Five hundred - Registrar
ORDER OF EXERCISES Musical Prelude The Graduand Procession The Academic Procession The Chancellor’s Procession C Five hundred and forty-second for conferring degrees 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 Catherine Frazee Citation: Dr. Patrick Deane The Convocation Address Dr. Catherine Frazee Presiding Chancellor Suzanne B. Labarge B.A., M.B.A., D.Litt. (Hon.) President and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D. The Conferring of Degrees In-Course Musical Interlude The Presentation of the Graduates The Valedictory Address Philip Badawy Awards of the 2014-2015 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/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 Immediately following Convocation, graduates and their guests are invited for a reception in Hamilton Convention Centre in Wentworth Room BC. Wednesday, June 10, 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. 2 Faculty of Social Sciences 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 Wednesday, June 10, 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. 4 Faculty of Social Sciences PRESENTERS OF DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES Dr. Charlotte A.B. Yates Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr. George Thomas Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics & Languages Dr. Chris Sinding Associate Professor, Department of Health, Aging and Society DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SOCIOLOGY Michelle Patience Heather Gilbert Thesis: Interspecies Relations in Equestrian Sport MASTER OF ARTS HEALTH AND AGING Madison Margaret Brydges MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL WORK Steven James Wiegand BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS Harry Aasman...................Geography & Sociology ★Rita Abdel-Baki....... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour David D’Andre Absalom..................Health Studies (Minor in Psychology) Lindsay Adam..........................................Sociology Maha Ahmad..........................................Sociology (Minor in Psychology) Alexa Aiken....................................... Geography & Environmental Studies Ghadeir Nehad Al Wahidi.......................Sociology (Minor in Psychology) ★Rebecca Caitlyn Alexander.....................Sociology Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place ★Alana Renee Amlinger...............Social Psychology Signy Victoria Andersen.........................Sociology Shauna Elizabeth Arnold.........................Sociology Claudia M. Babiszewski..............Health Studies & Gerontology ★Philip James Badawy.................Social Psychology ★Annika Laurel Bartels.................Social Psychology 5 BACHELOR OF ARTS, HONOURS (CONTINUED…) Reka Baskaralingam..................Social Psychology Megan Anne Batchelor...........................Sociology Arshpreet Kaur Bedi....................Health Studies & Gerontology Anissa Belkadi...........................Social Psychology Jenna Maureen Bergeron.......................Sociology Arjun Kumar Bhaga.................................Sociology Khatiza Bi Bi............ Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Fatma Bin Othman....... Communication Studies & Political Science Bailey Binns............................................Sociology (Minor in Anthropology ) Yvonne Carol Blackman..........................Sociology Paula Boanta........... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour ★Christina Borowiec.... Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Art History) (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Sarah Bradshaw......................................Sociology (Minor in Indigenous Studies) Madison Bratty..........................Social Psychology ★Kirstin Stephanie Broders...........Health Studies & Gerontology Derek Mackenzie Brown.........................Sociology ★Claire Christina Browne.............Social Psychology Katrina Janet Budgell.................Health Studies & Gerontology Carli Jessica Burr....................................Sociology Stephanie Victoria Burton.................. Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Brittany Button........................................Sociology Ozkan Caliskan........ Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour (Minor in Anthropology ) Alejandra Calle Hernandez........... Communication Studies & Anthropology (Minor in Political Science) Ashley Carnegie............. Gerontology & Sociology Hayley Carpenter.......................Social Psychology Antonella Carrieri....................................Sociology Victoria Leticia Cartagena......................Sociology ★Lindsay Marie Ceschia...............Social Psychology Isabel Chalmers......................................Sociology Zachary Wade Daniel Champagne.........Sociology ★Vincent Dominic Tai Yin Chan.................Sociology ★Winnie May Chan..... Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Earth Science) Nicolle Cheung........................................Sociology (Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Petrina Kelly Chew..................................Sociology ★Parul Chhabra.............................Social Psychology (Minor in Religious Studies) 6 ★Yue Chi....................................................Sociology Emily Joy Chong...... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour (Minor in Religious Studies) Kendra Christiansen........................Health Studies Carol Chung............ Health Studies & Gerontology ★Emily Victoria Pauline Cichonski.Health Studies & Gerontology ★Joseph Albert Coccagna.................Health Studies Emily Patricia Cole.. Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour ★Haley Oneta Coppins... Communication Studies & Sociology Aleksandra Coric.............. Psychology & Sociology ★Meaghan Elizabeth Simas Costa............Sociology Jacklyn Rebecca Costabile.....................Sociology Leigh C. Coutu.........................................Sociology (Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Morgan Shiloh Covey........................ Geography & Environmental Studies Alison Maria Cronk....................Social Psychology Alison Grace Cruse.................................Sociology Danielle Marie Cupido.......................... Geography (Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Naema Iyaghume Dag-Ellams................Sociology Leanna Dass...............................Social Psychology Reeme Dawood.......................................Sociology (Minor in Indigenous Studies) (Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Nicole Deciantis......................................Sociology Jenna Marie DeJulio..............................Sociology Amanda Lee Dekoning.................. Communication Studies & Sociology ★Peter Demaio......... Health Studies & Gerontology Emily Dennis...........................................Sociology ★Shannon Despond......................Social Psychology ★Melody J. Devries........ Communication Studies & Anthropology Sandeep Kaur Dhillon.....................Health Studies Melissa Di Pede......................................Sociology (Minor in Anthropology ) Linda Emily Dias......................................Sociology ★Larissa Marie DiBartolo........................ Geography Paola DiCecca.........................................Sociology Patricia Dyment Doherty.........................Sociology (Minor in Religious Studies) Michelle Lorraine Domjancic.....Social Psychology Krystin Michelle Doucette......................Sociology ★Sabrina Douglas.........................Social Psychology ★Kimberly Alexis Dowell..................... Geography & Environmental Studies ★Jaime Drohan..........................................Sociology Jacqueline Ivette Duarte Rodriguez.......Sociology (Minor in Psychology) ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) Nimisha Dubey............. Communication Studies & Political Science ★Samra Ebadi............ Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Emily S. Edward..... Health Studies & Gerontology Santiago Escobar Bermudez...................Sociology Emily Esho...............................................Sociology Anton Falco.............................................Sociology Mengwei Fang........................................Sociology Vanessa Rachel Fernando..................... Geography ★Stephanie Marie Ferruccio........Social Psychology Kaitlyn Fuglicek...... Health Studies & Gerontology Kelsey Anne Gammie...................... Gerontology & Anthropology Ben Alan Gardner......... Communication Studies & Geography Rina Gashi.............. Health Studies & Gerontology Danielle Gattinger................................. Geography Alexandria Erin Geerts.......................... Geography (Minor in Archaeology) Brian Georgievski......... Communication Studies & Geography Natalie Ann Giannetti..........................Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Navjot Kaur Gill...... Health Studies & Gerontology Victoria Giudice.......................................Sociology ★Jillian Amanda Goltz...........................Gerontology Inderpreet Grewal...................................Sociology Dean William Gruszewski..................... Geography ★Samantha J. Gun.......................Social Psychology (Minor in Religious Studies) ★Stephanie Nicole Gurrieri............. Communication Studies & Psychology ★Shreemouna Gurung...................Health Studies & Gerontology Kaitlin Elizabeth Hagopian......................Sociology Alexandra Hajas...... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Zachary Edward Hartley..........................Sociology Jessica Elaine Haskins...........................Sociology ★Angela Haufler................................Health Studies Natalie Anne Hawrylyshyn................ Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Taylor Heffering.............. Gerontology & Sociology ★Kaitlin Elizabeth Hendershott............... Geography (Minor in English) Taylor Brittany Holdsworth.........Health Studies & Gerontology Leona Lynne Houston... Communication Studies & Political Science Anna Hudson........... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Jenna Erin Hunter...........................Health Studies Stefanie Maria Islic.......................... Geography & Environmental Studies Faculty of Social Sciences BACHELOR OF ARTS, HONOURS (CONTINUED…) ★Rebecca Jahns.......... Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Lindsay Barbara Jankowski............ Gerontology & Psychology Lucia Jara.....Geography & Environmental Studies Roxanne Jaworsky..........................Health Studies & Gerontology ★Meaghan Rebecca Jeffries........Social Psychology Christa Jonathan.....................................Sociology (Minor in Indigenous Studies) Beaula Perpetual Joseph........................Sociology ★Takeshi Kanaya....... Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Sabeen Kazmi............................Social Psychology (Minor in Political Science) Meryam Imad Kellow....... Communication Studies & Political Science Kara Rae Kemp.......................................Sociology Soo Ji Kim.............. Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Psychology) Mathew William Kit............................. Geography (Minor in Sociology) Reanna Klamot...........................Social Psychology Sophia Ko................................................Sociology ★Dana Estelle Kolodzey....................... Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Catherine Julia Kosior...............Social Psychology Tharshne Krishnakumaran......................Sociology (Minor in Geography and Earth Sciences) Vivian Mary Kustermans....................... Geography Gabriele Kvederaviciute..........................Sociology Elizabeth Catherine Ann Kwiecien......................... Communication Studies & Political Science ★Alice Ching-Nga Kwok................Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Sociology) Laura Francesca La Mura............Health Studies & Gerontology Dipesh Lad.............. Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour ★Mikayla Catherine Lago.............Social Psychology Jamie Lai................ Health Studies & Gerontology Michaela Nicole Langdon.......................Sociology (Minor in Political Science) Jake Robert Langstaff................Social Psychology Jocelyn Lau................................Social Psychology Simone Lazarou............ Communication Studies & Sociology Madison Lee...........................................Sociology Megan Patricia Leeder................Health Studies & Sociology Marshall Allan Lenko........................ Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Shannon Laura Linke.........Geography & Sociology Konrad Tomasz Lisnyj......................Health Studies Zachary James Livshin....................... Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Heather Lloyd..........................................Sociology (Minor in French) Rita Lo-Giudice....... Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Sociology) Lindsay Logan....................................... Geography Shawna Marie Lubrick...............Social Psychology ★Carmen Ka-Man Lui...................Social Psychology Tina Luu Ly...............................................Sociology (Minor in Psychology) Michelle Macfarlane..............................Sociology ★Scarlett Jean Louise Mackay............ Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Julia Christine Maiolino................... Geography & Environmental Studies Mikayla Kristina Mancini........................Sociology Olivia Maria Mantik................................Sociology Victoria Jessie Jean Marshall................Sociology Athena Aspasia Masotti............... Communication Studies & Sociology Samantha Matti..... Health Studies & Gerontology Kayla Michelle Mazepa..................Health Studies & Theatre & Film Studies Christopher McAnally....................... Geography & Environmental Studies David McGuire...........................Social Psychology ★Sandra R. McKay.......................Social Psychology Erica McKenzie...... Health Studies & Gerontology Stephanie Medeiros..................Social Psychology Estefan Emilio Mejia...............................Sociology (Minor in Geography) ★Ingie Metwally............. Communication Studies & Economics Jessica Mariah Minor.................Health Studies & Gerontology Jacob Ryan Mitchell......................... Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Shanique Mohenu...................................Sociology ★Nigel-Anthony Moniz.................Social Psychology Brandon Philip Monte.............................Sociology Elle McPhee Morgan.................Social Psychology Kaitlyn Hunter Mraud.............................Sociology Katie Willis Muekusch............................Sociology Marc Benjamin Mulder..............Social Psychology (Minor in Religious Studies) Benjamin Mulholland....... Communication Studies & Political Science Adam Mutsaers......................................Sociology ★Pooja Nagar............ Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Rhonda Lynn Nagel....................Social Psychology Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Rania Nisrat Naser.........................Health Studies & Gerontology ★Christine Mary Newbigging.......Social Psychology Catherine Nguyen...................................Sociology Adam Nightingale......................Social Psychology Jaklynn Nimec............. Communication Studies & Political Science Alysandra Noce............ Communication Studies & Sociology Mahsima Nosrati-Inanlou.................. Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Yasmina Novillas....................................Sociology Andrea Adanma Nwabuike................ Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Katherine Clarissa O’Shaughnessy.........Sociology Liam Francis Joseph O’Toole................ Geography (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Adeola Oreoluwa Obisesan....................Sociology Elizabeth Opoku......................................Sociology Doreen A. Oppong-Nsafoah....................Sociology Leah Danielle Oreskovich...................Gerontology (Minor in Sociology) Leah Elizabeth Pantich................Health Studies & Gerontology Matthew Paonessa.................................Sociology Delaney Myriah Arron Park........... Communication Studies & Sociology Jagvinder Parmar....................................Sociology Ewelina Pawlowski.................................Sociology (Minor in Political Science) David Lloyd Perryman.............................Sociology Lindsay Erin Pewar..................................Sociology Sabrina Nicole Pfeffer....................Health Studies Wade Kevin Pfeffer........................... Geography & Environmental Studies Michelle Kimberly Ann Pickett...Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Sociology) Elyse Pokoradi.........................................Sociology (Minor in Psychology) Valerie Prowse........ Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour ★Rebecca Ptolemy-Ceko..............Social Psychology Melissa Pyefinch........................Social Psychology ★Meagan Elizabeth Quade...........Social Psychology Samara Rakhraj...... Health Studies & Gerontology Nikita Rao........ Communication Studies & Labour Studies Jacob Alexander James Reid............... Geography Rachel Margaretha Riley............Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Sociology) Joshua Riley-Janzen.......................... Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) 7 BACHELOR OF ARTS, HONOURS (CONTINUED…) Christina Adelaide Romano....................Sociology (Minor in Psychology) ★Victoria Kathleen Sabo........................Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Giasmine Samaniego..............................Sociology Savanna Madan Sareen............... Communication Studies & Political Science Aklima Akhter Sarkar......................Health Studies & Sociology Benjamin Ryan Schaefer....................... Geography (Minor in Religious Studies) Caitlin Schmidt........................................Sociology Shaylyn Star Seminerio..............Health Studies & Gerontology (Minor in Religious Studies) Faith Shamoon...................................... Geography (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Hilary Robyn Shaw..............................Gerontology Jessica Sherwood.............................. Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Shama Sheth......................................... Geography (Minor in Labour Studies) Alexandria Marie Sienna........................Sociology Michelle Simeoni............................Health Studies & Gerontology Christina Severina Simonetti............. Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Gurneet Kaur Singh.................................Sociology Allison Vandana Sinha............................Sociology Ryan Ann Smith........ Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Geographical Information Systems) Sean Harold Smith..................................Sociology (Minor in Labour Studies) Shivani Vinodini Sookar..............Health Studies & Gerontology Sonia Stellato.........................................Sociology Chloe Savannah Stephenson............ Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in English) ★Danielle Lynn Stervoski.... Communication Studies & Labour Studies Sydney Geraldine Stonier............. Communication Studies & Political Science ★Emily Patricia Sully........ Gerontology & Sociology Alia Taha.........................................Health Studies (Minor in Anthropology ) Josephine Taiello.................................. Geography (Minor in Health, Aging & Society) Gaavsiga Tharmakumar..........................Sociology (Minor in English) Varaagy Thiruchelvam.....................Health Studies (Minor in Psychology) Johannah Thumb.......................Social Psychology Chelsea Alexandra Shaw Tidd....Health Studies & Sociology Jennifer Laura Toal....................Social Psychology Paolina Vincenza Tomarchio...................Sociology Jessica Madelaine Tristani.....................Sociology (Minor in Religious Studies) ★Shanae Lauranne Turnbull.........Social Psychology Madison Danielle Van Raalte............ Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour ★Jodi Lynn VanWoudenberg........Social Psychology (Minor in Religious Studies) Nathan John VanWoudenberg.....................Social Psychology Joanne Jae Velasco................................Sociology (Minor in Health Studies) Steven Richard Ventresca..................... Geography ★Kimberley Vogt................................Health Studies (Minor in Anthropology ) Megan Mackenzie Vukelic.................... Geography & Political Science Kendra Kate-Lynn Wait.......................Gerontology & Sociology (Minor in Philosophy) David Edward John Walker-Kierluk........Sociology Melanie Walsh........................................Sociology (Minor in Geography and Earth Sciences) Amy Ni Wang............Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Deanna Rae Watson..................Social Psychology Chelsea Watters-Wybrow..............Health Studies (Minor in Sociology) Sarah Michelle Weber................Health Studies & Gerontology Erica Michelle Weisz..................Health Studies & Gerontology Sarah Jenny Wells..................................Sociology Lindsey Rose Wellstead.................... Geography & Environmental Studies (Minor in Sustainability) Quinton Alexander Welychka.........Health Studies (Minor in Geography and Earth Sciences) ★Caterina Westenberg......................... Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour Benson Westerterp...... Communication Studies & Geography Cynthia Wickert.........................Social Psychology Michelle Lily Wilkinson.................... Geography & Environmental Studies Cinzia Tiffany Williams...........................Sociology Heather Emma Elizabeth Williams...............Social Psychology ★Stephanie Esprit Sopinka Williams......Psychology - Neuroscience & Behaviour Brittany Lynn Wilson..................Social Psychology Rachel Wilt....................................... Geography & Environmental Studies Evan David Winston................................Sociology Salem Woldu...........................................Sociology ★Samantha Wood.....................................Sociology (Minor in English) Rina Yang................................................Sociology ★Bryna Paula Young.....................Social Psychology Emily Lillian Young......... Gerontology & Sociology Amna Zafar....................................... Geography & Environmental Studies Georgina Diana Zuidema........................Sociology BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Zaynab Al-waadh.........................Political Science & Social Work ★Lois Allen....................... Sociology & Social Work Courtney Amber Bell...... Sociology & Social Work Catherine J. Bomberry.........Indigenous Studies & Sociology & Social Work Jessica Bonilla-Damptey...... Health & Indigenous Studies & Social Work 8 Brittany Kelly Burnside...........................Sociology & Social Work Heidi Nicole Burton........ Sociology & Social Work Melisa Carrillo............. Psychology & Social Work Sydney Clark.......................History & Social Work ★Angus E. Coll-Smith...... Political Science & Social Work Stacey Lee Derksen....... Sociology & Social Work ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) ★Victoria Lynn Dorey......Health, Aging & Society & Social Work ★Kelsey Dougherty........... Sociology & Social Work ★Eden Duddy.................... Sociology & Social Work Joana Fejzaj......Health, Aging & Society & Social Work ★Kelly Marie Flewelling............................Sociology & Social Work Faculty of Social Sciences BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK (CONTINUED…) Connor Steven Gibbons.........Psychology & Social Work Michelle Julie Guest...... Sociology & Social Work ★Somya Gupta.................. Sociology & Social Work ★Sara Jeanne Hepburn.... Sociology & Social Work Brittany Hunt.................. Sociology & Social Work Rachel Ill............. Political Science & Social Work ★Michelle Relinda Koobs...................... Sociology & Social Work Krystin Kruttek............... Sociology & Social Work Craig Marenick.......Labour Studies & Social Work ★Chavez Christopher McDonald........... Sociology & Social Work ★Irene Marguerite Minaji........ Geography & Social Work ★Stephanie Lynn Moffit........ Anthropology & Social Work Jason Palmer............... Psychology & Social Work Kanwerdeep Pannu........ Sociology & Social Work Heather Elizabeth Patterson.........Health, Aging & Society & Social Work Chantelle Pavao..................History & Social Work Wendy Poliquin.............. Sociology & Social Work ★Deborah A. Rimay.......... Sociology & Social Work Liza Briana Ritchie....... Psychology & Social Work ★Sumathy Sangaran Pillai..................... Sociology & Social Work Rebecca M. Semu.......... Sociology & Social Work ★Rebecca Sheluk.............. Sociology & Social Work ★Romita Sur.......... Political Science & Social Work Karthicka Suthanandan....Health, Aging & Society & Social Work ★Isabel Szczygiel......Labour Studies & Social Work Ashley Turner....Health, Aging & Society & Social Work ★Angelina Christine Vaccaro...........Health, Aging & Society & Social Work Amy Vanderlinde..........Health, Aging & Society & Social Work Rebecca Jillian Wardlaw................. Health, Aging & Society & Social Work Tara-Lynn Marie Williamson...................Sociology & Social Work (Minor in Religious Studies) Eryn Yeaman................ Psychology & Social Work BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK ★Lisa Crapsi ★Wenda F. Debicki ★Jessica Lee Sagar Fedoruk ★Ava Alexandria Frans Chantel Ironside Daniel Jung ★Caitlin Keanie ★Julia Kovalsky ★Victoria Anne Laine ★Kristen Leona Manninen Kathleen Diane Mockler ★Hellai Noori Shelley Lee Omand ★Marelle Parkin ★Jacqueline Michelle Robinson ★Sarah Alexandra Roney ★Courtney Sanderson ★Rory Schafer ★Shawna Small ★Jamie Kathleen Weston Sarah Wright ★Angela Yohan BACHELOR OF ARTS ★Trevor Louis Ablett................................Psychology Aduragbemi Adenusi..............................Sociology Sudaba Ahmadi.......................................Sociology Alexandra Aiello...................................Psychology Naznin Alam............................................Sociology Habib Alkayat........................................Psychology Caitlin Ames..........................................Psychology Jane Amponsah......................................Sociology Gloria Angela Atieno..............................Sociology Iqra Awan................................................Sociology Michael Brayden Ayers...........................Sociology Sabah Balousha......................................Sociology Kaelan Maureen Bell..............................Sociology Michael Joseph Beshia..........................Sociology Donna Jo Biglete....................................Sociology Angie Bijak..............................................Sociology Erik Mate Bilobrk....................................Sociology Stephanie Elizabeth Birtles.....................Sociology