Ryerson University
SPRING CONVOCATION
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015 I 2:30 PM
FACULTY OF ARTS
Undergraduate Certificate and Degree Programs
Arts and Contemporary Studies
Criminology
English
Geographic Analysis
History
International Economics and Finance
Justice Studies
Politics and Governance
Psychology
Public Administration and Governance
Sociology
Master’s Degree Programs
International Economics and Finance
Literatures of Modernity
Philosophy
Psychology
Public Policy and Administration
Spatial Analysis
Doctoral Degree Programs
Policy Studies
Psychology
YEATES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Master’s Degree Programs
Communication and Culture
Immigration and Settlement Studies
Doctoral Degree Program
Communication and Culture
CONVOCATION PROGRAM
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EAGLE STAFF CARRIER
Jamie Lee Morin, Peer Supporter
Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services
MACE CARRIER
Stéphanie Walsh Matthews, Bedel
Program Director, Arts and Contemporary Studies
INVOCATION
Stéphanie Walsh Matthews
In the toil of thinking; in the serenity of books; in the messages of prophets, the songs of poets and the wisdom of interpreters;
in discoveries of continents of truth whose margins we may see; we delight in free minds and in their thinking.
In the majesty of the moral order; in the faith that right will triumph; in the courage given us when we ally ourselves to truth in
any form; in the privilege of being co-workers in good causes; we celebrate the unseen goals we share and serve.
Let us build a world safe from war and oppression, free and satisfying, one that ultimately furnishes answers for us all.
CONVOCATION HOST
Jean-Paul Boudreau, Dean
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WELCOME ADDRESS
Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Chancellor
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Sheldon Levy, President and Vice-Chancellor
CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Maureen Reed, Professor Department of Psychology
Recipient of the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
GENERAL PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
Charmaine Hack, Registrar
AWARDING OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES
Lawrence S. Bloomberg
RYERSON GOLD MEDAL
Presented to Jona Zyfi, Criminology
Presented by Sheldon Levy
BOARD OF GOVERNORS LEADERSHIP AWARD AND MEDAL
Jona Zyfi
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL – SILVER
Dmitry Navosha, International Economics and Finance
CONGRATULATIONS
Alumni Ambassador
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Mohamed Lachemi, Provost and Vice-President, Academic
O CANADA
FACULTY OF ARTS
Jean-Paul Boudreau, Dean
Janet Lum, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Marcia Moshé, Associate Dean, Students and Undergraduate Studies
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
BACHELOR of ARTS
Arts and Contemporary Studies
Stéphanie Walsh Matthews, Program Director
Sophie Higgins
Olga Hrynko
