Meet our 2021 Honoured Science Alumni
On February 4, 2021, the Faculty of Science celebrated the 2021 Honoured Alumni Award recipients and their incredible accomplishments at the Pathways to Exceptional Achievement event. The majority of the event focused on giving students a chance to learn from the experiences of successful graduates of the Faculty by asking the alumni to share their wisdom with the audience. As these alumni prove a degree in science opens many doors.
Watch our 2021 Memorial Award Video
Our 2021 Honoured Science Alumni:
Emily Choy [Ph.D./17] – Biological Sciences – Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University and Environment and Climate Change Canada
Dr. Kyle Elliott [MSc./08, Ph.D./14] – Biological Sciences Assistant Professor; Canada Research Chair (Tier II) Chair in Arctic Ecology, McGill University
Dr. Sheryl Tittlemier [BSc. (Hons)/96] – Chemistry – Research Scientist/Program Manager/Head of Technologies Section at Canadian Grain Commission
Lorisa Dubuc [B.C.Sc. (Hons), Psychology Minor/02] – Computer Science – Executive Director (VP), Developer Experience User Research, Goldman Sachs, London.
Dr. Ann Gargett [BSc. (Hons)/66] Mathematics – Emerita Professor of Oceanography, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion.
Dr. Ryan Mitchell [BSc. (Hons)/05, Ph.D./11] – Microbiology – Chief Analytics Officer & Co-founder at Intrinsic Analytics Inc.
Dr. Waylon Hunt [BSc., (Major)/04, Ph.D./12] – Microbiology – Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at Intrinsic Analytics Inc.
Dr. Jon-Jon Santiago [BSc./02, BSc. (Hons)/04, M.Sc./07, Ph.D./14] – Biochemistry – Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder at Intrinsic Analytics Inc.
Dr. Shawn Qu [M.Sc./90] – Physics & Astronomy – Chairman, President, & CEO of Canadian Solar
Dr. Robert Tate [M.Sc./75, Ph.D./00] – Statistics – Senior Scholar at the University of Manitoba, Director of the Manitoba Follow-up Study
Dr. Nirvani Umadat [BSc./07, BSc./11, D.M.D/11] – General Science – Dental surgeon, Founder of Aspire Dental Centre, Co-founder of Bdin, Citizen-Scientist Astronaut Candidate with Project PoSSUM
Our 2021 Memorial Awardees:
Fundamental Contributions to Discovery Science
Dr. Kenneth Standing BSc (Hons)/48, DSc/09
Applications that Changed the World
Dr. Jennifer Shay MSc/59, PhD/66
Beyond Science
Eira ‘Babs’ Friesen BSc/39