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Saint Mary's University
Spring Convocations
Friday, 21 May 2004
O CANADA
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons' command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Order of Academic Procession
Marshal of Convocation
Graduates
Guests
Faculty
Board of Governors
Deans of Faculties
Recipients of Honorary Degrees
Vice-President, Academic and Research
President
Chancellor
Vice Regal Party (evening Convocation only)
The audience is requested to stand when the Academic Procession arrives, to remain
standing until the close of the Prayer of Invocation, and at the close of Convocation, to
remain standing until all the Academic Procession has recessed.
Please note that names of graduates listed in this program are subject to revision.
Order of Proceedings
Processional
Welcome
O Canada
Introduction of Special Guests
Invocation
Vice Regal Greeting (evening only)
Her Honour, The Honourable Myra Freeman
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Valedictory Address
Afternoon Convocation
Juliette Gonsalves
Evening Convocation
Jonathan Bellot
Symbolic Hooding and Presentation of Alumni Pin
Afternoon Convocation
Tia Ruel
Evening Convocation
Jessica Bitsack
Presentation of Governor-General's Medals & Faculty Awards
Presidental Remarks
J. Colin Dodds, B.A., B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
Conferral of Honorary Degrees
Afternoon Convocation
To be Doctors of Civil Law (honoris causa)
Sara H. Basson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Daniel M. Brownlow, B.Ed.
Burris Devanney, B.A., B.Ed., M.A.
Evening Convocation
To be Doctors of Civil Law (honoris causa)
Graham W. Dennis, M.C., B.A., D.C.L.
Frank J. Hayden, O.C., B.A., M.S., Ph.D., LL.D.
To be Doctor of Commerce (honoris causa)
Marjorie M. Scardino, B.A. J.D.
Convocation Addresses
Afternoon
Sarah H. Basson,
Global Manager, Accessibility Services, I.B.M.
Evening
Marjorie M. Scardino,
Chief Executive Office, Pearson PLC
Conferring of Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates and the Presentation of the University's
Gold Medals
Afternoon Convocation
Arts
Esther Enns, B.S.L., M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., Dean of Arts, will present the
candidates.
Science
David H. S. Richardson, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., D.Phil., Sc.D., Dean of Science, will
present the candidates.
Evening Convocation
Commerce
Alan R. Miciak, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Dean of Commerce, will present the
candidates.
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
William Jones, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.C.I.C., C. Chemistry, Acting Dean of Graduate
Studies and Research, will present the candidates.
God Save The Queen
Closing of Convocation
Recessional
Chancellor of Saint Mary's University
Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J., B.A., M.Th., D.Th.
Archbishop of Halifax
Chairman of Convocation
Terrence Murphy, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Vice-President, Academic and Research
Marshal of Convocation
Donald J. Naulls, B.A.(Hons.), M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Arts, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Chairperson
of the Academic Senate.
Marshal of Students
Keith Hotchkiss, B.A.
Director of Student Services
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Photography
The floor area immediately behind the boards has been left clear for the convenience of
members of the audience who wish to take photographs during the ceremony. You may
come to this area when it is close to the time that the parchment is to be conferred on the
graduating student whose picture you wish to take. In order to ensure that there is no
interference with the conferring of degrees, diplomas, and certificates, please note that the
audience guests will not have access to the floor area.
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Acknowledgement
The Administration and Faculty of Saint Mary's University wish gratefully to
acknowledge the generous assistance received during the past year from individuals and
groups in the form of contributions of scholarships, bursaries, prizes, as well as numerous
and varied services.
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Refreshments
The concession stands on both sides of the Metro Centre on the concourse level will be
open for an hour preceding each Convocation. They will NOT be open during the
Convocation ceremonies.
MEDALS
Names of winners will be announced at the appropriate Convocation.
Undergraduate Students
Governor General's Silver Medal
Donated by the Governor General of Canada
University's Faculty and Division Medals
Arts
Donated by the Archbishop of Halifax
Science
Donated by Saint Mary's University Alumni Association
Engineering
Donated by the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia
Commerce
Donated by Grant Thornton LLP
Academic Subject Awards
Geology: The Centennial Medal
Donated by The Mining Society of Nova Scotia
Human Resource Management: The Hermann Schwind Medal
Donated by faculty members, past and present, in the Department of Management
Irish Studies: The O'Brien Medal
Donated by Dr. Brian O'Brien
Modern Languages: The Book Prizes
Donated by the Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada
Graduate Students
Governor General's Gold Medal
Donated by the Governor General of Canada
University's Faculty Medals
Master of Arts (International Development Studies)
Donated by Dr. James H. Morrison
Master of Business Administration: Dr. Harold G. Beazley Medal
Funded by Dr. H. G. Beazley Trust
Executive Master of Business Administration
Donated by Print Atlantic
Master of Science in Applied Psychology
Donated by Aramark Canada Ltd.
Faculty
The Reverend William A. Stewart, S.J., Medal for Excellence in Teaching
(To be presented at the evening ceremony)
In 1983, the Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Faculty Union and the Students'
Representative Council, established the Reverend William A. Stewart, S.J.. Medal for
Excellence in Teaching. This award is open to faculty members who have made an
extraordinary contribution to the education of Saint Mary's students through teaching in
the University's tradition of quality undergraduate education. Nominations are invited
from alumni, students, and faculty members. This medal is presented at Spring
Convocation together with a cheque for $1,500. Previous winners of this prestigious
award are:
1983 Professor David Hope (Accounting)
1984 Professor Dermot Mulrooney (Engineering)
1985 Dr. David Perrier (Sociology)
1986 Dr. John Young (Chemistry)
1987 Professor Edward McBride (Political Science)
1988 Dr. Jack Ginsburg (Chemistry)
1989 Dr. Peter March (Philosophy)
1990 Dr. Andrew Seaman (English)
1991 Dr. Phil Street (Psychology)
1992 Dr. Francis Phillips (Education)
1993 Dr. Janet Baker (English)
1994 Dr. Cyril Byrne (English)
1995 Professor Nicola Young (Accounting)
1996 Dr. Ronald Landes (Political Science)
1997 Dr. Paul Muir (Mathematics and Computing Science)
1998 Dr. David Cone (Biology)
1999 Dr. Robert Singer (Chemistry)
2000 Dr. Eric Lee (Finance and Management Science)
2001 Dr. Janet Gregory (Finance and Management Science)
2002 Dr. Gillian Thomas (English and Womens' Studies)
2003 Dr. Janet Hill (English)
This year's winner is Dr. Porter Scobey, Associate Professor of Mathematics and
Computing Science.
Graduating from High School in 1961, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for
the highest average on the Nova Scotia Provincial Examinations. He earned three degrees
from Dalhousie University - a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics (1965), an M. A.
in Operations Research (1969), and a Ph.D. in Statistics (1977). He joined the staff of Saint
Mary's University in September 1969 as a Lecturer in Mathematics and Computing
Science. In 1987 and 1988, he completed the program of the Institute for Retraining in
Computer Science at Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York.
One of his colleagues indicated that as a young faculty member at Saint Mary's
University, he was first exposed to Porter Scobey as the Chair of the Department, noting
that he did "an excellent job of leading the Department". There is no doubt, as one reads
through his nomination papers for the Father William A. Stewart, S.J., Medal for Teaching
that his colleagues believe that, in his role as a teacher and educator, he has brought and
continues to bring a tremendous level of dedication to his teaching. One tremendous
example of this lies in the fact that one of his colleagues indicated that "while I was
teaching first and second year computing courses, Porter not only carried out his own
teaching and his responsibility of chairing the Department, he found time to sit in on both
a first year course and a second year course that I was teaching. I recall that he attended
every class in both courses and over that period of time, we had frequent discussions
about the course material and the process of teaching". It was partly due to the fact that,
at that juncture, Porter had taken it upon himself "to start learning the discipline of
computing science in addition to all his regular duties as a faculty member and as a Chair
of the Department!" The same faculty member indicates that he recalls numerous
discussions, both on the course material and how this young professor was teaching and
credits Porter with having a significant "formative influence in my development of my own
teaching style. He continues to this day to be a 'force of nature' as a resource for newer
faculty as well as providing a valuable sounding board for the teaching of computing
science for the more experienced members of the Department". While co-teaching the
introductory Computing Science courses, Dr. Scobey and others recognized that while
there were a number of good text books available for such a course, resources for support
of a critical laboratory component of such a course were sadly lacking. Porter rose to the
occasion and accepted the overwhelming, challenging task of developing a book for use
in first year computer labs. He not only threw himself into this project with a great level of
dedication but continuously updates this to the point where it has become one of the
Department's "most valuable teaching resource" even when the programming language
changed from Pascal to C++. In order to enhance the students' experience in introductory
level courses, a number of individuals, led by Porter, developed a computer support
system for courses. Here, Porter went on to develop "an extremely elaborate computer
software system which in addition to greatly enhancing the liberty of course materials,
also allowed students to submit assignments and access records of their marks through
the computer". This system has grown, been developed more widely, and now forms the
"backbone for a number of courses taught by the Department of Mathematics and
Computing Science".
It has been noted that in recent years, Porter has spoken of his renewed enthusiasm for
teaching. "This is most impressive for someone well beyond their 30th year of university
teaching!" In addition, having spent a great portion of his career teaching the very
challenging first and second year courses, he has also recently been developing new,
senior level courses involving state of the art ideas in Computing Science - again,
demonstrating his tireless commitment to teaching.
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Many in the Department credit him almost single-handedly with having developed and
organized the highly successful Saint Mary's University High School Programming
Competition which has just completed its fifth year. It has continued to grow, develop,
and earn a justifiable place in the minds of talented high school students in Mathematics
and Computing Science. As an adjunct to this, in August 2003, the first teachers'
workshop for Mathematics and Computing Science was organized.
In terms of an additional outreach, one other colleague that "it is difficult to measure how
much Dr. Scobey has contributed to the extra curriculum activities of the Department and
the University as there are many untold stories. For instance, in the fall of 1998, Dalhousie
University was supposed to host the annual APICS Programming Competition and one
week before the actual competition started, was unable to meet its commitments. Dr.
Scobey accepted the challenge of organizing the entire event on short notice. "In this, he
was greatly assisted by other faculty members and student volunteers as he prepared the
competition questions, formed the judging committee, and provided the contestants from
the Atlantic Provinces with the necessary logistical support. This, in no small way, has
enabled Saint Mary's University to establish itself as a 'friendly, helpful, and resourceful
post-secondary institution' ".
It has also been noted that over the years, Dr. Scobey has established strong ties with
eminent companies such as IBM, thus linking Saint Mary's University to the industry
world. This immensely enhances the reputation not only of the Department but also of
the University with students and alumni benefiting greatly from this exposure.
One of his other colleagues indicated that when he arrived at Saint Mary's University in
1995 as an international student, he found Dr. Scobey to be "diligent, student oriented,
and a dedicated educator". He further indicated that Scobey's courses "were among the
best courses I have ever taken". Basing this on "the high standard of his work could be
seen clearly in his easy-to-read textbooks, well formatted slides, typo-free lab manuals,
and precisely worded assignments and examination papers". Indeed, so inspired was this
international student that he is now a member of the Department and goes on to note that
"Dr. Scobey was always there to help those who had problems. He treated their problems
as his own."
Aside from the verbal testimony of former students and colleagues, the students who
have enrolled in Porter's courses over the years have given him very strong ratings on the
teaching evaluations. These teaching evaluation results are in the impressive range of 4.1
to 4.5 on a scale of 1 to 5. This is significant in light of the fact that not only had the
courses all strong enrolments of at least 20 students but they represented first, second,
and third/fourth year students".
When interviewed after learning that he had won the prestigious Father William A.
Stewart, S.J. Medal for Teaching, he indicated that he was "both honoured and humbled
to have received this award.. .while it's nice to win such an award, I want to stress that I
am very fortunate to work with superb faculty members, all of whom are just as passionate
about teaching, research, and making time for students - the key reason why the
Department has been attracting top-notch students, many of whom have gone on to land
prestigious jobs, both in academics and industry".
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Adamson, Matthew John
Agnew, Colin N.
Alexander, Andrea Lee (Hon. Psychology: First Class)
Allain, Amanda S. (Hon. Psychology: First Class)
Allison, Jennifer P.
Amerongen-McKeon, Sara Kathleen
Anderson, Michael D.
Andrews, Wayne Douglas
Appleton, Kathryn J.
Arpin, Renee Michelle
Arsenault, Joseph Reginald
Ashley, Nathan Harley
Atkinson, Sara Beth
Durham, NS
Saint John, NB
Halifax, NS
Saint John, NB
Liverpool, NS
Edmonton, AB
Cole Harbour, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Campbellton, NB
Charlottetown, PE
Lantz, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Baker, Gregory Michael
Baltas, Chrisoula Panagiota
Barrett, Sarah Anne
Barritt, Justin Forsyth
Barton, Katherine M.
Bateman, Mary Louise
Bean, Shanta Monique
Beaton, Christine L.
Beaton, Trevor Alexander
Belliveau, Jacqueline L.
Benke, Carmen Natalie (Hon. English)
Benvie, Jonathan W.
Bezanson, Grace-Elaine Elizabeth
Billard, Darren Matthew
Black, Grace Lavenia
Blackburn, Marci Jean
Blacklock, Christopher R.
Blais, Cedric Yvon
Block, Philip Jon (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Bodorik, Khelly L.
Bonang, Rayna Elizabeth
Boudreau, Daniel Kenneth
Boudreau, Eric James (Hon. Philosophy: First Class)
Boudreau, Patrick Joseph
Boyle, KerrieL.
Bradley, Jennifer Karen Dawn
Brassard, Magen Sarah
Bridges, Christopher David
Briers, Taryn Lynda
Broome, Brian Harold
Broome, Renee Cynthia
Bullen, Anna T. M. (Hon. Philosophy)
Fall River, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Devonshire, Bermuda
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Weymouth, NS
Victoria, BC
Whycocomagh, NS
Halifax, NS
Margaree, NS
Hilden, NS
Centreville, NS
East Pennant, NS
Amherst, NS
Windsor Junction, NS
Riverview, NB
Belle Cote, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Mount Uniacke, NS
Brad d'Or, NS
Tusket, NS
Kingston, NS
Afton, NS
Enfield, NS
Barrie, ON
Windsor, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
New Ross, NS
Mount Uniacke, NS
Burry, Allison June
Butterfield, Michelle Lee
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Cairns, Julie
Callahan, Nicole Claire
Cameron, Amanda J.
Campaigne, Brett J.
Campbell, Amy Rebecca
Campbell, Donald Charles
Campbell, Jo-Ann C.
