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. Shannon Freeman Clarence Hofsink Grant Potter
University Excellence in Service Award Dr. Gary Wilson Dr. Amarjit Bhullar
Recognition of these awards will take place at an in-person event in the future.
8 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Honorary Degree Recipients
Honorary degrees at UNBC are presented to individuals who display the highest levels of achievement in public service, the arts, business, politics, environmental stewardship, and community development. Prominent in their professions and in the community, UNBC recognizes those whose distinguished contributions add to the betterment of the University and society as a whole.
Elder Marcel Gagnon Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial
Born and raised in Prince George, Marcel Health Officer Gagnon (Ditnan) is a respected Elder from the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation. He is one of twenty Dr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as British Columbia’s children born to the late Leo and Margaret Provincial Health Officer in 2018 following three years as the Gagnon, and belongs to the Beaver Clan. Deputy Provincial Health Officer. As BC’s most senior public health official, Dr. Henry is responsible for monitoring the Despite his own challenges with Fetal Alcohol health of all British Columbians and undertaking measures for Spectrum Disorder, Marcel has been a tireless disease prevention and control and health protection. Most advocate for those who struggle. Marcel recently Dr. Henry has led the province’s response on the has worked as an addictions counsellor, COVID-19 pandemic and drug overdose emergency. FASD advocate, and has worked with men in corrections for nearly two decades. Marcel was Dr. Henry’s experience in public health, preventive medicine also instrumental as an Elder in bringing the and global pandemics has ex stended throughout her career. Indigenous Court System to Prince George. She served in a number of senior roles at the BC Centre for Disease Control and Toronto Public Health, including as the Marcel is an accomplished artist. He has operational lead in the response to the SARS outbreak in released four studio albums, two of which were Toronto. nominated for Juno awards, and has developed and performed the autobiographical play “The She has worked internationally with the WHO/UNICEF Drum is Calling You Home.” polio eradication program in Pakistan and with the WHO to control the Ebola outbreak in Uganda and has been actively Since 2018 Marcel been UNBC’s Elder in involved in mass gathering health planning in Canada and Residence, where he regularly shares his many internationally. gifts and talents. At three score and ten, Marcel lives off the grid in a cabin on a lake north of She is a specialist in public health and preventive medicine Prince George and is currently working on a and is board certified in preventive medicine in the U.S. She book. graduated from Dalhousie Medical School, completed a Masters in Public Health and residency training in preventive Despite much respect and accolades, Marcel medicine at University of California, San Diego and in says that his greatest personal achievement has community medicine at University of Toronto. She is an been to witness the success of his children and associate professor in the School of Population and Public the men and women he has worked with. Health at the University of British Columbia.
9 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Acting Vice President Interdisciplinary Studies The Degree of Master Research Ethan Docwra Alan McLean, Sutton, ON of Science Dr. Kathy Lewis Cassidy Elaine Shuvera, Prince George, BC Community Health Science International Studies - Global Environmental Policy Johnna Lee Selena Somerville, The Degree of Doctor Prince George, BC of Philosophy Katherine Frances Van Dam, Peterborough, ON Health Sciences Health Sciences International Studies - International Development Jordana Rae Archer, Prince George, BC Kimberley Janine Thomas, Calgary, AB James Floyd Campbell, Prince George, BC “Rehospitalization Risk Factors for Mental Health Nnamdi Ihekwaba, Prince George, BC and Substance Use in Northern British Columbia” Jennifer Mwende Lind, Victoria, BC Diana Carolina Reyes Perdomo, Santa Barbara, The Degree of Master of Alexander James Fraess-Phillips, Honduras Prince George, BC Science in Nursing “The Effects of Primary Care Accessibility and Continuity of Care on Less-Urgent Emergency Heidi Florence Dodenberg, Prince George, BC Department Use” The Degree of Master Kristen Marie Grovum, Nanaimo, BC Ashley Kim Horner, Kelowna, BC Anthony Muturi Kariuki, Prince George, BC of Education Jennifer Nicole Shaw, Brackendale, BC “Multidisciplinary Mental Health Supervision in a Rural Context: An Exploratory Study of Counselling Experiences in Northern British Columbia” Family Nurse Practitioner Melanie Adamsons, Switzerland Timothy David Schwab, Prince George, BC Theresa L. Benedict, Prince George, BC Sarah Nicole Gayse, Chetwynd, BC “Quanitifying Contact Force Artefact in Near Joanne Davis, New Aiyansh, BC Kimberly Anne Kitchen, Summerland, BC Infrared Spectroscopy” Stephanie Ashton Erickson, Prince George, BC Mary Rose Maclellan, Vanderhoof, BC Leanne Elizabeth Ezedebego, Prince