ORDER OF EXERCISES
Musical Prelude
The Graduand Procession
The Academic Procession
The Chancellor’s Procession
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Five hundred
and fortie
for conferring degrees
Presiding
The Provost's Welcome
Dr. David Wilkinson
The Chancellor’s Welcome
Dr. Suzanne B. Labarge
The Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Science
honoris causa on Judith Shamian
Citation: Dr. Patrick Deane
The Convocation Address
Dr. Judith Shamian
The Conferring of Degrees In-Course
Chancellor
Musical Interlude
Suzanne B. Labarge
B.A., M.B.A., D.Litt. (Hon.)
The Presentation of the Graduates
President and Vice-Chancellor
Awards of the 2014-2015 Session
Patrick Deane
B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D.
The Valedictory Address
Marina Abdel Malak
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/grad
Follow @McMasterConvo on Twitter and tweet with #MacGrad2015
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 Connolly
Vocalist................................................................................. Emily Rebekah Taub
Pinning ceremonies will occur at 1:30pm at the Hamilton Convention Centre, Chedoke AB (McMaster Site), Chedoke C (Mohawk Site), and Wentworth BC (Conestoga Site).
Medical Radiation Sciences: Hamilton Convention Centre, Webster Room ABC. Receptions will take place in the above locations following the convocation ceremony.
Tuesday June 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 1
THE RITUALS OF CONVOCATION
The procession of the graduands in plain black gowns and of faculty and officers 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.
McMASTER UNIVERSITY:
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.
1892 – 1895 Theodore H. Rand
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.
CHANCELLORS
1887 – 1890 Malcolm Mac Vicar
1895 – 1905 Oates C. S. Wallace
1905 – 1911 Alexander C. McKay
1911 – 1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon
1922 – 1941 Howard P. Whidden
The University
Mace was a gift
in 1950 from the
class of 1900
1941 – 1950 George P. Gilmour
1950 – 1955 E. Carey Fox
1955 – 1960 Roy L. Kellock
1960 – 1965 Charles P. Fell
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.
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
The academic hood is symbolic of admission to a university degree
and carries colours specific 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
munificent 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.
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
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.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Convocation is an exciting time in the calendar of any university; a time to celebrate achievement, to reﬂect
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 infinite promise of individual lives, it is important
to be aware of the communal significance 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 reaffirmation 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 fulfillment 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 confidence in our joint future and great anticipation of everything that, collectively, they
will achieve.
Patrick Deane
President and Vice-Chancellor
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GREETINGS
On behalf of your fellow McMaster alumni, I offer you sincere congratulations for having successfully earned
your degree. In addition to growing through the challenges of obtaining your formal education, I 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. I welcome you to the next step in a rewarding and dynamic
relationship with our world-class university.
Sandra Stephenson ‘78
President, McMaster Alumni Association
Tuesday June 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 3
SUZANNE B. LABARGE
Chancellor, McMaster University
After earning her BA in Economics from McMaster and an MBA from Harvard
Business School, Suzanne Labarge joined the Royal Bank in 1971. She became an
executive officer eight years later. In 1985, she left the private sector to become
assistant auditor-general for the Government of Canada. In that capacity, she
made notable advances in the field of government risk management and served as
a member of the BIS Committee for Bank Supervision during the time it finalized
the Basel I regulatory capital regime. She joined the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions Canada in 1987 as deputy superintendent, policy. She also
served as deputy superintendent, deposit-taking institutions.
Labarge returned to Royal Bank in 1995 as executive vice-president, corporate
treasury and assumed global responsibility for balance sheet management,
funding, liquidity and market risk management. She retired as chief risk officer
and vice-chairman of RBC Financial Group in 2004.
An active corporate director, Labarge is a member of the board of directors and
chair of the audit committee of Coca-Cola Enterprises, a member of the supervisory
board and risk committee of Deutsche Bank and a member of the Board of XL
Group Plc. Previously, she has been a director and chair of the audit committee of
Novelis Inc. and a member of the board of the Bank of China, Beijing. Labarge is
also an engaged volunteer, particularly at McMaster where she has served on the
University’s Board of Governors and the cabinet of The Campaign for McMaster
University. Her McMaster-based philanthropy created the Raymond and Margaret
Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging as well
