour Studies & Sociology Cassandra Victoria Faarup ............ Labour Studies

(Minor in Religious Studies) Xiyue Fan .............................................. Economics Nathan Wilfred Felteau ................ Labour Studies★Antonella Grazietta Fidanza Betancourt ................

Economics Ryan Joseph Figueira ..................Political Science

(Minor in History) Natalie Florek ................................ Labour Studies

(Minor in Business) Danielle Mary Fraser...................Political Science Jame Frichitthavong............................. Economics★Aravintharaam Ganesalingam ............. Economics Matthew Kyle Geddes ................Political Science Ramanjeet Ghutarora ........................... Economics Harman Gill .......................................... Economics Eric Avery Gillis ............................. Labour Studies

(Minor in Political Science)★Priyanka Gogna ................................Anthropology

(Minor in Biology) Ashley Elizabeth Griffin ...............Political Science Shuaib Hafid ................................Political Science

(Minor in Geography and Earth Sciences) Jiahui Han ............................................ Economics Arifa Haque ......................................Anthropology

(Minor in Sustainability)★Summer Harb ......... Political Science & Sociology Mercedes Hicks........... Anthropology & Sociology★Rachel Karen High.. Political Science & Sociology Tamara Hluchaniuk ...........................Anthropology

(Minor in Archaeology) Julia Lorinne Homeniuk ...................Anthropology

(Minor in Psychology) Kayla Huckerby............ Anthropology & Sociology Sulaiman Huda ..................................... Economics★Carly Elizabeth Hunter......................Anthropology

(Minor in Sociology) Maryam Ijaz Jaffery ................ Political Science &

Sociology Kaushiki Jaiswal .................................. Economics★Loretta Janes ...................................Anthropology★Harisan Jeyakumar .............................. Economics Dale Johnston .............................Political Science Sarah Katelynn Juchniewicz ............Anthropology Nam Heon Jung ................................... Economics Zoe-Georgie-Elpitha Kalakos ....... Anthropology &

Religious Studies Katerina Kalenteridis .................Labour Studies &

Anthropolgy Sarah Alisha Kang......................... Labour Studies Rishi Kapoor ................................Political Science

(Minor in Sociology)

Hyonwoo Kee ..... Economics & Computer Science Artemiy A. Khmelyov....Labour Studies & Political

Science Maham Khokhar ................................... Economics Stephen Kofi-akuffo ....................Political Science

(Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Nebojsa Kukulj ..................................... Economics Man Tsaan Lai ...................................... Economics Cheong Shing Lam ............................... Economics

(Minor in Finance) Kendra Paige Lange ...................... Labour Studies Changhoon Lee..................................... Economics James Phillippe Douglas Leighton............Political

Science Andrew Cho-Ying Li ...................... Labour Studies

(Minor in Economics) Yi Li ....................................................... Economics Zhi Qian Li ............................................ Economics Silin Liang............................................. Economics Haoyan Liao.......................................... Economics

(Minor in Finance) Alim Shakil Lila ...........................Political Science

(Minor in Philosophy) Branden Douglas Lindley ..................... Economics Emily Pei Hua Liu..............................Anthropology

(Minor in English & Cultural Studies) Tiantian Liu ........................................... Economics Raffaele Locane ........................ Religious Studies

(Minor in French) Jordan Winston Luong ................Political Science David Keith MacDonald ...................Anthropology★Ryan Elliott MacDonald ..............Political Science

(Minor in Economics) Scott Dennis MacDonald ..................... Economics

(Minor in Business) Jakob Edward Mach ...................Political Science Jenna Samantha Magee.............Political Science Cavan Frank Maiolo ....................Political Science

(Minor in Religious Studies) Anusha Malik .......... Political Science & Religious

Studies Marcin Pawel Malinowski ..........Political Science

(Minor in English & Cultural Studies) Sarah Mamo...Labour Studies & Political Science Hisham Mapara.................................... Economics

(Minor in Business) Ana Sofia Martin-Aguilera ...............Anthropology Julianna Joan Mastroluisi ............ Labour Studies Megan McCrory ..........................Political Science Jacqueline Marie Meijer .................Anthropology Jesse Antonio Melo ....................Political Science

(Minor in Sociology) Gyoung Ho Min .................................... Economics

(Minor in Music) Martina Misic.......... Political Science & Religious

Studies Gregory Moffat..................................... Economics


BACHELOR OF ARTS, HONOURS (CONTINUED…)


Shane Edward Molczan ................ Labour Studies (Minor in Sociology)

Felicia Montecalvo .................... Religious Studies Kyung Youl Moon ................................. Economics River Moon .......................................Anthropology

(Minor in Archaeology) Connor Morris ........ Political Science & Sociology Mursal Zuhal Muhsiny ................Political Science Vanessa Muraca ........................... Labour Studies Alan Murphy................................Political Science Aula Mustafa ..............................Political Science Stephen James Negus ......................... Economics Taylor Elizabeth Ashley Noble .........Anthropology Porshia Osei ..........Religious Studies & Sociology Mahnoor Osmani.................................. Economics

(Minor in Business) Somya Paliwal............. Anthropology & Sociology Zubair Mohammed Ali Parkar .............. Economics

(Minor in Religious Studies) Elaf Quadri................................. Religious Studies

(Minor in Jewish Studies) Yu Quan ................................................ Economics Benjamin Martin John Reed ................ Economics Trevor William Reid .............................. Economics★Catherine Jane Audrey Renwick.......Economics &

Mathematics Zachary John Rewi......................Political Science Tyler Jordan Richardson ....................... Economics Michael James Riddell .....................Economics &

Mathematics Juan David Rios ....Economics & Political Science

(Minor in Business)★Xin Ruan ............................................... Economics

(Minor in Finance)

April Stephanie Ruiz............................. Economics Salvatore Salamone ....................Political Science Feras Saleh........................................... Economics Nader Salha ......................................... Economics Cristina Santos . Anthropology & Political Science James Saunders...............................Anthropology Matthew James Schmidt..................... Economics Travis Earl Schreiber ...................Political Science Qin Shen ............................................... Economics George Michael Shepherd ..........Political Science★Yara Shoufani ..............................Political Science

(Minor in Labour Studies) Avneet Singh ........................................ Economics Kiranjot Kaur Singh .............................. Economics

(Minor in Philosophy) Harresh Sivamohan .............................. Economics Bridget Smith ...................................Anthropology Marshauna Smith Parkes ........ Political Science &

Sociology Dah Law Eh Soe ..........................Political Science

(Minor in Economics) Zafir Ashif Somani................................ Economics

(Minor in Psychology)★Jessica Peixinho Sopher .............Political Science Irina Stanciu Casin ...........................Anthropology