George, BC Aleza Ellen Moyer, New Westminster, BC Sarah Constance Knowles, Terrace, BC Carmen June Schalles, Williams Lake, BC Rena Gay Koon, Prince George, BC Erica Sian Smith, Prince George, BC The Degree of Master Patricia Helen Kristinsson, Prince George, BC Colby Marie Ruby Stafford, Surrey, BC Timothy Wade Lentz, Prince George, BC Kayla Taryn Switlishoff, Castlegar, BC of Arts Randi Marie Mondor, Prince George, BC Allyssa Wing Yue Sy, Prince Rupert, BC Karlene Alaina Ritchie, Clearwater, BC Alyson Heather Wlasoff, Grand Forks, BC Development Economics Cayla Danielle Steinbach, Prince George, BC Daphne Grace Sennett Young, Vancouver, BC Lynne Michelle Stuart, Vanderhoof, BC Avleen Avleen, Prince George, BC Madeline Patricia Wilson, Calgary, AB Olamipo Oluwatomilola Bandele, Lagos, Nigeria Jasmeen Kaur, Prince George, BC The Degree of Master Parneet Kaur, Prince George, BC Multi-Disciplinary Leadership of Social Work Emmanuel Ogwal, Prince George, BC Michael James Hart, Masset, BC Walsham Daniella Tenshak, Jos, Nigeria Jeremy Kingsley Bissett, Ottawa, ON Aron Gustav Horvath, Edmonton, AB Katie Maria Gable, Prince George, BC Andrea Christine Maurice, Prince George, BC Renee Shevonne Haynes, Prince George, BC Kelsey Renee Caldwell McWhinnie, Disability Management Samuel Morris Lerner, Vancouver, BC Prince George, BC Tanya Lynn Mores, Regina, SK Katherine Helene Armstrong, Timmins, ON Jennifer Ann Parisian, Prince George, BC Victoria Erin Page, Prince George, BC Robin Francis Eva Harrington, Saskatoon, SK Amardeep Kaur Sull, Surrey, BC Nicole Amber Sawin, Fort Nelson, BC Nicole Genevieve Palacios, North Vancouver, BC Soryoung Sim, Seoul, Korea Laura Patricia Tummonds, Georgetown, ON Special Education Graduate Certificate Jana Erin Baker, Courtenay, BC English Victoria Kathleen Baker, Grande Prairie, AB Marlene Marcella Bazley, Penticton, BC Leading for Learning Katherine Panagiota Douglas, Prince George, BC Teresa Lynn Cameron, Victoria, BC Felicity Louise Edzerza, Prince George, BC Lana Marie Clarke, Fort St. John, BC Lance Gabriel Potskin, Prince George, BC Christine Anne Reid, Prince George, BC Cynthia Jean Bourne Dufresne, Telkwa, BC Mariah Victoria Snih, Prince George, BC Chantelle Patricia Fowler, Fort St. John, BC Vanessa Laurea Wittstruck, Prince George, BC Terra Lynn Gehloff, Prince George, BC Rhea Deanna Langille, Prince George, BC Kathryn Mary-Mae Majdanski, Coquitlam, BC Gender Studies Jennifer Lee Montague, Moose Jaw, SK Kelsie Teresa Pickens, Prince George, BC Jessica Sally Pikkarainen, Powell River, BC Denieve Marie Robinson, St. Andrews, NB Shaenoy Amoy Richards, Mandeville, Jamaica Jodi Nicole Tuton, Whitehorse, YT Chantal Nicole Walters, Keremeos, BC
10 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Faculty Deans Global and International Elise Irene McColl, Terrace, BC Studies Shelby Elizabeth Meaney, Dr. Kriston Rennie Prince George, BC Daniel Peter Mulhall, Calgary, AB Rubens Oluwafemi Aina, Prince George, BC Lindsey Johanna Bjerkelund Murch, Dr. Shannon Wagner Peter L Benoit, Prince George, BC Fredericton, NB Zachary Neal Fleck, Prince George, BC Caitlyn Shivonne O’Brien, Madina Nurzhanova, Nur-Sultan, Prince George, BC Kazakhstan Christina Elle Paterson, Salmon Arm, BC The Degree of Bachelor Claire Lillian Sitter, Prince George, BC Emily Nicolle Ann Payne, Prince George, BC Hongyao Yang, Chengdu, China of Arts Alana Nicole Petrella, Smithers, BC Gurleen Kaur Powar, Coquitlam, BC Anthropology History Erica Jean Reid, Skidegate, BC Gillian Victoria Robertson, Terrace, BC Nicole Lynn Ross, Prince George, BC Madeleine Margaret Michaelle Ducharme, Timothy William Beales, Richmond, BC Lorne D Schmidt, Terrace, BC Prince George, BC Tomas Bonafine, Prince George, BC Cedar Dawn Sherman, Kelowna, BC Bailey Ann Holloway, Dawson Creek, BC Courtney Eileen Lea Castle, Bruce Smart, Calgary, AB Jagdeep Singh Kang, Terrace, BC Prince George, BC Kristin Kelly Spooner, South Hazelton, BC Trevor MacDonald Lamb, Prince George, BC David William Finden, Prince George, BC Erin Amelia Van Diemen, Quesnel, BC Sierra Paige McCain, Sacramento, Nolan Mitchell Foster, Quesnel, BC Lynzee Rae West, Kispiox, BC United States Alexander Joshua Nielson, Kelsey Jacqueline Wiebe, Terrace, BC Charmain Loretta Schocat, Kamloops, BC Prince George, BC Anita Vladimirovna Voronova, Langley, BC Reiley Kenneth O’Brien, Vanderhoof, BC Nolan Cole Thiffault, Prince George, BC Joint Major in Economics and The Degree of Bachelor of Political Science International Studies Health Sciences - Honours
Arjun Suraj Singh Dhaliwal, Terrace, BC Madeline Claire Silveira, Windsor, ON Emily Grace Gilbert, Quesnel, BC Biomedical Studies Political Science Katherine Rachel Fehr Bailey, Nelson, BC Economics Alanna Gabrielle Koopmans, Paul Leonard Armstrong, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Taylor Grant Dodd, Prince George, BC Nakisha Johanna Bauer, Fort St. John, BC Kayla Marie Korolek, Prince George, BC Lila Mansour, Prince George, BC Anna Franziska Hasenauer, Julian Elliot Stokes, New Hazelton, BC Prince George, BC Zachary Thomas Vaughan, Delta, BC Daryc Denis Charles Langlois, Joint Major in English and Sherwood Park, AB Political Science Laura Ann Stephenson Parent, Prince George, BC The Degree of Bachelor of Emily Marie Fraser, Vanderhoof, BC Emma Joy vanBruinessen, Leduc, AB Health Sciences