Nigel John Irwin-Brochmann
Kieran Johnson
Brandon Elliot Winthrope Kates
*Sukhvinder Kaur
Ryan Kidd
Antonios Koutoulas
Eleni Alexia Koutroubis
Lisa A. Kruger
Riley Kucheran
*Hana Lapp
*Rhys William Layman
Gabriella Felicia Legin
Jake Lehman
Namulinda Amelia Lester
Sydney Long
Maggie Kelly Mahon
Aashna Malhotra
Nicole Martiuk
Tyler J. M. McLaurin
Alexander Michael Pereira Medeiros
*Luke Mellor
Rebecca Meyer
Adrianna Maria Carmela Militano
Maryam Moharer
Philip Morana
Jeffrey Dylan McDowell Nanou
Azizeh Nessari
Nicole Elizabeth Nicolson
Luka Veljko Pajkovic
Ivana Pavkovic
Cindy Phan
Kimberly-May Phan
Alexandra Podgorski
Chris Porszt
Porter Louisa Alice Prendergast
Cassandra Reda Gavin
Andre Reid
Sara Caitlin Rolfe-Hughes
Alexa Carissa Rossini
Anna M. Sawchuk
Jonah Scheer
Stefan Michael Simonyi
*Leanne Nicole Stevens
Devan Stol
Megan Stulberg
Lorne Sussman
Shannon Casey Sweeney
Christina Tachtampa
Brooke Taylor
Erik Nils Taylor
Alexander Tramov
Aleksandra Trklja
Francesca Turco
Jade Carol-Ann Turner
Filip Wawrzynczak
Colin Wilson
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Jezelle C. Alexis
Nitharshana Arulananthasivam
Vikas Bakshi
Miranda M. Barbuzzi
Pavle Basanovic
Elia Bellisario
Leeana Benkoe
Chanel Simone Blackwood
Tulika Bose
*David James Broadfoot
*Jessica Anne Caldwell
*Frank Carbonaro
Leisha Correa
Steven Mesquita Da Silva
Stephanie Amanda Davis
Thomas Nguyen Dong
*Alana Abigail Dookheran
Tatum Josephine Dooley
Deanna D’Souza
Sorcha Dunne
Ada Carlina Faasse
Larissa Michelle Fitzsimons
Lilianna Margit Fodor
Jeanette N. Fortin
Maddison M. Furtado
Ashley Gordon
Amanda Graham
Christina Granchelli
Fiona Collins Green
Brent Michael Barlow Harrington
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Criminology
Kim Varma, Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
*Omar Esam Abou El Hassan
Mudira A.M. Abukar
Mohammad Umar Basharat Ahmed
Maciej Aleksandrowicz
Immanuel Alvarez
Michael Andrews
Hailey Dawn Antflick
*David Arruda
*Honours
Delaram Atapour
Monika Bains
Joleene Marie Bertrand
Sebastian Blackburn
Laura Christine Blackshaw
*Jack Michael Blozowski
Adom William Brempong
Karolina Malgorzata Budrewicz
*Kyle Cameron
*Daniella Christina Campana
Sidney Canning
*Maria-Cristina Josephine Cavicchia
*Erdal Can Cicek
Cassandra Vivian Connell
Mark Corbett
Marijan Curic
Olivia Ellen Da Costa
Andrea D’Alessandro
Trisha Ashley Da Silva
Sharon Deol
Patricia Frances Dobrogowska
Jennifer M. Dore
Jo-Anna Elaine D’Silva
*Rachel Frances Eddy
Rania El Morsy
Shannon Noelle Ferguson
*Lisa Pia Fuser
*Mariela Adriana Gasparini
Tahia Ghazi
Amanda Gualtieri
Wida Hashami
Anisa Hassan
Aaron Raymond Bruce Hawkins
Moira Heaney
Satnur Kaur Heer
Alysha Hill
Hyewon Jeong
Larissa Kampimbare
Karol Komorowski
Elise Ashley Korne
*Allison Krochak
Ada Kwan
Andres Lapena
Albert Cao Phong Le
Shanoir-A Raven Lewis
Chloe Althea Leznoff
*Belva Lukacsovics
Subhash Mahey
Hayley Elicia McFadyen
Diana Silvia Moga
Emily Montgomery
Melissa Anne Muller
Parnaz Nejad Nayebi
Soma Noorzai
Sonam Paljor Nyanang
Elizabeth Ogunboye
Nicholas Matthew Osborne
