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Laura and Mike de Jong Award
Awarded to a graduating Master’s student for having best demonstrated leadership, involvement in the community and contribution to sustainability initiatives.
Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication
Myriam Rabina Ullah
McTaggart-Cowan Excellence in Environmental
Leadership Award
Presented to the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science student who has best demonstrated environmental leadership.
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Kristina Anne Beckmann
McTaggart-Cowan Excellence in Project
Leadership Award
Presented to members of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science graduating class who have demonstrated skills in project leadership.
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Team #1: Kristina Anne Beckmann Team #2: Michel Steve France Team #3: James Darryl McNeill Team #4: Michael Thomas Swick Team #5: Branden Atchison Kellar
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Tourism
Management Research Award
Presented to a Master of Arts in Tourism Management student for the most outstanding graduate research paper.
Master of Arts in Tourism Management
Alisson Anne Ogle
Ng Yuen Sum & Yip Wai Gum Award
Presented to a graduate or undergraduate student in the School of Environment and Sustainability to encourage learning in sustainability.
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Zichun Xu
Public Ethnography Award
Created by Dr. Phillip Vannini, Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Public Ethnography, this award recognizes fieldwork-based projects that appeal directly to new audiences of scholarly research through the use of new media and new genres.
Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication
Master of Arts in Professional Communication
Ian Gareth Kirkby Kathryn Mary Thompson
RRU Custodial/Housekeeping Recycling and
Sustainability Award
Nominated by peers, this award is presented to the individual(s) who displayed an active involvement in initiatives that include activities such as recycling, non- academic environmental projects, competitions, fund- raisers and other events pertaining to the environmental sustainability of Royal Roads University and its physical environment.
Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management
Trevor William James White
Ted Wilson Memorial Award for Lifelong Learning
Established in honour of Ted Wilson, father of Ann Kelly, and father-in-law and dear friend of former Royal Roads University President, Gerry Kelly, this award is presented to the student who has best demonstrated a commitment to lifelong learning.
Doctor of Social Sciences
Edgar Theodore Schmidt
The Diana Beeson Memorial Award
Created to honour the memory of Diana Beeson who was a formidable academic in the areas of writing and journalism, this award recognizes a student for having presented a thesis to the School of Communication and Culture that best demonstrated excellence of scholarship.
Master of Arts in Professional Communication
Sadhna Priyanganie Jayatunge
The Lorna Malcolmson Memorial Award
In memory of alumna Lorna Malcolmson, this award is presented to a student graduating from the School of Communication and Culture who presented the most outstanding multimodal thesis this year.
Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication
Andrea Anne Gilbert
The Michael Real Award
Named for Dr. Michael Real, professor of Communication in the School of Communication and Culture and celebrated scholar in the areas of media and culture, this award
is presented to the student with this school’s most outstanding research paper this year.
MA in Professional Communication
Edward Gordon Munro
Michael Todd Best
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