English The Degree of Bachelor Biomedical Studies Rebecca Naomi Clark-Gray, Tess Marie Amyot, Fort St. James, BC Prince George, BC of Education Laura Marie Appleby, Prince George, BC Jessica Louise Holland, Prince George, BC Morgan Elizabeth Aucoin, Amy Marie Ardley, Kelowna, BC Shannon Marlane Hornak, Prince George, BC Harvinder Singh Bahia, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Amanda Danielle Bazinet, Kassidy Irene Bannister, Terrace, BC Tatiana Nasim Jahromi, Nanaimo, BC Prince George, BC Kelsey Dawn Barendregt, Smithers, BC Alexa Nicole Klonarakis, Kitimat, BC Phoebe Ann Bizarro, Smithers, BC Michelle Frances Beam, Grafton, Sidney Ann Rud, Prince George, BC Jayden Rae Boxeur, Williams Lake, BC United States Alex Verge, Quesnel, BC Taylor Dawn Crobar, Prince George, BC Melanie Casandra Bellwood, Antonio Francesco Di Giovanni, Prince George, BC Vancouver, BC Sydney Helena Borden, Kamloops, BC First Nations Studies Carter Matthew Durando, Terrace, BC Mariah Marie Elizabeth Bouchard, Likely, BC Vasil Petrov Georgyev, Prince George, BC Alexandra Lucia Bravo, Kitimat, BC Elsie Dorothy Campbell, Greenville, BC Lauren Kimberly Harrison, Bella Coola, BC Ricki Danielle Burt, Quesnel, BC Samantha Thelma Gurney, Laxgalts’ap, BC Madison Jana Landry, Prince George, BC Allison Lynne Cuthbertson, Carol Roxanne Johnson, Esk’etemc, BC Jessica Lewis, Summerland, BC Prince George, BC Karon Laurita McKay, Laxgalts’ap, BC Shantal Leah Jade Lussier, Amy Lynn Da Silva, Terrace, BC Starnita Raven Nyce, Gitwinksihlkw, BC Prince George, BC Tony Daniel de Gans, Prince George, BC Alexis Jantina Magrath, Prince George, BC Emily Alexandra Dodd, Terrace, BC Mackay Morgan, Telkwa, BC Victoriia Finley, Kamloops, BC General Brylie Marie Olafson, Surrey, BC Katrina Marie Fisher, Terrace, BC Lindsay Julia Orlandi, Port Coquitlam, BC Melissa Lynn Goertzen, Prince George, BC Linda Jennifer Innes, Kitkatla, BC Paige Riana Payne, Kitimat, BC Jillian Echo Green, Terrace, BC Johanne Lisa Jensen-LeBlanc, Kevin Peter Petersen, Brighton, ON Sara Heather Guadagni, Prince Rupert, BC Prince George, BC Justine Maya Kaur Powar, Katie Gwen Hansen, Fort St. John, BC Prince George, BC Emily Danielle Hanson, Prince George, BC Cassandra Louise Thummerer, Smithers, BC Global and International Krystal Chantal Hoekstra, Burns Lake, BC Mackenzie Shirley Van Spengen, Rebekah Johnston, Drayton Valley, AB Studies and Political Prince George, BC Freya Jarin Jonasson, Prince George, BC Declan Hamilton Walsh, Fort St. John, BC Science Tara Janet Laughlin, New Hazelton, BC Hannah Lynn Warnock, Prince George, BC Kelsey Marie MacDonald, Mattias Fabian Wels-Lopez, Briana Dawn Greer, Terrace, BC Prince George, BC North Vancouver, BC Chantale Jacinthe Maheux, Terrace, BC Katie Joy Wingerter, Williams Lake, BC Kimberly Renee Marceau, Telkwa, BC Lara Albina Zral, Prince George, BC Community and Population The Degree of Bachelor of Jacqueline Ann McDonald, Kelowna, BC Health - Aboriginal and Rural Danielle Ruth McGowan, Prince George, BC Science in Nursing Natahna Leigh McKay, Prince George, BC Health Shahaela Layne McKay, Terrace, BC Alexa Breanne Aceto, Prince Rupert, BC Sydney Paige McLachlan, *Colin Marshall Loren Kamphof Ashtyn Angelique Lomba Andreesen, Dawson Creek, BC Nanaimo, BC Prince Rupert, BC Laura McNeil, Aldergrove, BC Melissa Louise Armstrong, Balkiran Kaur Minhas, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Coralee Alyssa Marie Mitchell, Community and Population Heffley Creek, BC Health - Environmental Health Mary Katelyn Barwise, Prince George, BC Christina Emily Becker, Prince George, BC Elgan Moses, Oshawa, ON Kirstyn Charlene Beech, Fort St. John, BC Crystal Hien Nguyen, Prince George, BC Johnathan Michael Botelho, Amy Briann Bensen, Campbell River, BC Marissa Shelby Nichol, Chetwynd, BC Prince George, BC Emily Rose Bouchard, Quesnel, BC Mavia Kaur Nijjer, Prince George, BC Hailee Rose Burgart, Fort St. James, BC Megan Paige Boudreau, Prince George, BC Sophia Elizabeth Northrup, Nanaimo, BC Jacob Donovan Gruber, Prince Rupert, BC Charlotte Jane Brain, Smithers, BC Kelsey Rae O’Neill, Penticton, BC Caragh Elizabeth Brown, Kitimat, BC Sara Anne Marie Ouellette, Quesnel, BC Kendra Ellen Brown, Prince George, BC Harjot Kaur Pandher, Terrace, BC The Degree of Bachelor Kennedy Rose Myvanwy Chapman, Jenae Pedersen, Cape Town, South Africa Langley, BC Mykhala Lee-Anne Prosser, of Science - Honours Maria Lorraine Christie, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Selena Lenora Clark, Prince Rupert, BC Kayla Noel Radomske, Quesnel, BC Erin Jane Cole, Prince George, BC Gabriella Realff, Quesnel, BC Psychology Kascha Reed Collins, Prince George, BC Jordan Philip George Reid, Terrace, BC Jamie Dawn Cramb, Powell River, BC Hilary Jonni Annette Robinson, Jihanne Louise Sayson Dumo, Monika Halina Cywinska, Blairmore, AB Hartley Bay, BC Dawson Creek, BC Danielle Ashley Lauren Darter, Hannah Marie Rogers, Prince George, BC Yara Hassan Nijm, Prince George, BC Burns Lake, BC Adam Matthew Rud, Prince George, BC Mohamed Mamdouh Shubair, Chelann Marie Davis, Williams Lake, BC Anjali Sharma, Vancouver, BC Prince George, BC Harkirat Singh Dhillon, Surrey, BC Anushka Sharma, Abbotsford, BC Courtney Rae Welygan, Prince George, BC Miranda Lee Doerkson, Williams