Cannon, Aaron Patrick
Carey, Stacey Anne
Caron, Justin
Carruthers, Angela Catherine
Carruthers, Patrick H.
Carter, Rebecca Dawn (Hon. Psychology)
Carter, TaraM.
Carter Johnson, Maureen Rose
Casey, James David
Chezenko, Jaclyn Judith
Chupick, Sara Elizabeth
Ciccolella, Joseph Marc
Clare, Mark W.
Clark-Gagnon, Lorelie
Clarke, Cheryl Leanne
Clarke, Sacha Rae
Clem, Kelly Adriane
Close, Melissa M.
Cochrane, Douglas M. J.
Code, Nathan William
Coffin, Sara R.
Coldwell, Jason D.G.
Cole, Damon C.
Cole, Erin Allison
Colpitts, Lesley Alice (Hon. Psychology: First Class)
Connors, Shawna Maria
Conrad, Julie Lynn
Corbett, Kathleen Bernadett
Cormier, John Kenneth
Corrigan, Devan J. (Hon. Psychology)
Cottreau, Heather Dawn (Hon. Psychology)
Cottreau, Melissa Lynn (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Cousens-Al Jamalidden, Shannon Nicole Mary
Crandlemire, Scott A.
Crane, Stephanie L.
Craven, Maureen L.
Crosby, Margaret Jane
Crossley, Quinn Eldridge
North Wiltshire, PE
Mississauga, ON
Westville, NS
Cow Bay, NS
Sydney, NS
Porter's Lake, NS
Mabou, NS
Toledo, OH, USA
Florence, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Milford, NS
Milford, NS
Riverview, NB
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Halifax, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Sydney, NS
Iles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Dartmouth, NS
Little Narrows, NS
Morden, NS
Hammonds Plains, NS
Sarnia, ON
Yellowknife, NT
Port aux Basques, NL
Delhaven,NS
Halifax, NS
Enfield, NS
Halifax, NS
Afton, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Charlo, NB
Yarmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Mineville, NS
Halifax, NS
Ottawa, ON
Dartmouth, NS
New Ross, NS
Crown, Sarah N. (Hon. Psychology)
Curley, Jody N.
Curran, Jennifer Leah
Currie, Andrew Alexander
Halifax, NS
Kensington, PE
Summerville, NB
Riverview,NB
Dannbauer, Manuela (cum laude)
Darbo, Ebrima
Daurie, Jillian Lynn
Davis, Danya Camille (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Dawe, Amanda Leigh
de Long, Amanda Elizabeth
Deighan, Richard Colin
Delaney, Keith William
Deveau, Nicole Marie
Diab, Vicky
Dib, Darlene A.
Dibba, Ansumana Nimi
Dickinson, Kehvin Khaunda
Dicks, Denise Laura
Dillman, Kristen Mary Jean
Dixon, Laura Beth
Dogan,EmreEmir
Dominaux, Lee-Ann M.
Donohoe, Michael Alan
Doran, Sean N.
Downey, Cara Devon
Doyle-Willis, Liz K.
Drummond, Alexandra Booker
Duffy, Allan L.
Duplessis, Kate-Lynn R. (Hon. Int'l Development
Studies: First Class)
Duprey, Debra Ann (cum laude)
Dwyer, Brooke Leanne
Hammonds Plains, NS
Salikenni, The Gambia
Shad B ay, NS
Halifax, NS
Shubenacadie, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Summerside, PE
North River, NL
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Bedford, NS
Bakau, The Gambia
Belle Vue Estate, Antigua
Bridgewater, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Antalya, Turkey
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
North Preston, NS
Chezzetcook, NS
South Freetown, PE
Lower Sackville, NS
Eastwood, Chantale M. L.
Eastwood, Helene C.
Eldershaw, Amy Anorah Elizabeth
Ellenberger, Tristan D. (Hon. Anthropology)
Everett, Ian Mitchell
Evrovski, Nicolina Marie
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Lawrencetown, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Windsor, NS
Halifax, NS
Fagan, Pamela Marie
Ferguson, B. Catherine
Ferguson, Ian W.
Fiander, Luke H. C.
Finlayson, Anna Cristine
Fitzgerald, Tammy Lynn
Fleming, James Beattie
Halifax, NS
Pictou, NS
Moncton, NB
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dingwall, NS
Halifax, NS
Peterborough, ON
Halifax, NS
Lyons Brook, NS
Flynn, Kelly-Lynn
Fogarty, Mike B.
Foley, Nicholas John
Forrest, Melissa Lee-Ann
Foster, Katherine Elizabeth
Fourgnaud, Shawn Curtis
Fournier, Tina Anne
Fox, Jennifer Linda
Frampton, Karen Elizabeth
Fraser, Ainsley E. (cum laude)
Fraser, Jesse Ethan (cum laude)
Fraser, S. Gayle
Freeborne, Christa Anne
Freeman, Lori Allison
Corner Brook, NL
Halifax, NS
Belleville, ON
Halifax, NS
Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
St Peter's, NS
Inverness, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Bras d'Or, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Gaglio, Ryan Joseph
Gallant, Genevieve Leah
Gannon, Justin C. F.
Garbes,Amy Lynn (cum laude)
Gardiner, Kathy Anne
Garroway, Kevin Graham
Gaudet, Christopher Brian
Gaudet, Julie Ann
Gee, Erica Claire
George, Jillian Emlyn
George, Stephanie Mae
Gere, Evelyn (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Germain, Leslie R
Gillis, Daniel A.
Gillis, Janine Marie
Gillis, Kara Adriana
Gonsalves, Juliette Evelyn Mary
Goree, Gabriel Michael Zachery
Goudie, Dean R.
Graham, Kevin James
Greene, DavidS.
Greene, Erin M. (magna cum laude)
Greenwood, Jonathan Michael
Grellette, Matthew John (Hon. Philosophy)
Grieves, Ann Christine
Gushue, Krista Lee (Hon. Psychology)
Gwynn, Mark R.
Hache, Claudine
Hanley, Tanya Rose
Harada, Miku
Harding, Amy Loren
Harvey, John Andrew (Hon. Anthropology)
Hattie, Elizabeth Anne
Southampton, Bermuda
Sussex, NB
Halifax, NS
Truro, NS
Malagash, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Bedford, NS
St John's, Antigua
Dartmouth, NS
Keswick Ridge, NB
Lower Sackville, NS
Codroy Valley, NL
Tantallon, NS
Antigonish, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Greenwood, NS
Lake Echo, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dundas, ON
New Glasgow, NS
Sydney, NS
Bedford, NS
Free Grant, NB
Kemptville, NS
Sapporo, Japan
Dartmouth, NS
Berwick, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Haynes, Cydney A.
Healey, Angela Marie
Heard, Meagan Leigh (magna cum laude)
Henderson, Neal Scott
Henneberry, KimberlyAnn
Hill, Sarah Louise
Hillier, James Ashley
Hillier, Kelty-Anne (magna cum laude)
Hillier, Paul K.
Hiltz, Nicole L.
Hockley, Angela Lorraine
Holland, Neil Andrew
Hollis, Keely Marie
Hopfner, Jane Victoria
Hopfner, Matthew A.
Howard, Daniel Chri stopher
Hubley, Sarah Edythe
Hudson, Holly A.
Huggins-Rosenthal, Nathan Joseph
Hunt, Jason Robert
Hunter, Colleen M.
Huxter, Darren Richard (cum laude)
Tatamagouche, NS
St John's, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Maitland, NS
Warwick, Bermuda
St Catharines, ON
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Riverview, NB
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Baddeck, NS
Calgary, AB
Brampton, ON
Ste Croix, NS
Sheffield Mills, NS
Isner, Michael R. D.
Halifax, NS
Jardine, Melanie Lynn
Jasim, Nabil Ibrahim
Jeffery, Robert James (Hon. Criminology)
Jeffrey, Jennifer L. (Hon. Psychology)
Jewer, Tiffany Crystal
Johnson, Ellen E. (Hon. Psychology: First Class)
Johnston, Jerrice M.
Jollimore, Chrissy Leigh
Jussup, Matt R.
Halifax, NS
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Hopewell, NS
Louisdale, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Kane, Melissa Lorna
Keddy, Robin Leah (Hon. Psychology: First Class)
Kennedy, Michael W.
Kenny, Jamie Lynn
Keough, Sarah Anne (Hon. Psychology)
Khan, Andrew Favian
Kickham, Nathan Daniel
Kilfoil, Colleen J.
Kilfoil, Kimberley Marie
King, Mark W. (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Kitley, Erin Jacqueline
Klippenstine, Kent A.
Knickle, Valerie A.
Stillwater Lake, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Charlottetown, PE
Halifax, NS
Nassau, Bahamas
Souris, PE
Jeddore, NS
Jeddore, NS
Shoal Harbour, NL
Halifax, NS
Regina, SK
Mahone Bay, NS
Knox, Melissa Lindsay
Kreiger, Nicholas Edward
Kucish, Jeremy Frank
Halifax, NS
Victoria, BC
Houston, TX, USA
Lake, Mark R.
Lake, Sherry J.
Landry, Joel Aubert (Hon. Psychology)
Landry, Nicole E. R. (Hon. Criminology)
Langille, Carl Rhyan
Langille, Mary Barbara
Lantz, Graham C.
Lantz, Karinne Avery (summa cum laude)
Latham, Kristen Joanne
Lavallee, Daniel Raymond
Lawrence, Crystal A.
Lawrence, Ross William
Leach, Ryan Curtis
LeBlanc, Jean Pierre
LeBlanc, Jennifer Dawn
LeClair, Tanya Marie (Hon. Psychology)
Leggatt-Langille, Mary C.
Lenghartova, Juliana
Leroux, Michael D. (cum laude)
Lesperance, Dianna E.
Levert-Chiasson, Isabelle (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Lewis, Danielle Dawn
Lidstone, Faye Marie
Lilly, Jennifer J. (Hon. Criminology)
Lilly, Julie C.
Linn, Tara Mary
Little, Katherine P. A.
Littlewood, Antonia
Ludlow, Natalie Cassandra
Lush, Carolyn Michelle (cum laude)
Halifax, NS
Brooklyn, NS
St Peter' s, NS
Pictou, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Blockhouse, NS
Comox Valley, BC
Herring Cove, NS
Arnprior, ON
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Halifax, NS
Greenwood, NS
Montreal, QC
Dartmouth, NS
Tignish, PE
Lower Sackville, NS
Viniehe, Slovakia
Sackville, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Cheticamp, NS
New Tusket, NS
Cornwall, PE
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Antigonish, NS
Fredericton, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Mount Pearl, NL
Dartmouth, NS
MacDonald, Amber J. L.
MacDonald, Corrie M.
MacDonald, Daniel Wade
MacDonald, Jean M.
MacDonald, Michelle Lynn
MacDonald, Natalie Zara
MacDougall, Siobhan
MacFarlane, Catherine Anne
MacHardie, Tanya Lea
Maclnnis, Lindsay C.
Maclsaac, Pamela Claire
MacKay, Andree Celeste
MacKenzie, Adrianna A.
Chester, NS
Miramichi, NB
Eastern Passage, NS
Big Bras d' Or, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Port Hood, NS
South West Margaree, NS
Shubenacadie, NS
Antigonish, NS
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Dartmouth, NS
MacKinnon, Angela Lynn
MacKinnon, Wanda Michelle
MacLean, Amanda Lee
MacLean, Emily Elizabeth
MacLellan, Catherine Anne
MacLellan-Mansell, Alanna L. (Hon. Anthropology)
MacLeod, Tyler
MacPherson, Denise Claire (magna cum laude)
Magee, Anthony J.
Magee, Joshua R.
Maher, Adam Hugh Patrick
Mahoney, Angela M.
Maloney, Joseph Jason (Hon. Philosophy: First Class)
Margeson, Sarah Beth
Markabi, Mays (magna cum laude)
Marshall, Melissa Johanna Kelly (summa cum laude)
Masih, Sangeeta Alice
Mason-Squires, Elizabeth Linn
Matheson, William George Ross
Mattatall, Crystal Dawn
Mauger, Margaret Rose (cum laude)
Mayne, Alanna Rebecca
McCarthy, Andrew Sage
McCarthy, Ben (cum laude)
McCuish, Fern Elizabeth
McEvoy, Emily Catherine
McGill, Emily Jane
Mclnnis, Katherine Vanessa
Mclsaac, Benjamin J.
McKercher, Jeffery Gordon
McKinnon, Christine M.
McLatchy, Kerri Lynn
McMullen, Jennifer Elizabeth (Hon. Criminology)
McQuillan, Bernadette Tracy
Melanson, Margaret Mary
Merchant, Michelle Jose Ann
Merrill, Leigh Anne Jean
Mian, Riana N. (Hon. Psychology)
Michaud, Marie-Helene (Hon. Psychology)
Mikkelsen, Mai Klaerke (Hon. English)
Miller, Melissa Rose
Millett, Ashley Robyn
Milligan, Jeff C.
Milner, Rebecca Lee
Mingo, Ian Wayne
Moffitt, Maryann I.
Mokler, Mary Jo (summa cum laude)
Moore, Allyson Lee
Bay St Lawrence, NS
Sydney, NS
Sackville, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Brookfield, NS
Sydney Mines, NS
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Bedford, NS
Campbellton, NB
Halifax, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Bedford, NS
Middle Musquodoboit, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Enfield, NS
Charlottetown, PE
Truro, NS
Brechin, ON
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Rothesay, NB
Brasd'Or,NS
Amherst, NS
Moose Creek, ON
Halifax, NS
Rowe, MA, USA
Trenton, NS
Elmwood, PE
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Hvalsoe, Denmark
Amherst, NS
Truro, NS
Halifax, NS
Annapolis Royal, NS
Tatamagouche, NS
Bathurst, NB
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Moores, Alura Eden (Hon. Anthropology)
Morgan, Amanda G.
Morin, Zachary Keith
Morrison, Lorena Frieda
Morton, Sean Andrew
Moses, Beth A. (Hon. English)
Mosher, Trent R. (Hon. Psychology)
Murdock, Sandra Dyan
Murphy, Kathryn Regeana
Murphy, Katie Marie
Myra, Jacqueline Elaine
Eastern Passage, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Pomfret, CT, USA
Pictou, NS
Bedford, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Summerside, PE
Lower Sackville, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Naas, Cassandra Jean
Nadeau, Danielle Stephanie (cum laude)
Nagle, Garnet David
Naugle, Lisa Marie
Nguyen, Duyen Thi Kim (Hon. Psychology)
Nickerson, Theo M. S. (magna cum laude)
Nicolle, Catherine Barbara
Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Beaverbank, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Barrington Passage, NS
Campbell River, BC
O'Toole, Kristin Lee (Hon. Political Science)
Oliver, Mark Irving
Oliver, Stacey Loretta
Organ, Jason Patrick
Owen, Mandy Dawn
Waverley, NS
Bras d' Or, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Middleton, NS
Halifax, NS
Parent, Meaghan Beth
Park, Karolyn Lorraine
Park, Nigel A.