as the multi-faceted Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative. She is also a director of the
Ontario Brain Institute.
McMaster granted Labarge an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2011. She began her
service as the University’s chancellor on September 1, 2013.
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PRESENTERS OF DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES
Paul Armstrong
Dean, Health Sciences, Mohawk College
Marlene Raasok
Executive Dean, School of Health &
Life Sciences and Community Services,
Conestoga College
Carolyn Byrne
Associate Dean and Director, School of Nursing
Dr. Jennifer Skelly
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Dr. George Thomas
Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics
and Languages
MASTER OF SCIENCE
NURSING
Patricia Veronica Castillo
Janice Feather
Katherine Marina Kirner
Kelly Anne LoPresti
Jessica Joelle Roloson
Lindsay Yuille
Kristina Zubrinic
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
★Marina Abdel Malak
Elizabeth Abrantes
Maria Maurice Adelan
★Mujahid Ahmadzai
★Leo Eromonsele Akioyamen
★Cynthia Akram
Kimberly Ann Oliveira Amaral
★Faith Amis
Heather Archibald
Amanda Ayotte
Courtney Pauline Baadsvik
Yasmine Zoey Bagchee-Clark
Tiffany Lynne Barnes
★Chantel Marie Barry
Morgan Alexandra Beach
★Adrienne Nicolette Bedard
Courtney Marie Begg
Shawn Bell
★Rachel Bellamy
Nicole Pottier Bellemarre
★Bianca Belu
★Nadine Anne Marie Bennett
Sarah Marie Berryman
Sharmaine Grace Betonio
★Manjunath Bhat
Mamta Kaur Bhatia
Amanpreet Singh Bhatt
★Vusindhlu Bhetshwana
Gifty Birago
Leah Blakey
Danielle Nicole Blazek
★Barbara Blocki
Geza Sandor Boloni
Linda Dawn Bomberry
★Tara Bray
Larissa Brodrecht
Megan Ann Bros
★Laura Margaret Brown
Madelaine Erin Brown
★Melanie Victoria Brown
★Shelby Brown
Stacey Nicole Buchanan
★Shannon Buck
Nicole Eileen Burnison
★Michael Sheridan Malulani
Caceres
Sarah Katherine Calberry
★Natalie Victoria Cameron
★Jordan Alexander Campbell
Joshua Anthony Carvalho
★Stephanie Cassidy
Kaitlyn Alexandra Castro
Lisa Whittington Chalklin
Patrick Augustin Chand
Candice Cheng
★Dan-Bi Cho
Matthew Choina
Wing Nam Chong
★Yiu Yeung Chong
Patricia Choromanski
★Iris Chow
★Stephanie Chu
★Katelyn Churchill
Rebecca Clark
★Taylor Christine Clark
Laura Corvaglia
Benjamin Bailey Courtney
★Alisha Catherine Margaret Cox
Stephanie Lorna-Ann Culnan
★Alicia Anne D’Amore
★Nikita D’Mello
★Kimberly Louise Darcy
★Jennifer Marie DaSilva
Emily May Alexandra Dawe
Lindsey Dawson
★Sheryl De Los Reyes
Lucas Joseph Denomme
Susan Deon
Tuesday June 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Gabrielle Deschenes
Vipulkumar Devani
Jessica Dew
Inge Jose Dijk
Kristen Diana Dippel
★Samantha DiRaimo
Fatima Dizon
★Nicole L. Domen
Jiaxing Dong
(Minor in Anthropology )
★Erin Doran
Anne Cherryl Doria
(Minor in Philosophy)
Maureen Helena Doyle
(Minor in Sociology)
Bianca Dragomir
Alaina Mary Drover
Melissa Dyer
Mercedes Melanie Ehman
Fabiola A. Elgueta Cadiz
Charlotte Elliott
★Jesslyn Elliott
Nicole Eves
Christelle Vanessa Exume
Hafza Farah
Jocelyn Faustino
Katrina Feliciano
★Erin Patricia Fernhout
Stephanie Lynne Ferretti
Katrina Feth
Karin Charlotte Findlay
★Margaret Ellen McKinlay Fisher
Elizabeth Margaret Fitzgerald
Roma Roache Fitzgerald
Emily Anne Fluttert
★Krista Lee Foster
★Cailey Fox
Natalie Alexandra Frixione
Emily Anne Elizabeth Fuller
Erin Joy Furdas
Linda Nicole Gaetani
Annabella Nina Gago
Taylor Dawn Garrett
Tania Nina Vesta Garrick
Emily Rose Gearing
Tyler Gecas
★Joanne Nicole Gerinea
(Minor in Psychology)
Patrick Geuba
Luisa Giangualano
★Samantha Lee-Anne Gibson
Kayla Gidden
Carly Gilchrist
Maddison Tara Gilmour
★Kasia Samantha Gingras Little
(Minor in Health, Aging & Society)
Stefanie Lilianna Gisonni
Emily Catherine Marie Goodwill
Mireille Alayne Regier Gossen
Larissa Marie Gould
Shannon Andrea Graham
Talcia Green
Robert Grohmann
Anisa Guled
Macy Lourenze Gundran
Caitlin Gunter
Beryl Nchang Gwanyama
★Laura Marie Hack
★Erica Kathleen Hagglund
Sonia Haghighat Joo
Jessica Haid
Fremichael Haile
Yoseph Haile
Natalia Halasa
★Jillian Emma Halladay
★Katarzyna Zofia Hamby
★Stephanie Ellen Hamill
Jaime Hamilton
★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12)
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (CONTINUED…)
Faiza Haque
Rachel Bethany Harris
Valerie Elaine Harris
Sheena Haughey
★Tessa Jenn Alexandria Hayman
Jennifer Lauren Hencze
Danielle Elizabeth Henry
Jenna Hettenga
Courtney Hill
Brooklynn Hillis
Christina Elizabeth Hillsley
Janny Hoang
Chelsea Anne Patricia Hodge
Ian Douglas Hodgson
Kaylee Brianne Hofsink
Robin Joanne Holding
Jessica Holfeuer
★Chelsea Yu-Kyung Hordyk
(Minor in Sociology)
Caitlin Horlings
(Minor in Psychology)
Danielle Isabella Horvat
★Natalie Hunt
(Minor in Psychology)
★Tamara Renate Ibrajev
(Minor in Psychology)
Jelena Ilic
★Jherica Rose Irwin
★Melanie Irwin
Caroline Jania
★Kathleen Lindsay Janssen
Mark Jez
Jonelle Elena Justin Barbara
Johnson
Hailey Lynn Johnston
Jamie Johnston
Laura Alexis Joiner
Kayla-Marie Jolley
★Stacey Jones
★Grace Jun
Young Mee Jung
Mallory Diane Kachuik
★Rachel Lynn Kamps
★Young Eun Kang
Natalie Lynn Kannenberg
Rana Kayed
Stephanie Joan Kennedy
Susan Keovilaivong
Cassandra Kerhanovich
Melissa Kerr
Shahida Khan Khan
★Shahmeena Khan
★Danielle Elizabeth Kicks
Vanessa Kiec
★Hannah Joy Kikkert
Hyunkyung Rebekah Kim
★Jean Seyong Kim
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Shannon Kim
Sora Kim
★Caitlin Roberta King
Arista Kingkhanat
★Erin Maureen Kinnersly
Rachel M. Kitchen
Tal Kleiman
Jennifer Knill
★Alanna Kopachiwsky
