PEACE & LIARD 2011 Fort St. John Graduates Taya O’Neill
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joshua Pittman BSc Physics
June Savard
Certificate in Rural Nursing
Patrick Smook MBA
Jodi Staples
MEd Counselling
Christine Todd
MEd Curriculum and Instruction
Michelle Wees BScN Nursing
Michael Willson BComm Finance
Award Recipients Tyson Bell
Raven Scholarship
Kimberly Gulevich
S.M. Blair Family Foundation Scholarship, Sorila Entrance Scholarship, TELUS Innovation Scholarship, UNBC Leadership Award, Chancellor Iona Campagnolo Scholarship
Desiree LeBlanc
Spectra Energy Corp Bursary, Vancouver Foundation First Nations Bursary, PAPTAC Western Branch Bursary
Dawson Creek
Hudson’s Hope
Graduates
Graduates
Stephanie Cosens
Matthew Slykhuis
Bonnie Harper
Lisa Smart
BA Anthropology
BSW Social Work
Diane L’Hirondelle BSW Social Work
Timothy Moser
BSc Natural Resources Management – Forest Ecology and Management
MA English
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Nikhil Syal
BComm Finance
Kevin Ward BA General
Taya O’Neill
UNBC Scholars Award, FMC of Canada Limited Scholarship, Patrick Walsh Memorial Scholarship
UNBC Scholars Award
Four Year Guaranteed Scholarship – Tier 2 renewed
Timothy Moser
Vernon C. Brink Scholarship for the Study of Biological Diversity, Doug Little Scholarship, Sandwell Scholarship
MEd Counselling
KJM Sales Ltd. Award, UNBC Athletic Award
Teal Sluggett
Steadman Family Matching Grant Bursary
Graduate Virginia Cobbett
Shannon Carlsen
Krista Sittler
Ecaterina Ciugureanu
Ecaterina Ciugureanu
UNBC In-Course Scholarship
Daniel Helm
UNBC Scholars Award
Taylor Graduate
Award Recipient
Rory Plunkett
Rory Plunkett
BSc Natural Resources Management – Forest Ecology and Management
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Canfor Annual Undergraduate Scholarship, Gerald Kirschke Memorial Bursary, Industrial Forestry Service Ltd. Scholarship, Analog Investments Ltd. Scholarship
UNBC Scholars Award, Raven Scholarship
Rachel Wilfur
UNBC In-Course Bursary
Ashley Norris
Raven Scholarship
Virginia Cobbett
Conan Winkelmeyer
Northern Interior Cruising Committee Scholarship, West Fraser Scholarship
Water Research
UNBC’s New Eyes and Ears
The Kiskatinaw River is the only source of water for Dawson Creek and Pouce Coupe but where does it even come from? Are the demands on it sustainable? Those are the kinds of questions a UNBC research project is exploring. A team of researchers has been installing monitors and analyzing results to better understand water flows and how they might be affected by climate change and industry.
Linda Selby is the new head of UNBC’s Peace River-Liard regional campus, based in Fort St. John. Selby has more than 30 years of experience in education and moved from New Zealand to join UNBC. She oversees local programming and sees potential for growth: “This is a unique area that could be drawing more students from the region, the province and beyond,” she says. “UNBC will be successful if we’re responsive to local needs and contribute to the overall well-being of communities.”
Medical Grads & Support Floyd Besserer of Fort St. John and Sarah Nimmo of Fort Nelson are the two most recent local grads of the Northern Medical Program. They were among the students who benefited from the Northern Medical Programs Trust, which provides support to medical and Nurse Practitioner students who pursue clinical experiences in northern/rural communities as part of their education. The Trust has recently received gifts from Spectra Energy ($90,200) and EnCana ($50,000).
Graduate Research Award Prince George Elks Lodge 122 and the Order of the Royal Purple 48 Bursary
Sheila Price
Max and Violet Enemark Bursary
CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! 818 students graduated from UNBC this year, bringing the total number of UNBC alumni to 9,179. Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace, and Gitwinksihlkw.