Lake, BC Darci Anne Shelke, Prince George, BC Courtney Doherty, Prince George, BC Katie Elaine Shortreed, Quesnel, BC Andrea Marie Eastman, Terrace, BC Kelsey Colville Sliman, Chilliwack, BC The Degree of Bachelor Cassandra Diane Erb, Summerland, BC Meagan Judith Sloot, Armstrong, BC Coral Isabel Faryna, Prince George, BC Kristin Nicole Sokoloski, Nakusp, BC of Science Mark Patrick Fisher, Terrace, BC Madeline Pearl Soriano, Burnaby, BC Hannah Elizabeth Graham Fraser, Bethany Lelia Stefanut, Quesnel, BC Vancouver, BC Miriam Thalmann, Prince George, BC Psychology Caitlyn Mary Gallinger, Fort St. John, BC Avreet Thandhi, Prince George, BC Veronique Genevieve Gauthier, Terrace, BC Brooke Marlowe Tower, Prince George, BC Amy Elizabeth Giese, Prince George, BC Julie Elizabeth Tretick, Prince George, BC Jenna Lynn Bernardo, Prince George, BC Haille Mikayla Ulvestad, Mackenzie, BC Madison Marie Bernat, Prince George, BC Gurlin Kaur Gill, Surrey, BC River Grey Charles Goerz, Mikayla Rose Ummenhofer, Penticton, BC Arthur Joseph Bouchard Hooker, Teagahn Brieann Vales, Terrace, BC Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Reegen Kassidy Guise, Mackenzie, BC Vanessa Leigh Vandelaar, Vanderhoof, BC Hannah Elizabeth Burgart, Sophie Mae Vanderlee, Powell River, BC Fort St. James, BC Zahrah Nisha Haq, Surrey, BC Matthew Douglas Hart, Terrace, BC Komalpreet Kaur Varaich, Mikaela Patricia Cadorette, Richmond, BC Prince George, BC Alyssa Marie Connell, Prince George, BC Samantha Dawn Herlehy, Prince George, BC Tess Elissa Herrington, Hudson’s Hope, BC Dennise Nicole Dangoy Velasco, Miranda Kaylee Doerksen, Pitt Meadows, BC Prince George, BC Erin Grace Edel Hickman, Vernon, BC Merilee Dawn Hoffman, Prince George, BC Yzanami Velueta Helland, Prince George, BC Vittoria Tamara Durfeld, Williams Lake, BC Melissa Gail Wakeman, Prince George, BC Byron James Finkelstein, Quesnel, BC Erin Jane Humle, Terrace, BC Melanie Eliza Hunter, Prince George, BC Kyra Anne Wallace, Penticton, BC Grace Kathleen Ella Fiske, Mora, Cassandra Anne Weinert, Quesnel, BC United States Ilinca Ianorescu, North Vancouver, BC Hope Priya Jaswal, Abbotsford, BC Marie-Elisabeth Weitzel, Charlie Lake, BC Sarah Brianne Green, Williams Lake, BC Ashley Jane Wood, Prince George, BC Jonah Robert Hartel, Prince George, BC Jenna Leigh Johnson, Prince George, BC Glenn Walter Hartley, Prince George, BC Shantel Leanne Jorquera, Olivia Louise Jenaway, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Jennifer Amanda Kearns, Prince George, BC Jeenat Kaur Kandola, Prince George, BC The Degree of Bachelor Olivia Madeline McClair, Prince George, BC Karmjoth Kaur Kang, Surrey, BC Braelyn Dawn McKenzie, Kitimat, BC Navjit Kaur Khela, Quesnel, BC of Social Work Liam Moberg, Prince George, BC Magdalene Claire Kiernan, Nanaimo, BC Tiana Marie Peet, Prince George, BC Chantelle Rae-Anne Klassen, Quesnel, BC Ashley Anne Adams, Quesnel, BC Laura Pomerleau, Athabasca, AB Danielle Laberge, Quesnel, BC Blessed Abiola Adefisayo, Kate Alexis Richards, Prince George, BC Meghan Loris Langlois, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Julia Allison Heather Robertson, Amy Naz Lepine, Prince George, BC Breanne Kilroy Austin, London, ON North Delta, BC Katarina Amaral Raposo Lewis, Terrace, BC Ricki Randeep Basra, Vancouver, BC Jonathan Ashael Scouten, Ashley Jean Lindstrom, Prince George, BC Awung Tamoh Betangabeh, Toronto, ON Prince George, BC Ainsley Brooke Escobar Mackay, Chelsey Ann Blair, Vancouver, BC Julianne Emily Slaney, Prince George, BC Okanagan Falls, BC Joanne Louise Bowden, Quesnel, BC Jennifer Leslie Stern, Prince George, BC Manjot Madahar, Surrey, BC Jessica Dawn Boyce, Calgary, AB Allan Marti Tamayo-Henderson, Jyoti Malhotra, Prince George, BC Corbin Joel Bright, Quesnel, BC Fort St. James, BC Kimberly Aida Lee Ann Marsh, Katy Lauren Brown, Prince George, BC David Michael Yonkman, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Tarleen Kaur Chahil, Prince George, BC Chloe Maddison Zerr, Prince George, BC Kristopher Robert Marshall, Shaleen Marie Chelsea, Williams Lake, BC Prince George, BC Kathleen Dawn Cooke, Prince George, BC Lee-Ann Denise Martens, Vanderhoof, BC Jolene Anne Drschiwiski, Fort St. John, BC Henzle Rose Taculod Masocol, Charlene Angela-Dawne Elkie, King City, ON Prince Rupert, BC Claire Marie Franklin, Chilliwack, BC Natasha Leah McAvoy, Terrace, BC Ashley Anna Marie May Gentles, Nisga’a Studies Williams Lake, BC Ashley Anna Marie Giannisis, Kaitlyn Belle Nyce, Gitwinksihlkw, BC Prince George, BC Holly Neelum Sher Gill, Richmond, BC Robyn Jane Graham, Prince George, BC Public Administration Sydney Marcella Harnack, Sherwood Park, AB Briana Dawn Greer, Terrace, BC Kalila Meden James, Prince George, BC Duncan Malkinson, Dawson Creek, BC Jalissa Kaleen Julian, Nak’azdli Whut’en, BC Rafatu Kasimu, Edmonton, AB Breanne Valerie Lande, Vancouver, BC Rural Nursing Eric Ching Sum Lau, Richmond, BC Shar-Lee Marion Frances Layzell, Karin Maria Howe, Quesnel, BC Prince George, BC Melody Anne Legault, Prince George, BC Julian Jean-Marie Lowley, Burns Lake, BC Grace Mae Ann McGowan, Quesnel, BC Sherry Kim McKinnon, Witset, BC Kara Lanita Merik, Fort St. John, BC Mikaela Ann Moore, Prince George, BC * Indicates a Posthumous Degree Brittany Dorana Raynor, Quesnel, BC Katherine Elizabeth Savage, Toronto, ON Graduation lists shown in the program are Kimberly Anne Smith, Quesnel, BC correct at the time of printing. It may not Konica Sudhir, Vancouver, BC Dusty Lee Sundman, 100 Mile House, BC contain a full list of graduates due to last Shyla-Marie Melina Sweezey, Edson, AB minute changes and requested omissions. Zoe Dominique Syberg, West Vancouver, BC Rebekah Shirley Taylor, Prince George, BC Sarah Kathleen Thompson, Quesnel, BC Krista Dianne Varsakis, Vancouver, BC Cara Ann Vicei, Prince George, BC Christine Liana Walsh, Fort St. John, BC Robin Marie Weselowski, Quesnel, BC Chanelle Emma Jeanine Wilson, Prince George, BC Julia May Wilson, Prince George, BC Jia Li Yue, Shanghai, China Zakary John Zarichney, Dawson Creek, BC