Samantha Palomba
Veronica Maria Paneci
Jordan Rachel Peckitt
Andrew M. Peeters
Shandie Persaud
*Keneca Pingue-Giles
Kaela Allison Powell
*Aidan Alexio Ramdass
Helen Ren
Kaitlin Catherine Anne Saney
Matthew Schwartz
Kendra Carolyn Seager
*Denize Shah Hosseini
Intderdip Singh Sidhu
Robin Skinner
*Kelcie Stevenson
Danielle N. Tavone
Abinan Thavaraj
Ahrani Sri Thirumagan
Dimitria Tsilas
Samantha Tsirbas
Ratheesan Uthayakumar
Jonathan Vallinga
Kayla Elizabeth Vieth
*Daniel Vozis McEvoy
Raymond Nicholas Woloshyn-Chick
Alex Wong
Colin Jun-Min Wu
Michael Xue
Kiersten Zacchigna
Michelle Zawada
*Jona Zyfi
English
Nima Naghibi, Chair, Department of English
Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, Program Director
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Jessica Almeida
Christina Anto
Marko Baljak
Megan Bowman
Julia Christine Brunke
Laura Meghan Cree
Kelsie Emily Dos Santos
David John Stephen Eatock
Melanie Epp
Jessica Denise Fairweather
Lynbert Velden Fernandes
Christina Ford
Hayley Gabura
Katherine Galang
Katryn Go
Avery Elizabeth Hellas
Matthew Paul Humphries
*Honours
David Janveaux
*Danielle Jarvis
Carmen Jimenez
Sarah Madison Kent
Ludmila Samantha Kim
Shelly Koren
Kaileigh Landon
Rachael Cassandra Layng
*Courtney Mahrt
Teresa Clementina Maljar-Hupel
*Lauren Matera
Brian B. Millado
Madison Moher
Henna Omari
Akayla Onabowale
Rahma Valiyathodiyil Oruvampurath
Danielle Marie Parris
*Michael Pereira
Bianca Alexandra Perry
Alan Nigel Townsend Richardson
Joanne Alexandra Roitman
Alexandra Rousianos
Samantha Ruinsky
Kim Angelo Santos
Billie Shewchuk
*Phoenix Simms
Midhuri Sivanesan
Taylor Sobolewski
Paula E. Stanco
Tanya Riz Tan
Kimberly Viveiros
Hollie Whitehead
Alyssa Whitmell
Geographic Analysis
Shuguang Wang, Interim Chair, Department of Geography
Lu Wang, Program Director
Haider Abbasi
Brandon Tyler Ackerman
Adam Gerald Anthony
Amanda Marion Bates
Hamrajie Beharry
Daniel Joseph Blake
Alexandra Bonello
*Hyacinth Bouchard
Hailie Alexandra Campbell
Savio John Chazhoor
Kyle Jim Chiu
Kyle Cunningham
Nicole A. Dulong
*Bradley Earl Charles Foster
Boris Gusev
Padraic Davy Gyatt
Kevin A. Halverson
Joshua Harris
Svitlana Hrytsenko
Brianna Marie Hutchinson
Evelyn Justiniano
Zaid A. Kharouba
Deanna Kishchuk
Anastas Kostov
Brooke Labonte
Stefan Lee
Tony Lin
*Jennifer Mason
Anna Misiek
Bradley Wayne Morris
Nikou Najafi-Fard
Johnny Nguyen
Jane Valerie Quibin
Sasha Spiteri
Joshua Teti
Andrew Thompson
Graham Thompson
Shivani Trehan
Marijana Vidackovic
Tucker Samuel Nathaniel Wilson
*Kevin Matthew Windsor
Yidan Zhao
History
Catherine Ellis, Chair, Department of History
Arne Kislenko, Program Director
*Hannah Hadfield
Dayne Lyons
International Economics and Finance
Maurice Roche, Chair, Department of Economics
Brennan Thompson, Program Director
*Dowan Kim
Woo Jin Kim
*Sung Mok Mok Lee
Peyman Mahrou
*Reuben Morrow
Kasim Mufti
Bitota Elysette Mulowayi
Justice Studies
Kim Varma, Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Gordon Henderson
*Dmitry Navosha
Vithya Ragunathan
*Fatima Reza
*Alex Sernoskie
Anubhav Vashishtha
Yinyun Zhang