★Chelsy Rae Anne Kopp
Amanda Michelle Kors
Jessica Kozak
★Jennifer Kozma
Roscelle Kumarakulasingam
Carolyn Ann Kurisko
Brogan Valerie Kwasney
Cassandra Kwok
Christine Yuen San Lai
(Minor in Psychology)
★Sarah Laidley
Heather Laird
Paige Lamarche
Nicholas Antonio Lanza
Bo Lai Pollu Lau
Sharon Lau
Jennifer Nicole Lawlor
Mackenzie Mary Helen Lawrence
Dijana Lazarevik
★Heather Barbara Leblanc
Erin Lee
Heidi Veronica Letham
Gan Yu Dai Li
Holly Rose Linde
Rachel Linde
★Victoria Jenny Lisitsky
Yi-Yi Liu
Laurel Amanda Locke
★Michelle Alexa Lombardi
Jacki Longmire
★Olana Lovell
Katherine Anna Lucas
★Christie-Lin Lytwyn
Emma Louise MacKenzie
★Katelynd Elizabeth MacMillan
Roxanne Michelle MacMillan
Adam MacPherson
Katherine Grace Madej
Osa Henke Mahmoud
★Brenna Mahony
★Laura Jennifer Mailling
Francesca Mallari
Ralph Neil Manangan
Joseph Mancini
Andrea Catherine Manuel
Xiao Ting Mao
Shannon Dawn Maracle
Marylin Roxana Marin
Alyssa Dawn Martin
★Lori Beth Martin
★Jose Alex Martinez
Courtney Martinoni
Nicole Ellen Matheson
★Martin Andrew McCulloch
★Megan Anne McCutcheon
Jennifer McDougall
Lynsey Anne McIntyre
Michelle McIntyre
Samantha Dawn McIsaac
Lisa Evelyn Mckenzie
Katie Lynn McLean
Kelsey Lynne McQuaid
Rachael McRobb
Katie Mary Ann Medensky
James Michael Meek
Nadine Courtney Mendoza
Hong Meng
★Danielle Jasmine Michell
Kelsey Mikalachki
★Monica Mikhaiel
Celene Erica Mills
Kendra Mills
Soraya Miri
Keely Bridget Sheehan Mirka
Hailey Raelle Mitchell
Neha Modi
Christopher Monaghan
Kathleen Dawn Monture
Indiana Cassandra Moss
★Jessica Lynn Mountford
Jordan Michelle Movre
Stephanie Marie-Irene Muller
★Rosaline So-Yun Mun
★Christiana Michelle Murray
Penelope Mutyambizi
Rupinder Natt
Leslie Renee Nemeth
Michael Wilson Bernal Ng
Po Yan Natasha Ng
Sandy Thi Nguyen
Sarir Mohamed Niazi
Aryn Nicole Nicholson
Matthew Nusselder
Shannon O’Donnell
Taylor O’Neill
Marielee Ann O’Sullivan
Grace Sope Obidi
Haben Okbamichael
★Alice Loredana Olteanu
Angelica Francesca Ong
Daneus Josie Ochavo Orig
★Emily Elizabeth Ovcjak
Owni Nyembo Owandjinkoi
Aislyn Elizabeth Owen
Maria Jansel Pacaldo
★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12)
Tracy Diane Paisley
Kornelia Palczewski
★Jasprit Pannag
★Brendan Park
Katie Inhae Park
★Al Thomas R. Patawaran
★Jayme Dawne Paterson
Megan Pavkeje
Taissa Kalyna Pavliuc
Jaimie-Lee Angeline Peers
Yvonne Pelders
Guo Ai Peng
Brier Pennanen
★Vanessa Lori Piasentino
Katherine Hope Pilgrim
★Jessica Lynn Pinkerton
★Kendra Plett
★Catherine Lee Ann Pocknell
★Melissa Nicole Podolak
Rachel Marion Polito
Iryna Polulyakhova
Claudia Mariela Ponce
Adam Powell
Katherine Prain
★Krystle Prior
Ana Quintanilla
Melissa Frances Ramey
★Jessica Cornelia Ranisau
Amanda Raposo
Nicole Franzine Reeve
Rebecca Regan
Marita Regnerus
Michelle Ricciuti
Carly Richard
Jennifer Ann Marie Richardson
★Sara Rico
Tessa Paige Rioux
Grace Olivia Rivett
Jennifer Esmeralda Romero
Meghan Ashley Rondeau
★Lindsay Rebecca Roorda
Deanna Veronica Rostic
Samantha Elizabeth Rowe
Teddy Alexandria Rozad
Daniela Ruggiero
Joanne Runstedler
★Angelina Dina Sacchetti
Mandeep Sahai
Hiba Khadar Said
Ramandeep Sangha
Mabel Johanne Santiago Castro
★Katrina Sartor
★Kristen Sauve
Thomas Sawyer
Kaitie Schanzenbacher
Elke Sakura Scheppat
Jennifer Schilbe
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (CONTINUED…)
★Kaitlynn Elizabeth Schildroth
★Robin Patricia Schulz
Bethany Marie Scott
Heather Anne Shaw
Romman Sheikh
Carleen Shipley
★Jessica Shoemaker
★Amanda Joan Shoots
Hannah Angelina Siebring
Emily Marie Simon-Rasiah
(Minor in Psychology)
★Laura Marlene Slezak
★Samantha Smailes
Marissa Yvonne Marguerite Smith
Victoria Smith
★Megan Smyth
★Seul-gi Sohn
★Amanda Soukvilay
★Melissa Speakman
Alex Nicole Springer
Mira Sta Ana
★Nathan Stansbury
Nicole Marie Steven
★Dana Stevenson
★Holly Stokman
Kelsey Anne Sweeney
Trinh Ta
Tabasom Taibi
Michelle Tam
Taylor Victoria Tamminga
★Kendra Gilbert Taylor
Nicole Sara Taylor
Sarah Jane Taylor
Mohit Tejpal
Nicole Marie Tendeiro
★Sara Marie Terpstra
Alycia Dawn Tessier
Payton Janine Thiel
Casey Nicole Thomas
Shaynee Leigh Thomas
Brittany Lee Thomson
★Tanis Victoria Tieleman
★Mary Jean Linawan Timaan
★Justine Jeanelle Ting
Mira Kathleen Tod
Miriam Todor
Tiffany Amber Van Toplin
Phuong-Anh Tran
Stephanie Diane Tremblay
Hilary Meghan Turnbull
★Melaney Rose Turner
★Stephanie Uhrig
Jacqueline Alysha Umolac
Scarlett Van De Vorst
Jennifer Lynn van Houten
Cage Kiyoko Van Raay
★Julia Rachel vanDasselaar
Carey Jean VanDenHeede
Daniel John Vanderkamp
Heather Shea Vanderspank
Kristina Anne Vanderveen
Lacey Jeanette VanEvery
Jillian Vanmeurs
Karissa Reanne Vantol
Jennifer Jancy Velupillai
Casendra Vijayasekar
(Minor in Health, Aging & Society)
Jamal Virani
Brandon Voisin
★Jessica Lee Voortman
Kimberley Ann Voortman
★Ayla Marie Vreman
Kerri Wagler
Wasse Wahidi
Candice May Wallace
Alexandra Rose Walters
Natalie Joan Walters
★Shujie Wang
(Minor in Psychology)
Michelle Wawrzyniak
★Tamara Weirmier
Nicole Ashley Whitten
Brittany Whittle
Tasha Wick
Christopher Wituik
★Natalia Worek
Amina Kar Wai Wu
Wei Yan
Maryam Yardam
Anum Yasmeen
Chia-Chi Yeh
Brooke Rachelle Yewman
Jordan Nicholas James Yutzy
Loretta Zambito
Teresita Joy Salas Zamora
Audrey Martina Zekveld
Di Zhang
(Minor in Psychology)
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL RADIATION SCIENCES
Nagad Abdi
Raghad Almalky
Marian Arvai
Mohamed Hassan Awale
★Rudolphe Joseph Baronette
★Sarah Daniella Booth
★Hei Man Chan
Terence Kin Kei Chan
★Sally Chau
★Jessica Chee
★Hon Ki Choi
★Mang Ying Vivian Chou
★Renée P. Christiani
Kenneth Ka Hang Chung
Jacob Cottreau