Certificate
First Nations Language - Gitxsan
Dalyce Ariel Jessi Colley, New Hazelton, BC Lana Christine Green, Hazelton, BC Skyla Lattie, New Hazelton, BC Helen Patricia Rubinato, Hazelton, BC Giselle Marie Simms, Prince George, BC Tiffany Dawn Smith, Gitanmaax, BC Jeanette Irene Sullivan, Hazelton, BC
13 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Virtual Ceremony Ceremony Two 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
Presentation of Student Awards
Governor General’s Gold Medal Ben Pelto, Graduate
Governor General’s Silver Medal Rory McClenagan, Undergraduate
Governmental Congratulations The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada
Valedictory Holly McVea, Undergraduate
Honorary Degrees 2020 - Dr. Albert Koehler 2021 - Dr. Valerie Napoleon
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 14 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Indication of Faculty Honours Ceremony Two
Professor Emeritus Dr. Keith Egger
Professor Emeritus Dr. Hugues Massicotte
University Excellence in Teaching Award Dr. Steve Helle
University Excellence in Professional Practice Mentorship Stewardship Award Dr. Pam Wright
University Excellence in Service Award Dr. Roger Wheate
University Excellence in Research Award Dr. Phil Burton Dr. Hossein Hazemian Dr. Stephen Rader
Recognition of these awards will take place at an in-person event in the future.
15 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Honorary Degree Recipients
Honorary degrees at UNBC are presented to individuals who display the highest levels of achievement in public service, the arts, business, politics, environmental stewardship, and community development. Prominent in their professions and in the community, UNBC recognizes those whose distinguished contributions add to the betterment of the University and society as a whole.
Dr. Albert Koehler, P.Eng. Dr. Val Napoleon Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel Law Foundation Chair Albert is a Past President of the PG Chamber of of Aboriginal Justice and Governance, Director, Commerce. He received his B.Sc. degree from Indigenous Law Research Unit Director of the JID/JD the Engineering School in Cologne, Germany. He (Indigenous Law Degree Program) received his M.Sc. and Doctoral degree from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany, where Dr. Valerie Napoleon is Cree from Saulteau First Nation and an he also was employed as Assistant Professor adopted member of the Gitanyow [Gitxsan] nation. Valerie is a for six years. He received many awards and proud grandmother of four grandsons. honours including the Community Service Award by the Association of Professional Engineers and In 2012, Dr. Napoleon established the Indigenous Law Geoscientists of British Columbia for substantial Research Unit (ILRU), a dedicated academic research centre and continuing contributions to the well-being of housed in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. With the Prince George community. the ILRU, they partner with Indigenous communities across Canada to substantively articulate and rebuild Indigenous law For several years he received the Business and legal processes (e.g., human rights, harms and injuries, Excellence Award from the Federal Business dispute management, lands and resources, water, and marine Development Bank, and he received the Rotary management, gender, and justice). Service Award for Professional Excellence. Dr. Napoleon co-developed and co-established the first in the Albert is the author of many publications and world Indigenous Law Degree Program (JID/JD) at UVIC in 2018. registered several patents. For nine years he was Students earn two law degrees over four years, an Indigenous the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of law degree and a common law degree. The third cohort began in Germany for all of Northern BC and has been a September 2020. Prince George City Councillor for seven years, as well as a Regional District Director for four years. Dr. Napoleon publishes and teaches in areas of Indigenous Albert was the Founder and President of Tribotec legal traditions and methodologies, Indigenous legal theories, International Ltd., A & A Tools Inc., and the Indigenous feminisms and gender, intellectual property and Maintenance Technology and Training Institute oral histories, restorative justice, legal pluralism, aboriginal of Canada Inc. Albert is one of the 2019 Prince legal issues, citizenship, and governance. Valerie also teaches George Citizens of the Year. transsystemic property law (Gitxsan and common law).
