1. education
2. alumni and reunions

ORDER OF EXERCISES
Musical Prelude
The Graduand Procession
The Academic Procession
The Chancellor’s Procession
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Five hundred
and irty-eigh
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 Science
honoris causa on Julian Davies
Citation: Dr. Patrick Deane
The Convocation Address
Dr. Julian Davies
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
Linda Nguyen
Awards of the 2014-2015 Session
The Health Sciences Address
Dr. John Kelton
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
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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................................................................................. Margaret Bárdos
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.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 will celebrate 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
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.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
Dr. Catherine Hayward
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Rob Whyte
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate MD Program, Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Eileen Hutton
Assistant Dean, Midwifery Education Program,
Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr. Alan Neville
Associate Dean, Education, Faculty of Health Sciences
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
BIOCHEMISTRY
Sohail Naushad
Thesis:
Discovery and Applications of Novel Protein Based Molecular
Markers for Bacterial Classification and Identification
Sarah Reid
Thesis:
Vitor Hugo Ferreira
Thesis:
Investigating the Roles of Co-Infection and Female Sex
Hormones on HIV-1 Infection and Replication in the Female
Genital Tract
Heather Jean Galipeau
Thesis:
Exploring Novel Mechanisms and Therapies for Celiac Disease
Interferon-Gamma Mediated Host Responses to Enteric
Pathogen, Citrobacter Rodentium
HEALTH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Paul Alexander
Thesis:
Clinical Practice and Public Health Guidelines: The Making of
Appropriate Strong Recommendations When The Confidence in
Effect Estimates is Low or Very Low (Discordant)
Afeez Abiola Hazzan
Thesis:
Caregiver Quality-Of-Life and the Care Provided to Persons
with Alzheimer’s Disease
Stephanie Ross
Thesis:
Advancements in the Field of Cardiovascular Disease
Pharmacogenetics
Richard Frank David Gierczak
Thesis:
Mammalian Cell Surface Display of Functional Alpha
1-Protease Inhibitor: Building "Designer" Serpins
Stephanie Diane Syer
Thesis:
The Intestinal Microbiota and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory
Drug-Induced Small Intestinal Damage
Heather Elise VanSeggelen, PhD
Thesis:
Combining Car-T Cells and Oncolytic Viruses For Cancer
Immunotherapy
Melec G. Zeadin
Thesis:
Investigating the Role Of Leptin and GSK-3 in the Osteogenic
Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
REHABILITATION SCIENCE
Heather Sarah Longpre
Thesis:
Muscle Contributions to Knee Loads in Healthy Young Women
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Breanne Palegia Cuddington
Thesis:
Characterization of Oncolytic Bovine Herpes Virus Type 1
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Beninder Dua
Thesis: The Biology of Dendritic Cell Subsets in Allergen-Induced Asthma
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 5
MASTER OF SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
Markiyan Vytvytskyy