Jessica Nicole Cripps
Brian Dang
Holly Lynn Daniel
Emily Geraldine Veronica Delaney
Abdul Ahad Desai
★Davinder Dhawan
Annie Rachel Dickson
Nura Mohamed Elmi
Mahdieh Farrokhi Aghdam
★Sneha Gandhi
★Priya Garg
★Erika Anne Giovannetti
★Katherine Hillyer
★Kelly Kai-Yee Ho
Christine Maaike-Anne Holtrop
★Loretta Jessica Hsu
Alyssa Adele Hugill
★Maha Shahid Iqbal
Sulman Zafar Iqbal
Krishna Jain
Veronica Jandricic
★Jenny Jiang
Yue Jiao
Kelly Lynn Johnston
Waleed Shaheen Khokher
Jimi Kim
Nicole Blanca Klodnicki
★Heather Klyn-Hesselink
★Glory Lok-Yee Kwan
★Lorenzo Claudio La Mura
Taylor Lee
Danielle Lucille Letterio
★Michael Kevin Lok
Natasha Therese Lompa
Taylor Daniel Los
Nicole Lotko
Jieqi Ma
Kristian Luczon Mangaoil
Anna Alexandrovna Marakoulina
Carly Angeline Theresa Mascia
Christine Eileen McNulty
Trudi Yvette Miller
★Elena Anne Moerkerken
Samantha Moraes
★Shannon Moulaison
Madison Rosemary Murdoch
★Robyn Elizabeth Murphy
Kelly Mycroft
Soyoung Noh
Timothy Peter O’Neill
Simin Paiyandeh
Mohammed Panchbhaya
Coral Diana Elaine Peck
Camille Pepper
Kevin Peralta
Kim Anh Phan
★Patricia Pius
★Leon Yin Hei Poon
Hongmon Quan
Gurpreet Rai
★Andrew David Rossall
Nicole Irene Sarvas
Katey Sarah Savage
(Minor in Geography and Earth
Sciences)
★Jaclyn Sawkins
★Nushrat Shaikh
★Sara Sinclair
Young Min Son
David Kevin Starzynski
Emily Stief
★Sang Tat
Tiffany Thach
Annie Tran
★Hung Minh Tran
★Taylor Victoria Ulch
Jonathon Vairo
★Kyle Steven Ross van Mil
★Kelsey Venema
★Kanvi Ramesh Virani
Sarah Allison Vukan
Valerie Michelle Wanders
Vida Wang
Kathryn Nicole Weverink
Melissa Williamson
Jessica Wrobel
Yijia Wu
Jing Xu
Tara Lynne Yaworski
Ada Wing-Sze Yim
★Betty Zadlo
Ashley Zawadzki
★Jingyao Linda Zhao
Wei Zou
Names of graduands listed in this program are those recommended to Senate as of June 3, 2015. 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.
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UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS
(2014-2015 SESSION)
MEDALS
THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC
MEDAL
Elizabeth Culp
Matthew Jessome
THE E. H. AMBROSE GOLD MEDAL
Zejiang Chen
THE BASU MEDAL
Steven Dueck
THE BINKLEY MEDAL
Natalie Perna
THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING MEDAL
Paul Ricciuti
THE DEAN’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE
HUMANITIES
Kendra Oudyk
Alison McNeil
Sierra Smith
Chloe Sukkau
Emma Bridgwater
THE ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GOLD MEDAL
Simon Younan
TROPHIES AND MERIT AWARDS
THE AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN BOOK PRIZE
Jeremy Angelini
THE BURKE MEMORIAL RING
Nicole Rakowski
THE CSEP/SCPE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
AWARD
Aaron Kipp
THE IROQUOIS TROPHY
Mitchell Rohrer
THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MERIT
AWARD
Kalia Akkad
Thomas Mcgill
Sanjay Sonney
THE DR. RUDOLF DE BUDA SCHOLARSHIP
Joshua Sammut
THE JOHN DEERE LIMITED SCHOLARSHIP
Paulminder Brar
THE LAURA DODSON PRIZE
Michael Skinnider
THE BRUCE M. HAMILTON AWARD
Philip Badawy
THE JENNIFER HEADLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Christina Vietinghoff
THE BURTON R. JAMES MEMORIAL PRIZE
Zejiang Chen
THE W. NORMAN JEEVES SCHOLARSHIP
Chloe Sukkau
THE FRANK E. JONES PRIZE
Philip Badawy
THE DR. JEAN JONES MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
Wenda Debicki
THE J. E. L. GRAHAM MEDAL
Deborah Rimay
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
THE AMELIA HALL GOLD MEDAL
Hanah Itner
THE ANTHROPOLOGY PRIZE
Charlene Mohammed
THE HUMANITIES MEDALS FOR SPECIAL
ACHIEVEMENT
Katrina Owens
Amanda Nash
Sara King
Anna Kozak
Hanah Itner
THE WILLIAM AND LIDA BARNS MEMORIAL
PRIZE IN HISTORY
Sara King
THE KINESIOLOGY PRIZES
Jem Cheng
THE REV. ALLISON M. BARRETT SCHOLARSHIP
Andrew Case
THE RUTH LANDES PRIZE
Andrea Bankova
THE ABE BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZES
Christopher Galano
Siqi Huang
Scarlett Mackay
THE FELIKS LITKOWSKI PRIZE IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE
Chantal Cino
THE LEONE BETTY BLACKWELL MEMORIAL
BOOK PRIZE
Chelsi McNeill-Jewer
THE BERT MacKINNON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
Devra Charney
CFUW-HAMILTON MEMORIAL PRIZE IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE PRIZE
Lindsay Robinson
THE AGNES AND JOHN MacNEILL MEMORIAL
PRIZE
Margaret Inman
THE DAWSON PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Lori vandenEnden
THE CATHERINE MacNEILL PRIZE
Madeleine Bondy
THE HURD MEDAL
Jessie Lu
THE JENSEN MEDAL
Brian McPherrin
THE GERALD L. KEECH MEDAL
Ashley General
THE MAPS GOLD MEDAL
Mark Coenen
THE R. C. McIVOR MEDAL
Peter Demaio
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THE KARL KINANEN ALUMNI PRIZE IN
GERONTOLOGY
Kendra Wait
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UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS (CONTINUED …)
THE ESTHER McCANDLESS MEMORIAL PRIZE
Elizabeth Culp
THE HARRY L. PENNY PRIZE
Irene Minaji
THE SOCIOLOGY PRIZE
Deborah Rimay
Lois Allen
THE A.G. McKAY PRIZE IN CLASSICAL
STUDIES
Emily Herron
THE PIONEER ENERGY LP GERONTOLOGY
PRIZE
Jillian Goltz
Kendra Wait
THE JOHN H. TRUEMAN PRIZE
Emily Herron
THE WALTER SCOTT McLAY SCHOLARSHIP
Margaret Inman
THE PIONEER ENERGY LP PRIZE IN NURSING
Ayla Vreman
Katherine Prain
THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY FUTURES FUND
GRADUAND SCHOLARSHIP
Christopher Galano
Miles Couchman
THE POLITICAL SCIENCE PRIZE
Scott Miranda
THE McMASTER NURSING ALUMNI
MEMORIAL PRIZE
Amanda Soukvilay
THE AUDREY EVELYN MEPHAM AWARD
Emily Cichonski