(Minor in History) Peter Johann Stewart-Kroeker . Religious Studies Sifat Syeda ............Economics & Political Science Ibiso Tariah ........................................... Economics Nilen Thamphirasan ............Economics & Political

Science★Abraham Rohan Thomas ........... Religious Studies

(Minor in Economics)★Raffi Thomasian ................................... Economics

★Sarah Thomson ................................Anthropology Geeta Anjanie Tiwari .............. Political Science &

Religious Studies Jennifer Toito .............. Anthropology & Sociology Thi Phuong Hoa Tran ............................ Economics Saima Tufail .....................................Anthropology Julia Anne Vanderkooy Labour Studies & Political

Science Drew Christian Villabroza ...........Political Science Philippe Keith Custodio Visaya ........Anthropology

(Minor in Archaeology) Antonija Vistica ................................Anthropology Brendan Michael Wallace ................... Economics Jake Mengkun Wang . Economics & Mathematics Xueqian Wang ...................................... Economics Anton Maksym Waschuk ............Political Science Xinlei Wen ............................................ Economics Brock Westman ...........................Political Science

(Minor in Philosophy)★Michael John Wolfsgruber .........Political Science

(Minor in Philosophy) Ka Hei Wong ........................................ Economics

(Minor in Finance) Annamica Yadav........................ Religious Studies

(Minor in Business) Ashish Yadav ........................................ Economics Tihana Kathryn Yurkovic ............... Anthropology &

Geography Rebecca Nichole Zachar ............... Labour Studies Lan Zhang ............................................. Economics Sixuan Zhang........................................ Economics★Yiying Zhang ......................................... Economics Maksymilian Ziolkowski..............Political Science★Hans Zuriel ........................................... Economics

BACHELOR OF ARTS Aish Abid .....................................Political Science Bining Ai ............................................... Economics Leanne Akram .............................Political Science Nicholas Graham Banfield ................... Economics James Barclay ........................... Religious Studies Emma Barker ....................................Anthropology Lukas Barrowclough ...................... Labour Studies Bravin Baskaran ................................... Economics Timothy Batke................................ Labour Studies Quincy Cynthia Suzanne Batson .Political Science Janikka Mavis Cassandra Blair Murray ....General Taylor Marie Bridgewood ..................... Economics Jack Thomas Brillinger.....................Anthropology Taylor Brisebois ............................. Labour Studies Michael Brodie ..................................... Economics Liam Garrett Caldwell .......................... Economics Jacqueline Anne Campeau .................. Economics

Andrew Roberto Cancilla ............Political Science Jennifer Lauren Carlisle ..............Political Science Justin Quinn Casuccio.......................... Economics Navdeep Singh Chatrath ...................... Economics Si Chen ................................................. Economics Yun Na Chen ......................................... Economics Jillian Chevrier .................................Anthropology Tsailing Michelle Chiang ...................... Economics Miranda Vivian Clayton....................Anthropology Katherine Clifford ................................. Economics Jeffrey Jordan Colasurdo.............. Labour Studies Michael Couto .............................Political Science Biranavan Cugananthan ....................... Economics Erica Livia De Luca ......................Political Science Kaumadhi Inakshi De Zoysa ................. Economics Nikola Delic ................................... Labour Studies Matthew Konstanty Dislakis................ Economics

Xinyang Du ........................................... Economics Taylor Elliot ........................................... Economics Mariah Erjavec .............................. Labour Studies Zain Farid.....................................Political Science Matthew Gallo ..................................... Economics Frank Geronimo .................................... Economics Ramneet Kaur Gill ................................ Economics Megan Ashley Goodman...................... Economics Shaquille Gordon.........................Political Science Baily Marie Graham ............................. Economics Aaron Patrick Grant .............................. Economics Anthony Gravina............................ Labour Studies David Jeffrey Hazell ............................. Economics Catherine Houzwiczka ................... Labour Studies Wei En Hung ........................................ Economics Alvin Islam............................................ Economics Arun Jagga ........................................... Economics

BACHELOR OF ARTS, HONOURS (CONTINUED…)


Wednesday June 15, 2016: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 9★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12)

Names of graduands listed in this program are those recommended to Senate as of June 8, 2016. We regret that late additions to the graduation lists could not be included in this program. Some names of graduands may not be included in this program at the request of these individuals.

Kristina Ana Jankovic ......................Anthropology Susanna Klahsen....................... Religious Studies Kristy Kover .................................Political Science Yun Hang Kwan .................................... Economics Jamie Lai ................................... Religious Studies Stephanie Lamb ................................... Economics Ruth Lewis...................................Political Science Ka-ho Ho Nicholas Li...................Political Science Hannah Victoria Loo .........................Anthropology Siti Khadijah Mahmud Ariff ................. Economics Florim Makolaj ..................................... Economics Aisha Malik ................................... Labour Studies Ida M. Marrelli .................................Anthropology Carla Teresa Martines ......................Anthropology★Lindsey McGowan......................... Labour Studies Dylan McMullen................................... Economics Julia Mary Mele...............................Anthropology Marcus Joseph Melo ........................... Economics Taylor Muriel Merkley .................Political Science Alexander Miller .................................. Economics Frank Tanner Miller .............................. Economics Sapna Mohan ..............................Political Science Sapna Mohan ....................................... Economics Mariya Molochko ................................. Economics Peter Xuansheng Mu............................ Economics Mahmoud Nasser.......................... Labour Studies Sumair Nazir......................................... Economics Eric Ngo ......................................... Labour Studies

Dung Hoang Nguyen ............................ Economics★Melanie Katherine Olds ...................Anthropology★Shyamal Pansuriya ............................... Economics Rajiv Suneil Paraboo ...................Political Science★Teresa Ann Parente ....................... Labour Studies Shinwoo Park ....................................... Economics Shane Christian Parreno ...................... Economics Abigail Erin Pickard ..........................Anthropology Jesse Pulfer.......................................... Economics Rachel Quinby ..................................Anthropology Jenna Ratcliffe ..........................................General Payam Riazi .......................................... Economics★Keatha-Lee Ann Robinson-Edwards ......................