Parker, Danerra Isabelle
Patterson, Lindsay E.
Paul, Loren W.
Payne, Julie Heather
Peck Espinosa, Jillian Leigh
Peckford, Nicole Victoria
Pedley, Ryan Patrick
Pendola, Matias I. (summa cum laude)
Penney, Julia C. (Hon. Psychology)
Pereira, Victoria Lauren
Perera, Estevan Alej andro
Perron, Nathalie A.
Peters, Brad Maurice (Hon. Psychology)
Peters, Jennifer Anne
Petrie, Laura Katherine
Pettipas, Jessica Elizabeth
Phillips, Colin S. D. (Hon. Int'l Development Studies)
Pierce, Jonathan C.
Pierce, Natalia Wenonah (summa cum laude)
Pereaux, NS
Brampton, ON
Dartmouth, NS
Centre Rawdon, NS
Truro, NS
Upper Tantallon, NS
Toronto, ON
Beaverbank, NS
Halifax, NS
Arnprior, ON
Copiapo, Chile
Halifax, NS
Smith's, Bermuda
Belize City, Belize
Januiere, QC
Halifax, NS
Timberlea, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Hatchet Lake, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Pierce, Tanya J. M.
Pilgrim, Lorena Raeann
Pinet, Kristen Celina
Pitcher, Donald James
Poce, LaniE.
Poirier, Melissa A. (Hon. Psychology)
Ponsford, Julia K. (Hon. Psychology)
Poole, Adam James
Puddister, Tanya G.
Purchase, Anthony Grant
Truro, NS
Halifax, NS
Burlington, ON
Halifax, NS
Mississauga, ON
Poulamon, NS
Halifax, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Upper Tantallon, NS
Halifax, NS
Raymond, Kelley Amanda
Regan, Sarah Rebecca
Rei, Ines Silvia Pires (Hon. Anthropology)
Reid, Tara Beth
Remy, Marie-Christine L.
Renaud, David Seth
Reynolds, Laura Jean (Hon. Psychology)
Rhodes, Michael David (cum laude)
Richards, Sefton E. L.
Ripley, Julie Diana
Ritcey, Sarah Cathleen
Ritchie, Jeff L.
Robbins, Jonathan Adam
Roberts, Amanda Jane
Roberts, Roxanna Lyn
Roberts, Vincent Keelan (Hon. Psychology)
Robinson, Claire P.
Robinson, Jason E.
Roche, Ronda Lynn
Rodgers, Jason Philip
Rodrigues, Julia
Ross, Alvina Jean
Ruck, Kenneth Winston
Ruel, Tina Priscille (cum laude)
Ruhl, Nichole M.
Russell-Felkar, Erin Vanessa (Hon. Criminology)
Ryan, Darren G.
Ryan, Edward Cameron
Beaverbank, NS
Halifax, NS
Victoria, BC
Elmsdale, NS
Sherbrooke, QC
Shelburne, NS
Amherst, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Sea View Farm, Antigua
Amherst, NS
Bedford, NS
Truro, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Canso, NS
Canso, NS
Truro, NS
Sydney, NS
Fort McMurray, AB
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Ramillies, Belgium
Bedford, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Sharon, MA, USA
Clarenville, NL
Truro, NS
Inverness, NS
Samms, Rachael L.
Sanford, Rayna L. (magna cum laude)
Sansom, Katherine Deborah Grace
Saoud, Claudia
Scott, Robyn Elizabeth
Scott, Ryan Patrick
Scully, Joanna Lee
Seibert, Kristopher Paul (summa cum laude)
Westville, NS
Hubbards, NS
Bedford, NS
Halifax, NS
Saint John, NB
Lower Sackville, NS
Riverview, NB
Halifax, NS
Settle, Amy Elizabeth
Shannahan, Terri Lynn
Shaw, Ainslie Elizabeth
Shears, Robert H. J.
Shurko, Johanna Kathleen Elaine
Shurson, Amy Elizabeth Marie
Silver, Tiffany Lynn (Hon. Criminology)
Simmons, Gregory E.
Slade, Ryan Webber (Hon. Political Science)
Slaunwhite, Erin E.
Smith, Candice Beth-Ann
Smith, Cory Richard
Smith, Jacqulyn Marie
Smith, Julie A.
Smith, Wade David
Snyder, Emily Jane (Hon. Criminology)
Sobey, Kaitlyn Ann
Soczka, Paul Patrick
Spierenburg, Angela Elizabeth
Squires, LaCosta Monique
Staple, Jeffrey B. T. (Hon. Economics)
Stewart, Linda Katharina (Hon. Psychology)
Strange, Erica Lynn
Strong, Jacqueline Anne
Strong, Marc Richard Hartley
Sullivan, Tracy Lynn
Summerfield, Coady Evertt Wilson
Sweeney, Lorna J.
Sweeny, Amanda (Hon. Psychology)
Dartmouth, NS
Labrador City, NL
Sydney, NS
Port-aux-Basques, NL
Chester, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Berwick, NS
Deer Lake, NL
Tidnish, NS
Terence Bay, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Whistler, BC
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
St Jacobs, ON
Stellarton, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Paradise, NL
Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
Williamswood, NS
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Hubbards, NS
Bridgewater, NS
Taker, Asheley Noelle
Tanner, Kellie Lynn
Tarbox, Craig Patrick
Taylor, Melissa F.
Taylor, Sarah Leslie
Thibault, William R.
Thompson, Kelli Andrea (Hon. Psychology)
Thomson, Vanessa E.
Thurber, Harold Lome
Timmons, Daniel James
Toole, Kelly Maria
Tracey, Amy Lea-Anne
Tripp, Michael David
Tuchendler, Luke Andrew
Tushaus, Chrystal Dawn
Fall River, NS
Beaverbank, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
George's River, NS
Greenwood, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Windsor, NS
Halifax, NS
Stewiacke, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Brookfield, NS
Riverview, NB
Riverview, NB
Bridgewater, NS
Sydney, NS
Uemura, Emi
Kitami, Japan
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Vallis, Jamie Thomas
van Maurik, Suzanne Carolien (Hon. English & History)
Vardy, Susan Margaret (Hon. Psychology)
Venedam, Kathryn Jayne
Vessey, Sheila Jayne
Vincent, Jennifer Heather
Bedford, NS
Amensfoort, The Netherlands
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
North Vancouver, BC
Labrador City, NL
Wall, Tracy Lynn
Walsh, Eliot James
Wang, Xiaolun (cum laude)
Ward, Nathan Arthur Joseph
Warford, Jeffrey Wayne
Watt, Robert Ian
Wearing, Dana Erin
Wellwood, Keith Brian
White, Amanda Marie
Whitman, Sally Frances
Whittleton, Jill Erin
Whynot, Renee Dawn
Wilcox, Rochelle Leigh
Williams, Sandra Gail (Hon. Psychology)
Williams, Sarah Dawn (Hon. Psychology)
Wilson, Jeremy R.
Wood, Jeremy James
Woodbury, Richard Eric (Hon. Economics)
Woods, Daniel Philip
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Corner Brook, NL
Shanghai, China
Bedford, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Uxbridge, ON
Fall River, NS
Woodstock, NB
Truro, NS
Halifax, NS
Brooklyn, NS
Wellington, NS
Halifax, NS
Truro, NS
Westville, NS
Bridgetown, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Young, Paula E.
Yule, Ian Alexander (Hon. Geography: First Class)
Halifax, NS
Kentville, NS
CERTIFICATE OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
MacLellan, Jon D.
Moores, Alura Eden
Halifax, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Nickerson, Theo M. S.
Barrington Passage, NS
CERTIFICATE OF HONOURS - ARTS
Chin-Yee, Simon Matthew (Hon. English)
Halifax, NS
Fulton, Andrew James (Hon. Sociology)
Shubenacadie, NS
Lavoie, Susan Paula (Hon. Psychology)
Fredericton, NB
Young, Timothy R. S. (Hon. Political Science)
Halifax, NS
CERTIFICATE OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Herman, Nadine Ilona
Lower Sackville, NS
MacLellan, Jon D.
Halifax, NS
CERTIFICATE OF SPANISH LANGUAGE AND HISPANIC
CULTURE
Dempsey, Lauren N.
Halifax, NS
Richards, Christopher Elton
San Fernando, Trinidad
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Adebisi, Oladipo Olusoji
Alexander, Leigh-Ann (Hon. Biology)
Amiro, Greg M. (Hon. Computing Science & Mathematics)
Asamoah-Odei, Efua (Hon. Biology)
Lagos, Nigeria
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Ghana
Barry, Richard Allan
Bates, Aaron C. L. (cum laude)
Beazley, Kirk Steven
Browne, Cassandra C.
Burbidge, Christopher D. D. (cum laude)
Dartmouth, NS
Lawrencetown, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Cairns, Amy J. (Hon. Chemistry)
Cameron, J. Patricia
Cao, Chuantao
Carmichael, Andrew C. (Hon. Geology)
Cleversey, Adam Michael
Collier, Jennifer Deanne
Corbeil, Christopher R. (Hon. Chemistry/
Co-operative Education)
Cronk, Rockwell Robert Pius
Cumming, Amber Dawn
Cunningham, Caitriona M. (Hon. Environmental Studies)
Sydney, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Da Silva, Nigel (Hon. Physics)
Davis, Ashley Elizabeth
Day, Laura Ann
DeLazzer, Adree Elizabeth
Dickson, Steven Edward (Hon. Chemistry)
Dolansky, Lila Mariam (Hon. Geography &
Geology: First Class)
Doyle, Blair Henry (Hon. Computing Science
& Mathematics: First Class)
Drisdelle, Jamie M.
Duguay, Branden Joel
Antigua
Windsor Junction, NS
Corner Brook, NL
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Eisnor, Shannon Joan
Eltvik, Celena Marie
Regina, SK
Halifax, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Ellershouse, NS
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Castle Bar, Ireland
Perth Road, ON
Waverley, NS
Riverview, NB
Greenwood, NS
Enright, Jonathan Boyde (magna cum laude)
Enright,Thomas Gordon (cum laude)
Evans, Kathryn Rowena (Hon. Biology)
Windsor, NS
Windsor, NS
Wellington, NS
Fenn III, Norman Ernest
Ferguson, Elaine Maureen
Flewwelling, Erin Kathleen
Halifax, NS
Kingston, Jamaica
Cole Harbour, NS
Galipeau, Julie Heather
Gao,Limin
Garroway, Colin James (Hon. Biology)
Ghanayem, Zad A1 Karim Ahmad
Go, Eunike Damaryanti Daili
Gromack, Aimee G (Co-operative Education)
Gunasekara, Mahesh C.
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Palestine
Surabaya, Indonesia
Halifax, NS
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harper, Naomi Dawn
Hartigan, Brian Carl
Higgins, Margaret Ann
Hiltz, Tracy Lynn
Howard, Daniel Christopher
Howard, Sinead Lillian (cum laude)
Hudson, Brian D. (summa cum laude)
Clyde River, PE
Cole Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Cambridge, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Imhoff, G Martin N.
Antigua
Jefferson, Dale M.
Jennings, Michael Paul
Johnstone, Ryan Michael Gregory
Joudrey, Philip E. (Hon. Biology)
Halifax, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Riverview, NB
Konno, Manabu (Hon. Computing Science)
Tokyo, Japan
Landry, Melissa Susan (Hon. Environmental Studies)
Langille, Charles Leander
Langille, Matthew David
Lannon, Colleen Michelle
Lantz, Karinne Avery (summa cum laude)
Leadbetter, Elizabeth Dorothy Anne
LeBlanc, Colette J.
LeBlanc, Michelle
LeBlanc, Vanessa Michelle (cum laude)
LeDrew, Teri Rochelle (Hon. Psychology)
Lewis, Christopher W. (Hon. Biology)
Lu, Ching-I.
Geary, NB
Halifax, NS
Fall River, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Comox Valley, BC
Seaforth, NS
Concession, NS
Dieppe, NB
Halifax, NS
Yellowknife, NT
Middleton, NS
HsinChu, Taiwan
Ma, Hiu Leung
MacAulay, Lauren Elizabeth
Hong Kong
Augustine Cove, PE
MacDonald, Kay Elizabeth
MacDonald, Lindsay B.
MacDougall, Joseph Zachary
Maclnnis, Regina Elizabeth (Hon. Mathematics)
MacLean, Tomoko
MacLeod, Megan Alyssa
MacPhee, Beverly Colleen
Markabi, Maha (Hon. Biology)
Mayich, Michael Steven (summa cum laude)
McCuaig, Kristina Lorraine
Mclntyre, Peter William
Michaud, Lisa
Millward, Victoria J.
Morchat, Michael A.
Moser, Shasta Lee (Hon. Biology)
Myers, Gregory James
Bedford, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Osaka, Japan
Halifax, NS
Upper Nine Mile River, NS
Bedford, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Riverview, NB
St-Leonard, NB
Lake Echo, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Sheet Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Nickerson, Colin D. (Hon. Computing Science)
Nixon, Lianne Marie
Yarmouth, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
O'Rourke, Lindsay Anne
Halifax, NS
Pike, Amanda Gayle (Hon. Environmental Studies/
Co-operative Education)
Plasse, Isabelle I. P.
Elmsdale, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Quillan, Ryan Scott (Hon. Geology)
Quy, Farran Naylor
Cole Harbour, NS
Peabody, MA, USA
Rahming, AlkeiriaPearlette Maria
Rawding, Melissa Jean
Reid, Gary J. (Hon. Mathematics)
Richard, Gregory D.
Nassau, Bahamas
Lake Echo, NS
Porter's Lake, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Sacrey, Lori-Ann G.
Savoury, Bradley
Sayyat, Donny
Semper, Janelle (Hon. Environmental Studies)
Sharkey, Jonathan Gordon (Hon. Computing
Science: First Class)
Sherry, Adam Joshua (Co-operative Education)
Silver, Philip R.
Smedley, Elaine J.
Steeves, Wesley A.
