2016 Prize List
Graduating Class
Marie A. Gillen Award in Adult Education
Michelle Collette Kirby, Ottawa, ON
Audrey Fenwick Memorial Award for Studies in Adult Education
Heather Christine Widdrington, Toronto, ON
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Gregory Roderick Lauder Hadley, Antigonish, NS
Graduating Anthropology Student Award
Adrienne Claire Hannah Ratushniak, Calgary, AB
Angus F. MacGillivray Award for Art History
Sarah Kathryn Beattie, Barrie, ON
Dr. Leo P. Chiasson Award for Biology to the
Outstanding Advanced Major or Honours Student
David Daniel Feehan, Calgary, AB
Dr. Marguerite Michaud Prize for Canadian Studies
James Roderick Alexander Miller, Halifax, NS
C & A MacPhee Memorial Award for Catholic Studies
Brandan Thomas Tran, Antigonish, NS
Angus L. MacDonald Memorial Scholarship
for Celtic Studies
Cody Alan Smith, Saint John, NB
Fr. Malcolm MacDonnell Award in Celtic Studies
Kevin Michael McLaughlin, Mt. Lebanon, PA
Chemistry Industry Merit Award
Emily Kate Piggott, Dartmouth, NS
Development Studies Book Prize
Maggie Edwards, Aurora, ON
Max Chisholm Mitchell, Kingsport, NS
Dr. Randall F. Cormier Award for the
Best Thesis in Earth Sciences
Alexandra Meaghen Martell, Antigonish, NS
Professor Donald J. MacNeil Memorial Award
for Earth Sciences
Lori Elizabeth Paslawski, Beaverlodge, AB
Mining Society of Nova Scotia
Centennial Scholarship Medal
Lori Elizabeth Paslawski, Beaverlodge, AB
Dr. D.J. MacDonald and Dr. A.B. MacDonald
Memorial Prizes for Economics
Brett Peter Ralph Connell, Kings County, NS
Matthew William Cormier, Antigonish, NS
Gabriella Marie Mananquil Zaparilla, Maple Ridge, BC
Engineers Nova Scotia Award
Jeffrey Gary Miles, Bedford, NS
Emily Chaisson, Corner Brook NL
Engineers Nova Scotia Entrance Scholarship
Matthew Alexander Mayer, Bedford, NS
J. Wallace Farrell Memorial Award for Engineering
Randi Margaret Kennedy, Fredericton, NB
Caleb Brandon MacDonald, New Glasgow, NS
Matthew Alexander Mayer, Bedford, NS
Kyle Leo Newman, Calgary, AB
Margaret MacGillivray-MacDougall Prize for English
Jennifer Ruthann Tracy, North Vancouver, BC
Reverend R.J. MacSween Prize for English
Alexander Reid Cline, Calder Head, NB
The Department of English Senior Honours Thesis Prize
Jennifer Ruthann Tracy, North Vancouver, BC
The Monty Kerr Poetry Award
Maggie Edwards, Aurora, ON
Ambassador of Switzerland Book Prize for French
Ashley Grace MacDonald, Antigonish, NS
Ambassador of Austria Book Prize for German
Nicholas Brian Gillen, Whitehorse, YT
German Consulate General Montreal Book Prize
Cody Alan Smith, Saint John, NB
Argentinean Consulate of Montreal Prize for Spanish
Rosemary May Gregg, Calgary, AB
Embassy of Uruguay Book Prize for Spanish
Katherine Elizabeth Hurley, Barney’s River Station, NS
The Hogan-Phillips Prize in History
Christopher Stewart Greencorn, Canso, NS
Ecolab Bursary
Sarah Ngunangwa, Kincardine, ON
Sir James Dunn Foundation IDI Scholarships
Morgan Alicia Riley, Windsor, NS
Carlee Fran Shaw, Sointula, BC
Dr. A.A. MacDonald Prize for Mathematics
Anisha Dhalla, Nepean, ON
Academic Vice President & Provost Award
for Student Nurse Leadership
Kayla Aileen Bos, Mitchell, ON
Dean of Science Senior Award for Excellence
in Nursing Practice
Hannah Margaret Morse, South Berwick, NS
Dr. Winston Jackson Honours Research Award
Chinakwu Charles Odenigbo, Markham, ON
Father Charles R. MacDonald Memorial Medal in Philosophy
Sarah Kathryn Beattie, Barrie, ON
Samuel Rolland MacDonald, Camrose, AB
Rev. Edo Gatto Prize in Mediaeval Philosophy
Brandan Thomas Tran, Antigonish, NS
Dr. M.S. Gautam Memorial Prize for Physics
Taylor Geneva Landry, Antigonish, NS
Yogi Joshi Prize for Excellence in Physics
Siobhan Kathleen Morris, Halifax, NS
Walter Kontak Prize in Political Science
James Roderick Alexander Miller, Halifax, NS
Dr. John B. Stewart Scholarship for Political Science
Isaac Michael Turner, Kentville, NS
Craig McDonald Mooney Prize for Psychology
Bridget Elizabeth Houston, Toronto, ON
Dr. Margo C. Watt Prize for Forensic Psychology
Kathleen Marguerite Farrell Hyland, Calgary, AB
Dr. Annette Ahern Memorial Essay Prize in Religious Studies
Natalie Marie Lesco, London, ON
John and Mary Fraser Memorial Prize for Senior Religious Studies
Jenna Adriana Downey, Stratford, ON
Reverend Frank J. Mifflen Prize for Sociology
Dayna Doris Maureen Barnes, Antigonish, NS
Canadian Sociological Association Award
Jason Paul Fitzpatrick, Montague, PE
Laurenne Elise Mercier, Okotoks, AB
Women’s and Gender Studies Prize
Darlene Marie Taylor, New Glasgow, NS
Allard Tobin Travel Endowment Fund Award
Dawn Marie Haloun-Townsend, West Bay, NS
Dr. G.N. Murphy Prize for Proficiency in Pre-medical Studies
Abigail Erin Hall, Calgary, AB
Jules Léger Undergraduate Scholarship for Achievement
in the Humanities
Sarah Kathryn Beattie, Barrie, ON
Jules Léger Undergraduate Scholarship for Achievement
in the Social Sciences
Maggie Edwards, Aurora, ON
Employer’s Choice Award for X-cellence
in Co-operative Education
Emma Theresa Brennan, Bedford, NS
Co-operative Education Student Achievement Award
Neil Seamus McCabe, Halifax, NS
Service Learning Prize for Excellence as a
Community-Engaged Scholar
Zachary Martin MacNeil, Sydney, NS
Jason Paul Fitzpatrick, Montague, PE
St. Francis Xavier Association of
University Teachers Book Prize
Mariah Chantal Richard, Calgary, AB
Nathan Anthony Chiarlitti, Maple, ON