UNBC Graduate Scholarship
Award Recipients
Mark Robertson
UNBC Graduate Scholarship
Christina Tennant
Graduate
Evann Campbell
UNBC Scholars Award
UNBC Merit Award
Tumbler Ridge
BA International Studies
Award Recipients
Dimitrios Nikolitsas
Fort Nelson
UNBC Scholars Award
Maria Neumann
BSc Psychology
Tashana Warkentine of Hudson’s Hope
Award Recipients
Canadian Federation of University Women (Prince George) Scholarship, UNBC Scholars Award
Josiah Toppin
UNBC Merit Award
Megan Harwood
Larissa Lukac
Katherine Galbraith
BScN Nursing
Dylan Clifford
UNBC Scholars Award
Alyssa Currie
Rotary Clubs of BC Bursary
Nicole Peterson
Raven Scholarship
Falon Burkitt
BSc Natural Resources Management – Wildlife and Fisheries
Quinn Smith
BSc Honours Psychology
Jenna Levi
Elizabeth Weninger
Kristen MacDonald
UNBC Merit Award
UNBC Scholars Award
UNBC Scholars Award
Elizabeth Weninger
Raven Scholarship, Talisman Energy Scholarship for Aboriginal Students
Cierra Hoecherl
Anna Birosh
Award Recipient
Dusty Bruhs
Michael Strel Memorial Bursary
Award Recipients
Graduate
Robertha Adair
Tina Beckerton
BScN Nursing
Award Recipients
UNBC Scholars Award
Caleb Miller
BSc Natural Resources Management – Wildlife and Fisheries
Pouce Coupe
BA General
Laine Bourassa
UNBC In-Course Bursary
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduates Tashana Warkentine
Trevor O’Dwyer
President’s Scholarship
Alishia Lindsa
William Pollon
UNBC in The Peace & Liard
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UNBC Scholars First-year students (from left to right) Mark Robertson of Chetwynd, Shannon Carlsen of Fort Nelson, Robertha Adair of Dawson Creek, and Jenna Levi of Hudson’s Hope, can all earn UNBC degrees tuition-free after receiving UNBC Scholars awards this past year. The awards are presented annually to the top student from each northern BC high school.
UNBC Courses in the Peace River-Liard Region September to December 2011 Education 617
Social Work 422
Face-to-face in Grande Prairie
World Wide Web
Leading for Learning
Child Welfare Practice
English 120
Social Work 426
Audio-conference
World Wide Web
Into to Canadian Native Literature
Current Issues in Child Welfare Practice
English 430
Social Work 455
World Wide Web
World Wide Web
Special Topics in Canadian Literature
First Nations Gov. & Social Policy
English 486
Social Work 601
Audio-conference
Video-conference
Literature of the Fantastic
Issues in Northern/Remote Social Work
History 453
Social Work 620
Video-conference
World Wide Web
Topics in the History of Gender
Policy Making/Human Services
Social Work 302
Women’s Studies 413
Face-to-face in Fort St. John
World Wide Web
Social Work Field Education
Education 606
Social Work 456
Face-to-face in Grande Prairie
World Wide Web
English 385
Modern & Contemporary Literature in the United States Audio or Video-conference History 302
Prairie West
Audio-conference Social Work 401
Northern/Remote SW Practice
Bioenergy Underway Christy Clark was only days into her job as BC Premier when she travelled to UNBC to participate in the official opening of the University’s Bioenergy Plant. The facility uses technology to turn waste wood from Lakeland Mills of Prince George into a gas that is burned to heat the campus. Early tests have demonstrated that the system can produce fewer emissions than burning natural gas. The new plant – which is expected to reduce UNBC’s fossil fuel consumption by 85% – joins a wood pellet system on campus that started operations in 2009.
Healing Narratives
January to April 2012 Leading for Change
UNBC Highlights 2011
Family Caring Systems Social Work 605
Community Work/Politics of Change World Wide Web Social Work 635
Philosophy & Ethics World Wide Web
Women’s Studies 306
Indigenous Women: Perspectives World Wide Web
Face-to-face
Awards While UNBC did not repeat as national champion in basketball, it did capture a number of prestigious awards over the past year: • Top campus sustainability project in North America (tied with Harvard University) for bioenergy • #1 research university of the year among small universities across Canada • National Aboriginal Achievement award for professor Margo Greenwood • 3M teaching excellence award for English professor Lisa Dickson • Academic All-Canadian and BC player of the year for men’s basketball player Inderbir Singh Gill
Social Work 420
Family/Child Welfare Policy
More UNBC Courses
Mercer Visits
Social Work 421
UNBC offers academic courses online and Continuing Studies courses locally.
World Wide Web
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One of Canada’s famous television personalities visited UNBC in March to profile the University on CBC. Rick Mercer came after UNBC students won a national challenge to raise money to buy mosquito nets in Africa. See the coverage on YouTube: www.youtube.com/unbcnews.
Face-to-face
Social Work 336
Social Work Research/Policy/Practice World Wide Web
Human Growth and Development Course availability is subject to change.
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