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In photos: Celebrate! 2022

Highlights from the event honouring the outstanding contributions of U of A faculty, postdoctoral fellows, staff and students.

November 10, 2022

Each year, the event Celebrate! Teaching.Learning.Research honors and celebrates some of the University of Alberta’s best and brightest. On November 1, the event returned to in-person, the first since 2019, gathering faculty and postdoctoral fellows who bring their research to life in the classroom and out in the world; students who have distinguished themselves in their outstanding academic and extracurricular work; and staff who provide integral support to research success.

Congratulations to all of the 2022 award recipients:

3M NATIONAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Vijay Daniels — Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) FELLOW

Olav Rueppell — Biological Sciences

BANTING POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Xinli Chen — Renewable Resources

President Bill Flanagan welcomes and congratulates attendees.
President Bill Flanagan welcomes and congratulates attendees.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Verna Yiu delivers opening remarks.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Verna Yiu delivers opening remarks.
(from left) Provost Verna Yiu, Chancellor Peggy Garritty, U of A Students’ Union President Abner Monteiro and President Bill Flanagan.
(from left) Provost Verna Yiu, Chancellor Peggy Garritty, U of A Students’ Union President Abner Monteiro and President Bill Flanagan.
Guests enjoy refreshments before the program begins.
Guests enjoy refreshments before the program begins.

BMO FINANCIAL GROUP ENTRANCE CITATION

Claire Borle — Science

Chantelle Dela Cruz — Science

Sabrina Pricope — Science

BMO FINANCIAL GROUP GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Erin Daly — Renewable Resources

Stacey Haugen — Political Science

CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FELLOW

Amit Kumar — Mechanical Engineering

CANADIAN ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES FELLOW

Satyabrata Kar — Medicine, Division of Neurology and Psychiatry

Xin-Min Li — Psychiatry

Sabrina Pricope (left) a winner of the BMO Financial Group Entrance Citiation with Jaqueline Cowling (centre), winner of the President’s Entrance Citation and Erin Daly (right), a recipient of a BMO Financial Group Graduate Scholarship.
 Sabrina Pricope (left) a winner of the BMO Financial Group Entrance Citiation with Jaqueline Cowling (centre), winner of the President’s Entrance Citation and Erin Daly (right), a recipient of a BMO Financial Group Graduate Scholarship.
Dr. Satyabrata Kar (left), one of two Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows, with a guest.
Dr. Satyabrata Kar (left), one of two Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows, with a guest.
Vice Dean of Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Dennis Kunimoto (left), Lorne Tyrrell (centre), winner of the John G. Fitzgerald Outstanding Microbiologist Award, and and Xin-Min Li, a Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow (right).
Vice Dean of Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Dennis Kunimoto (left), Lorne Tyrrell (centre), winner of the John G. Fitzgerald Outstanding Microbiologist Award, and Xin-Min Li, a Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow (right).

CHANCELLOR’S ENTRANCE CITATION

Vienna Christiansen — Business

Sarah Freeman — Science

Naomi Gue — Arts

Roshan Hassan — Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

Noam Kleine — Science

Travis Mulder — Science

Chad Nichol — Augustana

Arthur Taylor — Arts

COVID-19 REMOTE TEACHING AWARD

Kristen Burton — History, Classics, and Religion

Ava Chow — Dentistry

Lisa Claypool — Art & Design

Ben Dyson — Psychology

Kyle Foster — Physics

Matthew Guzdial — Computing Science

Stacy Lorenz — Augustana

Hassan Masoud — Philosophy

Stephanie Oliver — Augustana

Laurel Parsons — Music

Laurel Parsons — Music

Bryan Rapati — Mechanical Engineering

Silvia Sgaramella — Civil Engineering and Extension

Lisa Strohschein — Sociology

Chloe Taylor — Women's and Gender Studies

Nancy Van Styvendale — Native Studies

David Vergote — Faculté Saint-Jean

Kristin Zelyck — Nursing

Team: CHEM 333

  • Jillian Buriak — Chemistry
  • Jason Cooke — Chemistry

Team: ENT 220

  • Ronald Batallas Huacon — Biological Sciences
  • Maya Evenden — Biological Sciences
  • Victor Shegelski — Biological Sciences

Team: MED 513

  • Instructors from the departments of Pediatrics and Medicine
Sarah Forgie (left) Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Hassan Roshan (centre), a recipient of the Chancellor’s Entrance Citation, and Bishoi Aziz (right), Vice-President Academic of the Graduate Students’ Association.
Sarah Forgie (left) Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Hassan Roshan (centre), a recipient of the Chancellor’s Entrance Citation, and Bishoi Aziz (right), Vice-President Academic of the Graduate Students’ Association.
Peggy St. Jacques (left), Sloan Research Fellowship recipient, and Ben Dyson (right), a COVID-19 Remote Teaching Award winner, pose for a photo.
Peggy St. Jacques (left), Sloan Research Fellowship recipient, and Ben Dyson (right), a COVID-19 Remote Teaching Award winner, pose for a photo.
Matthew Guzdial, a COVID-19 Remote Teaching Award winner, mingles before the event.
Matthew Guzdial, a COVID-19 Remote Teaching Award winner, mingles before the event.

JOHN G. FITZGERALD OUTSTANDING MICROBIOLOGIST AWARD

D. Lorne Tyrrell — Medical Microbiology and Immunology

LORAN SCHOLAR

Maryam Ali — Engineering

Hannah Liu — Science

MARTHA COOK PIPER RESEARCH PRIZE

Matthew Steele-MacInnis — Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Yao Zheng — Psychology

ORDER OF CANADA OFFICER

David Lynch — Engineering

PRESIDENT'S ENTRANCE CITATION

Medina Assiff — Education

Thomas Beschell — Science

Elise Chandra — Faculté Saint-Jean

Jacqueline Cowling — Business

Ty Holmes — Augustana

Jasmine Virk — Nursing

Chancellor Peggy Garritty addresses guests.
Chancellor Peggy Garritty addresses guests.
Harpist Keri Lynn Zwicker provides music for the event.
Harpist Keri Lynn Zwicker provides music for the event.
Event programs displayed on a table.
Event programs displayed on a table.
Award winners and guests pose for a picture at the reception.
Award winners and guests pose for a picture at the reception.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA COLLEGE OF NEW SCHOLARS, ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS

Jordan Abel — English and Film Studies

Daniel Alessi — Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA FELLOW

Janet Elliot — Chemical and Materials Engineering

Royston Greenwood — Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management

Julie Rak — English and Film Studies

SCHULICH LEADER SCHOLARSHIP

Colin Chan — Engineering

Angelica Ferriss — Science

Mohammad Hunaid Khan — Science

Divya Prasad — Science

Jarret Schulz — Engineering

Muhammed Shareef — Engineering

Jordan Abel, a new member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists poses with colleague and Royal Society of Canada Fellow Julie Rak.
Jordan Abel, a new member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists poses with colleague and Royal Society of Canada Fellow Julie Rak.
Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), welcomes and congratulates attendees.
Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), welcomes and congratulates attendees.

SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Peggy St. Jacques — Psychology

SUPPORT STAFF RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT AWARD

Marilyn Hawirko — Public Health

Amberley Ostevik — Rehabilitation Medicine

TD SCHOLARSHIP FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Salim Soufi — Science

VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Juliana Balluffi-Fry — Biological Sciences

Rebecca Bourgeois — Anthropology

Reyhaneh Javadi — Sociology

Emily Mack — Educational Psychology

Leigh-Ann Thompson — Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Marilyn Hawirko (right), one of the winners of the Support Staff Research Enhancement Award, poses with a guest.
Marilyn Hawirko (right), one of the winners of the Support Staff Research Enhancement Award, poses with a guest.
University leadership arrive to celebrate with guests and winners.
University leadership arrive to celebrate with guests and winners.
Salim Soufi, winner of the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership, enjoys refreshments at Celebrate!
Salim Soufi, winner of the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership, enjoys refreshments at Celebrate!.
Qutuba Karwi, President of the U of A’s Postdoctoral Fellows Association, delivers a congratulatory message.
Qutuba Karwi, President of the U of A’s Postdoctoral Fellows Association, delivers a congratulatory message.

All photos by Christy Dean