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*Gagandeep Singh Bains
*Dean Barretto
Samer Chebly
Jyllian Sascha Roberta Howe
Ling Chun Hung
Tahsin Maisha Huq
Paula Kennedy
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*Honours
Politics and Governance
Sorpong Peou, Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Christopher Gore, Program Director
*Benjamin Allen Stevens
*Sumaya Almajthoob
Viktor Anastasov
Victoria Arci
Cameron Raymond Baldwin
Michelle Bevacqua
*Betina Borova
Christina Brooks-Potts
Renee A. Bursey
Eduardo Cardoso Da Silva
Lester Jing Hin Chan
Jackie Co
Dixita Datta
*Rizwan Ibrahim Desai
Kersten Beverly Dupuis
*Ahmet Er
Hugh Everett
Alicia Heaver
*Annalise Huynh
Arunn Jegatheeswaran
*Matthew Jonah
Maryam Keshvarpour
Victor Veselin Kovacevich
Alexandra Natasha Victoria Krystal
Samuel Harrison Kula
Hiu Tung Kwan
Ryan McMurray
Hanan Bekri Mohamed
*Michael Opatowski
Sonia Panesar
Marco Antonio Peral Ortiz
Richard Monteiro Pereira
Carley Quinlivan
*Philip Rafalko
*Adam Robb
Amrit-Paul Singh Sandhu
Sophia Sniegowski
Oliver Emile Snook
Kris Sukhlal
Ali Syed
Sharmila Uruthiranandasivam
Chana Sarah Geula Weinstein
Psychology
Martin Antony, Chair, Department of Psychology
Tara Burke, Program Director
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Vera Alekseenko
Sabrina Nazreen Alli
Raad Al-Zahed
*Carruniya Anandakumaran
Alessia C. Arcilesi
Sinthuja Arulananthan
Alessi Sheila Denyse Ashby
Sheri Lynn Bakos
Erin Ballance
Lillian Birchall
Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor
Alessia Caputo
*Rubi Bella Maria Carrillo Beck
Ashling Agnes Casey
*Nella Cautillo
Jennifer Coughlin
Amelia Druskis
Victoria Ann Emilio
Campbell Kazushi David Falconer
Mitra Farzaneh
Emily C. Fernandes
Alexandra Aaron Frank
Cayla Gartner
*Keisha Marie Goberdhan
Katerina Raphaella Gourmos
Chelsea Jean Gribbons-Malcolm
Ashleigh Hart
Zirfaan Hasham
*Honours
Danielle Elisabeth Hawthorne
Sirena Sin-Yee Ho
Ivona Cristina Ignatenco
*Christopher Sean Jagodits
Cierra James-Hahn
*Erin Jonah
Jamie Lynn Juarez
San Kim
Melissa Kowalczyk
*Andrea Carolynn Kuntz
Katarzyna Magdalena Kuzar
*Sarah Louise Lane
*Prudence Leung
Kimberly F. Litwin
Angelika Luszczyszyn
Rachel Ann Macphail
Adam Marafioti
Nicole Medeiros
*Steven Donald Malcolm Menear
*Leonithas Giorgio Meridis
*Anthony Michael Miller
Jacqueline Moncada
Kalene Olivia Moreira
*Saul Joseph Moshe-Steinberg
Katelyn Nicole Mullally
*Andrea Nichol
Ron On
Michelle Panacci
Khushi Patel
*Alyssa Breanne Payne
*Laura Pilla
Dustin Ragucos
Karandip Kaur Ranu
Alexandra Regehr
*Shannon Patricia Riley
Brittney Rose Rizzuto
Silvina Rosa Liguori
Malin Schouten
Yasmin Shiralian
Sendur Sivagnanasegaram
Nicole Kristy Sparks
Laura St Jacques
Lakeisha Stoddart
Jennifer Talaban
Nataliya Uzerina
Maryam Vedadi
Pamela Vennare
Victoria Vieira
Angela Jennifer Wanigasekera
Wethma Lawindi Weerasinghe
*Natalie Whitney
*Ryan Scott Williams
Taylor Chantal Wilson
Megan R. Winter
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
CERTIFICATE
Public Administration and Governance