Rebecca Wardlaw
Michelle Simeoni
Taylor Heffering
THE MIDDLETON/WALKER PRIZE IN
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
Rebecca Englert
THE E. S. MOORE PRIZE
Craig Allison
THE P. L. NEWBIGGING PRIZE
Alexandra Paris
Phil-Sun Paek
THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS PRIZES
Irene Minaji
Wenda Debicki
THE POLITICAL SCIENCE HONOURS ESSAY
PRIZE
Christopher Telford
THE LLOYD REEDS PRIZE
Alanna Smolarz
Kimberly Dowell
Emily Schutz
Kristin Clements
THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES PRIZE
Andrew Case
THE ABRAHAM ISAAC ROSENBERG
MEMORIAL PRIZE
Stephen Petrina
THE SHELL CANADA PRIZES IN ENGINEERING
AND MANAGEMENT
Clement Emmanuel
Paul Ricciuti
Kalia Akkad
THE HARRY WAISGLASS BOOK PRIZE
Lindsay Robinson
THE ALVINA MARIE WERNER SCHOLARSHIP
Victoria Dorey
M.B.A. MEDALS AND AWARDS
THE D.M (MIKE) HEDDEN GOLD MEDAL
Matthew Bell
THE BASU MEDAL
Adam Prokop
THE ALLAN J. GREVE – ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH
CARE MEDAL
Claire Seymour
THE LITVAK MEDAL IN MARKETING
Raza Khan
THE R.J. SPENCE MEMORIAL MEDAL
Robert Macrae
THE RICHARD SLOBODIN PRIZE
Andrea Bankova
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HONORARY DEGREES
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Business
Julian Davies, Doctor of Science
Richard Buckingham, Doctor of Laws
Julian Davies is a professor emeritus in the
Department of Microbiology and Immunology and
principal investigator of the Davies Lab at the
University of British Columbia (UBC). His earlier
academic appointments include serving as director
of the Life Sciences Institute at UBC and as a department chair at the Institut
Pasteur in Paris. Described by the journal Nature Biotechnology as “an icon of
the European biotech industry and a pioneer of metagenomics,” he has made
significant contributions to the understanding of antibiotics, bacterial resistance
and recombitant DNA. He has more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and
has served on a number of scientific boards and committees, including chairing
the External Scientific Board of the National Institutes of Health Human
Microbiome Project.
Davies also established a distinguished career in the private sector. He has
been executive vice-president of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, president and CEO
of TerraGen Diversity and president of Biogen SA. A member of the Scientific
Advisory Board of McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious
Disease Research, Davies has earned the recognition of his peers in Canada and
internationally. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Canada
and the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. He has received
numerous honorary degrees and several prominent awards including the American
Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award and the Society of General
Microbiology Gold Medal.
A native of Manitoba who spent his teens in
Burlington, Ontario, Richard Buckingham graduated
from McMaster University and Harvard Law School.
After practicing law in New York City with the global
firm Graham & James (now Squire Patton Boggs), he
began a successful career in private investment banking. He worked with Echelon
Ventures LP of Boston, was managing director of Inter-Market Capital Associates
and president of Integrated Capital Associates.
As he has built a career that has taken him from Canada to New York and now
London, Buckingham has remained remarkably dedicated to and engaged with
McMaster, his undergraduate alma mater. His service began with his leadership
of the Friends of McMaster, the University’s American charitable arm, and the
New York Branch of the McMaster Alumni Association. He has been a diversely
interested philanthropist at McMaster, making significant gifts to areas
including engineering, music, athletics, philosophy, the McMaster University
Student Centre, the Bertrand Russell Centre, and the James Stewart Centre
for Mathematics. He also served on the volunteer cabinet for The Campaign for
McMaster University.
Buckingham’s signature contribution to McMaster, however, has been through his
service to the Board of Governors. Currently an honorary governor and a member of
the board’s Human Resources Committee, he served for many years on the board
and was an exemplary vice-chair from 2009 to 2010 and chair from 2011 to 2013.
School of Nursing & Medical Radiation Sciences
Judith Shamian, Doctor of Science
Judith Shamian is a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Toronto, president emeritus of VON (Victorian Order of Nurses)
Canada and the 27th president of the International Council of Nurses, Shamian is the second Canadian to hold this post. She was president
and CEO of VON Canada for eight years after serving in a series of key leadership positions including as executive director of nursing policy
for Health Canada, president of the Canadian Nurses Association and vice-president of nursing for Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto where
she established a World Health Collaborating Centre for Leadership Development – the first collaboration of its kind.
Shamian is a respected researcher whose work has inﬂuenced nursing-related policy both in Canada and internationally. She has led the Canadian Nurses Association’s
National Expert Commission on Healthcare, served as co-chair of the Health Care Innovation Working Group of the Council of the Federation (of Canada’s premiers) and
been a member of the board of directors for the Canadian Home Care Association.
