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Friday, June Twenty-fifth Two thousand and twenty one Table of Contents 3 Greetings 6 Board of Governors & Senate Members Ceremony One 7 Programme 8 Indication of Faculty Honours 9 Honorary Degree Recipients 10 Degree and Graduate Listing Ceremony Two 14 Programme 15 Indication of Faculty Honours 16 Honorary Degree Recipients 17 Degree and Graduate Listing A Message from the Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Dear Graduates, Families and Friends, To all the graduates of the Class of 2021, I offer hearty congratulations! The UNBC community and indeed communities across the North are honoured to celebrate your success with your classmates, your family and all those who offered support during your studies. I’m excited to celebrate your success and achievements today. Every single one of you has taken your own journey to this momentous event. You have taken on challenges and overcome obstacles. You have persevered and thrived. Whatever those challenges and obstacles were, I’m positive the journey that you have taken at UNBC has transformed you, made you a better person and instilled confidence in yourself. UNBC’s mission is to prepare leaders for tomorrow by influencing the world today. The degree you have earned from UNBC adds to your leadership. I encourage you to take advantage of your leadership qualities to build a stronger, more resilient community post pandemic. To discover innovative ways of doing things as we move forward. Rest assured you are all leaders. Community-building has never been more important such as right now. I encourage you to support your family, friends, colleagues, share your ideas and knowledge and find new ways to give back. And don’t be afraid to reach out to them or even your UNBC mentors if you need support too. Please know that we value you as members of the UNBC community and will do our very best to support you. With very best wishes, Dr. Geoffrey W. Payne Interim President and Vice-Chancellor 3 | UNBC Convocation 2021 A Message from A Message from A Message from Shirley Bond, MLA Mike Morris, MLA His Worship Lyn Hall, Mayor of 2021 UNBC Graduates, Grads of 2021, Prince George I would like to extend my heartfelt Education is one of the congratulations to the UNBC cornerstones of our personal Congratulations 2021 UNBC graduating class of 2021. I know that foundations, helping to support graduates. this is not the graduation ceremony each of us as we accumulate you envisioned and all of us will miss life experiences and make those On behalf of Prince George City seeing you walk across the stage, difficult decisions life will no doubt Council, it is my privilege to the cheers of family and the usual put before us. offer our congratulations to the pomp and circumstance that marks University of Northern British a graduation ceremony. But today is Congratulations on reaching this Columbia class of 2021. still your day. A chance for all of us major milestone in life. Your hard to celebrate the hard work you have work, accomplishments, and the This day marks the culmination done studying, attending classes and sacrifices you have made while of your years of focused effort, successfully completing your degree. attending UNBC, will serve you sacrifice and hard work. You have well in your future endeavors and arrived at a significant milestone Despite the challenging times career paths. This, despite the in your educational journey and we are facing in our country and added challenges presented by I hope that you will savour these around the world, today gives me COVID. Well done. moments and enjoy the feeling of hope. As I think about the lessons accomplishment. we will learn from these difficult On behalf of the Province of days, I know that in this class there British Columbia and my riding Whether you are going on to further are leaders who will help shape of Prince George-Mackenzie, I education and scholarship or into our future and will inspire us in the extend my very best wishes and the workforce, I know that the days and years ahead. For those most heartfelt congratulations! resilience and determination that of you who now look to begin your Sincerely, you have been practicing will serve careers or professions here in British you well. Wherever your future Columbia, there will be countless endeavors may take you, I hope exciting opportunities for you, that you will find your way back to especially here in the North. Now Sincerely, Prince George. more than ever we will need leaders who are bold, innovative and forward Congratulations to the Graduating looking. I can’t wait to see what you Class of 2021 and best wishes for accomplish. all of your tomorrows! Mike Morris, MLA Congratulations. Your graduation will Prince George - Mackenzie be memorable for many reasons. I wish each of you continued success in your future endeavors. Mayor Lyn Hall City of Prince George Shirley Bond MLA Prince George Valemount 4 | UNBC Convocation 2021 A Message from the NCLGA A Message from the Alumni Council of UNBC Distinguished