Anthropology★Peter Rosser .............................. Religious Studies Nicholas Sayers ..........................Political Science Holly Dakota Schell ................... Religious Studies Tristan Schram ..................................... Economics Brandon Jackson Scott ........................ Economics Raveen Kaur Sekhon ...................Political Science Brandon David Michael Sharma .Political Science Sinthu Sivathasan .......................Political Science Shaegan Sriragavan ...................... Labour Studies Jezerae Stewart ................................... Economics Suliman Sulimankhil ..................... Labour Studies Muhib Syed ................................... Labour Studies Joshua William Taggett ....................... Economics Deping Tan ........................................... Economics

Danielle Leigh Thompson.............. Labour Studies Michael Tieu......................................... Economics Jason Tsang ......................................... Economics Andrea Tullo .....................................Anthropology Ziana Ukani ................................... Labour Studies Ron Vainstein ....................................... Economics Jese Veltri ...................................Political Science Prianka Pooja Virdi ......................Political Science Anthony Vu ........................................... Economics Evan James Wade ......................Political Science Hanying Wang ...................................... Economics Ru Wang ............................................... Economics Xinyu Wang .......................................... Economics Dale West ............................................ Economics Sophie Victoria Wilding ...................Anthropology Taylor James Wilenski .....................Anthropology Thomas Eric Wille ................................ Economics Kieran Michael Woodward .................. Economics Mark Yako ...................................Political Science Kaize Yao .............................................. Economics Jianfeng Ye .......................................... Economics Bojana Zemunovic ................................ Economics Hangtian Zhan ...................................... Economics Xiaoyuan Zhang.................................... Economics Xuanrong Zhang ................................... Economics Yuan Zhang ........................................... Economics Zhengheng Heng Zhao ......................... Economics


UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS (2015-2016 SESSION)

MEDALS

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDALAaron Goldberg Haichao Zhang

THE E. H. AMBROSE GOLD MEDALAmreen Azam

THE BASU MEDALJoshua Santucci

THE BINKLEY MEDALStuart Douglas

THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDALBeichen Wu

THE DEAN’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE HUMANITIESSarah WhitwellLaura CurtisIsabella Giuliano

Laura BeaudinElizabeth Delaney

THE J. E. L. GRAHAM MEDALPat Vaughn

THE AMELIA HALL GOLD MEDALZachary Williams

THE HUMANITIES MEDALS FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTLaura Curtis Isabella Giuliano

THE HURD MEDALCatherine Renwick

THE JENSEN MEDALSheldon Pereira

THE GERALD L. KEECH MEDALStuart Douglas

THE MAPS GOLD MEDALPatrick Meagher

THE R. C. McIVOR MEDALAudrey Tan

THE ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GOLD MEDALBhavit Patel

TROPHIES AND MERIT AWARDS

THE BURKE MEMORIAL RINGSyed Daud

THE CSEP/SCPE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDMadeline McDonald

THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MERIT AWARDRohan PhilipOriana Vanderfl eet

Christal Zhou

SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES

THE AIR LIQUIDE CANADA BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPFathima Samsoodeen

THE ANTHROPOLOGY PRIZEDeanna Aubert

THE WILLIAM AND LIDA BARNS MEMORIAL PRIZE IN HISTORYTiffany Kitagawa

THE MARION BATES BOOK PRIZEShawna Collins

THE ABE BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZESMadeline GritzanMandeep Samra-Sahota

Haichao Zhang

THE DAWSON PRIZE IN CHEMISTRYChristopher Franko Eric Lovinger

THE JOHN DEERE LIMITED SCHOLARSHIPSamantha Wang

THE LAURA DODSON PRIZELoretta Kerr

THE BRUCE M. HAMILTON AWARDAudrey Tan

THE JENNIFER HEADLEY SCHOLARSHIPMichael Wolfsgruber

THE BURTON R. JAMES MEMORIAL PRIZEAmreen Azam

THE W. NORMAN JEEVES SCHOLARSHIPPeter Hopperton

THE FRANK E. JONES PRIZECarleigh Smith

THE DR. JEAN JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP*Heather Clark

THE KARL KINANEN ALUMNI PRIZE IN GERONTOLOGYRabia Chaudhry Courtney Quigg

THE KINESIOLOGY PRIZESTaylor Stanojev Tanner Stokes

THE RUTH LANDES PRIZEKathryn Campeau

THE FELIKS LITKOWSKI PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCEJessica Sopher

THE BERT MacKINNON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPMiruna BirsanSuzy Flader

Anderson Grossman

THE AGNES AND JOHN MacNEILL MEMORIAL PRIZESydney Dusselier

THE CATHERINE MacNEILL PRIZEBrianna Cheng Audrey Tan

THE ESTHER McCANDLESS MEMORIAL PRIZENicholas Luymes

THE ESTHER McCANDLESS MEMORIAL PRIZEHaichao Zhang

THE JOHN R. McCARTHY SCHOLARSHIPGabriela CyganBrenelle D’Souza

Amanda HroncokBrooke Jones

THE A.G. McKAY PRIZE IN CLASSICAL STUDIESJeanne Allen

THE WALTER SCOTT McLAY SCHOLARSHIPSydney Dusselier


THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY FUTURES FUND GRADUAND SCHOLARSHIPLin Li

THE McMASTER NURSING ALUMNI MEMORIAL PRIZEAlexandra Oliver Krista Sferrazza

THE AUDREY EVELYN MEPHAM AWARDMegan ActonSandani HapuhennedigeLauren Karrys

Michelle McGinnesRemani Rabindranath

THE MIDDLETON/WALKER PRIZE IN SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGYIwona Widurska Monica Wiercigroch

THE E. S. MOORE PRIZEGeoff Rose

THE P. L. NEWBIGGING PRIZEAsher Hastings Evelina Woszczynska

THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS PRIZESBenjamin BergeyKrista Carlin

Heather ClarkPetra Popescu-Moody

THE HARRY L. PENNY PRIZEDiane Liu

THE PIONEER ENERGY LP GERONTOLOGY PRIZEOrezioghene Akporuno

THE PIONEER ENERGY LP PRIZE IN NURSINGCailin McMeekin

THE POLITICAL SCIENCE PRIZEMichael Wolfsgruber

THE POLITICAL SCIENCE HONOURS ESSAY PRIZEMelissa Cameron

THE LLOYD REEDS PRIZEThomas ClementGeoff Rose

Iwona WidurskaMonica Wiercigroch

THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES PRIZENathan Beresh

THE ABRAHAM ISAAC ROSENBERG MEMORIAL PRIZEBianca Caramento

THE GRACE SENRA-FONTES MEMORIAL PRIZEAlexandra Oliver

THE SHELL CANADA PRIZES IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENTMatthew FeigeMichael Popovich

Michael Zamboni

THE RICHARD SLOBODIN PRIZEBeatrice Fletcher

THE SOCIOLOGY PRIZEChelsea Gabriele Pat Vaughn

THE JOHN H. TRUEMAN PRIZESarah Whitwell

THE ALVINA MARIE WERNER SCHOLARSHIPJustin Johnstone Audrey Tan

MBA MEDALS AND AWARDS

D.M. (MIKE) HEDDEN GOLD MEDALXiaoyi Yao

THE BASU MEDALPetar Bozovic

THE LITVAK MEDAL IN MARKETINGTaylor Biggin

THE R.J. SPENCE MEMORIAL MEDAL Xiaoyi Yao

UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS (CONTINUED …)


HONORARY DEGREES

Faculty of Health Sciences

Peter Palese, Doctor of Science

Peter Palese established the fi rst genetic maps for infl uenza A, B and C viruses; identifi ed the function of several viral genes; defined the mechanism of neuraminidase inhibitors, which are now FDA approved antivirals, and pioneered the fi eld of reverse genetics

for negative-strand RNA viruses.