Shamian, who has been named one of Canada’s one hundred most powerful women, has received numerous honours including three honorary degrees, the Top Cited
Award 2006-2008 from the International Journal of Nursing Studies and the Canadian Nurses Association Centennial Award.
She is a lifetime member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, and international fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.
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HONORARY DEGREES (CONTINUED…)
Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Program
Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony)
Joseph Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws
Toby Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws
Catherine Frazee, Doctor of Laws
Joseph (Joey) and Toby Tanenbaum have
established one of Canada’s most important
philanthropic legacies through a series of
organization-defining gifts primarily to the arts,
cultural institutions and healthcare. Joseph is the founder and chair of Jay-M
Enterprises and Jay-M Holdings Ltd., past chairman of Hydro-Pontiac Inc. and
Pembroke Electrical Light Co., and the former president and CEO of the Bridge
and Tank Company in Hamilton.
Together, the Tanenbaums have given landmark gifts to organizations including
the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the National
Ballet of Canada, Music Canada and the Toronto Symphony. They are also
important donors to hospitals and medical research, the Jewish community and
universities. They are best known, however, for building public art collections
with gifts to – among many others – the National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario,
the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Hamilton where their gift
established arguably the most important collection of nineteenth-century French
art in Canada.
The Tanenbaums have jointly received a number of awards including the Opera
Canada Award and Doctors of Commerce Honorary Degrees from Ryerson
University. Joseph has been presented the Arbor Award and an Honour and
Distinction Award from the University of Toronto. A member of the Order of
Canada, he has also received the Roy A. Phinnemore Award from the Construction
Safety Association of Ontario, the Lescarbot Award and been named a fellow of
the Society for Civil Engineering. Toby received the Order of Ontario in 2014.
Catherine Frazee is a Professor Emerita at Ryerson
University, where prior to her retirement she
served as Professor of Distinction and Co-Director
of the RBC-Ryerson Institute for Disability Studies
Research & Education. Through her scholarship,
activism, teaching, art and public service, she has challenged barriers to the full
social inclusion of people with disabilities and created identifiable change in
everything from artistic opportunities to legislation. The Chief Commissioner of
the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1989 to 1992, Frazee has worked for
decades to advocate for human rights through her involvement with numerous
organizations including the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), the
Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), the Council of Canadians with
Disabilities (CCD) and the Abilities Arts Festival. She has provided expert testimony
before Federal and Provincial Courts on human rights and disability disadvantage
and has contributed actively in Supreme Court of Canada interventions of strategic
concern to disabled Canadians. She has contributed to a wide array of texts and
journals in both academic and literary spheres, and has published numerous
opinion pieces in Canada’s national news media.
Frazee has been particularly active in the arts sector, helping to cultivate
opportunities for showcasing the disability experience through her role as a
director of the Abilities Arts Festival, co-curator of the award-winning exhibition
Out From Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember and her prominent
role in the 2006 National Film Board film Shameless: The ART of Disability. Frazee
has received a number of awards including honorary degrees from Dalhousie
University and the University of New Brunswick. She was appointed an Officer
of the Order of Canada in December 2014, for her advancement of the rights of
persons with disabilities, and as an advocate for social justice.
Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)
Ela Bhatt, Doctor of Laws
Ela Ramesh Bhatt born in 1933, Padmabhushan Ela R. Bhatt, a Gandhian, is widely recognized as one of the world’s most remarkable
pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development. Known as the “gentle revolutionary,” she has dedicated her life to improving
the lives of India’s poorest and most oppressed women workers. In 1972, she founded the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA),
a trade union with more than 2 million members now. She founded SEWA Cooperative Bank in 1974 which has an outreach of 3 million
women now. She was a Member of the Indian Parliament Rajya sabha and subsequently a Member of the Indian Planning Commission.
She founded and served as Chair for Women’s World Banking, the International Alliance of Home-based Workers (HomeNet), Street Vendors (StreetNet) and Women
in Informal Employment: Globalizing, Organizing (WIEGO). She also served as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation for a decade. She has received several awards,
including Padmashree, Padmabhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Right Livelihood Award, George Meany-Lane Kirkland Labour Rights Award by AFL-CIO,
US and Légion d’honneur by France, Madrid Creatividad Award, CGAE Human Rights Award by Spain, Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development as
well as honorary doctorates from Harvard, Yale, Natal, McMaster, M.S. Baroda and other Universities. Member of the Council of The Elders brought together by Nelson
Mandela (2007). Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), (2011). She has authored “We Are Poor but So Many” book published by Oxford University
Press, NY (2006). Currently she has been nominated as Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.
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HONORARY DEGREES (CONTINUED…)
Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)
Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)
Peter Calamai, Doctor of Science
George Roter, Doctor of Science
Peter Calamai’s journalism career began at
McMaster’s Silhouette and continued professionally
at The Hamilton Spectator. Working for more than
forty years with Southam News and at leading
Canadian newspapers as a photographer, reporter
and editor with postings in Ottawa, Vancouver, London, Nairobi and Washington,
he covered armed conﬂicts around the world and the Supreme Court of Canada.
He was the editorial page editor of The Ottawa Citizen and the national science
reporter for The Toronto Star.
Calamai has a national profile as a volunteer with numerous organizations
including the Science Media Centre of Canada, Environment Canada, the
Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network, Youth Science Canada and
the Canadian Science Writers’ Association where he was a founding member.
He has been the Max Bell Chair in Journalism at the University of Regina and
both a visiting associate professor and adjunct research professor of journalism at
Carleton University. He has also produced a number of research projects including
a study that led to legal reforms to allow the use of tape recorders in Canadian
trial courts.
A three-time winner of Canada’s highest journalistic honour, the National
Newspaper Award, Calamai has also received the Michener Award for Meritorious
Public Service Journalism, the Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal, a UNESCO Literacy
Award and the Royal Canadian Institute’s Sandford Fleming Award. In December
2014, he was named a member of the Order of Canada “for his achievements as a
science journalist and his contributions to the cause of literacy.” He is a member
of the McMaster Alumni Gallery.