graduates, Congratulations! You should feel very proud of the As we celebrate your academic success, I encourage degree you have earned. The unique knowledge you all to reflect on the first moments you spent at and expertise that you transfer from UNBC into your UNBC. Perhaps it was for orientation, move in day, to personal and professional life has the potential to be pay tuition, or the first day of classes. Remember those both transformative and influential – not only locally and first moments and cherish them. regionally, but also globally. Think back to your second and third years where you felt like you finally got the hang of post-secondary I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you education: the sweat, tears, and procrastination that to the Alumni Association of UNBC. With the conferral went into term papers, midterms, final exams – oh and of your degree, you join a community of over 16,000 also the worrying about final grades. alumni worldwide. Your relationship with UNBC is one that is meant to be lifelong. Keep in touch. Be proud to Finally, celebrate today – the end of your years of hard call yourself a graduate of UNBC. Take advantage of work. As a graduate of UNBC, I know the exciting opportunities to connect and support your fellow UNBC opportunities that await you and cannot wait to see what graduates. you accomplish. On behalf of the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA), representing 240 We are here for you. You will always remain a part of the local government elected officials, we wish you all the UNBC community. We are all connected. best in your future endeavours. I encourage you to keep in touch with your alma mater at unbc.ca/alumni. Sincerely, Cori Ramsay President, NCLGA Councillor, City of Prince George Kyle Blais, B. Comm., 2008 Chair, Alumni Council of UNBC 5 | UNBC Convocation 2021 UNBC Senate Members Senior Administration Bert Annear Faculty Members at Large Dr. Geoff Payne University Registrar and Secretary Dr. Balbinder Deo Interim President and Vice of Senate Dr. Hossein Kazemian Chancellor, and Chair of Senate Kim Stathers Faculty of Business and Dr. Liang Chen Dr. Mark Dale Economics Clarence Hofsink Interim Provost and Vice President, Julius Bankole - Faculty Dr. Tammy Klassen-Ross Academic Dr. Karima Fredj - Faculty Dr. Robert Budde Brandon Greenall - Student Dr. Alina-Geta Constantin Dr. Kathy Lewis Maik Gehloff Acting Vice President, Research Faculty of Environment Dr. Jianhui Zhou Dr. Dezene Huber - Faculty Lisa Haslett Dr. Neil Hanlon - Faculty President, NUGSS Director, Business Services and Andrew Mitchell - Student Calin Claassens Continuing Studies Faculty of Human and Health President, NBCGSS Dr. Ronald Camp II Abby Dooks Dean, Faculty of Business and Sciences Economics Dr. Erin Wilson - Faculty Dr. Christine Ho Younghusband - Undergraduate Students Faculty Alex Schinkel Dr. Shannon Wagner Sloane Zogas Dean, Faculty Human and Health Mattias Wels-Lopez - Student Sciences Faculty of Indigenous Graduate Students Christiana Obabola Dr. Kriston Rennie Studies, Social Sciences and Lydia Troc Dean, Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Humanities Social Sciences and Humanities and Dr. Jessie King - Faculty Lay Senators Interim Librarian Laura Parent - Student Dhruv Desai Andrea Palmer Dr. Peter Jackson Faculty of Science and Janice Allen Interim Dean, Faculty of Environment Engineering Dr. Alex Aravind - Faculty WWNI Senator Dr. Deborah Roberts Allan Kranz - Faculty Dr. Deanna Nyce Dean, Faculty of Science and Drew Gilchrist - Student Engineering UNBC Board of Governors Dr. Geoff Payne Joel McKay Interim President and Vice Chancellor Michael Reed Gregory Stewart Andrew Robinson Catherine Wishart Interim Board Chair Kostas Bach Michael Lo Dr. Darwyn Coxson Joyce Henley Dr. Paul Sanborn Allison Beswick 6 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Virtual Ceremony Ceremony One Programme Pre-show Introduction Michael Townrow, Town Crier O Canada Nove Voce Choral Society Welcome Elder Marcel Gagnon, Lheidli T’enneh First Nation Governmental Congratulations The Honourable John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia The Honourarble Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Address Dr. Geoff Payne Interim President and Vice Chancellor Governmental Congratulations The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Valedictory Lila Mansour, Undergraduate Honorary Degrees 2020 - Elder Marcel Gagnon 2021 - Dr. Bonnie Henry Honorary Degrees Congratulations Presentation of Degrees Dr. Mark Dale Interim Provost and Vice President Dr. Geoff Payne Interim President and Vice Chancellor Alumni Welcome Address Kyle Blais Chair, Alumni Council of UNBC Celebration Montage 7 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Indication of Faculty Honours Ceremony One Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry Harder Dr. Ross Hoffman University Excellence in Teaching Award Dr. Blanca Schorcht Gretchen Vogelsang University Excellence in Professional Practice Mentorship Stewardship Award Dr. Tina Fraser Dr.