16 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Acting Vice-President Natural Resources and Mathematics Environmental Studies Research - Outdoor Recreation, Michael James McCurdy, Trail, BC Dr. Kathy Lewis Conservation and Tourism Natural Resources and Genevieve Mae Huneault, Port Alberni, BC Environmental Studies - The Degree of Doctor Biology of Philosophy The Degree of Master of Aita Ladina Bezzola, Golden, BC Kristen Hirsh-Pearson, Pointe-Claire, QC Natural Resources and Business Administration Luke Jonathon Spooner, New Hazelton, BC Environmental Studies Beverly Kim Best, Fraser Lake, BC Tanya Deanne Carter, Prince George, BC Talaat Fawze Bakri, Smithers, BC Natural Resources and Trina Chevalier, Vancouver, BC "Assessing Offshore Wind Power Resources in Jennifer Louise Cole, Prince George, BC Environmental Studies - British Columbia" Tania Perestrelo Da Silva, Terrace, BC Environmental Science Assane Diakhate, Surrey, BC Carolee Sewell Clyne, Prince George, BC Melissa Fournier, Williams Lake, BC "Modelling Universal Design for Learning to Mohammad Tabrez Alam, Phenhara, East Marshal Robert German Johnson, Faculty as Learners Developing Engaging Champaran, India Edmonton, AB Educators" Sahar Ebadzadsahraei, Shiraz, Iran Andre Paul Hastick, Vancouver, BC Mariella Elizabeth Horna Lescano, Lima, Peru Janet Marie Grafton, Duncan, BC Ali Farouk Ibrahim, Cairo, Egypt Natural Resources and "Cultivating Common Ground: The Story of Food Natasha Amy Jmaeff, Prince George, BC (And the Food in Stories)" Environmental Studies - John Bruce McClymont, Prince George, BC Steven Dean Christopher McDonald, Forestry S M Nazrul Islam, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC "Improved Understanding of Methane Emissions Blaine Lachlan McFadden, Prince George, BC Hosein Asgari, Tehran, Iran from Oil and Gas Industries of Western Canada Sarah Ann Nannery, West Vancouver, BC Gbenga Solomon Ayansola, Prince George, BC Using Aircreaft and Satellite Data, and Geos- Laura Nelson, Vernon, BC Colin Earle Chisholm, Prince George, BC Chem Modeling" Anthony Raymond John Noonan, Smithers, BC Ingrid Farnell, Aylmer, ON Huynh Bao Thy Phan, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Malek Haghshenas, Tehran, Iran Rajtantra Lilhare, Balaghat Madhya Pradesh, Alireza Ramezi, Ghazvin, Iran Ryan Christopher Jackalin, Victoria, BC India Michael James Ray, Prince George, BC Mehdi Khajehpour, Burnaby, BC "Assessing the Effects of Uncertainty and Climate Charlotte Marlowe Sander, Vancouver, BC Change on Hydrological Simulations Across a Bhagya Viren Shah, Prince George, BC PermaFrost Gradient in North-Central Canada" Natural Resources and Pawan Kumar Sharma, Gwalior, India Patrick St-Pierre, Vancouver, BC Environmental Studies Marzieh Mortezapour, Tehran, Iran Adam Philippe Vezina, Prince George, BC "Modelling Snowpacks in Topographically - Outdoor Recreation, John-Paul Kenneth Wenger, Fort St. James, BC Complex Terrain During the Winter Accumulation Tiaotiao-Jenn Yan, Tsawwassen, BC Conservation and Tourism Season, Columbia River Basin, British Columbia, Canada" Jerrica L Mann, Kamloops, BC Cherie Marie Mosher, Portland, United States The Degree of Master of "Curios Case of the Coastal Tailed Frog Physics (ASCAPHUS TRUEI) Near the Northern Extent of Natural Resources and its Range" Environmental Studies Seth Norman Lowry, Prince George, BC Chibuike Gregory Onwukwe, Prince George, BC "Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Obumneme Achunike, Nri, Nigeria Modeling of the Atmospheric Quality and Tianxiao Hu, Nanjing, China Pollutant Deposition over the Terrace-Kitimat Lewin Wimmers, Prince George, BC Faculty Deans Valley of Northerwestern British Columbia, Canada" Dr. Ronald Camp II Dr. Peter Jackson Ben Mauri Pelto, Worcester, United States The Degree of Master "An Approach to Remotely Monitor Glacier Mass Dr. Deborah Roberts Balance at Seasonal to Annual Time Scales, of Science Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada" Biochemistry The Degree of Bachelor Jiazhi Da, Nanyang, China The Degree of Master Yamna Rahim, Prince George, BC of Applied Science of Arts Environmental Engineering Business Administration Natural Resources and Lyle Robert Ahenakew, Nanaimo, BC Environmental Studies - Nicole Angela Neufeld, Prince George, BC Elliot Bruce Anderson, Merritt, BC Environmental Studies Seyed Reza Tabatabaei Poudeh, Esfahan, Iran Caitlyn Marie Baker, West Vancouver, BC Shivam Bhayana, Burnaby, BC Heather Alexandra Mitchell, Prince George, BC Emily Danielle Bickel, Surrey, BC Computer Science Karissa Lyne Burns, Surrey, BC Angelina Marie Conte, Coquitlam, BC Davis Claude Goulet, Prince George, BC Aya Sophia Costa, Kelowna, BC Giridhar Krishnan, Prince George, BC Tyler Steven De Jong, Surrey, BC Sean Patrick Haley, North Vancouver, BC Jeffery Henry James Hewitt, Redwater, AB Taryn Jannai Stephen, Vanderhoof, BC Finance and International Veronica Danielle de Gagné Hulme, Victoria, BC Owen Bradley Stewart, Prince George, BC Jin Lu, Dongyang, China Darren Daulton Todd Swanson, Vanderhoof, BC Business Andrew Douglas McLeod, Cochrane, AB Mitchell Lance Truefitt, Prince George, BC Susan Laurie Fleming, Terrace, BC Moana Mudekereza, Gatineau, QC Leona Truong, Prince Rupert, BC Kaitlyn Rhianna Joyce, Prince George, BC Benjamin Jeremy Russel Newton, Vancouver, BC Aaron James VanderPloeg, Prince George, BC Matthew John Toebes, Acton, ON Dylan Mateo Vizza, McBride, BC Katelyn Janais Walters, Williams Lake, BC Crystal Anne Wiebe, Prince George, BC Finance and Marketing Liam Estevan Willick, Fort St. James, BC Accounting and General Solomon Christopher Dugdale, Business Prince George, BC The Degree of Bachelor Blair Allen Russell Kofoed, Prince George, BC Volodymyr Volodymyrovich Pluzhnikov, Trevor Charles Como, Prince George, BC of Arts Prince George, BC Accounting and International Environmental Studies Finance Business Sylvianna Faith Peterson, 108 Mile Ranch, BC Munir Alqamar, Prince George, BC Katelin Lorraine Kramer, Prince George, BC Arsan Bahrami, Shahrekord, Iran Cole Tyler Edgson, Prince George, BC Christopher Robin Little, Oliver, BC Colton Anthony Lieuwen, Houston, BC Sarah Vaale, Prince George, BC Accounting and Management Denys Miroshnychenko, Prince George, BC Aigerim Otessinova, Atyrau, Kazakhstan Information Systems David Geoffrey Petryk, Calgary, AB Geography Fangqing Shen, Beijing, China Ethan Robert Anastassios Mourgas, Kitimat, BC Nathan Aubone Snowball, Williams Lake, BC Liam David D'Aurizio, New Westminster, BC Jaylene Margaret Spitzl, Prince George, BC Xialin Xu, Prince George, BC Thea Ann Marie Matlashewski, Prince George, BC Dallas Andrew Soucie, Prince George, BC Accounting and Marketing General Business and Human Jessica Rylee Woskett, Burns Lake, BC Resources Management Kathleen Alexandra Faith Edinger, Williams Lake, BC Maughin Yardley Thideman, Quesnel, BC Nature-Based Tourism Sheridan MacArthur, Prince George, BC Management General Business and Wang Dong, FuZhou, China Accounting Marketing Julia Megan Ferreira Garcia, Pitt Meadows, BC Ahmed Wajeeh A Alsudair, Qatif, Saudi Arabia Joel William Goodwin, Embrun, ON Megan Rachael Kristoff, Port Edward, BC Emmanuel Abioye Bankole, Otu, Nigeria Emily Robbins, Maple Ridge, BC Jonah Royston Mcgrath Smith, Victoria, BC Darian Thor Spagrud, Prince George, BC Karlee Marie Besse, Prince George, BC Catherine Jean Buursema, Prince George, BC Taylor Rae Dunkley, Fort St. James, BC General Business Public Administration and Shelly L Finch, Prince George, BC Lisa Leslie Fitzsimmons, Prince George, BC Community Development Ahmed Adel A Alrubaiea, Safwa, Saudi Arabia ZeZheng Fu, Beijing, China Lyndell Alice Margaret Campbell, Penticton, BC Tiffany Marie Gunning, Prince George, BC Moyosore Faith Ofulue, Prince George, BC Lydia Charlotte Husoy, Prince George, BC Amalou Gust, Smithers, BC Dylan David Thomas Reid, Prince George, BC Kaelan Wade Hodgins, Prince George, BC Taichi Takeuchi, Tokyo, Japan Harpreet Kaur, Prince George, BC Brock Kenneth Worthing, Burns Lake, BC The Degree of Bachelor of Morgan Elizabeth Millership, Quesnel, BC Kassandra Sheila Myers, Prince George, BC Commerce - Honours Gabrielle Mae Nustad, Williams Lake, BC Human Resources Lorrie Mwamire Okunyanyi, Surrey, BC Management and Marketing Accounting and Marketing Alison Rissa Piovesan, Port Coquitlam, BC Jayden Amir Singh Powar, Prince George, BC Savannah Marie Alyce Scott, Watson Lake, YT Morgan Elisa Kearns, Prince George, BC Cody Brent John Gysbers, Victoria, BC Ella Kathryn Thomason, Quesnel, BC James Connor Stephens, Abbotsford, BC Kavneet Kaur Tut, Terrace, BC Justin Wyatt Walske, Prince George, BC The Degree of Bachelor Sydney Lynn Wilson, Smithers, BC Human Resources Chuyang Zhou, XinJiang, China Management of Commerce Finance and General Business Khya Blythe Eagle, Victoria, BC Accounting and Finance Stefanie France Francoeur, Prince George, BC Devon Marie Gyselinck, Lac La Hache, BC Nicholas James Gialleonardo, Venuste Bizimungu, Prince George, BC Kian Alexander Strimbold, Burns Lake, BC Prince George, BC Haylea Eugenia Bryce, Prince George, BC Sukhvir Kaur Jawanda, Terrace, BC Zachary James Bundock, Prince George, BC Sahajvir Singh Khakh, Surrey, BC Jacob Adam Harder, Prince George, BC Finance and Human Resources Kerri Anna Lau, Newton, United States Benjamin Radja Hoksbergen, Prince George, BC Management Benjamin Logan Pacheco, Kitimat, BC Jenny Nhu Huynh, Prince Rupert, BC Malcolm David Lambert, Prince George, BC Chad Mitchel Whyte, Prince George, BC Cameron Alexander Lang, 100 Mile House, BC Kavan Singh Sandhu, Prince George, BC Steven Malcolm Edward Spendiff, Prince George, BC
18 | UNBC Convocation 2021 International Business and Mathematics and Computer Chemistry Marketing Science Sadie Marie Menning, Prince George, BC Erica Nicole Beaugie, Prince George, BC Mason Joseph Legere, Prince George, BC Emily Irene Marie Norum, Prince George, BC Joint Major in Computer Mathematics Science and Mathematics International Business Rory McClenagan, Telkwa, BC Ngoc Son Chau, Lagi, Vietnam Michael Patrick Sexton, Prince George, BC Jordan Chung Tak Ho, Prince George, BC Donald Vincent Wickham, Prince George, BC Mitchell Aron Labatiuk, Mackenzie, BC Xinyu Zhang, Prince George, BC Natural Resources Jonathan William Shaw, Prince George, BC Management - Wildlife and Dongchen Xie, Guangzhou, China Fisheries Marketing Computer Science Brianna Irina Bohn, Bowser, BC Morgan Brielle Dowd, Glenboro, MB Kade Robert Bosmann, Prince George, BC Daniel John Scurfield, Canmore, AB Brandon Joginder Bains, Prince George, BC Sigao Chen, Wenzhou, China Cem Gumulcineli, Prince George, BC Krish Karande, Pune, India Scott Michael Howes, Prince George, BC Connor James Kidd, Abbotsford, BC Wildlife and Fisheries Jacob Isaac Johnson, Burns Lake, BC Mwanasi Loongo, Prince George, BC Sofia Jones, San Francisco, United States Brooke Shawnae Unger, Prince George, BC Mariah Jane Mueller, Bella Coola, BC Tyler John Leary, Abbotsford, BC Blaire Louise Smith, Nelson, BC Jenny Li, Quesnel, BC Joshua Howard Muir, Quesnel, BC Liam James O'Brien, Williams Lake, BC The Degree of Bachelor Daniel Michael O'Reilly, Prince George, BC The Degree of Bachelor Duncan William Render, Tumbler Ridge, BC of Planning Gaurav Satija, Delhi, India of Science Braeden Reggie Philip Vandervelde, First Nations Planning Prince George, BC Biochemistry and Molecular Peizhi Zhao, Lanzhou, China Samantha Yvonne Munns, Delta, BC Biology and Psychology Conservation Science Bailey Marie Eberherr, Prince George, BC and Practice - Wildland Northern and Rural Community Fatima Loredana Medina Marin, Planning New Westminster, BC Conservation