In 2000, George Roter was studying mechanical and
biomedical engineering at the University of Waterloo
when he co-founded Engineers Without Borders
(EWB) Canada with Parker Mitchell, becoming the
organization’s chief executive officer. Working literally
from an idea scribbled on a napkin, they built EWB Canada into an inﬂuential
international organization with more than 3,000 volunteers, 50,000 supporters,
50 chapters and teams in Canada and African nations including Malawi, Ghana,
Uganda and Zambia. Over the past 15 years, EWB’s staff and volunteers have
worked with more than 150 businesses, governments and organizations, and over
the past 5 years the organization has incubated 2 dozen entrepreneurial ventures.
The impact has been substantial: EWB supported or EWBer founded innovations
are serving literally tens of millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa.
In Canada and specifically at McMaster, EWB Canada has also had a signficant
impact. It has galvanized a movement socially minded engineers who, individually
and collectively, have contributed to the evolution of engineering education across
the country and have changed the shape of the international policy landscape in
our country. Roter, who delivered the 29th Annual Hodgins Lecture at McMaster
in 2013, is an Ashoka Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship and the recipient of
numerous honours including honorary degrees, the Public Policy Forum’s Young
Leaders Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and the Action Canada Fellowship on
public policy. Time magazine recognized him as one of Canada’s next generation
of social leaders in 2001.
Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)
P. Thomas Jenkins, Doctor of Laws
McMaster alumnus P. Thomas Jenkins is the chairman of OpenText Corporation after serving previously as president and chief executive
officer and as executive chairman and chief strategy officer as OpenText became Canada’s largest software company.
Jenkins has a strong record of public service including chairing the Government of Canada’s Military Procurement Review Panel, the
Research and Development Policy Review Panel and the 2011 panel on Innovation and Government Procurement. He is on the advisory
board of the Canadian Digital Media Network and is a member of the Canadian Government’s Advisory Panel on Open Government. He is a member of the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and a past member of both the Government of Canada’s Competition Policy Review Panel and the
Province of Ontario’s Commercialization Network Review Committee.
Jenkins is a director of the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives as well as a founder of Communitech, the Waterloo Region Technology
Association. He served as a commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Reserve and is an honorary colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers. He has been named
Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year and received the McMaster Engineering L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a fellow of the Canadian Engineering Society,
an Officer of the Order of Canada and the new chancellor of the University of Waterloo.
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DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Deborah Cook
Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Dr. Paul O'Byrne
Professor, Medicine
Deborah Cook is a world authority in critical care
medicine, evidence-based medicine and health
research methodology, including randomized trials
and systematic review methodology. Graduating from
the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in 1985, Dr. Cook completed her
residency in internal medicine, and fellowships at both McMaster and Stanford
Universities. A full-time faculty member at McMaster for 25 years, Cook has made
outstanding contributions to scholarship, research, education and service at the
University and the broader international community. She is one of McMaster's
most prolific researchers (with more than 30,000 citations to her work) and has
elevated McMaster's worldwide reputation in health care. Dr. Cook was named
as a Fellow of the Royal Society for her multi-method, multi-disciplinary research
on life support technology, risk factors for critical illness, prevention of ICUacquired complications, end-of-life choices, and research ethics.
Paul O’Byrne is serving as chair of the Department of
Medicine for an unprecedented third term. A fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the first scientist
in McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences to hold two
decades of continuous career award support from the Medical Research Council
of Canada. His research has a major inﬂuence on understanding the causes of
and improving the treatments of asthma. He has been chair of both the Scientific
Committee and the Executive Committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma.
O’Byrne has received the James H. Graham Award of Merit from the Royal College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Congress Chair Award and Medal
from the European Respiratory Society. He also has honorary fellowships from
many international organizations, including the American Academy of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology and the European Respiratory Society. He has also been
elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
A Canada Research Chair of Research Transfer in Intensive Care, Cook’s
contributions to clinical study design and clinical trial execution have led to
improvements in health care and continue to inﬂuence researchers around the
world. Dr. Cook was recently appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Faculty of Science (Afternoon Ceremony)
Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)
Dr. Christine Wilson
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Shiping Zhu
Professor, Chemical Engineering
The discoverer of Comet Wilson, Christine Wilson
is a globally recognized expert on star formation in
nearby galaxies. Among her most inﬂuential work is
an analysis and calibration of the CO-to-H2 conversion
factor, allowing scientists to obtain accurate measures of the amount of star-forming
gas in galaxies beyond our own.
Wilson leads the Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey and the Very Nearby Galaxies
Survey, complementary multi-national projects making significant contributions
to a more comprehensive set of correlations of star formation rate with galaxy
size, structural type and environment. For 15 years she was the Canadian project
scientist for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile; she was also an associate
scientist with the SPIRE instrument for the European Space Agency’s Herschel
Space Observatory. She has received the Women’s Faculty Award from the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Premier’s Research Excellence
Award. In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Tuesday June 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Shiping Zhu is Canada’s top academic chemical
engineer and among the world’s best polymer
science researchers. He was the first to report direct
detection of the elusive radicals in atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), thus providing fundamental insight into a previously
controversial aspect of a vast research area. Zhu has also changed the way in
which discoveries in basic polymer science are scaled to practical commercial and
industrial applications.
Zhu has trained more than one hundred highly qualified personnel, published
over three hundred high impact research articles, and delivered more than three
hundred conference presentations and invited seminars.
Zhu is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Canadian
Academy of Engineering, the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Engineering
Institute of Canada. He holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Macromolecular
Reaction Engineering and received the 2011 Macromolecular Science and
Engineering Award, the top award in the field in Canada.
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DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (CONTINUED…)
Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)
Dr. M. Jamal Deen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
M. Jamal Deen has established himself as arguably the top engineering scientist in Canada by making outstanding contributions to
optoelectronics and nanoelectronics, and to systems used in communications, biosensing and other fields. His work on the modeling of
photodetectors is the standard for excellence in physics-based and engineering models and his modeling and characterization of the noise in
semiconductor devices is one of his many innovations to have strong commercial impact.
Deen, who has received honorary degrees in Canada and Spain, is an elected fellow of ten societies and academies including the Royal Society of Canada, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Physical Society and the Electrochemical Society. He is also a foreign fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India
as well as the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL
Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)
Faculty of Health Sciences
Elizabeth Culp
Matthew Jessome
Elizabeth Culp is completing her undergraduate degree
in Honours Biology. During her degree, she engaged
in several undergraduate research opportunities
including an NSERC summer research scholarship and
senior thesis project working with Dr. Bhagwati Gupta
in the Department of Biology. Outside of class, she enjoyed playing trumpet in the
McMaster Concert Band and piano in the McMaster Children’s Hospital lobby. In the
fall, Elizabeth will begin a master’s degree in Biochemistry at McMaster.
