Kudos

Congratulations to Eric Baczuk (recent graduate, March) upon being published in December’s issue of Canadian Architect. Mr. Baczuk’s thesis project, Design and Power:  Defining Program and Typology for T.I.S.E.C. Developments in the Bay of Fundy, received a 2009 Award of Excellence for design from Canadian Architect.

Congratulations to Christine Chambers (Pediatrics, Psychology), upon being selected by The International Association for the Study of Pain® (IASP) Fellowships, Awards, and Grants Working Group as the recipient of the 2010 Ulf Lindblom Young Investigator Award for Clinical Science.

Congratulations to Zhizhang (David) Chen (Engineering) who was elevated to IEEE Fellow, effective January 1, 2010, for contributions to time-domain electromagnetic modeling and simulation. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) fields of interest.

Congratulations to Nicholas Chomey (Commerce student), one of five recipients of the 2010 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies. Each year, the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies presents six awards of $10,000 each. All full-time business students attending Atlantic universities are eligible for consideration. Deans of Business at each university are asked to nominate candidates based on academic standing, entrepreneurial interest, extracurricular and community activities, employment history and career aspirations.

Congratulations to the Dalhousie Communications and Marketing team upon winning three District 1 silver awards for Dalhousie’s Environment, Sustainability and Society campaign in the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) competition for printed advertising, digital media, and publication packages. In District 1, Dalhousie competes with schools such as Harvard University, Boston University, Dartmouth College, and McGill University.

Congratulations to Dalhousie medical students who were number one in Canada on their Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part 1, written in 2009. Accreditors take note!

Inudstrial engineering students at the 2010 IIE Canada Student Conference held in Windsor, Ont.

Congratulations to the Dalhousie Industrial Engineering students who recently returned from the 2010 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Canada Student Conference held January 14-17 in Windsor, Ontario. This conference is attended by students from every university in Canada offering Industrial Engineering. Matt Hardy, Andy Ngae, Bryce Everist and Damian Daniels took home 1st place in the Theoretical Problem Solving Competition. In the Team Card Sorting Competition (a Work Design problem), the team of Jeff MacNeil, Nick Krauch, Jeff Mosher and Matt Antolin won first place overall. Individually, Jeff MacNeil came in second, and Jeff Mosher was fourth. The Design Competition team of Josh Keel, Felipe Gonzalez, Richard Joseph and Nadia Dajani placed second. 

Congratulations to Ashley Julian (Political Science and Sociology & Social Anthropology) who was chosen, out of hundreds of applicants across Canada, to represent her nation/ancestry for the Vancouver 2010 Indigenous Youth Gathering. Hosted by the Four Host First Nations (FHFN) and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the Gathering will bring together more than 300 First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth (ages 19-29) from across Canada. Successful applicants are identified as emerging leaders and ambassadors for their communities.

Congratulations to Wade Junek (Psychiatry) who was presented with the award for Best Poster by a full member for the 2009 scientific meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Congratulations to Shelley Lang (Graduate student, Biology), winner of the 2009 Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs (CCUBC) Graduate Student Research Prize. Her ground breaking thesis paper, “Repeatability in Components of Lactation Performance and the Consequences for Maternal Reproductive Success in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus),” has recently been published in Ecology. This prize is awarded annually to honour individuals who make an outstanding contribution to the promotion of biology in Canada, through activities encouraging popular interest in science or developing science abilities.

Congratulations to Veronique MacKenzie (Theatre, Social Work student) upon being awarded one of the five Established Artist Recognition Awards by Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage and Creative Nova Scotia.  Presented to artists in mid-career, the award comes with $5,000 in prize money.

Congratulations to Lawrence MacNeil (Family Medicine), Randy MacKinnon (Family Medicine) and John Keddy (Family Medicine) upon receiving 2009 Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year Award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year are nominated by their peers for “providing exceptional care to their patients; making meaningful contributions to the health and well-being of their communities; dedicating themselves as researchers and educators of future generations of family doctors; and exemplifying the four principles of Family Medicine (they must be skilled clinicians, community-based, act as a resource to a practice population, recognize the central importance of the doctor/patient relationship).

Congratulations to Ron O’Dor (Biology, OTN), winner of the 2009 Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs (CCUBC) Science Promotion Prize. In addition, Dr. O’Dor was named Canada’s Environmental Scientist of the Year by Canadian Geographic in 2009, recognition based on his dual roles in Ocean Tracking Network and Census of Marine Life (CoML).

Congratulations to Ingrid Sketris (Pharmacy) upon being elected by her peers as a Distinguished Practitioner to the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy, due to her “significant and enduring contributions to health care practice.” Dr. Sketris is only the second Canadian pharmacist ever elected to this American Board which is an interdisciplinary board to advise health care policy makers. Dr. Sketris has also been elected as a Board member of Research Canada, an Alliance for Health Discovery whose mission is to improve the health and prosperity of Canadians by championing Canada’s global leadership in health research.

Congratulations to Lynn Stodola (Music), recipient of the first CFMTA Hugheen Ferguson Distinguished Teacher Award by the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers. The award honours Registered Music Teachers who have made significant contributions to the art of music and the profession of music teaching.

Congratulations to The Dalhousie Tigers men’s and women’s swimming teams who captured two more Atlantic University Sport (AUS) swimming banners at the 2010 Subway AUS Swimming Championship hosted by UPEI at the CARI Centre in Charlottetown. David Sharpe (Science) and Kristen Vandenberg (Marine Biology) led the way as the men captured their 12th consecutive banner and the women took home their ninth in a row.

Congratulations to the Laskin Moot team, which participated in the 25th annual competition last weekend in Montreal. The team—Greg Gilhooly, Brian Kuchar, Tipper McEwan and Frederic Perron-Welch—performed extremely well and came away with two prizes: the third prize for best team (combining factum and pleading scores) and the fourth prize for best oralist, which went to Brian Kuchar.

Congratulations to the Corporate Securities Moot Team—Lia Bruschetta, Rob DuMerton, Ben Heller and Breann Kirincich—on its success last weekend at the 20th Annual Davies Ward Phillips Vineberg Canadian Corporate Securities Moot in Toronto. The team competed in Toronto against teams from 10 other common law schools from across Canada, and placed second overall in the preliminary round of the competition. They had the honour of arguing in the final round before Justices Feldman and Blair of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Vice-Chair Turner of the Ontario Securities Commission and performed impressively. They placed second overall in the competition. Additional honours went to Breann Kirincich and Lia Bruschetta who were the second and third placed oralists, respectively, out of the 44 competitors.