He and his colleagues have reconstructed in the laboratory the extinct 1918 pandemic infl uenza virus and studied it extensively. Most recently, Palese in collaboration with several colleagues works on developing a universal infl uenza virus vaccine which should give long-lasting protective immunity against seasonal as well as pandemic infl uenza viruses.

A Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, Palese has produced more than 370 scholarly publications and serves on the editorial board for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has also served as president of both the Harvey Society and the American Society of Virology. He holds a number of patents on viral vaccines and antivirals, some of which he has helped bring to market.

Palese is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He has received the Robert Koch Prize, the Wilhelm Exner Medal, the European Virology Award, the Sanofi -Institut Pasteur Award, and the Beijerinck Virology Prize from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty of Business

John Levy, Doctor of Laws

Educated as a lawyer, John Levy has built his career in cable television and digital media. He currently serves as chairman and chief executive offi cer of theScore, Inc. Levy worked with Western Co-Axial, the cable company founded by his father, and assumed leadership of the

company in 1985 after his father’s retirement. That transition began a period of dramatic growth for Western Co-Axial which became Cableworks Communications and evolved into one of the 10 largest cable television distributors in the country.

In 1994, as all-sports networks were establishing themselves in Canada, Levy launched Sportscope, an alpha-numeric cable channel that provided sports scores and statistics. Levy later transformed Sportscope into Headline Sports which offered a more complete range of programming in addition to scores and stats. By 2012, Headline Sports was in 6.6 million homes as theScore Television Network, part of Score Media. That year, Levy sold the television side of the company to Rogers Media while continuing to run the company’s digital and mobile assets through theScore, Inc.

Levy and theScore have been active advisors and partners to McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business, serving as founding sponsors in the launch of the school’s EMBA in Digital Transformation.

School of Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences Program

Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Doctor of Science

Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes is a professor at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing where she has served as director of the college twice. She chaired the Pan American Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing Development and was president of the Commission of Accreditation of Magazines for the USP Support Program for Periodical Scientifi c Publications. She also served as secretary general of the Global Network of Nursing Midwifery for seven years.

A prolifi c researcher whose work in English, Spanish and Portuguese infl uences a number of aspects of nursing, Costa Mendes serves as the editor of the Latin American Journal of Nursing. She is a member of the editorial board for Nursing Ethics, the journal of the International Center for Ethics in Nursing.

For the last decade, Costa Mendes has been director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Development Nursing Research. She has also played key roles with the Telenursing Network Advisory Group of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and the General Council of the School of Nursing at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She was the president of the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and has been a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ribeirão Preto since 2006.


HONORARY DEGREES


Peter Palese, Doctor of Science

Peter Palese established the fi rst genetic maps for infl uenza A, B and C viruses; identifi ed the function of several viral genes; defined the mechanism of neuraminidase inhibitors, which are now FDA approved antivirals, and pioneered the fi eld of reverse genetics

for negative-strand RNA viruses.

He and his colleagues have reconstructed in the laboratory the extinct 1918 pandemic infl uenza virus and studied it extensively. Most recently, Palese in collaboration with several colleagues works on developing a universal infl uenza virus vaccine which should give long-lasting protective immunity against seasonal as well as pandemic infl uenza viruses.

A Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, Palese has produced more than 370 scholarly publications and serves on the editorial board for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has also served as president of both the Harvey Society and the American Society of Virology. He holds a number of patents on viral vaccines and antivirals, some of which he has helped bring to market.

Palese is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He has received the Robert Koch Prize, the Wilhelm Exner Medal, the European Virology Award, the Sanofi -Institut Pasteur Award, and the Beijerinck Virology Prize from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty of Business

John Levy, Doctor of Laws

Educated as a lawyer, John Levy has built his career in cable television and digital media. He currently serves as chairman and chief executive offi cer of theScore, Inc. Levy worked with Western Co-Axial, the cable company founded by his father, and assumed leadership of the

company in 1985 after his father’s retirement. That transition began a period of dramatic growth for Western Co-Axial which became Cableworks Communications and evolved into one of the 10 largest cable television distributors in the country.

In 1994, as all-sports networks were establishing themselves in Canada, Levy launched Sportscope, an alpha-numeric cable channel that provided sports scores and statistics. Levy later transformed Sportscope into Headline Sports which offered a more complete range of programming in addition to scores and stats. By 2012, Headline Sports was in 6.6 million homes as theScore Television Network, part of Score Media. That year, Levy sold the television side of the company to Rogers Media while continuing to run the company’s digital and mobile assets through theScore, Inc.

Levy and theScore have been active advisors and partners to McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business, serving as founding sponsors in the launch of the school’s EMBA in Digital Transformation.

School of Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences Program

Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Doctor of Science

Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes is a professor at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing where she has served as director of the college twice. She chaired the Pan American Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing Development and was president of the Commission of Accreditation of Magazines for the USP Support Program for Periodical Scientifi c Publications. She also served as secretary general of the Global Network of Nursing Midwifery for seven years.

A prolifi c researcher whose work in English, Spanish and Portuguese infl uences a number of aspects of nursing, Costa Mendes serves as the editor of the Latin American Journal of Nursing. She is a member of the editorial board for Nursing Ethics, the journal of the International Center for Ethics in Nursing.

For the last decade, Costa Mendes has been director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Development Nursing Research. She has also played key roles with the Telenursing Network Advisory Group of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and the General Council of the School of Nursing at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She was the president of the Rho Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and has been a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ribeirão Preto since 2006.

Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Program

Barry Lord, Doctor of LawsGail Lord, Doctor of Laws

Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord co-founded Lord Cultural Resources in 1981 and in the decades since have established themselves as the world’s leading museum, gallery and historic site planners.

Dexter Lord has been an art critic, feature writer and commentator for national print and broadcast media while helping to develop interdisciplinary programs in fi lm and photographic arts at Ryerson University. She is a frequent presenter at the American Association of Museums, the British Museums Association and the International Council of Museums. Lord began curating exhibitions on a freelance basis for Canadian and American galleries after serving as a curator, education offi cer and director at several art galleries and museums in Canada. He has planned and managed cultural and heritage projects involving everything from marine archaeology to industrial technology to heritage villages.

Individually, as partners or with a third collaborator, Lord and Dexter Lord have edited and written several key works in the fi eld including Planning Our Museums; The Manual of Museum Management; The Manual of Museum Exhibitions; The Manual of Museum Learning; Art & Energy; and Artists, Patrons, and the Public: Why Culture Changes. Dexter Lord was appointed an Offi cier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France and has received both the ICOM Canada International Achievement Award and an Award of Merit for Lifetime Achievement in the Museum Field in Ontario.

Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)

Steve Paikin, Doctor of Laws

Steve Paikin has been the anchor of TVO’s fl agship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin since 2006. He was previously an anchor and Queen’s Park correspondent for CBLT, host of a daily news program on CBC Newsworld and a reporter with a

variety of media outlets including CHFI and the Hamilton Spectator.

Paikin’s tenure at TVO began in 1992 as the host of the politics-focused series Between the Lines. He also co-created and hosted the Queen’s Park magazine Fourth Reading and the weekly foreign affairs show Diplomatic Immunity. His co-hosting duties also included Studio 2. Paikin has moderated six party leader election debates – in the 2006, 2008 and 2011 federal elections and in the 2007, 2011 and 2014 elections in Ontario.

Paikin is an active and accomplished producer of feature-length documentaries including Return to the Warsaw Ghetto which won the Silver Screen Award at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival as well as awards at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan and at the Shanghai Film Festival. His other producing credits include A Main Street Man; Balkan Madness; Teachers, Tories and Turmoil; and Chairman of the Board: The Life and Death of John Robarts.

Paikin is the chancellor of Laurentian University and a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University. He is an offi cer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of Ontario.

Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony)

Richard W. Hill, Sr., Doctor of Laws

A member of the Beaver Clan of the Tuscarora Nation and a leading community-based knowledge keeper and researcher at Six Nations of the Grand River, Richard (Hayadaha) W. Hill Sr. has contributed immensely to the resurgence of Hodinöhsö:ni’ Indigenous Knowledge

at the local reserve, international and global levels. As a practicing artist, cultural historian, public intellectual, teaching elder, mentor, researcher, community leader, museum curator, art historian, speaker and lecturer, Hill has also been an active leader in the multi-decade campaign to repatriate wampum to the original Hodinöhsö:ni’ owners and makers. This process and Hill’s contributions to it have been central to regenerating what people of the Six Nations Confederacy call the “good mind” within and among Six Nations community members, Iroquoian peoples and their neighbours; among Indigenous and federal, provincial and state governments and among academic institutions and community-based researchers and knowledge holders.

Hill, who has studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and pursued graduate work in Native American history at the University at Buffalo, is the senior project coordinator at the Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Six Nations Polytechnic.

HONORARY DEGREES (CONTINUED…)



Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)

Martin Manning, Doctor of Science

Martin Manning began his career as a theoretical nuclear physicist working in Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand before becoming engaged in atmospheric and climate change science long before climate change was a well-known global issue. His

specifi c research interests have included greenhouse gases and atmospheric chemistry. Manning led investigations at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research – a New Zealand crown institute – exploring atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle. He also represented New Zealand on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Manning spent fi ve years in Colorado as director of the IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit that produced the Fourth Assessment Report on climate change for governments, leading up to the IPCC being awarded – along with Al Gore – the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Since 2007, Manning has been a professor of climate change at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where he established the interdisciplinary New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute. The institute is designed to build better interactions among science, policy and societal factors on climate change issues. Manning has produced more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and been an author and review editor on several major IPCC reports. In 2008, he became an offi cer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to climate change science.

Faculty of Science (Afternoon Ceremony)

Chil-Yong Kang, Doctor of Science

Chil-Yong (Yong) Kang is a molecular virologist and professor of virology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Previously, he had served as the dean of the Faculty of Science.

Kang’s research in molecular virology includes the development of viral-specifi c antiviral therapeutic agents and vaccines against human viral diseases including AIDS and hepatitis. He holds nine international biotechnology patents covering more than 70 countries. He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Virology, the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Virus Research, Virology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Kang has received numerous prizes for his work including the Sahng-Huh Cultural Grand Prize in Academia, the Gold Medal for Ilchun Lecture, the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine and the Order of Korea in Science and Technology. He has also been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Western University, the Award of Excellence of the University of Ottawa and the McMaster University Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and received the Scientist of the Year Award from the President of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology in 2014. Kang is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an elected member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)

Gordon Huang, Doctor of Science

Gordon Huang is a professor in the Environmental Systems Engineering Program at the University of Regina, the holder of a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment and a pioneer in the theory, methodology and application of environmental systems analysis. His work infl uences

environmental practice and policy for corporations and governments worldwide, including through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) which has introduced Huang’s interval-fuzzy multiobjective programming (IFMOP) model to countries around the world. He helped inaugurate an entirely new discipline, inexact environmental systems analysis, and he has become the world’s most-cited expert on environmental risk.

Huang has a strong global presence, having served as president of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences for two terms. He is editor-in-chief for two international journals, an editorial board member for more than ten others and a panel member for more than 20 national or international organizations. In 2004, the International Society for Environmental Information Science convened a special panel to discuss Huang’s research and six years later the International Conference on Ecological Informatics & Ecosystem Conservation held a similar session.

Huang is currently leading an international research consortium to develop an integrated simulation-based multi-uncertainty optimization (SMUO) system for analyzing a variety of watershed environmental systems under changing climatic conditions.

Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)

Maria Klawe, Doctor of Science

Maria Klawe has been president of Harvey Mudd College since 2006. A renowned computer scientist, she had previously served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University and before that held multiple leadership positions at the

University of British Columbia. Klawe also spent a number of years in the private sector with IBM Research. She is a former member of the boards of directors of Microsoft Corporation and Broadcom Corporation.

Klawe has made signifi cant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, human-computer interaction, gender issues in information technology and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a trustee for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley and a member of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Selection Board.

An advocate of improved science and mathematics education at all levels, Klawe is a member of the board of Math for America and of the advisory council for the Computer Science Teachers Association. She also chairs the board of directors of the nonprofi t EdReports.org. She received the 2014 Women of Vision ABIE Award for Leadership and was ranked number 17 on Fortune magazine’s 2014 list of the World’s Greatest Leaders.




Martin Manning, Doctor of Science

Martin Manning began his career as a theoretical nuclear physicist working in Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand before becoming engaged in atmospheric and climate change science long before climate change was a well-known global issue. His

specifi c research interests have included greenhouse gases and atmospheric chemistry. Manning led investigations at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research – a New Zealand crown institute – exploring atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle. He also represented New Zealand on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Manning spent fi ve years in Colorado as director of the IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit that produced the Fourth Assessment Report on climate change for governments, leading up to the IPCC being awarded – along with Al Gore – the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Since 2007, Manning has been a professor of climate change at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where he established the interdisciplinary New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute. The institute is designed to build better interactions among science, policy and societal factors on climate change issues. Manning has produced more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and been an author and review editor on several major IPCC reports. In 2008, he became an offi cer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to climate change science.