Stevens, Laci Ann (Hon. Biology)
Strachan, Adam Phillip
Suleyman, Ozlem Arif (Hon. Environmental Studies)
Ming's Bight, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Castries, St Lucia
Cole Harbour, NS
BeaverBank, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Fall River, NS
Fredericton, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Cyprus
Taiani, Martin J.
Thompson, Melanie Therese
Tomney, Madelaine R.
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Quispamsis, NB
van Wijk, Michael Douglas
Nelway, BC
Watters, Danielle Patricia
Wheeler, Sara Katherine
Whiffen, Ashleigh Juan
Whitman, Kelly Louise (Hon. Mathematics)
Worthington, Daniel Leigh
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Rotherham, England
Zhang, Qing Qing
Wuhan, China
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE & DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING
Eaton, Christopher J. L.
Bridgetown, NS
MacLellan, lan Anthony McNeil
Bedford, NS
DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING
Batra, Rina Kiren (with great distinction)
Halifax, NS
Cooper, Clyde O.
Halifax, NS
Dunlap, Adrian G.
Truro, NS
Hernandez, Emmanuel Arandia
Hynes, Lee Garrett
Halifax, NS
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
LeBlanc, Adam James
Halifax, NS
MacPhee, Lindsay Dee (with distinction)
Martinell, Kelly A.
Shubenacadie, NS
Belleville, ON
Pathirana, Sanjeev C.
Halifax, NS
Sidhom, Hany
Halifax, NS
DIPLOMA IN FORENSIC SCIENCES
Joudrey, Philip E.
Riverview, NB
LeBlanc, Michelle
Dieppe, NB
MacAulay, Lauren Elizabeth
Augustine Cove, PE
Stevens, Laci Ann
Fredericton, NB
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Abbott, Blair Lloyd
Abdi, Fairy al Z.
Abu Marzouk, Ahmed Fathi Mohammed
Acheson, Candice Erin
Afani, Ghada Akrima
Ago, Yoshiko
Agyemang-Duah, Nana Afriyie
Al Shaar, Mhd Adnan Yahya
Al-Akhali, Issmat
Alexander, Melissa-Jayne M.
Alhassan, Ahmed Alhaji
Allen, Iona Elizabeth
Allen, Loralee C.
Anderson, Robert P.
Arsanious, Rasha R.
Arthur, Bryan Craven William
Aucoin, Janice
Bonavista, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Tokyo, Japan
Accra, Ghana
Halifax, NS
Sana' a, Yemen
St Lucia
Accra, Ghana
Halifax, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Calgary, AB
Cheticamp, NS
B adshah, Amin
Bain, Daniel A.
Baker, Alison Leigh
Banks, Thomas Joshua
Barker, Kenneth Matthew
Bartlett, Angela L.
Bates, Erika J.
Bates, Richard Alexander
Baxter, Crystal Lynn
Bell, Gregory R. F. J.
Bellot, Jonathan Anthony
Belyea, Michael J.
Binder, Matthew Honce
Birinc, Yusuf Bilal
Bitsack, Jessica A.
B lack, Tanya Lynn
Blunden, Scott David
Booth, Stacy Christine
Boudreau, Dennis Joseph
Boudreau, Stephen Daniel
Bowers, Jeffrey Royburn
Boyd, Stephen James
Brenton, Mark W. R.
Brett, Sarah Elizabeth (Co-operative Education)
Brogan, Lindsey C.
Brothers, Gregory W.
Brown, Dawn D. S.
Gilgit, Paki stan
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Dartmouth, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Sydney Mines, NS
Moncton, NB
Halifax, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Pembroke, Bermuda
Belfast, Dominica
Rothesay, NB
Bedford, NS
Bursa, Turkey
Goose Bay, NL
B athurst, NB
Halifax, NS
Enfield, NS
Halifax, NS
Arichat, NS
Maclellan's Brook, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Quispamsis, NB
Florence, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Nassau, Bahamas
Brown, Lauren Catherine
Brown, Nicole Marie
Brown, Suzette M.
Buglar, Nikki M. F.
B urfitt, Michael Thomas
Burkhardt, Jordan F. E.
Halifax, NS
Sydney Mines, NS
St Mary, Jamaica
Corner Brook, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Oxford, NS
Cameron, Christopher Scott
Castro, Tina Marie
Chang, Shih-Shan
Charles, Vonetta S. P.
Chatterton, Ryan G. A.
Chen, Phoebe Y.
Chen, Xiaoyun
Christian, Oslen Henry Henderson
Cluett, Amanda E. (Hon. Economics)
Cluett, Genevieve Elise
Coffin, Audrey Elizabeth
Colley, Raeshell Nadine
Conn, Earl Matthew
Connors, Daniel Timothy
Conway, Natalie M. A.
Cook, Lana Marlene
Cosgrove, Mary Kathleen
Costello, Colin W. R.
Coutinho, Karl Joseph
Cox, Nicole Lynn
Crowe, Robert Marshall
Currie, Jeffery Dean
Cuthbert, Robert J. (Co-operative Education)
Edmonton, AB
Saint John, NB
Taichung, Taiwan
Mon Repos, St Lucia
Campbellton, NB
Taipei, Taiwan
Guangzhou, China
St John's, Antigua
Dartmouth, NS
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Havre Boucher, NS
East Preston, NS
Halifax, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Seabright, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Rothesay, NB
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Truro, NS
Truro, NS
Bridgewater, NS
Dajani, Deema Fouad
Daniels, Gina Marie
Davis, Danya Camille (magna cum laude)
Day, Joseph H.
Daye, Jaclyn Anne
DeCoste, Chelsa Laurelle
Dempsey, Lauren N.
Deveaux, David Gerard
Dexter, Anthony J.
Dore, Jennifer A.
Doucet, Patricia J.
Doucette, Sarah Dawn
Dove, Sara D.
Doyle, Alanna Kelly
Doyle, Pamela Dawn
Draper, Adam Leigh
Du, Lei
Palestine
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Fredericton, NB
East Tracadie, NS
Halifax, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Shelburne, NS
Halifax, NS
Bathurst, NB
Yarmouth, NS
Deer Lake, NL
Porter's Lake, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Moncton, NB
Shanghai, China
Du, Lin
Duncan, Michael George
Dupupet, Marcel Claude Joachim
Durdle, Tracy M.
During, Amy Lynn (cum laude)
Dutkoski, Timothy Alan
Duvalier, Janique Antonia
Beijing, China
B athurst, NB
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Wellington, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Nassau, Bahamas
Earle, Kathryn Mara
Edwards, Sabrina G.
Eisan, Sarah Lynn
El-Bitar, Mohammed A.
El-Hassan, Mohamad
Ellis, Corey Joseph
Ellis, Crystal Anne
Endres, Thomas Reinhold
Timberlea, NS
Joggins, NS
Ship Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Port aux Basques, NL
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Fader, Weston Bradley
Farquharson, Bernadette L.
Fleming, Jody Rita
Flinn, Derrick Stuart
Foley, James Edward
Fong, Tommy Wai-Kwok
Fong, Warren Lee
Forbes, Niall D.
Forse, Andrew Michael
Forster, Caroline Alyson
Fowler, Lucas James
Francis, Danielle Marie
Fraser, Maurice Clayton
Fraser, Olivia Ann
Fraser, Stephen Bruce
Frenette, Marie Evelyn
Frye, Lisa C.
Halifax, NS
The Bahamas
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Sydney, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Kentville, NS
Bedford, NS
Riverview, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Bras d' Or, NS
Glace Bay, NS
Halifax, NS
Westville, NS
Wasaga Beach, ON
Garand, Deanna Marie
Gardiner, Mark David
Gamier, Margaret Marie
Geilen, Thomas John Hendrick
Ghobar, Bassem Adnan
Gillis, Erin Jeanne
Gillis, Nicole Alexandra
Gilroy, Mark A. T.
Glavine, April Ann Margaret
Godbout, Darren J.
Godding, Robert William
Godinho, Dominic
Goodine, Amanda L.
Elmsdale, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Ayton, ON
Beirut, Lebanon
Cole Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Riverview, NB
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Eastern Passage, NS
Kuwait
Halifax, NS
J
Graham, Dustin G
Grant, Melissa Dionne Vernae
Grossmith, Lynette Margot
Judique, NS
Smith's, Bermuda
Bedford, NS
Haley, Stephen D. J.
Harding, Adam Keith
Harley, Mark D.
Harris, Timothy John
Hatheway, Philip Earl (Hon. Economics)
Hearn, Brian J.
Heisler, Andrew Gordon
Henderson, Erin P.
Henley, Liam P.
Hennigar, David Christian (Co-operative Education)
Hillier, Laura Michelle
Hopper, Angela Dawn (Co-operative Education)
Home, Julie Ann
Howard, Mark Thomas
Howard, Sara Catherine
Huet, Pierre-Paul
Huggins, Michael Allen
Hughes, Paul Robert
Hunt, Patrick Owen
Hunter, Penny-Lynn Elizabeth
Hupman, Brian J.
Hynes, Kristen Theresa
Hypolite, Rozina L.
Yarmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Summerside, PE
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Toronto, ON
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
St Stephen, NB
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Bridgewater, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Shelburne, NS
St Brendan's, NL
Devonshire, Bermuda
Ibrahim, Jamil Stefan
Irving, Kimberly Ann
Halifax, NS
Truro, NS
Jackson, Steven Robert
James, Anthony R.
Jamieson, Amanda Loren
Jamieson, Clarissa Charmaine
Jardine, Mitch I.
Jean-Noel, Patrice Fernand
Jefferies, Donna
Jenkins, John Andrew
Jennings, Tara Margaret
Johansen, Colleen M. (summa cum laude)
Jones, Michael Allison
Josselyn, Stuart B.
Joudrey, Marc Andrew
Joudrey, Mark Adrian
Jourdain, Elizabeth Ann
Thornhill, ON
Dartmouth, NS
Tor Bay, NL
Halifax, NS
Miramichi, NB
Montreal, QC
Rotherham, England
New Glasgow, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Bridgewater, NS
Saint John, NB
Lunenburg, NS
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Essex, VT, USA
Kanasevich, Michael John
Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
Kanyaru, Leonidas
Kazmi, Mobasher Zein (cum laude)
Keenan, Seth Joseph
Kelly, Amy N.
Kelly, Chrissy G.
Kemp, Angela Denise
Kickham, Jeffrey Matthew
Kilyanek, Sarah B. (summa cum laude)
Kincade, Jonathan N.
Kituri, Timothy Wanjao
Kwok, Yvonne Wing Yi (cum laude)
Bujumbura, Burundi
Islamabad, Pakistan
Woodstock, NB
Halifax, NS
Vankleek Hill, ON
Beaverbank, NS
Souris West, PE
Lansing, MI, US A
Almonte, ON
Mombasa, Kenya
Hong Kong
Lamont, Matthew Louis
Langlois, Marc P.
Latham, Jonathan
Lawrence, Donna M.
LeBlanc, Jordan Neil
Legere, Melissa Marie
LeLievre, Jonathan Brian
Leslie, Binney Scott
Liao, Qian
Lin, Jiehui
Little, Dave L.
Lorette, Andrew Robert Scott
Lottimore, Wolete-Salama
Loureiro Alonso, Carlos Jose
Lu, Shanshan
Lu, Ying
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Sydney, NS
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Wedgeport, NS
Amherst, NS
Sydney, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Shanghai, China
Xiamen, China
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Bermuda
Halifax, NS
Beijing, China
Zhan Jiang, China
MacDonald, David Alexander
MacDonald, George Jay
MacDonald, Jillian Charlotte
MacDonald, Paula A.
MacDonald, Sarah A.
MacDonald, Scott Alexander (cum laude)
Maclsaac, Johnathan Matthew
MacKenzie, Jonathan William
MacLean, Charlie M.
MacLellan Marriott, Tracy Lynn
MacLeod, Carrie Anne
MacLeod, Tyler
MacMillan, Laura Rae
MacNevin, Jonathan Richard
MacPherson, Scott Fraser
MacSween, Jonathan David
Madden, Belinda Anne
Mahar, Virginia L.
Maheux, Chantal
Halifax, NS
Upper Tantallon, NS
Halifax, NS
Souris, PE
Sydney, NS
Trenton, NS
Giant's Lake, NS
Brookfield, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Hilden, NS
Brookfield, NS
Greenwood, NS
Sydney, NS
Waverley, NS
Sydney, NS
St Peter's, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Mahoney, Peter O.
Main, Timothy James
Malley, Travis J.
Manly-Spain, Victoria Mercedes
Marinov, Stefan Dimitrov (Co-operative Education)
(magna cum laude)
Markham, Jonathon Will iam
Marquardt, Scott Alan
Martin, Brad C.
Masse, Philippe
Mastrapas, Vasilios A.
Matheson, Michael J. (Co-operative Education)
McAllister, Derek Peter
McAlpine, Camden
McArel, Sheila Kathleen
McCurdy, Andrea Diane (magna cum laude)
McDonald, Craig Eric
McGrath, Sandra Lynne
McLaughlin, Kerry Phyllis
Melanson, Jennifer L.
Melbourne, Jodie L.
Melvin, Nadine Louise
Mert, Mesut
Miller, Erinn Elizabeth Rose
Mombourquette, Brian Thomas
Montgomery, Joey W.
Moody, Theresa Marie
Moore, Chris T.
Morrison, Michael James (magna cum laude)
Mullowney, Brianne Marie (Co-operative Education)
(summa cum laude)
Munro, Aaron Charles
Muqbel, Nader Ibrahim
Murphy, Denah Elizabeth
Murphy, Sean William Joseph
Musseau, Troy S.
Bermuda
Scarborough, ON
Miramichi,NB
Accra, Ghana
Nasrallah, Julie
Nestor, Vanessa Angela
Nguyen, Joanna
Nowak, Erik Wolfgang
Dartmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Trenton, NS
Halifax, NS
Oake, Christopher John
Omuyaku, Addah Everlyne
Osmond, Paul Lawrence
Lewisporte, NL
Nairobi, Kenya
Mount Pearl, NL
Parmar, Manpreet Mona
Parsons, Stephanie Christine
Terrace, BC
Bedford, NS
Sofia, Bulgaria
St Albert, AB
Calgary, AB
Dartmouth, NS
Bathurst, NB
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Chester Basin, NS
Toronto, ON
Porter's Lake, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Barrie, ON
Grand Falls, NB
Sackville, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Riverview, NB
Fall River, NS
Bedford, NS
Moncton, NB
Chester, NS
Riverview, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Holland Landing, ON
Amman, Jordan
St John's, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Pearcey, Denise Michelle
Pendlebury, David James
Peng, Bei
Peterson, Jennifer Leigh
Peterson, Ryan
Pettipas, Blair J.