Devin James Croin, Prince George, BC Brock Jacob Roth, Gads Hill, ON Purnesh Nayaneshkumar Jani, Biochemistry and Molecular Williams Lake, BC Biology Leah Marielle Labarrere, Delta, BC Environmental Science Kristin Ashley Levy, Lower Sackville, NS Braedon Japnum Singh Aujla, Melissa Ann Pritchard, Prince George, BC Prince George, BC Yewei Bo, Weihai, China Nyasha Amanda Callender, Burnaby, BC Jingyu Chen, Zhejiang, China Teresa Brooke-lyn Coe, Powell River, BC Vanessa Joy Lea, Calgary, AB Taylor Nichole Cox, Cranbrook, BC Megan Margaret Elizabeth Leslie, Ladysmith, BC The Degree of Bachelor of Kian Quan Jeana Marie Draper, Micah James Scott May, Nelson, BC Prince George, BC Shaun Morelli, Penticton, BC Science - Honours Connor Everett Johnson, Fort St. John, BC Maxime Alexandre Odegaard, Bushra Khalid, Prince George, BC Qualicum Beach, BC Biochemistry and Molecular Cameron Nicolas Prouse, Prince George, BC Teal Morgan Randle, Sechelt, BC Biology Fasahat Saeed, Prince George, BC Meika Gabrielle Schreiner, Prince George, BC Nigel Mackenzie Thompson, Prince George, BC Meiyi Xiao, Chongqing, China Mitzchilouise Sismo-an Baylosis, Tarleen Kaur Tiwana, Prince George, BC Tumbler Ridge, BC Forest Ecology and Michael Matthew Jurjevich, Prince George, BC Management Jasneek Kaur Manhas, Prince George, BC Biology Matilda Kathleen McGirr, Williams Lake, BC Jeffrey Brian Ainsworth, Prince George, BC Cassandra Dawn Dianne Penfold, Hazelton, BC Christopher Emile MacDicken Jones, Alex Shawn Blackmore, Creston, BC Sakshi Satish, Victoria, BC Vancouver, BC Jesse David Crego, Prince George, BC Nicole Taylor Watt, Prince George, BC Simran Kaur Badyal, Abbotsford, BC Andrew James Bergen, Valemount, BC Devon Gregory Friesen, Dawson Creek, BC Brittany Taylor Briere, Prince George, BC Drew Campbell Kenmuir, Terrace, BC Biology Alexandra Renee Golt, Kamloops, BC Riley Allan Millar, Canmore, AB Noreen Kaur Kailay, Prince George, BC Joshua Peter Samuel Patterson, Prince George, BC Holly Masa McVea, Rocky Mountain House, AB Anita Marie Kolback, Yellowknife, NT Joni Samuel Siiriainen, Ristiina, Finland Michael Emery Minard, Prince George, BC Anna Claire Masarsky, Delta, BC Desiree St Amant, Bonnyville, AB Andrew Stephen Mitchell, Port McNeill, BC Grace Irene Osted, Hay River, NT Eliab Jomarie Roman, Richmond, BC Nathan John Vandergriendt, Surrey, BC Amber Kathleen Schulte, Terrace, BC Computer Science and Tiara Lynne Shields, 108 Mile Ranch, BC Integrated Mathematics Julia Michelle Starzyk, Prince George, BC Katie Alice Tribe, Courtenay, BC Charlie Bourque, New Richmond, QC Weixian Lan, Chongqing, China Nicholas Charles Wright, Houston, BC Tianna Patricia Faye Holmes, Terrace, BC
Joint Chemistry & Physics
Maigan Kira Devries, Port Alberni, BC 19 | UNBC Convocation 2021 Mathematics Natural Resources Management Physics - Outdoor Recreation and Dakota Lee James Clapperton, Vanderhoof, BC Mara Ayn Frances McCleary, North Saanich, BC Hashanpreet Singh, S.A.S Nagar, India Conservation Jannik Emanuel Michalzik, Burns Lake, BC
Trent Michael Brunelle, Aylmer, ON Natural Resources Management - Kendall Amy Chong, Calgary, AB Wildlife and Fisheries Forest Ecology and Management Kieran Lawrence Konst, Prince George, BC Aaron Daniel Sebben, Cranbrook, BC Erin Ashley Gilbert, Winnipeg, MB Marie Danielle Claire Beeksma, Prince George, BC Tyson Richard Mactavish Solmonson, Gavin Nathaniel Howard, Calgary, AB Triana Kaytlin Bojarski, Mackenzie, BC Prince George, BC Jacqueline Margaret Lam, Langley, BC Hayley Lynn Clement, Williams Lake, BC Cameron William Robert Welch, Delta, BC Sarah Michelle Peden, Terrace, BC Loreena Kay Ducharme, Winnipeg, MB Natasha Marie Glanville, Burns Lake, BC Natural Resources Management Daniel Niklas Haag, Valemount, BC Stuart Michael Jones, Cobourg, ON - Wildlife and Fisheries Emily Nadia Kasal, Port Moody, BC MacKenzie Brooke Kerr, Prince George, BC Evan Alexander Megill Ball, Prince George, BC Graduation lists shown in the program are Matthew Charles Blackburn, Choiceland, SK Rebecca Mary MacDonald, Campbell River, BC correct at the time of printing. It may not Jasper Richard MacKenzie, West Kelowna, BC William Thomas Cameron, Banff, AB contain a full list of graduates due to last Kayla Giguere McNay, Mackenzie, BC Janelle Alyssa Cole, Vernon, BC Zakari David Miko, North Vancouver, BC Sierra Jacqueline Despot, Kamloops, BC minute changes and requested omissions. Samantha Glynis Nuyens, Vernon, BC Lauren Rose Elviss, Richmond, BC Addison Casey Riddle, Halfmoon Bay, BC Nathan Entz, Winnipeg, MB Serenah Roy, Chilliwack, BC Sherilynn Mickler, Calgary, AB Danielle Elizabeth Scott, Chase, BC Cole Emmerson Ryley, Omemee, ON Courtney Rose Strassburger, Edmonton, AB Karlie Rae Sellmer, Chilliwack, BC Jacobus Christian Gregory Wall, Parksville, BC Ashley Victoria Thompson, Hudson's Hope, BC Jessica Marie Whalen, Telkwa, BC Bradley Arthur Reed Wickson, Smithers, BC
20 | UNBC Convocation 2021 The list of graduates in this program was complete at the time of printing. University of Northern British Columbia © June 2021