Community Congrats: November 2023

A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.

Congratulations to the following:

Athletics

• Chris Morris, head coach, Golden Bears Football, U SPORTS Football Coach of the Year
  
• Matthew Peterson, student — Canada West Player of the Year
• Jason Ushko, student — U SPORTS Student-Athlete Community Service Award

Campus Saint-Jean

• Laurent Cammarata, professor — Judy Gibson Award of Excellence in French Second Language Education / Prix d’excellence Judy Gibson dans l’enseignement du français langue seconde
• Kristan Marchak, assistant professor — Judy Gibson Award of Excellence in French Second Language Education / Prix d’excellence Judy Gibson dans l’enseignement du français langue seconde

College of Health Sciences

• Valerie Carson, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
• Tarek El-Bialy, professor with Jie Chen, professor, Engineering and Ying Tsui, professor, Engineer — Researcher of the Year, ASTech Awards
• Tina Korownyk, professor and chair — Family Physician of the Year, Alberta College of Family Physicians
  

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

• Rafiq Ahmad, professor, — Best in Digital Innovation, ASTech Awards
• John Basarab, associate professor and Graham Plastow, professor, Livestock Gentec, Best of Sector: Agriculture, ASTech Awards
• Zachary Burgess-Akitt, Sara Mah, Eric Prefontaine, and Sydney Wong, students with Megan Mah, student, Business — Third Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
  
• Scott Chang, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
• Jie Chen, professor and Ying Tsui, professor, with Tarek El-Bialy, professor, FoMD — Researcher of the Year, ASTech Awards
  
• Giovanni DeRosa, student and Ellen Tam, student — Second Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
• Maya Evenden, professor — Entomological Society of Canada Gold Medal Award
• Michael Gänzle, professor  — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
  
• ​​Jazdn Moore, student — First Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
• Graham Plastow, professor — Charles Stanislaw Memorial Distinguished Service Award
  
• Carla Prado, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
• Connor Povoledo, student — Student Changemaker of the Year Award, ASTech Awards
• Johnathan Veinot, professor — Best in Sector: Energy/Cleantech, ASTech Awards
• David Wishart, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
• Gane Ka-Shu Wong, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Jeffrey Behrens, navigator, Military and Veteran Friendly Campus — Edify Top 40 under 40 2023
• Jacques C Depres, professor — Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame
• Megan Mah, student, with ALES students Zachary Burgess-Akitt, Sara Mah, Eric Prefontaine and Sydney Wong — Third Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
• Shona Nichols, assistant lecturer — ATESL Carolyn Dieleman Award for My Canadian English, a video series for ESL literacy learners

First Peoples' House

• Elder Francis Whiskeyjack, First People's House — Okimâw Awards' Life Time Award

Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

• Nella Sajlovic, Indigenous strategic manager and Marcey Andrews, senior art director, External Relations — Design, Publications, Best of Case District VIII Award for Braiding Past, Present and Future
  

Office of the Vice-President (External Relations)

• Marcey Andrews, senior art director and Nella Sajlovic, Indigenous strategic manager, Provost & Vice-President Academic — Design, Publications, Best of Case District VIII Award, Braiding Past, Present and Future
• Tarwinder Rai, communications partner — Writing: News/Feature, Best of Case District VIII Award