Phillip, Denley K.
Pilgrim, Natasha K.
Pittman, James Philip
Pook, Eric Andrew (cum laude)
Powell, Amanda Lee
Pratt, Teresa Anne
Price, Jennifer Michelle
Prole, Donald Maxwell Louis
Purdy, Christopher James
Pychko, Ksenia
Corner Brook, NL
Halifax, NS
Changsha, China
Dartmouth, NS
Shubenacadie, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Montreal, QC
St John's, NL
Stephenville, NL
Kanata, ON
Dartmouth, NS
Woodstock, NB
Truro, NS
Nipper's Harbour, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Qian, Yingying
Beijing, China
Ramsay, Erin Monica
Randall, Ian Anthony
Reindorf, Lori Anne
Ren, Meizhi
Rinzler, Daniel Maxwell
Roach, Amanda Dawn
Robar, Mark Stanley
Robertson, Sarah
Robinson, Lynette Ann
Rocheleau, Aimee Janielle Anne
Rodriguez Adam, Ramon
Rose, Kelly Ann
Ross, Alan Christopher
Ross, Jonathan Stephen
Rota, Luis C. M.
Rout, Joanne Helen
Russell, Jay Warren
Halifax, NS
Chezzetcook, NS
Lake Echo, NS
Suzhou, China
Riverview, NB
Fredericton, NB
Halifax, NS
Oxford, England
Fall River, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Campeche, Mexico
Paradise, NL
Waverley, NS
Lantz,NS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lower Sackville, NS
Coldbrook, NS
Sadler, Tara E. (sunima cum laude)
Sampson, Brian Blair
Sancton, Keith Thomas
Sangster, Kelly A.
Saunders, Allison Marie
Sawyer, Elaine A.
Sexton, Nicholas Anthony
Shakespeare, Andrea L.
Shea, Michael Richard (magna cum laude)
Shurson, Michael David
Sigut, Kelly Marie
Bedford, NS
Arichat, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Sydney, NS
Nassau, Bahamas
Windsor Junction, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Amherst, NS
Simms, Darren Gordon
Singh, Navleen (posthumously)
Skidmore, G Steve
Skoke, Anthony Alexander
Slauenwhite, Courtney J.
Sloan, Richard Gordon (Co-operative Education)
Smith, Benjamin S.
Smith, Derek Wayne
Smith, Jennifer L.
Smith, Joseph Andrew
Smith, Justin Robert
Smith, Reneka Chereece Tamara
Smith, Timothy
Snair, Paula Irene
Somner, Tareek L.
Song, Fen
Spaulding, Randy C.
Spry, Daniel Alexander
St. Martin, Heather Nadine
Stanhope, Heather Dawn (summa cum laude)
Strong, Kenneth Victor
Surette, Benjamin F.
Swaby, Lakeisha L.
Sydney, Cheryl L.
Twillingate, NL
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Stellarton, NS
Melvern Square, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Lunenburg, NS
Moncton, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Great Village, NS
Kingston, NS
Smith's, Bermuda
Dartmouth, NS
Sackville, NS
Hamilton, Bermuda
Beijing, China
Halifax, NS
Elmsdale, NS
Castries, St Lucia
Halifax, NS
Wolfville, NS
Halifax, NS
Nassau, Bahamas
Halifax. NS
Taylor, Derek E.
Taylor, Kerri Danielle
Taylor, Nicholas B.
Thibert, Marsha I.
Thomas, Cathrine M.
Thomas, Melanie L.
Thomeh, Nassim J.
Thompson, Catherine Joleen
Thomson, Peter John
Tilden, Regan
Timmons, Stacey Lynn
Toope, Jennifer Michelle
Torbert, Alex Ross
Tremblay, Isabelle Anna
Tripp, Michael David
Turnbull, Chad L.
Cole Harbour, NS
Bridgetown, NS
Windsor, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Pleasant Bay, NS
Bridgewater, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Riverview, NB
Stellarton, NS
Udle, Jordan Kent
Upham, Christopher Gary (magna cum laude)
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Veinot, Michael Bradley
Vessey, Karen Denise
Vickers, Bradley Micheal
Kentville, NS
Fredericton, NB
Halifax, NS
Walia, Charu
Walker, David Ross Christopher
Wan, Siu Sze
Wang, Min Jie
Wang, Shanshan
Wang, Xiaolun (cum laude)
Ward, Monique S.
Warner, Laura Virginia
Watson, Matthew Allan
Watson, William Gerard Joseph
Weller, Arin S. M.
White, Jennifer Lynn
White, Patrick G.
Whitmore, Paula C.
Wile, Bradley David
Willett, Laurie-Ann
Williams, Geoffrey Hayden
Williams, Thomas Marc
Wood, Alicia M.
Woodburn, Mark R.
Wooden, Leanne Margaret
New Delhi, India
Halifax, NS
Hong Kong
Shanghai, China
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Nassau, Bahamas
Toronto, ON
Porter's Lake, NS
Saskatoon, SK
Hamilton, Bermuda
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Hillsborough, NB
Halifax, NS
Grand Cascapedia, QC
Halifax, NS
Dieppe Bay, St Kitts
Bedford, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Xu, Gao
Hunan, China
Yang, Xue (magna cum laude)
Young, Graham Robert
Yu, Daowei
Shanghai, China
Dartmouth, NS
Fuzhou, China
Zelenewich, Brent Glen
Zhang, Bei
Zhang, Lixing
Zhang, Qing Qing (Co-operative Education)
Winnipeg, MB
Beijing, China
Nanjing, China
Wuhan, China
CERTIFICATE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Afani, Ghada Akrima
Alhassan, Ahmed Alhaji
Allen, Iona Elizabeth
Anderson, Robert P.
Arsanious, Rasha R.
Arthur, Bryan Craven William
Aucoin, Janice
Halifax, NS
Accra, Ghana
Halifax, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Calgary, AB
Cheticamp, NS
Baxter, Crystal Lynn
Booth, Stacy Christine
Bowers, Jeffrey Royburn
Brogan, Lindsey C.
Brown, Heather Denise
New Glasgow, NS
Enfield, NS
MacLellan's Brook, NS
Florence, NS
Grand Falls, NL
Brown, Lauren Catherine
Brown, Nicole Marie
Halifax, NS
Sydney Mines, NS
Casey, James David
Castro, Tina Marie
Conn, Earl Matthew
Connors, Randy J. D.
Cook, Lana Marlene
Corrigan, Devan J.
Cosgrove, Mary Kathleen
Halifax, NS
Saint John, NB
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Lower Sackville, NS
Charlo, NB
Halifax, NS
Dajani, Deema Fouad
Dore, Jennifer A.
Doyle, Alanna Kelly
Doyle, Pamela Dawn
Dutkoski, Timothy Alan
Palestine
Halifax, NS
Porter's Lake, NS
Dartmouth, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Edwards, Sabrina G.
Eisan, Sarah Lynn
Ellis, Crystal Anne
Joggins, NS
Ship Harbour, NS
Halifax, NS
Farwell, Sandra E.
Fleming, Jody Rita
Foley, James Edward
Fox, Jennifer Linda
Francis, Danielle Marie
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Gamier, Margaret Marie
George, Jillian Emlyn
Glavine, April Ann Margaret
Gunter, Pamela M.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
St John's, Antigua
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Halifax, NS
Hache, Claudine
Harris, Timothy John
Henley, Liam P.
Hennigar, David Christian
Hodder, Elizabeth C.
Howard, Mark Thomas
Huggins, Michael Allen
Hum, Hung Yee
Hunt, Jason Robert
Hunt, Patrick Owen
Hypolite, RozinaL.
Free Grant, NB
Summerside, PE
Toronto, ON
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Brampton, ON
Bridgewater, NS
Devonshire, Bermuda
Jenkins, John Andrew
Jennings, Tara Margaret
Jones, Michael Allison
Joudrey, Mark Adrian
New Glasgow, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Saint John, NB
Bedford, NS
Keenan, Seth Joseph
Kelly, Chrissy G
Kemp, Angela Denise
Woodstock, NB
Vankleek Hill, ON
Beaverbank, NS
Lamont, Matthew Louis
Latham, Jonathan
Lawrence, Donna M.
Legere, Melissa Marie
Lesperance, Dianna E.
Locke, Kelly E.
Lu, Shanshan
Lush, Carolyn Michelle
Halifax, NS
Sydney, NS
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Amherst, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Beijing, China
Dartmouth, NS
MacDonald, David Alexander
MacDonald, Lois Ann
MacDonald, Paula A.
MacLean, Michelle L.
Mahar, Virginia L.
Maheux, Chantal
McArel, Sheila Kathleen
McGill, Emily Jane
McLaughlin, Kerry Phyllis
Melanson, Margaret Mary
Moody, Theresa Marie
Muqbel, Nader Ibrahim
Murphy, Denah Elizabeth
Murphy, Katie Marie
Murphy, Randall E.
Musseau, Troy S.
Halifax, NS
Lake Echo, NS
Souris, PE
Dartmouth, NS
New Glasgow, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Toronto, ON
Rothesay, NB
Grand Falls, NB
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Amman, Jordan
St John's, NL
Lower Sackville, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Nasrallah, Julie
Nowak, Erik Wolfgang
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Oake, Christopher John
Omuyaku, Addah Everlyne
Lewisporte, NL
Nairobi, Kenya
Paris, Shane
Parsons, Stephanie Christine
Pendlebury, David James
Penney, Julia C.
Pilgrim, Lorena Raeann
Pilgrim, Natasha K.
Pittman, James Philip
Powell, Amanda Lee
Power, Laura Elizabeth
Pratt, Teresa Anne
Price, Jennifer Michelle
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
Stephenville, NL
Dartmouth, NS
Sydney, NS
Woodstock, NB
Truro, NS
Puddister, Tanya G.
Purdy, Christopher James
Pychko, Ksenia
Upper Tantallon, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Reindorf, Lori Anne
Roach, Amanda Dawn
Roberts, Vincent Keelan
Robinson, Wendy J.
Lake Echo, NS
Fredericton, NB
Truro, NS
Stewiacke,NS
Sasinek, F. Silvester
Smith, Derek Wayne
Smith, Reneka Chereece Tamara
St. Croix, DoreenM.
Stewart, Bernadine Kimm
Sutherland, Sheila D.
Halifax, NS
Moncton, NB
Smith's, Bermuda
Bedford, NS
Westville, NS
Halifax, NS
Takayashiki, Yoko
Taylor, Kerri Danielle
Taylor, Nicholas B.
Thibert, Marsha I.
Thomas, Cathrine M.
Thompson, Catherine Joleen
Turnbull, Chad L.
Turner, Allan P.
Yubari, Japan
Bridgetown, NS
Windsor, NS
Cole Harbour, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Stellarton, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Wan, Siu Sze
Wang, Shanshan
Ward, Nathan Arthur Joseph
Warner, Laura Virginia
Watson, Lee A.
Watson, William Gerard Joseph
Whalen, Sharon Ann
Whiffen, Ashleigh Juan
Whitmore, Paula C.
Willett, Laurie-Ann
Woodburn, Mark R.
Hong Kong
Beijing, China
Bedford, NS
Toronto, ON
Cole Harbour, NS
Saskatoon, SK
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
Hillsborough, NB
Grand Cascapedia, QC
Halifax,NS
MASTER OF ARTS (ATLANTIC CANADA STUDIES)
Graham, Daniel Glenn
Judique, NS
Kholkhoeva, Larissa Vasilievna
Moscow, Russia
MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY)
Binasco, Matteo
Pozzolo Formigaro, Italy
Cui, Xiang
Datong, China
MASTER OF ARTS (INT'L DEVELOPMENT STUDIES)
Burger, Erika Stefanie
Halifax, NS
Guertin, Trista Victoria
St Catharines, ON
Kassim, Iddi
Accra, Ghana
Matthews, Brennen J.
Halifax, NS
Mba Talla, Modeste Paulin
Yaounde, Cameroon
Nyajeka, Lily Doreen
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Wadel, Amanda Beth
Kitchener, ON
MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S STUDIES)
Harper, Lucille
Keppoch Mountain, NS
EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Anderson, Margaret J.
Sherbrooke, NS
Berliner, Catherine A.
Truro, NS
Coady, Kerrie Ellen
Cornish, Louise Yvonne
Dartmouth, NS
Terence Bay, NS
Donelan, Edward Patrick
Dormody, R. Denise
Duncan, Torquil Bruce William
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Emerson, Patricia Louise
Halifax, NS
Funicelli, Gina V.
Halifax, NS
Henneberry, Kerri Ann
Halifax, NS
King, Catherine Julia
St John's, NL
MacGillivary, Angela M. E.
Maclntyre, Ellen Verona
McCarron, Catherine Alice
McDonald, Grant Michael
Milner, Suzanne M.
Moncton, NB
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Patterson, Richard A.
Perron, Timothy George
Pilotte, Joel
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
Montreal, QC
Slauenwhite, Stephen Stanford
Stirling-Sanders, Natalie Louise
Halifax, NS
Bedford, NS
Thomson, Gregory Scott
Dartmouth, NS
Victor, Mark Eugene
Charlottetown, PE
Zvalo, Viliam
Bojnice, Slovakia
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Abou Haidar, Toufic
Ali, Naveed
Alonso, Fabio Frassani
Anuphapphan, Somwatsana
Azad, Mohammad Tanvir
Halifax, NS
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bangkok, Thailand
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ball, Stephen William
Bhatt, Sureel Y.
Bian, Chao
Black, Todd W.
Bortolussi, David Matthew Robert
Budgell, Bradley Dion
Butler, W. Jeff
Bishop's Falls, NL
Ahmedabad, India
Zhengzhou, China
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
St Anthony, NL
Hr Grace, NL
Campbell, Susan Marie
Chen, Zhen
Chin-Yee, Fionn Mark
Collins, Christopher
Collins, Raymond Patrick
Cook, Blair Alexander
Curry, Pamela Louise
Halifax, NS
Beijing, China
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
St John's, NL
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Daw, Bradley Richard
de Souza, Telmo Oliveira
Deighan, Stephanie Lyndia
Du, Wei
Dubois, Valerie Anne
St John's, NL
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Toronto, ON
Tianjin, China
Halifax, NS
Ed-Dridi, Emad Subhi
Halifax, NS
Ferrari, Guillermo Alexis
Hook, David Craig
Fowler, Dennis Alexander
Mendoza, Argentina
Whitby, ON
St John's, NL
Gou, Jian Ao
Greene, Lorelei
Xifeng, China
Placentia, NL
Hamilton, Jeffrey N.