Inas Mohy Youssef
Jeffrey Pernica
Tania Principi
Ziad Solh
Sabu Thomas
Cory A. J. R. McCurry
Philip Vincent Nguyen
Andrew O’Brien
Nolan Ross Wheildon
Jessica Yu
HEALTH SCIENCE
EDUCATION
PHYSIOTHERAPY
HEALTH RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Quinn Patrick Kolthof
Moyez Ladhani
Aussama Khalaf Nassar
Anupa Prashad
Michael William Tsoulis
eHEALTH
Ayman Majed Abed Musa
Carina Elena Andreatta
Krizia Mae C. Francisco
Pradeep Manoj Goonetillake
Cody William Hunt
Shiun-Chyi Lin
Sunil Eapen Mammen
Syed Ali Mansoor
Nirajkumar Mistry
Rosemary Nwanagu Mohammed
Christopher Owens
Zubair Usman
Lilian Vasilic
GLOBAL HEALTH
Mariam Abdurrahman
Jennifer DCruz
Valerie Francescutti
Alisha Lynn Hak
Brittany Bernadette Julian
Lynette D. Krebs
Marko Mrkobrada
Sara Mursleen
Navdeep Kaur Grewal
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Vinai Bhagirath
Lucrecia Castillo
Eric Steven Habib
REHABILITATION SCIENCE
Elysia Caprara
Shawn Christopher Edward Engell
Fatmah Nasir Hasani
Alyssa J Moreau
Michael George Prystai
Amy Jean Richardson
Linda Giulia Sanzo
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Adare
Kaleigh Elizabeth Alkenbrack
Cory Alec Manzo Anderson
Nisha Arora
Adrienne Nora Georgina Batke
Laurence Joseph Batmazian
Matthew Anthony Berardocco
Emilie Alice Beyls
Blair Llewellyn Bigham
Morgan Taylor Black
James Benjamin Blaine
Christopher William Blake
Samantha Rose Boggs
Alexandra Marie Borwein
Cecily Ann Michelle Bos
Gauruv Bose
Melissa Bota
Grace Irene Bravo
Samantha Rae Bremner
Adele Budiansky
Lita Wegadusk Ubluriaq Cameron
Alyssa Catherine Cantarutti
Stephanie Marie Cargnelli
Alison Carter Ramirez
Simone Chaudhary
Karman Chaudhry
Sarah Chaudhry
Dipayan Chaudhuri
Julie Rosanna Chaytor
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Kevin Kai Ai Chen
Xiao Xu Chen
Devin Chetan
Emily Wai Yee Cheung
Beverley Mallory Chow
Nassim Wabano Collishaw
Katie Jean Coulson
Lizebeth Mary Cox
Genevieve Faye Velasco Cruz
Anna Cvetkovic
Kayla Cyr
Shivani Dadwal
Danica Lynn DeJong
Gagandeep Singh Dhaliwal
Lauren Taylor Diamond
Daniella Alfred Dimitri
Meghna Dua
Kante Lee Easley
Nagham El-houssein
Yasmin Essaji
Jordan Farag
Carolyn Ann Feeley
JoAnne Albertina Fernandes
Kimberly Rose Fernandes
Jacqueline Filteau
Sarah Kathleen Foohey
Alexander Michael Forrester
William Arthur Fung
Zainab Furqan
Vanja Gavranic
Hannah Rachael Geddie
Sumeet Gill
Anthony Donald Giordano
Smitha Giridhar
Gabriela Simone Glattstein-Young
Akash Goel
Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan
Michelle Jordana Gould
Marcus Skidley Greatheart
Lindsey June Shannon Griffith
Tianxiu Hugh Guan
Andrea Elizabeth Gubert
Perry Yuanpeng Guo
Manika Gupta
Colin Glen Hebb
Joshua Michael Hochman
Steven Huynh
Gabrielle Inglis
Abid Ismail
Liam Anton Jackson
Hira Jamshaid
Mayank Monal Jha
Bradley Joel Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Aashish Kalani
Kavita Kanga
Patrick Taylor Keating
Sean Alexander Kennedy
Sean Sumeet Keshiv Khanna
David Dongkyung Kim
Ha-Yeon Kim
Stacie Kling
Jennifer Ann Klowak
Robert John Koziarski
Shelley Shuyun Kuang
Raman Kumar
Candice Sonia Kung
Jennifer Jing Wah Kwan
Priscilla Kwan
Stephanie Marie Kwolek
Heather Dawn Laakso
Laurel Lynn Laakso
Zamin Ladha
Alison Tin-Sum Lai
Chung Kit Lai
Marissa Laureano
Jessica Marlee Johnston Leah
Wonyeol Lee
Robin Lennox
Rachel Li
Natalie Marie Lidster
Jonathan Shilo Lipszyc
Anne Louise Lizius
Balal Ahmad Lone
Sarah Elizabeth MacIsaac
Fabio Demian Sandino Magistris
Atiqa Farooq Ahmed Malik
Faculty of Health Sciences