Chil-Yong Kang, Doctor of Science

Chil-Yong (Yong) Kang is a molecular virologist and professor of virology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Previously, he had served as the dean of the Faculty of Science.

Kang’s research in molecular virology includes the development of viral-specifi c antiviral therapeutic agents and vaccines against human viral diseases including AIDS and hepatitis. He holds nine international biotechnology patents covering more than 70 countries. He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Virology, the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Virus Research, Virology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Kang has received numerous prizes for his work including the Sahng-Huh Cultural Grand Prize in Academia, the Gold Medal for Ilchun Lecture, the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine and the Order of Korea in Science and Technology. He has also been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Western University, the Award of Excellence of the University of Ottawa and the McMaster University Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and received the Scientist of the Year Award from the President of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology in 2014. Kang is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an elected member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.


Gordon Huang, Doctor of Science

Gordon Huang is a professor in the Environmental Systems Engineering Program at the University of Regina, the holder of a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment and a pioneer in the theory, methodology and application of environmental systems analysis. His work infl uences

environmental practice and policy for corporations and governments worldwide, including through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) which has introduced Huang’s interval-fuzzy multiobjective programming (IFMOP) model to countries around the world. He helped inaugurate an entirely new discipline, inexact environmental systems analysis, and he has become the world’s most-cited expert on environmental risk.

Huang has a strong global presence, having served as president of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences for two terms. He is editor-in-chief for two international journals, an editorial board member for more than ten others and a panel member for more than 20 national or international organizations. In 2004, the International Society for Environmental Information Science convened a special panel to discuss Huang’s research and six years later the International Conference on Ecological Informatics & Ecosystem Conservation held a similar session.

Huang is currently leading an international research consortium to develop an integrated simulation-based multi-uncertainty optimization (SMUO) system for analyzing a variety of watershed environmental systems under changing climatic conditions.


Maria Klawe, Doctor of Science

Maria Klawe has been president of Harvey Mudd College since 2006. A renowned computer scientist, she had previously served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University and before that held multiple leadership positions at the

University of British Columbia. Klawe also spent a number of years in the private sector with IBM Research. She is a former member of the boards of directors of Microsoft Corporation and Broadcom Corporation.

Klawe has made signifi cant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, human-computer interaction, gender issues in information technology and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a trustee for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley and a member of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Selection Board.

An advocate of improved science and mathematics education at all levels, Klawe is a member of the board of Math for America and of the advisory council for the Computer Science Teachers Association. She also chairs the board of directors of the nonprofi t EdReports.org. She received the 2014 Women of Vision ABIE Award for Leadership and was ranked number 17 on Fortune magazine’s 2014 list of the World’s Greatest Leaders.

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS


Dr. Gerard Wright Professor, Biochemistry and Biomedical SciencesDirector, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research

Gerry Wright is a global leader in the study of bacterial and fungal antimicrobial resistance. He coined the

term antibiotic resistome to describe pre-existing antibiotic resistance elements, establishing a novel view of antibiotic resistance. He is the developer of the Comprehensive Antimicrobial Resistance Database and co-founder of Canada’s fi rst academia-based high throughput screening facility.

The director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Wright has earned three consecutive Canada Research Chair appointments and was the youngest person to serve as chair of McMaster’s Department of Biochemistry. Wright is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the American Academy of Microbiology whose list of honours includes the Killam Research Fellowship, the Premier’s Research Excellence Award and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award for lifetime achievement.

School of Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences Program Ceremony

Dr. Andrea BaumannAssociate Vice-President, Global Health

The associate vice-president (global health) for the Faculty of Health Sciences, Andrea Baumann’s international experience includes serving as co-director

of a project developing women health professionals in Pakistan and guiding the development of the University Sharjah College of Health Sciences.

Previously, as associate dean of the School of Nursing, Baumann played a central role in developing Ontario’s fi rst nurse practitioner program, designing the nursing graduate program and leading the creation of the award-winning Master of Science in Global Health program. She also worked to ensure that McMaster would be named a Pan-American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Collaborating Centre.

Baumann is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the American Academy of Nursing as well as a recipient of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Award for Research.

Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Program Ceremony

Dr. Lorraine YorkProfessor, Department of English and Cultural Studies

The Senator William McMaster Chair in Canadian Literature and Culture, Lorraine York has helped establish the critical foundation for contemporary

Canadian literature through her work on writers including Alice Munro, Timothy Findley and Michael Ondaatje. A pioneer in Canadian celebrity studies, her 2007 book Literary Celebrity in Canada was a fi nalist for the Raymond Klibansky Prize while Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity was nominated for the Gabrielle Roy Prize for the best work of Canadian literary criticism.

York has won the MSU Teaching Award for the Faculty of Humanities and twice earned the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision. She has served on the McMaster University Senate, chaired the Graduate Studies Committee and is the co-director of McMaster’s Centre for Community-Engaged Narrative Arts. She was also nominated as an external reviewer for 10 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grants, and has served three years as SSHRC SRG Committee Chair.

School of Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences Program Ceremony

Dr. Salim YusufProfessor, Cardiology, Department of Medicine; Director, Population Health Research Institute

Salim Yusuf is the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Research Chair and a global leader in evidence-based

cardiology. He founded the Population Health Research Institute, one of the top ten research centres globally, and his own scholarly work has been cited more than 114,000 times. In 2011, he was the second-most cited scientist globally and in 2014 was named the most infl uential Canadian scientist by the Globe and Mail.

Yusuf has received more than 50 major awards including the Lifetime Research Achievement Award of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal and the American Heart Association Clinical Research Award. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an offi cer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.


GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL


Aaron Goldberg

Aaron is graduating from the Integrated Science program with a Concentration in Physics. He completed his undergraduate thesis with Dr. Duncan O’Dell, investigating a problem at the boundary of quantum mechanics. Aaron complimented his education by

presenting original research at local, national, and international conferences; he was distinguished as the top presenter at the 2015 Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference in the Quantum Condensed Matter category. He also won numerous McMaster scholarships and NSERC awards, and acted as a teaching assistant.

Aaron further augmented his McMaster experience by participating in intramural sports, volunteering with Hamilton Out of the Cold, and being an active member of McMaster Hillel. In his spare time he enjoys playing sports, cooking, and reading. Next year he will pursue graduate studies in Physics.

Aaron would like to share his achievement with his family, friends, professors, and the iSci program, whose support enabled his success.


Haichao Zhang

Haichao Zhang completed her undergraduate degree in Honours Biology and Psychology. As a two-time NSERC summer research award recipient, she developed wide research interests in child development and neurophysiology while studying face perception in

children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and auditory neurons of big brown bats. Haichao shared her passion for learning as an Introductory Psychology teaching assistant and Pathways to Education tutor. Outside of academics, Haichao is a self-taught digital artist and mental health advocate. She is actively involved in campus clubs as the president of McMaster’s Design & Art Association and an executive of COPE, a student mental health initiative. In the community, she strives to make a difference through volunteering at Hamilton Health Sciences, Brain Injury Services, and Alzheimer Society of Hamilton. These experiences have inspired Haichao to pursue a career in psychiatry, and she is excited to continue her education at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine this fall.

Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their items in the Molson Canadian Studio (the room in which academic regalia is distributed). If your gown has been returned and you have collected your degree, your degree can be framed at this location.

For those who wish to purchase a degree frame today before or after the ceremony, please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers Offi cial McMaster University degree frames and a wide selection of crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2016 merchandise. Complementary degree framing also takes place in the lobby area.

A representative from Josten’s will be on hand before and after all graduation ceremonies to help size and design the perfect ring for your graduate.

Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their items in Wentworth Room A when the ceremony is complete and their gowns have been returned. Your degree will be framed in this location.

For those who have purchased a degree frame today before the ceremony, or would like to purchase a degree frame after the ceremony please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers a wide selection of Offi cial McMaster University degree frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2016 merchandise.

A representative from Josten’s will be on hand before and after all graduation ceremonies to help size and design the perfect ring for your graduate. Complementary degree framing also takes place in the lobby area.

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (CONTINUED…)

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING & LEARNING (CONTINUED…)


Dr. Gregory WohlAssociate Professor/Associate Chair (Undergraduate), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Greg Wohl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Member of the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering. He teaches courses in the area of biomechanics to undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students, and injury mechanics in graduate courses. He has also led the development of online multimedia content to help undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students prepare for hands-on lab activities. He thinks that the best way for instructors to engage students and facilitate their learning is to share

their enthusiasm and excitement for the content and to help the students to see the importance of the lesson content in real life applications.


Dr. Walter CraigProfessor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Walter Craig is a professor of mathematics and the Tier I Canada Research Chair of Mathematical Analysis and its Applications. He is an applied mathematician whose research focuses on the mathematical physics of waves, including tsunami and rogue wave modeling. Craig has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, has held visiting professorships at many institutions internationally, and has served on numerous editorial boards, including seven currently.

Craig has served as director of the Fields Institute, where he is currently a member of the Board of Directors. He has been awarded Bantrell, Sloan and Killam research fellowships. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Mathematical Society, and the Fields Institute.


PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING & LEARNING

Faculty of Business

Dr. Milena HeadProfessor, Information SystemsWayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation

Dr. Milena Head is a Professor of Information Systems and the Wayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

Her research interests relate to human-computer interaction, technology use and misuse, and culture/gender/age impacts on interface design. She has published over 100 papers in academic journals, books and conferences and has been the recipient of several prestigious research and teaching awards. At the DeGroote School of Business, Dr. Head’s leadership has been instrumental in the development of several new programs (many of which are interfaculty and multi-institutional) and learning spaces (such as the Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington). She has served as the School’s Associate Dean, MBA Director and currently is serving as Academic Director for the new blended learning EMBA program. Dr. Head is truly passionate about delivering experiential, multidisciplinary and transformative learning experiences that motivate and inspire her students. She is a champion and devoted coach for MBA students that compete at national and international case competitions.


Dr. Dan CenteaAssistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Centea has taken on a variety of roles including Chair of the Automotive and Vehicle Technology, a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) program that he was instrumental in designing in partnership with Mohawk College. He

began his academic career at McMaster in 1999 as sessional instructor, and has gone on to become an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering. During these years he has developed 27 new courses in the B.Tech. program, and delivered them 142 times with excellent student feedback. Dr. Centea is an outstanding teacher, an excellent researcher and an educational leader. He is commitment to the success of his students and the B.Tech. program as a whole.

Dr. Centea is also a research fellow at MIIETL where he has researched and published his work on teaching methods. His pedagogical research aims to enhance student learning. He is a great supporter of various experiential learning approaches. As a great supporter of Problem Based Learning, he was the fi rst faculty who introduced this teaching and learning approach in the School of Engineering Technology.


Dr. Anthony J. Levinson Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesJohn R. Evans Chair in Health Sciences Educational Research and Instructional Development

Dr. Anthony J. Levinson is an Associate Professor and the Director, Division of e-Learning Innovation for the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. He obtained his BA from McGill with Joint Honours in English Literature and Philosophy; an MA in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex; and an MSc in Health Research Methodology from McMaster. As the John R. Evans Chair in Health Sciences Educational Research and Instructional Development, he focuses on the integration and testing of new learning technologies to improve health education and training for health care professionals and the public. He contributed to the design of the medical school COMPASS curriculum, and teaches extensively across the spectrum of medical education. Dr. Levinson maintains an active clinical practice in the area of medical psychiatry with a specialization in complex neuropsychiatric disorders and mental health issues among the medically ill.

Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)

Dr. Philippa CarterTeaching Professor, Department of Religious Studies

Philippa Carter is Teaching Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences. She received her B.A. (Hons.) in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto (Trinity, 1984) and completed her

M.A. (1986) and Ph.D. (1992) in Religious Studies at McMaster under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Westerholm. Philippa has taught undergraduate courses part-time and on permanent contracts at several universities in Southern Ontario but primarily at McMaster since 1991. In 2012 she was appointed teaching professor in Religious Studies and achieved permanence in 2015. Philippa teaches in the Department’s undergraduate program in the fi elds of Religion and Culture and also Biblical Studies. She recently learned that her 2015/16 Impact Fellowship with the McMaster Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (MIIETL) has been renewed for 2016/17. She is still fi guring out how to teach and like her mentor, Dr. David Kinsley (d. 2000), is grateful for all that she learns from her students.



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PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP


Julia Woo

For two years Julia Woo has served as the co-president of McMaster Smiling Over Sickness, a MSU club dedicated to volunteering and fundraising for sick children and their families in the Hamilton community. This year, she also served as the VP External of COPE, an

organization aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. In this role, Julia helped to establish a new volunteering program in collaboration with Indwell, a local charity that provides affordable housing for individuals with mental illness. Julia has also volunteered for various local organizations such as Empowerment Squared, Dignitas Youth, and McMaster Children’s Hospital. Lastly, Julia has been involved in numerous research projects at McMaster University aimed at serving the healthcare needs of the Hamilton community. After graduation, Julia hopes to use the skills and lessons she has learned from her undergraduate career in order to become a clinician-scientist in the fi eld of psychiatry.