Hua, Lin
Huang, Wei
Dartmouth, NS
Xian, China
Beijing, China
Iwhiwhu, Ejiro G
Abraka, Nigeria
Jost, William David
Bedford, NS
Khan, Wasif Rauf
Korku, Caner
Halifax, NS
Istanbul, Turkey
Leger, Serge
Li, Jun
Li, Mengtao
Liu, Yuheng
Long, George Anthony
Lu, Pei-Ru
B athurst, NB
TianJin, China
Deyang, China
Beijing, China
Fredericton, NB
Taipei, Taiwan
MacCallum, Lorie Lee
MacDonald, Colin H.
MacDonald, Matthew G.
MacEachern, Timothy John
Maclnnes, Christine H.
MacRitchie, John Kenneth
Mason, Paul Andrew
Mclnnes, Robert D.
McLaughlin, Sarah Meghan
McLeod, Elizabeth Anne
Medeiros Neto, Luiz Borges
Morley, Tammy Lee
Morris, Timothy M.
Truro, NS
Guysborough, NS
Stellarton, NS
Stratford, PE
Halifax,NS
Halifax, NS
Windsor Junction, NS
Nipawin, SK
London, ON
Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS
Campina Grande, Brazil
Halifax, NS
St John's, NL
Norton, Judy-Ann
Halifax, NS
Pace, Cynthia D.
Power, Robert Edward
Publicover, Nea Renee
Halifax, NS
Calvert, NL
Bridgewater, NS
Rammaniya, Ratanawadi
Raviv, OphirD.
Robbins, Timothy S.
Romano, Cedric Nelson
Roop, Colin J.
Rudderham, James C.
Ryan, Christopher Stephen
Bangkok, Thailand
Israel
Halifax, NS
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Charlottetown, PE
Sydney, NS
North Sydney, NS
Saifi, Said Maamoun
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Segmen, Ahmet
Shan, Jie
Shih, Chen-Hsi Claire
Simmons, Edward James
Sivucha, Michael John
Smith, Chris M.
Sofyalioglu, Ali Abdi
Adana, Turkey
Beijing, China
Taipei, Taiwan
Mount Pearl, NL
Barriere, BC
Halifax, NS
Ankara, Turkey
Tan, Ratna Dewi
Taylor, Jacon C.
Surabaya, Indonesia
Halifax, NS
Udle, Clark John
Halifax, NS
Vaughan, Nancy Anne
Burlington, ON
Wang, Dun
White, Mark Stephen
Wu, MingKui
Toronto, ON
St Catharines, ON
Vancouver, BC
Xiong, Lin
Zhenjiang, China
Yang, Dan
Yigitkus, Onur
Beijing, China
Istanbul, Turkey
Zhang, Hui
Zhang, Xuesong (Sam)
Zou, Zheng
DaLian, China
Shenzhen, China
Chengdu, China
MASTER OF FINANCE
Bai, Lingzi
Hangzhou, China
Feng, Suyan
Suzhou, China
Hu, Jing
Huang, Ping
Suzhou, China
Shanghai, China
Li, Xiaoyang
Liu, Xuan
Liu, Yunxu
Lu, Chunqing
Nanning, China
Shanghai, China
Fuzhou, China
Beijing, China
Shao, DanDan
Shen, Lei
Shen, Yujie
DaLian, China
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Wang, Bin
Cheng Du, China
Xu,Yiming
Suzhou, China
Zhang, Zhirou
Zou, Qi
Beijing, China
Zhangjiagang, China
MASTER OF SCIENCE (APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY)
Houde, Sebastian J. R. J.
Ste-Anne-de-La Perade, QC
MacLean, Carla Lindsay
Mahar, Christopher
Mahar, Tammy A.
North Vancouver, BC
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
MASTER OF SCIENCE (APPLIED SCIENCE)
Chester Basin, NS
Easy, Russell H. (Co-operative Education)
Halifax, NS
Estabrooks, Tammy Lynn
Halifax, NS
Granados Saavedra, Nidia Patricia
Wuhan, China
Xu, Jing
MASTER OF SCIENCE (ASTRONOMY)
Maclnnis, David Robert
Truro, NS
PROFESSORS EMERITI
The title professor emeritus will be bestowed on two members of the Faculty - Dr. Darryl
Bruce and Dr. Wayne Grennan.
Dr. Darryl Bruce
Please see write-up on Dr. Bruce below as he is also one of this year's retirees.
Dr. Wayne Grennan
Dr. Wayne Grennan joined the Department of Philosophy at Saint Mary's as a Lecturer in
1975. At that time he held a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the former Nova Scotia
Technical College, and an Honours B.A. and M.A. from Dalhousie University. He received
his Doctor in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1977 and was granted tenure at Saint
Mary's two years later. As a result of his teaching and research achievements, Dr. Grennan
was appointed Professor of Philosophy in 2000. He has published ten articles and two
books, Argument Evaluation (1984), and Informal Logic: Issues And Techniques (1997).
Dr. Grennan has served as Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy; as a member of
the University Senate; and of the Board of Governors, as well as on a variety of University
Committees.
All members of Dr. Grennan's immediate family are graduates of Saint Mary's. His wife,
Eleanor Grennan, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, in Psychology; son, Gavin, received a
Bachelor of Arts in French, a Bachelor of Commerce, in Economics, and an Master of
Business Administration; while son, Damon, received a Bachelor of Arts and the Honours
Certificate in History.
When he retired in August 2003, Dr. Grennan indicated that he planned to continue his
research projects; spend more time traveling; and, in a futile attempt, master the game of
golf.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
At this year's Spring Convocations, Saint Mary's University will confer six honorary
degrees: three in the afternoon and three in the evening.
AFTERNOON CONVOCATION
Sara H. Basson
Dr. Basson holds four degrees - a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Studies (magna
cum laude) from New York University; a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics from
Hunter College of the City University of New York; Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science
from the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York; and an M.B.A. degree in
Management/Marketing with honors from the Stern School of Business, New York
University.
From 1977 to 1983, she was an adjunct instructor in English as a Second Language at New
York University and Hunter College of the City University of New York; and for the next
four years, an instructor in Speech and Hearing Science courses, Long Island University
and the C.W. Post Center, followed by a stint as a consultant with IBM - Thomas J.
Watson Research Laboratory from 1984 to 1986. For the next twelve years, she was
employed at NYNEX/Bell Atlantic Science and Technology in White Plains, New York,
serving in various capacities as the Operations Manager for Network Systems Advanced
Technology Organizations; marketing to NYNEX business units as well as external
sponsors to ensure project funding, etc. From 1988 to the present, she has been
employed with IBM in several capacities, first in the human language technologies from
1988 to 2000; following by working in the Accessibility Centre where she served as
Manager of Marketing and Business Development. From 2002 to the present, she has
been serving as the Program Manager of Accessibility Service in Global Services for IBM.
It was in this latter capacity that she has been working very closely with Dr. David Leitch
and his staff at the University's Atlantic Centre for the Support of Students with
Disabilities and is frequently on the Saint Mary's University campus.
Aside from her professional work, she has an extensive list of publications with joint
authorship ranging in date from 1986 to 2001 and is currently on the Editorial Board of the
International Journal of Speech Technologies. Her other interests include serving on the
Board of Directors of the Meals-on-Wheels program for White Plains, New York and as
the President of the Board of Directors of the Applied Voice Input/Output Society from
1999 to 2001.
She and husband, Amnon, have four sons - Jordan, Tom, Jesse, and Adam.
Daniel M. Brownlow
Born in Northern Ireland, Daniel McCartney Brownlow came with his family to a farm in
Alberta while he was still very young. In 1939, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy
Volunteer Reserve as an ordinary seaman and rose to the rank of Lieutenant during service
in World War II. Following this war service, he attended the University of Alberta and
received a Bachelor of Education degree. He then re-entered the naval service, serving in
the Korean Conflict and later commanded HMC ships, Granby and Quinte. In 1958, he
joined the Federal Public Service, serving with the Department of National Defense in the
position of Master Attendant and Assistant Queen's Harbour Master in Halifax.
Mr. Brownlow was a member of Dartmouth City Council for 21 years serving on the Board
of School Commissioners for 10 years where he was elected Chairman of the Board six
times. During this time, he pursued graduate studies in Educational Psychology at Mount
Saint Vincent University. He became Mayor of the then City of Dartmouth in October 1976
and did not re-offer for this civic position in 1985, retiring instead from municipal politics.
Since that time, he has continued to volunteer and participate with numerous community
and charity groups. As an example, at the present time, he is involved with the following Director and former Chairman of the Dartmouth Senior Citizens Advisory Board; President
of Brownlow Enterprises Limited; Member of the Royal United Services Institute of Nova
Scotia; a Director of the Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation; founding member of
the Dartmouth Regional Heritage Foundation; Director of the Lupus Society of Nova
Scotia as well as the Dartmouth Regional Museum; a member of the Federal
Superannuates National Association; and is an Honorary Life Member of the Knights of
Columbus. He is also involved with the Charitable Irish Society.
He has formerly been involved with a very large and diverse number of organizations,
including the Atlantic Winter Fair; Neptune Theatre; Canoe Championships; Federal Task
Force on Airport Management; the Board of Police Commissioners; the Chairperson of the
Metropolitan Authority; the Metro Area Planning Commission; the Halifax/Dartmouth Port
Commission and a Representative on the Canadian Pensioners concerned.
It is not surprising; therefore, that Mr. Brownlow has received a number of awards,
medals, and declarations. For example, in 1992, the Nova Scotia Seniors' Expo chose him
as the "Most Remarkable Senior". Then in the year 2000, he was made a Paul Harris
Fellow after winning the International Rotarians Community Service Award and in that
same year, HRM presented a Certificate of Appreciation as a veteran of World War II.
Then in 2001, HRM presented him with a community service award. He has also received
a significant number of medals and declarations from his significant military life, including
Battle of the Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; the Commonwealth Medal
for Service in Korea; the Korean Volunteer Medal and the United Nations Medal for
Service in Korea. In Canada, he has been honored with a Confederation Medal; a Queen's
Silver Jubilee Medal as well as a Gold Anniversary Medal; and the Canadian Forces
Declaration (CD) and two bars.
Aside from his work as a distinguished Royal Canadian Service person; former Mayor of
Dartmouth; and a significant community volunteer, Mr. Brownlow's family connection
with Saint Mary's University is remarkable. Ten members of his immediate family have
attended Saint Mary's University. These include Patrick, who attended Saint Mary's
University High School and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
1968, the same year that his brother, Michael, also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
degree. Michael followed this up with a B.Ed, in 1970 and was a lecturer for two years in
the Sociology Department as well as serving as Administrative Assistant to the Vice
President (Finance and Development) from 1969 to 1970. The third son, Shawn, graduated
with a Certificate in Criminology in 1990. Not to be outdone, the next generation of the
Brownlow family also has strong connections with Saint Mary's University. Matthew
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000, followed two years later by a Bachelor of
Science degree; Daniel attended from 1993 and 1994 as did Christopher from 1998 to 1999;
John from 2000 to 2002; Emily from 2003 to the present; and Bridget from 2004 to the
present who also serves as the Sexual Harassment Advisor at the University. His
daughter-in-law, Maureen O'Neil, obtained a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Saint
Mary's University in 1960. All members of Daniel and the late Genevieve's family reside in
the Dartmouth/Halifax area.
Burris Devanney
A native Haligonian, Burris Devanney, attended public school in Halifax, graduating from
Saint Patrick's High School in 1957. He then moved on to Saint Mary's University on a
Knights of Columbus Scholarship; played on the University Football Team, which won
the Maritime Junior (under 21) Championship three years in a row; and graduated magna
cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and Philosophy
in 1958. The next year he was at Dalhousie University, where he also played football in
the first Dalhousie/Saint Mary's Football game at the Wanderer's Grounds in September
1959. He graduated from Dalhousie with a Bachelor of Education degree in 1960. His
other formal education included a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of
Ottawa in 1972 and the completion of the course requirements for a doctorate in English
Literature at the University of Ottawa.
His teaching career began at Saint Patrick's High School where he also coached the high
school football team for five years. In June 1965, he married Louanne Webb and they
went off to Africa together for two years, having contracts in Rodesia and Nigeria. From
1967, until his retirement from the Halifax School Board in 1994 he worked not only at Saint
Patrick's High School but also at Halifax West and more latterly, J. L. Ilsley High School.
As soon as he retired, he was appointed Executive Director of The Nova Scotia Gambia
Association which he and his wife helped to found in the mid-80's. This has grown over
the years to have a nation-wide impact in The Gambia, West Africa.
Since retirement from the school board, Burris and his wife have been dividing their time
between Halifax and Banjul in The Gambia where he was instrumental in the establishment
of the Saint Mary's University's Extension Program; a peer health education program; and
more recently, a working partnership between the Halifax Regional Police Service and The
Gambia Police force.
He has co-authored two curriculum resource books used in the Canadian public school
system and was the co-producer/editor of a 105 minute video production entitled "The
Gambia Project", which won the Award of Excellence for Documentaries at the Atlantic
Film Festival in 1987.
His varied working career has resulted in a number of significant awards being bestowed
on him, including, the Louis Perinbam Award in International Development in 2003; the
Order of the Republic of The Gambia in 2000; the Distinguished Community Service Award
of Saint Mary's University's Alumni Association for professional and voluntary
endeavors, in Canada and abroad, in 1999; the UNAC Halifax 50th Anniversary Global
Citizenship Award in 1995; and was also made a "Paul Harris Fellow" by the Rotary
Foundation and Rotary International "in appreciation of tangible and significant
assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relationship
among people of the world" in 1998.
He and his wife have two children - Sarah, a graduate of Saint Mary's University in 1994
with a Bachelor of Education degree, who is currently teaching in the Teaching English as
a Second Language Centre at Saint Mary's University; and Matthew, who graduated from
Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors in History) in 1992. He taught a
History course at the Saint Mary's University Extension Program in The Gambia in the
year 2000 and has been both teaching History and serving as department head of social
studies at Marina International School in The Gambia for the past four years.
EVENING CONVOCATION
Graham W. Dennis
A native Haligonian, Mr. Dennis attended Sir Charles Tupper Elementary School, followed
by three years at Cornwallis Junior High School prior to entering Queen Elizabeth High
School. After graduation, he attended McGill University where he received his Bachelor
of Arts degree in 1949.