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (CONTINUED…)
Farheen Manji
Derek Stuart McLellan
Kaylyn Elizabeth May Merrifield
Julie Allison Mersereau
Kimberly Dawn Milestone
Miona Milutinov
Ginette Luanne Moores
Robin Lee Morin
Laura Kathryn Morrissey
Andrew Moses
Ali-Asghar S. Mulla
Faysal Nemah Naji
Elizabeth Anastasija Niedra
Michael John Obeda
Alexandra Ana Olteanu
Richard Kenji Onizuka
Alyson Nicole Osborne
Tyler Benjamin Oswald
Daniel Joseph Ozier
Christopher Pan
Stephanie Ann Paolone
Casey Park
Sarah Candace Payne
Robert George Power
James Alan Rae
Amrit Singh Rai
Sunita Kaur Rai
Vamana Rajeswaran
Stephanie Reiter
Alexandra Shaina Rendely
Amanda Leigh Ritsma
Daniel Matthew Shea Rosenbaum
Ariela Rozenek
Sarah Farida Sabry
Rimi Manmeet Sambi
Matthew Kenneth Sandre
Victor Sandu
Evan Schneider
Michael Douglas Scott
Thiviya Selvanathan
Adeel Raza Sherazi
Mandeep Kaur Sidhu
Samantha Spalding Sigurdson
Jennifer Kathryn Smyth
Melissa Katherine Snyder
Mohamed Somji
Alexander Kahjun Soon
Katryn Elizabeth Souque
Anasuiya Sherhee Surendran
Daniel Jonathan Szoke
Juthika Thakur
Zoyah Thawer
Kartiga Thiyagarajah
Katie Ann Nicole Thomas
Susan Tran
Zuzana Triska
Vatsal Trivedi
Michael Troncone
Lakshman Vasanthamohan
Christine Laura Watt
Victoria Kathleen Weaver
Nissi Wei
Willy Weng
Matthew Allan Westerink
Ashley Faye White
Joanna Marie Wielgosz
Robyn Parnell Winterbottom
Luke David Eric Witherspoon
Jacinda Dione Wong
Madeleine Clare Wootton
Raad Yameen
Alaya Yassein
Herman Yeung
Christopher David Young
Jiajia Zhang
Nicole Christiane Zito
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE (MIDWIFERY)
★Kimberly Alderdice
★Katherine Elizabeth Ambeault
★Alison Bekendam
★Lara Bernstein
Jesse Brown
Catherine Bush
Amanda Danielle Cordocedo
★Debra Anne Crumb
★Harriet Ann Ferrant
★Karlee Haak
Bounmy Inthavong
★Jewell Kirkopoulos
★Catherine Matania Lombardo
★Brigid Matheson
★Clare McCormack
Pamela Moore
Christina Ratelle
★Emily Lynne Roth
★Amanda Jean Sgrignoli
★Rebecca Thompson
Jenna Nadine Wilson
★Corine Witteveen
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE
HONOURS
★Daniyal Abdali
★Humna Amjad
★Alexandra Marie Annibale
★Dania Aslam
★Akshdeep Singh Bhatia
★Priyank Bhatnagar
★Celisse Olivia Bibr
(Minor in Psychology)
★Adriano Bulfon
★Rosalie Catherine Margaux Byrnes
★Belle Cao
(Minor in Music)
★Adrian Chun Hay Chan
★Clarence Chan
★Elizabeth Chan
★Pauline Eun Hye Chang
★Rushil Chaudhary
(Minor in Economics)
★Branson Chen
★Stanley Chen
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Amanda Vincci Chiu
★Louise Hui Li Chong
★Edwin Chun Wah Chow
★Ashley Chu
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Christopher Chung
★Katelyn Ann Colwell
★Sarah Elizabeth Davies
★Shantel Diane Jeannette Demay
(Minor in French)
★Quinn Richard Demik
★Jasneet Dhaliwal
★Thuy Linh Do
(Minor in Biochemistry)
(Minor in Economics)
★Emma Dudley
★Zhiye Fei
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place ★Alana Marie Fraser
★Leandra Galloro
★Nathan Kenneth John Gamble
★James Andrew Thomas Gibson
★Nisha Goel
(Minor in Business)
★Maxwell Goodwin
★Muskaan Gurnani
★Kaela Gusenbauer
★Simon Haeri Hendy
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★David Zakaria Rizk Hanna
★Jenny Hoang Nguyen
★Karissa Lyn Holyer
★Intekhab Hossain
★Kizanee Jegatheeswaran
★Matthew Alexander Jessome
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Hayley Yvonne Jones
(Minor in Psychology)
★Spencer Gordon Jones
★Jeremiah Joo
Jenniffer Joseph
★Erica Liv Marjorie Jutras
★Sarpreet Kahlon