Erik Bishop..............................................Sociology Marie Boisvert L’Heureux........................Sociology Maggie Jean Bowen.............................Psychology Teshaida Anita Brandis.........................Psychology Taylor Brisebois.......................................Sociology Natalie Bukovec......................................Sociology Abdul Hanan Butt....................................Sociology Austin Campion Smith.......................... Geography Maria Belen Carmona.............................Sociology Victoria Carter.........................................Sociology Simone Katrina Maria Caruso................Sociology Kriti Chandna........................................Psychology Rammiya Charles....................................Sociology Ka Wing Cheong.....................................Sociology Stephanie Ling-Che Choi...................... Geography Adam Jeremy Colalillo.......................... Geography Lisa Collins.......................Health, Aging & Society Maurisa Ann Collins...............................Sociology Sarah Annette Corrigan................... Health, Aging & Society Michael Couto.........................................Sociology Shahrzad Crooks...................................Psychology Aaron Michael D’Amico........................ Geography Stephanie D’Amico.................................Sociology Eminet Dagnachew..........Health, Aging & Society Allison Daley...........................................Sociology Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Hanh Dam.............................................Psychology Emily Del Greco.......................................Sociology Katelyn Deveau.......................................Sociology Adam Christian Dick............................. Geography Carla DiIorio..........................................Psychology Michele Theresa Dowell.................. Health, Aging & Society Alexandra Larissa Dowhal......................Sociology ★Matthew Clyde Drover..........................Psychology Brittany Jeanne Duffey...........................Sociology Daniel Dyrda...........................................Sociology Peter Adam Dziedzic...............................Sociology Diana Dziuba...........................................Sociology Ashley Anne Edwards.............................Sociology Carlee Chantel Edwards.........................Sociology Karie Patricia Evelyn...............................Sociology Kathryn Fantinic....................................Psychology Matthew John Farrell.............................Sociology Amanda Muriel Rose Fiorentino...........Psychology Brendan Michael Fitzpatrick...................Sociology Teddy Robert Florea................................Sociology Euodia Fong.............................................Sociology ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) 9 BACHELOR OF ARTS (CONTINUED…) Devon Michelle Fratoni...........................Sociology Joyce Lai Yee Fung..........Health, Aging & Society Jessica Ruth Nowlan Geisler.......Health, Aging & Society Georgianna Gianatselis........................Psychology Sarah Eileen Gianias............................. Geography Rachel Ann Gomez..................................Sociology Kathleen Megan Gorrie..........................Sociology Olivia Jeanne Guiney..............................Sociology Ashley Haley...........................................Sociology Taylor Anne Hamilton..............................Sociology Nicolette Elizabeth Harrow...........Health, Aging & Society Brittany Hayman................................... Geography Jennifer Lynn Hendricks........................ Geography Noor Hermiz.......................................... Geography Katrina Hesman....................................Psychology Taylor Rae Higgins..................................Sociology Jerrica Monique Hobbs...Health, Aging & Society Bokai Hong..............................................Sociology Christine Elizabeth Hoover......................Sociology Jessica Nicole Hunter.............................Sociology Hanya Imran.....................Health, Aging & Society Vanessa E. Irowa..............Health, Aging & Society Anna Irving-Peckham............................ Geography Katie Anne Jagus....................................Sociology Young Suk Jang.................................... Geography Nada Janjusevic.....................................Sociology Vinija Jeyakumar..................................Psychology Jessica Jolink..................Health, Aging & Society Irene Katotikidis.................................... Geography Shawna Elizabeth Kelly........................Psychology Nicole Kezar.......................................... Geography Ryan Singh Khatkar............................... Geography Tara Diago Khatter................................ Geography Damin Kim...............................................Sociology Ivana Kipic...............................................Sociology Maegan Klingenberg............................Psychology Ajandha Kumaresan.........Health, Aging & Society Paula Lynn La Fontaine...........................Sociology Nicola Amy Lake..............Health, Aging & Society Jasmin Sihurn Law...............................Psychology Jasmin Sihurn Law.................................Sociology Julie Thi Le............................................ Geography Mackenzie Leavitt...................................Sociology Jiyoon Lee.............................................Psychology Danielle Lemee.....................................Psychology April Elizabeth Linde.............................Psychology Kelsi Littler............................................ Geography Callan Marie Long...................................Sociology Vicky Vasiliki Looby...............................Psychology Jennifer Luc............................................Sociology Nicole Evelina Macdonald....................Psychology Justin Gennaro Maione..........................Sociology Jawad Malik.........................................Psychology Karamjeet Jyoti Mann..........................Psychology Anthony Mannarino................................Sociology Michele Denise Mantock........................Sociology Thivanka Devanmini Mapalagama.........Sociology Calvin Carvolth Marejka.......................Psychology Craig Martin.......................................... Geography Mary Patricia McCaffery.........................Sociology Erica Lynn McCartney.............................Sociology Karen McCombe..............Health, Aging & Society Shawna McCormick................................Sociology Michelle Kaye Miller..............................Sociology T’keyah Yanique Mitchell.......................Sociology Rianna Mitra...........................................Sociology Alexandra Monaco..................................Sociology Nicole Isabelle Morris..........................Psychology Adam James Murrell............................Psychology Nivetha Naveenthirarajah....................Psychology Moriah Lauren Nelson............................Sociology Daniel Chun Him Ngai............................Sociology Michael O’Neill.......................................Sociology Mayowa Oluwatobi Oloketuyi................Sociology Tatiana Michelle Ortiz...........................Psychology Michael Owens.......................................Sociology Phil-Sun Paek........................................Psychology Ramandip Kaur Pahal..............................Sociology Hayley Michelle Parkinson.....................Sociology Connor Scott Patterson.........................Psychology Elizabeth Margaret Perryman.................Sociology Adam Nicholas Presutti..........................Sociology Ibrahim Qasim.......................................Psychology Chelsea Marie Rolph..............................Sociology Angela Vittoria Romano..........................Sociology Reshma Sadhu........................................Sociology Navpreet Kaur Sahota..........................Psychology Sharanjit Kaur Saini..............................Psychology Raveena Samuel.....................................Sociology Emily Anne Schutz................................ Geography Stefanie Servello....................................Sociology Katrina Surraiya Shadikhan.................. Geography Taylor Shields..........................................Sociology Meki Hoi Ching Shum...........................Psychology Aaron Inderjeet-Singh Sidhu..................Sociology Aranyah Sivam...................................... Geography Stephanie Lynn Smart...........................Psychology Shaneal AnnahFaith Smith-McBean......Sociology Thulashini Sooriyadas........................... Geography Christin Speiran....................................Psychology Dave Stearman..................................... Geography Davor Stojanov...................................... Geography Adrian Swist.........................................Psychology Alyssar Taychouri....................................Sociology Tiffany Sarah Jane Taylor.......................Sociology Angela Marie Tessari..............................Sociology Dylan Thibodeau...................................Psychology Monika Todorova...................................Psychology Spenser Alexa Trafford...........................Sociology Steven Vinh Tran................................... Geography Emma Hope Trueman............................Psychology Annmarie Turner......................................Sociology Joseph Vella............................................Sociology Daniel Vujovic..................Health, Aging & Society Alexandra L. Ward..................................Sociology Jennifer Waters.................................... Geography Alyssa Catherine Welsh...Health, Aging & Society Renee Constance Wheeler.....................Sociology Katie Whidden.................Health, Aging & Society Adriana M. Williams............................. Geography Nicholas Russell Wilson.........................Sociology Cephas Gavin Wong................................Sociology Jessica Kristine Woodcock...........Health, Aging & Society Tania Yeasmin.........................................Sociology Congxi Zhang........................................Psychology Holly Zhou.............................................Psychology 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. 10 ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) Faculty of Social Sciences 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 Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place THE KARL KINANEN ALUMNI PRIZE IN GERONTOLOGY Kendra Wait 11 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 12 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 Faculty of Social Sciences 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. Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 13 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. 