One of the greatest inspirations in his life was his Father - a self-made man with a grade 4
education who proved that you could get ahead in life if you worked hard. Mr. Dennis is,
indeed, the third generation of his family to be in the newspaper business. He started as a
child selling newspapers, working during summer break and began working full-time after
his University degree was conferred. In 1954, upon the death of his Father, he assumed
the role of publisher of the Halifax Herald Limited newspapers and in 1963, he became
President and C.E.O. of The Chronicle Herald, The Mail Star, and The Sunday Herald.
When queried about his career milestones, Mr. Dennis indicated that being able to
oversee the purchase of three presses during his years in the business stands out. When
queried about his outstanding and proudest achievements to the success of an
organization or profession, he indicated that he is the longest-serving publisher in Canada
and his papers are the largest independent ones in the country. He gives daily personal
attention to the newspapers' progress and development. The papers are a "sacred trust".
A steadfast loyalty and determination have allowed his newspapers to remain
independent - while out-of-province interest controls so many other newspapers. To
support further his outstanding achievement in the success of his organizations and
profession, in 1984, Mr. Dennis was made a member of the Order of Canada, the citation
reading in part "since entering the family newspaper business in Halifax, he has
progressively realized the ideal of a public spirited publisher. While consistently
developing the close ties of The Chronicle Herald and Mail Star to their community, he
has also championed minority rights, education, hospitals, underprivileged children and
the economy of the Atlantic region".
While Mr. Dennis often refers to himself as "just a humble peddler" of papers who
frequently shies away from the limelight, he is always "in the know" as to what is going
on in his newspaper as well as in the Province. He maintains daily contact with all
departments at the newspaper, is rarely away from the office, and calls the newsroom
regularly in the evening with the famous "whose in charge" to get a run-down of what is
running on page one in tomorrow's edition. The daily meetings with the managing editor
and other department heads are prefaced with a "what's new" greeting. He has never
requested that a story be kept out of the paper - on the contrary - he is always eager for
the people of Nova Scotia to get more news.
Not content to spend all of his time in the office, Mr. Dennis is famous for his forays
across the Province and remains an eternal optimist for the future of Nova Scotia. He
always returns from these forays with plenty of stories for the newsroom to follow-up and
to his credit, therefore, his newspapers are a keen source of Nova Scotian news.
As one would expect, there has been considerable community and charitable involvement
by Mr. Dennis over his distinguished career. This has led to such as the establishing of
the Dennis Medical Fund at Dalhousie Medical School; supporting the Duke of
Edinburgh Awards for many years and establishing a special pediatric fund at the IWK
Hospital for children which resulted in him being awarded the IWK Award for Distinction
in 1983. He is also a keen supporter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Cystic Fibrosis
Society and the Sisters of Charity. Through The Herald, Mr. Dennis continues to support
three charities by covering all administrative costs - the Bill Lynch Memorial Fund;
Rainbow Haven Opportunities Fund; and the Goodfellows Club.
Mr. Dennis donated to the Province of Nova Scotia what is now known as Bayswater
Beach for public use and when Laurie Park was opened, he permitted his adjoining lands
to be used for public access to this Park. He also established the Dennis Park at
Stewiacke.
Additional awards which have been bestowed on him include the Queen's Jubilee Medal
(1977); the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his many contributions for
journalism and society as a whole (2003); and also in the year 2003, an Honorary Doctor of
Civil Law degree was conferred on him by the University of Kings College. This past
November, he was the recipient of a Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Award for his
lifetime of humanitarian work.
His late son, Willliam, graduated from Saint Mary's University with a Master of Business
Administration degree in May 2002 and his daughter, Sarah, also graduated with a Master
of Business Administration degree six years earlier and now is a member of the
University's Board of Governors.
Frank J.Hayden
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
1955, Dr. Hayden moved to the University of Illinois in Urbana and three years later,
received a Master of Science degree followed in 1962 by a Ph.D. degree.
Professor Emeritus at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, Dr. Hayden has also
served on the faculties of the University of Toronto and the University of Western
Ontario. From 1975 to 1981, he was Director of the School of Physical Education and
Athletics at McMaster. He has a special interest in sport and fitness programs for
children, particularly for those classified as developmentally disabled.
A graduate of the University of Illinois' Physical Fitness Research Laboratory, he has
spent over 40 years designing and evaluating exercise and sport programs. In 1966, he coauthored the first national study of the fitness of Canadian children, a project which
involved 11,000 boys and girls from coast to coast and provided the basis for the
Centennial Fitness Program and, later, the Canada Fitness Awards. He also co-developed
and co-authored the R.C.A.F.'s famous 5BX Program.
For seven years, Dr. Hayden served as a Director at the Kennedy Foundation in
Washington, D.C. His work there ranged from developing new concepts in playground
design to establishment of federal legislation to assist the disabled. Perhaps his most
significant accomplishment was the creation and development of "Special Olympics".
This program of sport training and competition for people with a mental handicap
currently involves 1.2 million participants in 150 countries. The tenth World Summer
Games were held in June, 1999, in North Carolina, USA, and involved 7,000 competitors
from those countries. 2000 athletes from 60 countries competed in the Seventh World
Winter Games in Anchorage, Alaska, in March of 2001.
From 1981 to 1984, Dr. Hay den took leave from McMaster to establish the Special
Olympics' Office of International Development, and served as its first Director. He
designed and directed international growth of the program from 15 national organizations
to 50. His travels have taken him across Europe, South and Central America, Asia and the
South Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, North America and the Caribbean.
In 1988, Dr. Hayden took early retirement from McMaster and moved to Paris to establish
and direct the Office of European Affairs for Special Olympics International. In the two
years which followed, 13 new national organizations were created in Europe, making a
total of 30, stretching from Moscow to Reykjavik and Oslo to Nicosia. A total of 2,300
athletes from those countries competed at the European Summer Games in Glasgow,
Scotland, in July, 1990.
The Paris Office became the focal point of promotion, communication, and technical
assistance for sport training and competition for the mentally handicapped in Europe. In
October, 1990, Dr. Hayden turned over the office and European affairs to European
personnel and returned to Canada. From 1994 to 2000, he served as Special Consultant to
Canadian Special Olympics. He currently works as a private consultant and lecturer and
as a Citizenship Judge for Citizenship & Immigration Canada.
In December, 1994, citing "his outstanding and lasting contributions to the lives of people
with mental handicap through sport", Maclean's magazine named Dr. Hayden to its Honor
Roll of 12 Outstanding Canadians.
In 1996, Dr. Hayden was the recipient of the prestigious Royal Bank Award for "Canadians
who have made an important contribution to human welfare and the common good".
In March, 1997, as part of its 200th Anniversary celebration, The Toronto Eaton Centre
included Dr. Hayden among the distinguished group of individuals they honoured for
having achieved excellence in their fields and for having made substantial contributions to
the civic life in Toronto. That same month, he was made an Honorary and Permanent
Member of the Canadian Olympic Association.
On April 22,1997, Dr. Hayden was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons in
Ottawa and honoured at a Parliamentary reception hosted by the Speaker. Later that year,
he was presented with the Alumni Community Service Award by the University of
Western Ontario Alumni Association. He was awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of
Laws, by McMaster University in 1997, the University of Calgary in 1988 and the
University of Toronto in 1999. Also in 1999, he was named an Officer of the Order of
Canada.
In retirement, Dr. Hayden serves as a Citizenship Judge in Hamilton, Ontario.
Marjorie M. Scardino
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Psychology from Baylor
University in 1969, she pursued a Bachelor of Law degree, graduating from the University
of San Francisco in 1975.
Until 1985, she was a partner in a law firm in Savannah, Georgia, as well as being the
publisher and founder with her husband of the Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper, The
Georgia Gazette. She then spent 12 years as the Chief Executive of the Economist Group
and is now the Chief Executive of Pearson, the international media group whose primary
business operations include Pearson Education (incorporating businesses such as Scott
Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley and educational testing, data and software
operations); the Financial Times Group and Penguin books. Pearson also owns a 50%
stake in The Economist.
For her successful business leadership, particularly in the publication of educational
material and also her very positive role model, Dr. Scardino has been granted a number of
honorary degrees from institutions such as New School University, Brunei University, the
Heriot-Watt University and Exeter University. She has also been presented with a number
of prestigious awards, including the New York City Partnership's International Commerce
and Leadership Award; the Women's Economic Round Table Award; Baylor University
Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award; Futuro Business Magazine (Spain)
Best European Business Person of 2001; the University of Iowa's Business Leadership
Award; and the National Centre for Learning Difficulties' Spirit of Achievement Award. In
addition, in February 2002, she was named a Dame Commander of the British Empire and is
an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School as well as a Fellow of the City and
Guilds of the London Institute. She is a non-executive member of Nokia Corporation and a
member of a large number of charitable and advisory boards, including The Carter Center
and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Dr. Scardino is married to Albert Scardino, a journalist, and they have three children.
RETIREMENTS
Six faculty members are to retire this August with a combined years of service of 188
years.
Stanley Armstrong
Dr. Armstrong joined Saint Mary's University's Department of Religious Studies on 1
September 1960 and will retire on 31 August 2004. Dr. Armstrong has asked that no special
recognition be made of his retirement - a wish which the University community respects.
Darryl Bruce
Darryl Bruce graduated from McGill University in 1959 with a B .Com. degree and has a
C.A. degree from the Quebec Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1961, he concluded
that that there had to be something more interesting in life than balance sheets and profit
and loss statements and he decided to become a university professor. But of what?
Psychology seemed interesting. So he took up study in that field, first at the University of
California at Berkeley and then at Pennsylvania State University, where he earned his
Ph.D. degree. Following a postdoctoral research year at the University of Toronto (196667), he accepted a faculty position at Florida State University and rose through the ranks
to full professor. In 1987, he was appointed Head of Psychology at Mount Allison
University. Three years later, he joined the Saint Mary's University faculty. He has also
held visiting professorships at Emory University, the University of Colorado, the
University of Lethbridge, and the University of Sussex. At Saint Mary's, he has served
the University and the Department of Psychology in a number of ways, notably, as a
member of the University Pension Committee and as Chairperson of Psychology from 1990
to 1994.
In teaching and research, Dr. Bruce has specialized in two areas: human memory and the
history of psychology. His research in these fields has been supported in Canada by
NSERC and SSHRC and in the U. S. by the National Institute on Aging, the National
Institutes of Health, the Office of Education, and the Office of Naval Research. He is the
co-editor of two books on memory and has written over 50 articles on memory and the
history of psychology.
In retirement, he intends, among other things, to maintain his association with the
University and to continue doing, albeit at a more leisurely pace, the many things that are
the privileges and rewards of being a professor, which in his case includes thinking,
writing, and teaching about various topics in psychology.
Milton Chew
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from Juniata College, followed by a
Master of Science and a Ph.D. from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Dr. Chew joined
the staff of Saint Mary's University in 1974. He has the distinction of being the first
chairperson of the newly-created Department of Finance and Management Science and
has served in that capacity for a total of 10.0 years. His other service commitments to
Saint Mary's University including a number of positions within Saint Mary's University's
Faculty Union. He will retire on August 31 2004, admitting that he will "miss his students
and faculty and staff colleagues but he is looking forward to spending much more time
with his grandchildren and other 'fun' activities".
Irmingard Lenzer
Dr. Lenzer joined the University's Department of Psychology in 1969 and hence when she
retires at the end of the summer, she will have served the University for a total of 35 years.
Dr. Lenzer has asked that no special recognition be made of her retirement - a wish which
the University community respects.
Kenneth MacKinnon
Kenneth MacKinnon joined the Department of English at Saint Mary's in 1962. He
chaired the Department in 1963-1964 and again in the years between 1974 and 1978. He
also administered in Atlantic Canada Studies, as Program Co-ordinator from 1980 to 1982
and as Executive Director of the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada
Studies from 1986 to 1989. Besides serving on Senate, the Board of Governors, and
chairing the Senate Curriculum Committee as well as the University Grievance Committee,
he was also long active on the executive of a number of regional and national academic
bodies and cultural organizations. He volunteered for the Atlantic Canada Institute from
1972 to 1988, designing and securing support for the Institute's non-credit summer
programs on the culture of the region. Besides time on the executive of bodies such as
the Nova Scotia Historical Society, he was from 1991 to 2001 Secretary of the local Gaelic
Society and helped mount its Gaelic-language and music programs. Over the years, he
served on the executive of eight national academic societies in Canadian Studies, Scottish
Studies, and English Studies, and for two years edited for the Canadian Association of
Chairs of English the C.A.C.E. Newsletter.
As a teacher, scholar, and research facilitator. Dr. MacKinnon has been a pioneer in
Atlantic Canadian cultural studies. He initiated the first full-year course taught anywhere
in the literature of the region in 1972; the first course on regional culture in 1978; cofounded the Saint Mary's-based Atlantic Provinces Book Review in 1974 and chaired its
board until 1989; helped mount the first colloquium on Atlantic literature in 1976 and
edited the proceedings as a book in 1977; chaired the Program Committee of the first
conference ever held on ethnic identity in the region in 1981; and headed up the Canadian
Ethnic Studies Association National Conference when it came to the Gorsebrook in 1978.
In 1988, he co-edited with Dr. John Reid a special Atlantic issue of The Journal of
Canadian Studies. He has supervised a number of Atlantic Studies Masters theses,
presented over 40 conference papers, and has been active in writing and assessing journal
articles on Maritime Scottish writers and on the culture of Prince Edward Island and Nova
Scotia. With his departmental colleagues, Drs. Katz, Perkyns and Thomas, he has been a
co-editor for Nelson publishers of a highly-successful literature textbook, the original
edition of which came out in 1981 and is now in its fifth edition.
Ishmael Okraku
Dr. Okraku joined the staff of Saint Mary's University in 1973 after earning a Bachelor of
Arts degree (Ghana) as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. (Cornell). Similar to two of his other
colleagues, he has asked that no special recognition be made of his retirement - a wish
which the University community respects. He will retire from his Associate Professorship
in Sociology on 31 August 2004.
AFTERNOON CONVOCATION
VALEDICTORIAN
Juliette Gonsalves
Born in Halifax, Ms. Gonsalves' early education was in the Dutch Caribbean where she
attended the International School of Aruba, The Methodist Agogic Centre, and Saint
Maarten Academy. She graduated in June 2000 from the Scared Heart Convent of Halifax
with honors and while a student there, was a member of both the school choir and
assistant editor of the school newspaper.