★Mariam Soliman Asaad Kamel
★Yalda Karimi
★Harneel Kaur
★Haniya Khan
★Olga Khudoyarova
★Jin Kyu Kim
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Ashley Sarah Kirk
★Jacob Eli Klugsberg
★Joshua Frank Koenig
★Anita Koipuram
★Philipp Sebastian Bernd Kolb
★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Cumulative Average of 9.5/12)
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BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCES, HONOURS (CONTINUED…)
★Heedo Lee
★Junmo Lee
(Minor in Music)
★Min Joo Lee
★Christine Li
★Guanru Li
★Chelsea Harris Mackinnon
★Mathura Mahendren
★Safiyyah Rookaiya Mahomed
★Victoria Danielle Maich
★Julian Guinto Malixi
★Amita Mall
Archit Malyala
★Yasmeen Mansoor
★Daniel Andrew Martinez
★Liam Alexander Matthews
★Maria Merlano
(Minor in Psychology)
★Nishanth Merwin
★Franziska Alina Miller
★Michael Joshua Milo
(Minor in Chemistry)
★Zainab Asiya Mohamed
★Alexa Genevieve Christine
Mordhorst
★Laura Jane Morrison
★Navneet Natt
★Nadine Nejati
(Minor in Psychology)
★Catherine Hong Ngo
★Linda Nguyen
★Kyle Oosterman
★Stephan Mark Oreskovich
★Chika Stacy Oriuwa
★Sezgi Seda Ozel
★Shagufta Panchbhaya
★Se-Weon Park
★Sohee Park
★Arun Partridge
★Nikunj Patel
★Sawyer Peloso
★Jessie Zhexin Peng
★Andrew Perrella
(Minor in French)
★Marcanthony Nan-Su Pinizzotto
★Eli Prentice Crapper
★Sarah Quayyum
★Katrina Marie Radassao
(Minor in Psychology)
★Harkanwal Singh Randhawa
★Joshua Terrance Rempel
★Gaeun Rhee
★Tul-Zahra Rida
★Alessandra Robinson
(Minor in Religious Studies)
★Rod Rodjanapiches
★Catherine Marina Ross
★Maisa Saddik
★Amrit Bishan Singh Sandhu
★Alexander Sapa
★Megan Kathleen Schlorff
★Conor Sheridan
★Dongho Shin
★Saeha Shin
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Natashia Singh
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Arunima Sivanand
★Vishalini Sivarajah
★Kimia Sorouri
★Wasimuddin Azher Syed
★Colin Naiqian Tan
★Ambika Tejpal
★Teagan Lyndsay Telesnicki
★Mark Williams Tenn
★Amanda Toufeili
★Eunice Valerie Tsang
★Perri Rebecca Tutelman
★Jordyn Evelyn Vernon
(Minor in Jewish Studies)
★Thusyanth Vijayakumar
★Danusha Vinoraj
★Chujun Wang
★Kuan-Wen Wang
(Minor in Psychology)
★Pei-Wen Wang
★Ruijun Carolyne Wang
★Tianyue Wang
★Yiqiao Wang
★Jasmine Marie Waslowski
★Andrew Lawrence Haddad
Webster
★Matthew William Henry WongPack
★Yezarni Wynn
★Anne Xia
★Michael Kuan Xu
★Catherine Yang
★Kun Yi
(Minor in Biochemistry)
★Joo Hyung Yoon
★Kimberly Young
★Xi Zhou Yuan
(Minor in Biochemistry)
(Minor in French)
★Julianne Koke Zandberg
★Ling Zeng
★Dena Zeraatkar
★Yuchen Zhang
★Yuan Zhu
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE
★ Emma Katsumi Kolesar
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GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HEALTH SERVICES AND POLICY RESEARCH
Michelle Patience Heather Gilbert
Afeez Abiola Hazzan
DIPLOMA IN CHILD LIFE STUDIES
Erica Bialik
Rachael Cale
Cassondra Patsy DeCoste
Winter Ghostkeeper
Rachael Heyns
Katie Hodgins
Mark Lee
Molly Michie
Katie Sutherland
King Mong Tong
Names of graduands listed in this program are those recommended to Senate as of May 13, 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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★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Cumulative Average of 9.5/12)
Faculty of Health Sciences
HONORARY DEGREES
Faculty of Health Sciences
Julian Davies, Doctor of Science
Faculty of Business
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 vicepresident 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.