Audrey Tan

Audrey Tan’s endeavours and involvement within and beyond the McMaster community speak to her dedication to leading positive change. Audrey’s work as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in the Faculty of Social Sciences, a note-taker with Student Accessibility Services,

and a volunteer with the McMaster Campus Ministries Council and the Hamilton Council on Aging has been recognized by awards such as the Honour M Award and the Albert Lager Prize for Student Initiative. She has received 2 Undergraduate Student Research Awards and is currently working to publish 3 papers on representations of aging in children’s literature. The 2015-2016 President of the Health, Aging and Society Student Association, Audrey has dedicated countless hours to organizing events and initiatives for her Department. In the fall of 2014 Audrey founded All That Glitters, a gently used accessories sale that has raised over $4,000 in support of two Indigenous women’s organizations and the purchasing of a memorial in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women. With the goal of working as a policy analyst for the World Health Organization, Audrey will be attending the University of Oxford this fall.


Nishan Zewge-Abubaker

Nishan is completing her undergraduate degree in Honours Life Sciences. Throughout her university career, she has built up a strong foundation of academic and non-academic experiences ranging from mentorship and transition, to engaging in community-based research

and advocacy. Most notable of her interests is her passion for social justice and equity. As the Director of MSU Diversity Services, Nishan worked with students and university administration to implement peer-led trainings, develop policy, and build community throughout the university. Nishan has also been nominated for the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction Award this year. Beyond her extra-curricular interests, Nishan enjoys riding her SoBi bicycle throughout Hamilton frequently, and has a slightly unhealthy interest in eating sushi.


Jacob Brodka

Jacob Brodka has dedicated his time at McMaster to improving the undergraduate student experience.

Notably, Jacob has served in various roles with the McMaster Students Union. For many years he helped run

both the Creating Leadership Amongst Youth and Horizons Leadership conferences. In 2013, Jacob was elected to the Student Representative Assembly and as Services Commissioner of the organization. In 2014, Jacob was elected Vice-President (Administration), where he went on to infl uence and lead countless projects in the McMaster and Hamilton community.

This year, Jacob conducted research for the Provost’s Task Force on Future Directions of Faculties, competed in the Synapse Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Competition and served as a Communications and Logistics Coordinator for the fi fth Big Ideas Better Cities research showcase. He is currently developing a business case for citizen engagement with ocean futures and public health with McMaster and Oceans Canada.

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (CONTINUED…)

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING & LEARNING (CONTINUED…)


Dr. Gregory WohlAssociate Professor/Associate Chair (Undergraduate), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Greg Wohl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Member of the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering. He teaches courses in the area of biomechanics to undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students, and injury mechanics in graduate courses. He has also led the development of online multimedia content to help undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students prepare for hands-on lab activities. He thinks that the best way for instructors to engage students and facilitate their learning is to share

their enthusiasm and excitement for the content and to help the students to see the importance of the lesson content in real life applications.


Dr. Walter CraigProfessor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Walter Craig is a professor of mathematics and the Tier I Canada Research Chair of Mathematical Analysis and its Applications. He is an applied mathematician whose research focuses on the mathematical physics of waves, including tsunami and rogue wave modeling. Craig has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, has held visiting professorships at many institutions internationally, and has served on numerous editorial boards, including seven currently.

Craig has served as director of the Fields Institute, where he is currently a member of the Board of Directors. He has been awarded Bantrell, Sloan and Killam research fellowships. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Mathematical Society, and the Fields Institute.


VALEDICTORIANS

Health Sciences Avijeet SarkerBusiness Connor PrebiancaNursing/Medical Radiation Sciences Caroline MuellerHumanities/Arts & Science Suzy FladerSocial Sciences (Morning Ceremony) Nathan BereshSocial Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony) Nathan BereshScience (Morning Ceremony) Aadil AliScience (Afternoon Ceremony) Lauren SmithEngineering (Morning Ceremony) Jonathon ToniettoEngineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Michael Popovich



Aaron Goldberg






Haichao Zhang









PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP


Julia Woo

For two years Julia Woo has served as the co-president of McMaster Smiling Over Sickness, a MSU club dedicated to volunteering and fundraising for sick children and their families in the Hamilton community. This year, she also served as the VP External of COPE, an

organization aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. In this role, Julia helped to establish a new volunteering program in collaboration with Indwell, a local charity that provides affordable housing for individuals with mental illness. Julia has also volunteered for various local organizations such as Empowerment Squared, Dignitas Youth, and McMaster Children’s Hospital. Lastly, Julia has been involved in numerous research projects at McMaster University aimed at serving the healthcare needs of the Hamilton community. After graduation, Julia hopes to use the skills and lessons she has learned from her undergraduate career in order to become a clinician-scientist in the fi eld of psychiatry.


Audrey Tan

Audrey Tan’s endeavours and involvement within and beyond the McMaster community speak to her dedication to leading positive change. Audrey’s work as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in the Faculty of Social Sciences, a note-taker with Student Accessibility Services,

and a volunteer with the McMaster Campus Ministries Council and the Hamilton Council on Aging has been recognized by awards such as the Honour M Award and the Albert Lager Prize for Student Initiative. She has received 2 Undergraduate Student Research Awards and is currently working to publish 3 papers on representations of aging in children’s literature. The 2015-2016 President of the Health, Aging and Society Student Association, Audrey has dedicated countless hours to organizing events and initiatives for her Department. In the fall of 2014 Audrey founded All That Glitters, a gently used accessories sale that has raised over $4,000 in support of two Indigenous women’s organizations and the purchasing of a memorial in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women. With the goal of working as a policy analyst for the World Health Organization, Audrey will be attending the University of Oxford this fall.


Nishan Zewge-Abubaker

Nishan is completing her undergraduate degree in Honours Life Sciences. Throughout her university career, she has built up a strong foundation of academic and non-academic experiences ranging from mentorship and transition, to engaging in community-based research

and advocacy. Most notable of her interests is her passion for social justice and equity. As the Director of MSU Diversity Services, Nishan worked with students and university administration to implement peer-led trainings, develop policy, and build community throughout the university. Nishan has also been nominated for the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction Award this year. Beyond her extra-curricular interests, Nishan enjoys riding her SoBi bicycle throughout Hamilton frequently, and has a slightly unhealthy interest in eating sushi.


Jacob Brodka

Jacob Brodka has dedicated his time at McMaster to improving the undergraduate student experience.

Notably, Jacob has served in various roles with the McMaster Students Union. For many years he helped run

both the Creating Leadership Amongst Youth and Horizons Leadership conferences. In 2013, Jacob was elected to the Student Representative Assembly and as Services Commissioner of the organization. In 2014, Jacob was elected Vice-President (Administration), where he went on to infl uence and lead countless projects in the McMaster and Hamilton community.

This year, Jacob conducted research for the Provost’s Task Force on Future Directions of Faculties, competed in the Synapse Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Competition and served as a Communications and Logistics Coordinator for the fi fth Big Ideas Better Cities research showcase. He is currently developing a business case for citizen engagement with ocean futures and public health with McMaster and Oceans Canada.

PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP (CONTINUED…)


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