NORTH COAST 2011 Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte City
Graduates
Award Recipients
David Beil
Debbie McKay
Alaura Bruce
Alaura Bruce
Donna McNeil-Clark
Patrick Carlson
BHSc Biomedical Studies BSc Biology
BEd Education BEd Education
Kathleen Christison
Jaspreet Parmar
Nancy Chrona
Mikaela Pond
BScN Nursing
BSW Social Work
UNBC Scholars Award Dunkley Lumber Ltd. Scholarship, Wilson King LLP Scholarship
Alden Chow
William Dow Ferry Scholarship
Graduate
Award Recipient
Susan Luong
Emily-Sky Collins
Alissa MacMullin
Pouyan Mahboubi
Port Clements
Northern Undergraduate Student Society Bursary, UNBC In-Course Bursary UNBC Doctoral Tuition Scholarship
Matthew Murray
BScN Nursing
UNBC Scholars Award
Thinh Chu
Alexis Rekdal
Stephanie Offutt
BEd Education
UNBC Scholars Award
Mary Rose Ciotoli
Vonda Robinson
Jaspreet Parmar
BSW Social Work
BComm Marketing BEd Education
Tina Demings
Cindy Stevenson
Brandon Haldane
Allyssa Sy
Dawn Haugan
Bernadette Trimble
Jessie King
Maja Tusek
BEd Education
BComm Accounting BComm Accounting
MA First Nations Studies
Nicole Kish
Certificate in Rural Acute Care Nursing
Lori Leighton MEd Counselling
BC Association of Social Workers Prize
BEd Education
Juliette Repole
BEd Education
Raven Bursary
Luke Robin
BScN Nursing BEd Education BA English
Kerry Vigue
BSW Social Work
Isabella Wilson-Beaulieu BScN Nursing
Tara Leighton BScN Nursing
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Breeann Doerksen
TD Bank Financial Group Bursary, UNBC In-Course Bursary
Andrea Fish
Rotary Clubs of BC Bursary
Kaeleen Foote
Ann McQuaid Memorial Scholarship, Marjorie W. Poff Scholarship, Mary Fallis Scholarship
Brandon Haldane
BMO Bank of Montreal Aboriginal Scholarship, Four Year Guaranteed Scholarship – Tier 2 renewed
Lauren Lieb
Dr. Alvin and Mrs. Janey Mooney Scholarship, Raven Bursary
Sarah Robin
UNBC Scholars Award, UNBC Leadership Award
Samantha Rosario UNBC Scholars Award
Shayna Scott
President’s Scholarship
BA Anthropology
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UNBC Scholars Award
Award Recipient Jedidiah Zimmerman UNBC Scholars Award
Medical Grads Scott Takeda and Amanda Miller are the first Prince Rupert residents to graduate from the Northern Medical Program. Scott spent a full year of his medical education in Fort St. John last year and is now pursuing a residency in Nanaimo. Amanda is off to Halifax to specialize in internal medicine.
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.
Ashley Stevens Raven Scholarship
Kerry Vigue
BC Association of Social Workers – Northern Branch Bursary, Scotiabank Bursary
BC Medical Services Foundation Health Sciences Bursaries
UNBC Scholars First-year students (left to right) Alissa MacMullin of Queen Charlotte City, and Matthew Murray and Sarah Robin of Prince Rupert, can all earn UNBC degrees tuition-free after receiving UNBC Scholars awards this past year. As long as they maintain a B average, UNBC Scholars can have their tuition waived for an entire bachelor’s degree program.
Vonda Robinson an of Prince Rupert
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Jaspreet Parmar of Prince Rupert
Maja Tusek of Princ
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UNBC Highlights 2011
Local Health Administrator Profiled in New Book
Bioenergy Underway
A UNBC grad who oversees health service delivery in Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii is among the northern healthcare practitioners profiled in a new book published by the Northern Medical Program. Sheila Gordon-Payne, who has a master’s degree in Disability Management from UNBC, is one of 40 people who describe their rural health experiences in Front Lines, sales of which support the Northern Medical Programs Trust.
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.
Nursing Grads Aim to Work Locally More students graduated from Nursing this year than any other major. More significantly, the proportion of Nursing grads who stay and work in the North is the highest among all UNBC degrees. One example is Amy Nyce of Gitwinksihlkw in the Nass Valley, who completed her Nursing degree in Terrace, and is now planning to work in Prince Rupert. Amy’s mom, Sally Ann, was the first graduate (in 1997) of UNBC’s program in the Nass Valley with Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a.
Contact UNBC in Prince Rupert 353 5th Street Prince Rupert, BC V8J 3L6 Phone: 250-624-2862 Toll-Free: 1-888-554-6554 Email: nw-info@unbc.ca
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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
Mercer Visits 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.
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Jessie King of Prince Rupert