The Dean's 2025 Ceremony of Excellence took place on December 3. This annual event was an opportunity to highlight the achievements of students, alumni, researchers, professors, administrative personnel and the wider Faculty family.
President and Vice-Chancellor Marie-Ève Sylvestre thanked the members of our Faculty community for their outstanding work, and Dean Lucie Thibault presented 29 awards during the evening. Representatives of our five schools also spoke about their latest research.
Finally, the Dean congratulated graduate Krishnpriya Singh and students Ankita Jain, Grace Leah Tongue, and Tomor Sopa for winning a 21 Under 21 award, as well as Trinity Lowthian, who received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
Addresses:
- Keynote address: Full Professor Dave Holmes, School of Nursing
- Speeches from the Schools
- Full Professor Diane Culver, School of Human Kinetics
- Assistant Professor Claire Tugault-Lafleur, School of Nutrition Sciences
- Full Professor and Assistant Director, Graduate Studies Janet Squires, School of Nursing
- Assistant Professor Pier-Luc Turcotte, School of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Associate Professor Shannon Bainbridge, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Recipients:
Award of Excellence: Teaching
- Associate Professor Sarah Fraser, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Award of Excellence: Education
- Associate Professor Karine Toupin April, School of Rehabilitation Sciences
Award of Excellence: Francophonie
- Full Professor Marie-Claude Thifault, School of Nursing
Award of Excellence: Part-time professor
- Catherine Pouliot, part-time professor at the School of Nutrition Sciences
Award of Excellence: Research
- Full Professor Kristi Adamo, School of Human Kinetics
Award of Excellence: Research Impact EDI
- Full Professor Tracey O'Sullivan, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Award of Excellence: Early career research
- Associate Professor Sathya Karunananthan, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Award of Excellence: Administrative personnel
- Natalie St-Jacques-Farha, Manager of the Louise McEntyre West Nursing Simulation and Peer Mentorship Centre at the School of Nursing
- Pierrette M. Bolongo, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Direction at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Carina Geddes, Supervisor, Academic Advising
- Mirado Ralijaona, Lead Officer, Administrative Support
Award of Excellence: Friend of the Faculty
- Natacha Ducharme, Kinesiologist and health promoter at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre in Ottawa
Award of Excellence: Alumni
- Ric Cuming, System Chief Operating Officer at Christiana Care Health System (Wilmington, Delaware)
Award of Excellence: Interprofessional collaboration
- Rema Boushey, Stacey Byer, John Cavan, Sarah Chung, Kate Daniel, Faculty of Medicine; Jovana Ivic, Anne-Marie Laverdure, Marisa McCulloch, Faculty of Health Sciences; Jennifer Keays, Patrick Leclair, Josée Lemaire, Student Health and Wellness Centre
Award of Excellence: Undergraduate student
- Morgan Preston, School of Nursing
- Anastassiya Beletskaya, School of Nutrition Sciences
- Isabelle Organ, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Jack Mansour, School of Human Kinetics
Award of Excellence: Graduate student
- Zohreh Ahmadi, School of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Sarah Granville, School of Nutrition Sciences
- Nathalie Todam Nguepnang, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Meredith Wing, School of Human Kinetics
- Jessica Reszel, School of Nursing
Award of Excellence: Teaching assistant
- Radia El Iraki, School of Nutrition Sciences
- Darrin Wijeyaratnam, School of Human Kinetics
- Corinne Waked, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Vincent Martin-Schreiber, School of Nursing
Award of Excellence: Ally for a good working environment
- Associate Professor Anne Konkle, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Serginiav Desroches, Senior Officer, Administrative Support to the School of Nursing Direction