Sorpong Peou, Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Christopher Gore, Program Director
Maryama Abdikarin Ali
Maria Badillo
Jasmeet Bains
Rami Basha
Subjote Boparai
Natalie Lalonde
Ann-Marie McGregor
Melissa Millar
Lesley Racicot
Sahar Rezaee
Ian Sookram
Margo Szczerba
Christiana Theodore
In partnership with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office (OFM) and the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC)
Denise Corry
David Pipher
Nicholas Mitrovich
Lee Tome
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE
Public Administration and Governance
Sorpong Peou, Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Christopher Gore, Program Director
Sarah Campbell
Ruth Diann MacKeigan
Nathalie Yvette Orsi
Lina Pacheco
Ian Sookram
Krystal Alecia Nicole Williams
Dean Yung
In partnership with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office (OFM) and the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC)
Melanie Grayce Jones
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*Honours
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS continued
BACHELOR of ARTS
Public Administration and Governance
Sorpong Peou, Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Christopher Gore, Program Director
Heather Elizabeth Allen
Doris Ankoma
Rikisha Brown
Jenny XiuJuan Chen
Christina Dimou
Suad Farah
Humaira Hoque
Launa Alexandra King
Ilona Losonti
Hodha Mohamed
Tharshan Rajendiram
Michelle Linda Rakovalis
Dexter Slater
*Krystyn Anne Tully
Colin Williams
Sociology
Pamela Sugiman, Chair, Department of Sociology
Nicole Neverson, Program Director
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Nicole A. Alleyne
Alison Steffanie Artagaveytia Delgado
Alexandra Victoria Behr
Enton Biba
Hailey Caradonna
Victoria Rose Carroccetto
Jessica Cherrie
David James Crawford
Sheriane Dandar
Stephanie D’Andrea
Lisa Domanski
Daniel Donovan
Madalina Dreve
Eleanor Mildred Fernandes
Cheri Ferrell
Stefanie Julija Foran
Shanna Austin Fournier
*Tania Giannace
Cassandra Girimonte
Helen Guillen
Chelsea Haddock
Shauna Lynn Hayes
Bianca Jai Jai Ram
Chelsea Jensen
Vinothiny Kumaradevan
Hennapreet Kaur Kundhali
Amanda Lillis
Alexandria Luceno
Thusaintha Mahendrarajah
Colleen McKeown
*Danielle Nangreaves
Sasha Nielsen
Mercy Nyarkoh
Ashley Roli Okoro
Alexander Onwudiwe
Paula Petrovici
Jacklynn Marie Pierro
Jennifer Pratt
Caitlin Robinson
Sadaf Tayeba Saleem
Amandeep Sallan
Kathryn Samantha Frances Scott
Ramuniqe Kaur Shoker
Stephanie Silveira
Stephanie Smith
Colin Alexander Wood Sneyd
Emil Allan Torok
Rachel Florence White
Vanessa Elizabeth White
Krystle Yeung
Robyn Josh Zaragoza
Alessandra R. Zilli
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This program lists the names of individuals who were approved to graduate as of May 14, 2015 and while every effort is made to ensure that this
is true and correct, the official Ryerson individual student record supersedes all information contained herein. The university regrets that names
which were added to graduation lists after this date may not be included in the program.