Matthew is graduating from the Bachelor of
Health Sciences (Honours) Program with a minor
in Biochemistry. His research interests in both
rheumatology and genetic epidemiology have led to
journal publications and presentations at national
and international conferences. He has been the recipient of Canadian Institutes of
Health Research (CIHR) and McMaster research scholarships, in addition to numerous
academic and community contribution awards. As an advocate of education for his
fellow students, Matthew served as the Academic Coordinator for the Bachelor of
Health Sciences Society, collaborating with student, faculty, and administrative leaders
across McMaster. He has also shared his passion for learning as a Teaching Assistant,
mentor for first year students, and as a tutor and executive of McMaster’s chapter of
Students Offering Support. Matthew is excited to be continuing his education here at
McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine this coming fall.
VALEDICTORIANS
Health Sciences
Linda Nguyen
Business
Ashley Ribeiro
Nursing/Medical Radiation Sciences
Marina Abdel Malak
Humanities/Arts & Science
Krista Deverson
Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony)
Philip Badawy
Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)
Jaskiran (Jess) Shoker
Science (Morning Ceremony)
Giuliana Guarna
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after the ceremony please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers a wide selection of Ofﬁcial McMaster
Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences
University degree frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO TEACHING & LEARNING
School of Nursing & Medical Radiation Sciences
Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)
Dr. Janet Landeen
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Dr. David Shore
Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
the principle investigator of the Multisensory
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mentor for first year students, and as a tutor and executive of McMaster’s chapter of
Students Offering Support. Matthew is excited to be continuing his education here at
McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine this coming fall.
Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)
Kevin Dunn
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Kevin Dunn is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University. He focuses on teaching students
the foundations of chemical engineering and teaches mostly third- and final-year courses. With a strong interest in teaching innovation, he
investigates the use of technology, behind-the-scenes software, and novel teaching techniques in engineering education. Kevin is a strong
proponent of constant improvement, whether it is in teaching or in his personal life. Never stop experimenting!
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 Ofﬁcial McMaster
University degree frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 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.
Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up
their items
Tuesday June 9, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton
Place in
the Molson Canadian Studio (the room in which academic regalia is distributed). If your gown has been
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returned and you have collected your degree, your degree can be framed at this location.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ambika Tejpal
Ambika Tejpal has won the Rotary Club of Hamilton
Scholarship and Community Contribution Award,
as well as the Edwin Marwin Dalley Memorial
Scholarship. She has worked as a Teaching Assistant
and contributed to numerous research projects
at McMaster University. As a volunteer, Ambika has been an integral part of
numerous campus groups, including MSU Diversity Services, the McMaster
Mentorship Program, McMaster Medicine and You, United Against Gendercide,
and the McMaster chapter of the Canadian Red Cross. She also served as
the Co-President of McMaster Smiling Over Sickness, a student organization
dedicated to helping sick children smile through fundraising, volunteerism, and
community engagement.
Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)
Tristan Paul
Tristan Paul has been involved in multiple facets of
student life throughout his undergraduate career.
Most notably, he has been an active leader within the
McMaster Students Union (MSU) where he was elected
three times to the Student Representative Assembly and served, at various times, as the SRA
Operations Commissioner and as a member of multiple MSU and university committees.
He was also at the helm of the McMaster Social Sciences Society (MSSS), previously
serving as the Vice President (Academic) culminating in his presidency of the organization
for the 2014-2015 academic year. During his term he led projects aimed at improving the
first year experience and enhancing experiential education opportunities for his peers.
His student leadership has been recognized with the Albert Lager Prize for Student
Initiative and the MSU Merit Scholarship.
Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony)
Christa Jonathan
Christa Jonathan is Mohawk, Bear Clan from Six
Nations of the Grand River Territory. She was named
an Education Works Champion, Six Nations Community
Youth Role Model, Miss Six Nations in the ambassador
competition, and served as the President of the
McMaster First Nations Students Association. Christa is an Aboriginal Mentor with
the Aboriginal Students Health Sciences office and volunteers with Let’s Talk Science,
where she presented at the regional conference on working within Indigenous
communities. She has presented at 8 different conferences, such as the Leaders in
Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Connection V in Australia, discussing issues
Indigenous peoples face in Canada. She has received the Brantford Alumni Branch
Community Contribution Award, the Ganohkwasra Acknowledgement Award, the
Ruby Sears Scholarship, the Grand River Post Secondary Scholarship and the Wilma
General Memorial Award. She has two publications, one academic paper published
with the Centre for Ethnicity and Race Studies for Mapping Global Racism at the
University of Leeds where she went for the MacAbroad exchange program and one
newspaper article for Wellness@Mac. Her goal is to become a family practitioner.
Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)
Janelle Hinds
Janelle Hinds has been an instrumental student leader
within McMaster University and the surrounding
community. She has worked with the National Society of
Black Engineers as the Program Coordinator with the aim
to increase the number of responsible engineers who
excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. She
has also created a separate mentoring program for incoming students. Janelle founded
HackItMac, a collaborative technical community with students from all faculties
which has helped create experiential, self-directed, and interdisciplinary learning
experiences for her peers. She organized deltaHacks, the first student-run hackathon
in North America with a focus on enabling positive social change. Janelle has also
worked with Engineers Without Borders, the Alumni Office, Women In Engineering, in
addition to several other clubs across campus to promote entrepreneurship and student
development. Janelle has joined the Next36 program, a Canadian entrepreneurial
leadership initiative, and hopes to start a business of her own.
Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)
Benjamin Kinsella
Ben has been an active leader of the McMaster community and has contributed to numerous facets of student life. Aside from holding
various executive roles within the McMaster Engineering Society (MES), he has been involved with the McMaster Custom Vehicle Team,
Troitsky Bridge Building Competition, Great North Concrete Toboggan Race, and many other student organizations.
As Vice-President Academic of the MES, Ben created and facilitated the first student-operated peer-tutoring program on campus, which has
now served over a thousand students. He advocated for and built an official online test bank in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering, and helped implement a free
textbook library in the student lounge. As President of the MES in his senior year, Ben created EngDeals, a complimentary service that offers discounts to engineering
students at several local establishments. He also broke ground on the Society’s first Strategic Plan and founded the MES Board of Advisors, both of which will help
steer the Society towards beneficial long-term goals over the next generation of students.
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Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences