2023 Awards of Excellence

On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment celebrated the academic achievements of our students. It brings us great pleasure to acknowledge the students over the past academic year who have displayed outstanding success in academics, research, and leadership. They have navigated through various challenges and accomplished their goals, and we feel honored to recognize their achievements.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS!

A.P. Sandrasagra Memorial Scholarship

  • Carolyne Yu Qiang

Best Undergraduate Thesis Award

  • Haoxuan (Peter) Ge

CAG 2023 Undergraduate Award

  • Iman Lalani

Credit Valley Research Scholarship

  • Ryan Siu

Dan Fitzgerald Memorial Award

  • Jakob Thelen

Donald Putnam Award

  • Ruchika Polgolla

Environment Canada Scholarship for Academic Excellence

  • Amélie Desroches

Environmental Management – Bachelor of Arts (BA) Award

  • Diljot Badesha

Environmental Science – Bachelor of Science (BSc) Award

  • Sarah Hamzah

Ferenc (Ferko) Csillag Memorial Award

  • Melissa King

First Paper Award

  • Undergraduate student(s)
    • Haoxuan (Peter) Ge
    • Carolyne Yu Qiang
  • Graduate student(s)
    • Haifa Al Arasi
    • Forrest Hisey
    • Amanda Norton
    • Scarlett Rakowska

Human Geography (BA) Award

  • Iman Lalani

Physical Geography (BSc) Award

  • Xinning Zhang

Geographical Information Science Award

  • Haoxuan (Peter) Ge

Graduate Student Leadership Award

  • Shuhong Shi

Gunter Gad Memorial Scholarship

  • Haoxuan (Peter) Ge

Howard Andrews Memorial Award

  • Carmelina Buda

Ignat Kaneff Award

  • Year II
    • Mathilde Tremblay
  • Year III
    • Amélie Desroches

Janet Campbell-Booth Scholarship

  • Agnieszka Nowakowski
  • Carolyne Yu Qiang

Mentorship Program

  • Zainab Kidwai
  • Zejun Li
  • Lana Maljevic
  • Talyn Tait

Teaching Assistant Award

  • Haoxuan (Peter) Ge
  • Taylor Luu
  • Alexis Robinson
  • Shuhong Shi
  • Hanlin Zhou

Undergraduate Student Leadership Award

  • Diljot Badesha
  • Amélie Desroches

Verna Flowers Memorial Scholarship

  • Maya Sonja Smith
Environment Canada Scholarship for Academic Excellence winner - Amelie Desroches
Donald Putnam Award

Amélie Desroches

First Paper Award  Undergraduate student(s)winner - Haoxuan (Peter) Ge
First Paper Award

Undergraduate 
Haoxuan (Peter) Ge

First Paper Award  Undergraduate student(s) winner - Carolyne Yu Qiang
First Paper Award

Undergraduate 
Carolyne Yu Qiang

First Paper Award Graduate student - Scarlett Rakowska
First Paper Award

Graduate 
Scarlett Rakowska

Ignat Kaneff Award Year II winner - Mathilde Tremblay
Ignat Kaneff Award
Year II

Mathilde Tremblay

Ignat Kaneff Award Year III winner - Amélie Desroches
Teaching Assistant Award winner - Haoxuan (Peter) Ge
Teaching Assistant Award

Haoxuan (Peter) Ge

Teaching Assistant Award winner - Alexis Robinson
Donald Putnam Award

Ruchika Polgolla

First Paper Award
Graduate

Haifa Al Arasi

First Paper Award
Graduate

Forrest Hisey

First Paper Award
Graduate

Amanda Norton

Mentorship Program

Zainab Kidwai

Mentorship Program

Lana Maljevic

 

Award winners advertised above have given permission to publish their names and/or photo.