*Honours
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS and FINANCE
Master of Arts
Richard Chisik, Program Director
Yi Guo
LITERATURES of MODERNITY
Master of Arts
Dennis Denisoff , Program Director
Mark Frederick Houghton
Hali Hussain Sheikh
PHILOSOPHY
Master of Arts
Glen Parsons, Program Director
Ayesha Bhatti
Adam Blackburn
Victor Bruzzone
Dwayne Ford
Oliver Hutchison
Robert Joseph Minatel
Dean Job Morales
Addison Sutherland
Luke Teeninga
PSYCHOLOGY
Master of Arts
Michelle Dionne, Program Director
Jeanine Elizabeth Marcie Lane
Rebecca Metcalfe
PUBLIC POLICY and ADMINISTRATION
Sukhmit Dosanjh
Tonya Henry
Christopher Hubbarde
Alzira Islamovic
Katharine Mary Masterton
Lidia Piccolo
Eema Tehseen
Caroline Thompson
Kevin Man Ku
Michael Paul Morrish
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Master of Spatial Analysis
Michal Bardecki, Program Director
Heather Ann Hart
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Master of Arts
Duncan MacLellan, Program Director
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DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
POLICY STUDIES
Doctor of Philosophy
Tuna Baskoy, Program Director
Ronald Branker
A Critical Review of Canada’s Human Capital Approach to Immigration Policy: The Labour Market Experience of
English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrants
John Shields, Supervisor
PSYCHOLOGY
Doctor of Philosophy
Michelle Dionne, Program Director
Lucille McGarry
The Role of the Mirror Neuron System in Bottom-Up and Top-Down Perception of Human Action
Frank Russo, Supervisor
YEATES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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Jennifer Mactavish, Dean
Anthony Bonato, Associate Dean, Students and Programs
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
COMMUNICATION and CULTURE
Ryerson University and York University Joint Program
Paul Moore, Program Director
Master of Arts
York University
Renee Mireille Hunter Alleyn
Anabel Kai Yin Khoo
Maria Menegakis
Pablo Daniel Perucci
Effifa Russo
Ryan Colin Philip Scheiding
IMMIGRATION and SETTLEMENT STUDIES
Master of Arts
Vappu Tyyskä, Program Director
Samantha Chow
Mehrzad Eftekhar
Ann Marie Ellis-Bowen
*Honours
Claire Kelly
Brianne Louise Kostal
Tanja Petosic
Seyedehmaral Salek
Nagina Shahsamand
DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM
COMMUNICATION and CULTURE
Ryerson University and York University Joint Program
Paul Moore, Program Director
Doctor of Philosophy
Ryerson University
Stephen Broomer
Codes of the North: Difficulty in the Origins of the Canadian Avant-Garde Film
R. Bruce Elder, Supervisor
Mathieu Feagan
Graduate Training, Research, and the Development of Ecological Consciousness: A Case Study Approach
Alan Sears, Supervisor
Iona Roumenova Pelovska
Poetry and Pornography: Means and Meanings of the Moving Image
Caitlin Fisher, York University, Supervisor
York University
Victoria Marie McArthur
Me, Myself, and Interface: The Role of Affordances in Digital Visual Self-Representational Practice
Jennifer Jenson, Supervisor
Caitlin J. McKinney
Feminist Information Activism: Newsletters, Index Cards and the 21st Century Archive
Susan Driver, Supervisor
Michael Edward Thorn
Confess the Gay Away? Media, Religion, and Psychology in the Christian Ex-Gay Debate
Paul Moore, Supervisor
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This program lists the names of individuals who were approved to graduate as of May 14, 2015 and while every effort is made to ensure that this
is true and correct, the official Ryerson individual student record supersedes all information contained herein. The university regrets that names
which were added to graduation lists after this date may not be included in the program.
*Honours
CONVOCATION THANK YOU
An event of the magnitude and importance of a graduation
ceremony does not happen without the year-long support of a
cast of hundreds across campus. Therefore, a sincere thank-you
goes out to everyone who assists before, during and after the
ceremonies; to the departments who graciously share their staff
so they can participate in the celebration of student achievement;
and to those who enthusiastically attend.
Each person on campus should be enormously proud as every
contribution is essential to the success of our Convocation events.
Sincerely,
Ann Mackay, Manager
Lise Payne, Events Co-ordinator
Elsie Nisonen, Student Awards Co-ordinator
Kitty Choi, Administrative Assistant
Dejan Ninkovic, Administrative Assistant
Convocation and Awards Office