Richard Buckingham, Doctor of Laws
School of Nursing & Medical Radiation Sciences
Judith Shamian, Doctor of Science
Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Program
Joseph Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws
Toby Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws
Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony)
Catherine Frazee, Doctor of Laws
Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony)
Ela Bhatt, Doctor of Laws
Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)
Peter Calamai, Doctor of Science
Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)
George Roter, Doctor of Science
Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony)
P. Thomas Jenkins, Doctor of Science
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 9
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Deborah Cook,
Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Dr. Paul O'Byrne,
Professor, Medicine
Dr. 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 multimethod, multi-disciplinary research on life support
technology, risk factors for critical illness, prevention
of ICU-acquired 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.
Dr. Jamal Deen
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering
Dr. Christine Wilson
Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Science
Dr. Shiping Zhu
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Engineering
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO TEACHING & LEARNING
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School of Nursing &
Medical Radiation Sciences Program
Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony)
Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony)
Janet Landeen
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
David Shore
Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Kevin Dunn
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Health Sciences
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL
PRESIDENT’S AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Faculty of Science (Afternoon Ceremony)
Faculty of Science (Afternoon Ceremony)
Michael Birch
Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael Birch earned three National Science and
Ambika Tejpal
Engineering
Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate
Student Research Awards and presented at the
Ambika Tejpal
has won the
Rotary
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volunteer,
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been anSociety,
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campus groups,
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McMaster
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including
MSU
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the McMaster
Physics Society and the CLAY and Horizons
student
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leadership conferences.
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.
Sarah Drohan
FacultyDuring
of Social
her Sciences
four years at McMaster, Sarah Drohan
earned two National Science and Engineering
ChristaResearch
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Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student
Research Awards and completed her fourth-year
honours thesis project in the field of mathematical
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of Social Sciences
She was a teaching assistant for two
mathematics courses and served as vice-president
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the McMaster Association of Secular Humanists.
She will begin her doctoral studies in applied and
computational mathematics at Princeton University
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Janelle Hinds
Faculty of Engineering
Benjamin Kinsella
VALEDICTORIANS
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
Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up
their items in the Molson Canadian Studio (the room in which academic regalia is distributed). If your gown has been
returned and you have collected your degree, your degree can be framed at this location.
For those who wish to purchase a degree frame today before or after the ceremony, please visit the main lobby where
the Campus Store offers Official McMaster University degree frames and a wide selection of crested giftware and
limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise. Complementary degree framing also takes place in the lobby area.
A representative from Josten’s will be on hand before and after all graduation ceremonies to help size and design the
perfect ring for your graduate.
Friday May 22, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 11
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)
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Linda Nguyen
Ashley Ribeiro
Marina Abdel Malak
Krista Deverson
Philip Badawy
Jaskiran (Jess) Shoker
Giuliana Guarna
David Yun
Sean Mercer
Sam Virtue
Faculty of Health Sciences