14 Faculty of Social Sciences 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. Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 15 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. 16 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. Faculty of Social Sciences 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 Sciencewho (Afternoon Ceremony)degree framesDavid Yun from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their Graduates have pre-ordered and gifts (Morning Sean Mercer and their gowns have been returned. Your degree will be itemsEngineering in Wentworth Room Ceremony) A when the ceremony is complete Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Sam Virtue 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 Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall,University Hamiltondegree Place frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise. 17 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 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMICAsMEDAL the principle investigator of the Multisensory Janet Landeen is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, McMaster University. She earned her BSN from the University of Connecticut in 1973, her MEd from the University of Victoria in 1988, and her PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto in 2000. Prior to beginning her academic career, Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony) she had many years of direct clinical nursing practice in psychiatric/mental health nursing. She has been at McMaster since Elizabeth Culp1987, first holding a joint appointment with the Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia and the School of Nursing, and subsequently joining the School full time 1997. Herher research interestsdegree have Elizabeth Culp isincompleting undergraduate concentrated on best practices in nursing education living she withengaged serious in Honours Biology. Duringand herondegree, mental illness, including theinimportance of hope. While research she was the Assistant several undergraduate opportunities Dean of the Undergraduate Nursing Program 2004 to 2012, sheand led includingEducation an NSERC summerfrom research scholarship the development and implementation of the Kaleidoscope Curriculum. HerGupta most senior thesis project working with Dr. Bhagwati recent research projects have Outside includedofexamining impactplaying of thetrumpet Kaleidoscope in the Department of Biology. class, shethe enjoyed in the Curriculum,Concert and in Band exploring the unique perspectives of students in collaborative McMaster and piano in the McMaster Children’s Hospital lobby. In the college/university programs. fall, Elizabeth will begin a master’s degree in Biochemistry at McMaster. Perception Laboratory, Dr. David Shore investigates the interaction of different sensory modalities across time and space. His fifty scientific publications address research topics on Facultyface of Health Sciences human cognition and perception, processing, visual attention, multisensory integration, development, and special populations. An associate chair of PNB, Shore has coordinated a large-scale Matthewcurriculum Jessomeoverhaul to ensure that students are realizing their potential, which required a reconsideration of the role of the traditional lecture and textbook format. is graduating from the Bachelor of Matthew Health Sciences (Honours) Program with a minor Dr. Shore is actively pursuing basic researchHis in the domaininterests of teaching and in Biochemistry. research in both learning while applying this rheumatology basic knowledge the classroom. These research and to genetic epidemiology have led to efforts will take advantage ofjournal the newly created LIVE which provides a venue publications andlab, presentations at national for exploring human interaction classroom setting.ofHis basic research and international conferences. He inhasa been the recipient Canadian Institutes on of multisensory processes is also movingresearch into an scholarships, applied domain throughtoexploration Health Research (CIHR) and McMaster in addition numerous of individuals eatingcontribution disorders—this research updatingforbody academic and with community awards. As anfocuses advocateonofthe education his representations frames of reference. As an adjunct member of fellow students, through Matthewdifferent served as the Academic Coordinator for the Bachelor the Department of Linguistics and Language, Shore is exploring sex differences in Health Sciences Society, collaborating with student, faculty, and administrative leaders the linguistic representation emotion. across McMaster. He has also of 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. 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. 18 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 Faculty of Social Sciences 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. Wednesday, June 10, 2015: 9:30 a.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 19 Health Sciences Business Nursing/Medical Radiation Sciences Humanities/Arts & Science Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony) Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony) Science (Morning Ceremony) Science (Afternoon Ceremony) Engineering (Morning Ceremony) Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Linda Nguyen Ashley Ribeiro Marina Abdel Malak Krista Deverson Philip Badawy Jaskiran (Jess) Shoker Giuliana Guarna David Yun Sean Mercer Sam Virtue
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