Her choice of Saint Mary's University was perhaps a logical one given the fact that her
Father is an alumnus. Aside from a strong academic performance at Saint Mary's
University, as witnessed by being placed on the Dean's List in 2000-2001 and again in
2002-2003, she has worked as the features editor for The Journal for two years; as a
campus tour guide for the University; and as a cultural and administrative assistant at the
TESL Centre of the University from June 2001 to April 2002. From November 2000 to
September 2002; she was a member of Saint Mary's Basilica's Choir; was a frosh leader on
campus; and has done volunteer work at the IWK-Grace Maternity Hospital as well as
with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia. She has also worked off-campus at
such institutions as Mills Brothers and Consumer Impact Marketing as well as the 7lh
Avenue Boutique. This past year, she served as the Secretary for the Executive of the
Graduating Class of 2004.
She will graduate later today with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Classics and a
minor in German. Her future academic plans include earning a Master of Arts degree in
Classics and then either a M.B.A. or a Ph.D. in Classics.
HOODING CANDIDATE
TiaRuel
Ms. Ruel attended Auburn Drive High School prior to entering Saint Mary's University in
September 2001. While attending Saint Mary's University, she was able to maintain a high
quality point average; hence, making the Dean's List. She will graduate later today with a
Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Criminology and Psychology.
While a student at the University, she worked as a teacher's assistant for the Department
of Psychology and as a data analyst in the Department of Sociology and Criminology.
She also served as a Frosh leader, welcoming new students to the institution and helping
to make them as comfortable as possible while they adjusted to their changed
environment. She served also as a member of the Criminology Society and volunteered as
a tutor with Frontier College, helping women acquire a graduate equivalency diploma so
that they can work towards a better future. She also volunteered as a probation officer
helping to monitor the behaviour of those individuals on conditional sentences or
undertakings and providing them with help and assistance for social problems. She also
has had the privilege of working with those individuals with disabilities trying to prepare
them for independent living.
Her future plans include attending law school with aspirations of becoming a criminal
lawyer.
EVENING CONVOCATION
VALEDICTORIAN
Jonathan Bellot
Prior to enrolling at Saint Mary's University, Mr. Bellot worked for a year in Dominica with
a telecom company called Cable and Wireless. Prior to that, he had graduated from
Dominica Grammar School in 1997 and two years later, from Clifton Dupigny Community
College where he studied Economics, Sociology, and Computer Science. He entered Saint
Mary's University in September 2000 and will graduated later today with a Bachelor of
Commerce degree with a double major in Finance and Economics.
Mr. Bellot has been a very busy student while attending Saint Mary's University in that
he was a member of the DRAFT Team; Treasurer of the Caribbean Society for 2001-2002;
Vice President (External) of the Commerce Society; and International Student
Representative on the Saint Mary's University Students' Association, Inc. In addition, he
served as a resident's assistant for two years and a resident security officer for an
additional two. He was a preliminary-round competitor of the Intercollegiate Business
Competition (2003-2004) and a third place finalist at the 2004 Dalhousie International
Business Competition. He served as the co-chair and chair of the 2003 and 2004 Annual
Commerce Business Society Dinner and also as the Co-ordinator of the Sobey School of
Business 2004 Undergraduate Business Games Team.
His future plans include continuing his interest in business and legal (corporate law)
fields, hoping thereby to impact positively the lives of individuals with whom he comes in
contact.
HOODING CANDIDATE
Jessica Bitsack
After graduating from Goose Bay High School, Ms. Bitsack entered Saint Mary's
University in September 2000 and will graduate later today with a Bachelor of Commerce
degree with a major in Accounting.
While a student at the University, she was involved with the Commerce Society, The
Maroon and White Society, and the Student Alumni Association. She also worked for the
Saint Mary's University Students' Association for three years in such positions as
Information Desk Attendant and Summer Services Co-ordinator. This past academic year,
she has served as the Vice President (Finance) for the Students' Association which
involved her in at least 12 committees, including the Board of Governors, the Liquor
Operations Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Fiscal Advisory Committee. Ms.
Bitsack was also named the first Woman of the Month from the Saint Mary's University
Women's Centre, an area in which she has taken an active interest.
Ms. Bitsack hopes to return to Saint Mary's University to further her education with the
expectation of obtaining a Chartered Accountancy designation.
HISTORY OF SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY
Saint Mary's University was founded in 1802 to provide opportunities for higher learning
to young Catholic men. Its founder, the Reverend Edmund Burke, had meagre resources
to work with, but on later being named Bishop with responsibility for Nova Scotia, he
continued to support the college as essential to the development of the Catholic
community. In 1841, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly gave formal recognition of its
academic role. Its legal status was confirmed in perpetuity by enactment in 1852.
In 1913, the Christian Brothers of Ireland, a teaching order, were invited by the
Archdiocese of Halifax to direct the college and its academic program. During the ensuing
years, Saint Mary's University became more widely known for the quality of its
undergraduate teaching and continued to develop new instructional programs, most
notably within its Faculty of Commerce. In 1940 the Upper Canada Province of The
Society of Jesus was invited to succeed the Christian Brothers as administrators and
teachers in the University, and for thirty years until the enactment in 1970 of the new act
of incorporation, the college remained under Jesuit supervision. The long-standing
emphasis on liberal arts and commerce was extended to include new programs in science,
engineering, and teacher education. Extension courses became an important part of the
University's commitment to an active educational role in the community. The newest
building on campus, The Sobey Building, opened in the fall of 1998, houses the Sobey
School of Business and provides meeting rooms as well as state-of-the-art classrooms for
all three faculties of the University.
In the year 2002-2003, the University celebrated its 200th Anniversary in a year long series
of celebratory events. The celebration provided a marvellous retrospective of our past
and set the stage for the University's significant role in the 21st Century. This will be
guided by the Academic Plan, first developed in the 2002-2003 academic year under the
guidance of Dr. Terry Murphy, Vice President, Academic & Research, and through a
consultative process with all constituent groups of the University Community.
AN EXPLANATION FOR OUR GUESTS: THE CONVOCATION CEREMONY
(a)
The Procession
The ceremony starts with the procession — the entering of the members of Convocation,
beginning with the Marshall of Convocation and the students who will be presented with
degrees, diplomas, and certificates during the service. As the students fill up the chairs in
the Gymnasium, they will give the impression that today's ceremony really is, as
convocations traditionally were, a meeting of the whole University. (The word
"convocation" means "calling-together".) Indeed, the Gymnasium could not hold all the
individuals who are part of Saint Mary's — the students, the professors, the
administration, the staff, and a large number of alumni around the world — not to mention
their families and friends.
Next in the procession are special guests, the Members of Faculty, the Board of
Governors, and the Deans of the Faculties.
Next are honorary degree recipients. In addition to "earned" degrees awarded to students
who have studied and met the usual requirements, annually the University confers several
"honorary" degrees on individuals who have been designated by the University's Board
of Governors and Senate as deserving special honour. To symbolize the degrees, they will
receive hoods trimmed with specially designated colours. The person receiving this
honour will be introduced during the Convocation ceremony and a brief text is read to
explain why she merits the award. Details are found in the earlier portion in this program.
The final members of the academic procession are the Vice-President, Academic and
Research (who presides over Convocation), the President, and the Chancellor of the
University. Frequently, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and her husband join the
procession.
Many will have colourful gowns and hoods of institutions from across Canada, the United
States, and many nations of the world.
(b)
The Ceremonial Mace
The ceremonial mace, which is carried by the Marshall of Convocation at the head of the
academic procession, was presented to Saint Mary's in April 1980 and used for the first
time at the Spring Convocation of that same year. It symbolizes the University's authority
to grant degrees. It was made and presented to the University by Maritime Command in
recognition of Saint Mary's alumni killed in both world wars and also in recognition of
serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces who have been students at the
University.
The mace is made of oak with a cast brass crown and brass plates carrying traditional
ceremonial engravings. The plates represent the contribution to Saint Mary's by the
Jesuit Fathers, the Christian Brothers of Ireland, the Archdiocese of Halifax, the LaSalle
Christian Brothers, the Lay Teachers, and the Armed Forces.
(c)
Degrees and Diplomas Awarded with Distinctions
At Saint Mary's University in the general undergraduate degree and diploma programs,
academic distinctions are awarded to successful candidates on the basis of the following
cumulative quality point averages of all courses taken at Saint Mary's University.
Students must have taken a minimum of 75% of their courses at Saint Mary's University to
qualify for a distinction. There are no distinctions awarded in the Bachelor of Education
program, nor in graduate and certificate programs.
Program:
B.A., B.Comm., & B.Sc.
Quality Point Distinction:
Average
Diploma in Engineering
summa cum laude
magna cum laude
cum laude
Honours: First Class
4.00-4.30
3.85-3.99
3.70-3.84
4.00-4.30
with greatest distinction
with great distinction
with distinction
To honour those outstanding students, the President's Hall of Academic Excellence was
inaugurated on 22 May 2002. Located in the main hallway of the McNally Building,
directly outside the President's Office, this Hall will display the names of all students who
earned their parchments with one of the distinctions previously cited. It will also include
the names of students who won academic medals at graduation. This Bicentennial project
will serve as a permanent and very public recognition of the academic excellence of Saint
Mary's University's students.
TRADITIONS
Traditions form a very important component of a University. A number of these are
associated with Convocation, including the five described in the following paragraphs.
(a)
University Crest
Designed in the 1940's by the Reverend Daniel Fogarty, S.J., then Dean of Education,
each symbol in the crest has a significance relevant to the various phases and history of
the University.
On the outer portion of the crest, the name and location of the University are inscribed in
Latin and, in Roman numerals (1841), the date the University received its charter
authorizing it to grant degrees.
The book shown above the shield represents learning and knowledge. The inscription on
the page of the book is in Latin — "Age Quod Agis". This is the motto of the University
which exhorts all those connected with the University to strive to do their best in
everything that they do. This quotation is from the Irish Christian Brothers and
symbolizes their contribution to the development of the institution.
The upper part of the shield has the official seal of the Jesuits with I.H.S. being the Greek
initials for Christ's name. Below these initials are the three nails which represent the
Crucifixion, and surrounding these is the Crown of Thorns.
The two crowns represent a dual loyalty — to the then Dominion of Canada and to the
British Commonwealth. Below these crowns is the thistle, which stands for Nova Scotia's
Scottish heritage.
(b)
The Presidential Medallion of Office
On 22 October 2000, a Medallion of Office was officially presented to the University and
used for the first time that same day at the installation of Dr. J. Colin Dodds as President.
Designed and crafted by James Bradshaw and Bruce Babcock of James Bradshaw
Jewelery Design Studios, Inc., Halifax, its centre is a University Gold Medal, traditionally
awarded to the top graduating students. It symbolizes the University's deep commitment
to academic excellence. It is surrounded by contrasting sterling silver, representing the
diversity of the institution's students and of its academic programs. It was generously
presented by Mary Eileen Donahoe and her family as a memorial to the late Senator
Richard A. Donahoe, Q.C., K.S.G., LL.D.(Hon.), a member of one of the University's earliest
Boards of Governors, in recognition of his career of public service and his love of Saint
Mary's.
(c)
The Hooding Ceremony
As you will observe, all the graduates and members of the academic procession are attired
in the basic elements of formal academic dress, which at Saint Mary's follows the general
guidelines established at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. Formal attire
consists of academic robe, hood and mortar board, although at Saint Mary's the latter is
limited to Master's graduates only. The academic dress worn by each participant depends
upon the academic level attained. There is a special attire for the Bachelor level
candidates, for the Master's, and the Doctorate. While tradition has dictated the style or
cut of the academic attire, each post-secondary institution, for the most part, will amend
certain details of the attire to suit its own particular tastes and traditions.
The academic hood which each graduate is wearing symbolizes the degree into which the
student will be or has been admitted. The hood itself traces its tradition back to the
Middle Ages, when its prototype, with a cowl-like appendage and tail, was used to cover
the shoulders in the cold and draughty medieval buildings or in inclement weather.
Gradually this garment was modified and the hood assumed an academic rather than
functional significance. The hood has two basic elements: the trim on the outer edge and
an inner satin lining. Each hood has its outer edge trimmed with a colour to indicate a
particular faculty and degree: white symbolizes Arts; gold, Science; grey, Commerce; and
white with pale blue, Education. The hood for the Master's candidates is essentially the
same as the Bachelor's hood except that the trim is usually an inch or two wider. All the
Bachelor level hoods are lined with satin in the colours of the institution granting the
degree. Hence at Saint Mary's the hood is lined with maroon satin with a white chevron.
The Master's hood at Saint Mary's is lined with maroon satin only to give it added
distinction from the Bachelor's.
A symbolic hooding ceremony has become a traditional feature of all Convocations at
Saint Mary's.
(d)
Flags on the Stage
Each year Saint Mary's has a number of non-Canadians in its student body. The flags
which you see displayed on the stage for Convocation are but a part of the University's
historic collection. They are from some of the countries from which these students come,
not necessarily graduating students, but those in any year of study. The globalization of
the Saint Mary's University community is a feature of justifiable pride which contributes
markedly to the growth and understanding of both Canadian and non-Canadian students.
Also included in the University's permanent historic collection of flags is one from the
International Year of the Disabled signifying the University's permanent commitment to
people with disabilities. Also part of this collection is that of the Mi'kmaqs' in recognition
of their First Nation's Status. For the first time at our Spring 2002 Convocations the
University's Bicentennial flag took its rightful place in our permanent historic collection.
(e)
Graduation Alumni Pins
The Alumni Association of Saint Mary's University has generously provided an Alumni
Pin again this year. This is a tradition which started with the 1992 Spring Convocation.
Graduates are encouraged to wear theirs with pride and to consider becoming an active
member of the Association. A symbolic presentation of an Alumni pin to the Hooding
Candidate by the President of the Alumni Association has become a traditional feature of
all Convocations at Saint Mary's University.
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The University's symbols and traditions reflect its roots as well as looking to its future,
and the ritual of Convocation looks to the roots of the University as well as being a
beginning for the students who now enter a new stage in their lives. Indeed, both the
symbols and the Convocation look back far beyond the beginning of this University to
the centuries of academic life in western civilization. Today the University dresses in
clothes which are symbolic, not functional, and goes through the 600-year-old ritual of a
convocation for the conferment of degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
We thank you for being present to share in it with the Saint Mary's University community.
Framing of Parchments
The Saint Mary's University Alumni Association, in conjunction with the University's
Bookstore, is pleased to provide an on-site, instant framing program following graduation
ceremonies. (Please note: This service is NOT also available during the Convocation
ceremony.) Here is the chance to proudly frame your diploma.
Simply present your diploma at the kiosk in the Time Out Sports Lounge on the concourse
level, Brunswick Street entrance. In seconds it will be professionally framed in a high
quality, Canadian-made frame, complete with a mat emblazoned with the official logo of
Saint Mary's University.
Be sure to pick up your frame today. It makes the perfect graduation gift!