Laurier Convocation Fall2014 Program

Veritas
Omnia
Vincit
—TRUTH CONQUERS ALL

What’s in a leaf?
At the heart of it this national symbol honours
our namesake, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime
Minister of Canada. That alone is a unique claim
among Canadian universities. But look closely.
Laurier’s maple leaf is a microcosm of connectivity
and support – every vein contributing to the
health of the whole. The beauty and simplicity of
the maple leaf can only be realized through this
common purpose of nature. And so it is at Laurier
– faculty, staff, students and alumni committed to
a common vision: To Inspire Lives of Leadership
and Purpose.

Wilfrid Laurier University
FA L L C O N V O C AT I O N 2 0 1 4

Thursday, October 30
2:00 pm

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

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Maureen Sabia
Maureen Joanne Sabia is a trailblazer not only
for Canadian women in business, but also for
Canadian business leaders, simply by being
unafraid to follow her own path. Her successes
are built on values learned in her childhood and
forged in the boardroom. Her name has become
synonymous with business excellence and effective
corporate governance.
Maureen Sabia has made effective board
governance and the advancement of women in
business her twin passions throughout her career. A
lawyer and experienced corporate director herself,
she has a keen understanding of organizational and
strategic issues facing corporate boards. She has
advised several governments and advisory bodies
on specialized organizational and strategic projects
through her consulting practice, Maureen Sabia
International, established in 1986.
Born in Montreal, she earned a degree in
English and History from McGill University. Her
application to Harvard Law School was rejected
owing to her gender. Undeterred, she soon earned
a law degree from the University of Toronto, one
of only three women in a class of 300. Her career
began with the Ontario Securities Commission.
She became Assistant Counsel to the Ontario
Law Reform Commission, and served as Director
of Research & Policy and Solicitor to the Board
of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement
System (OMERS). She left the public service to join
Canadian Pacific and subsequently became General
Counsel to Redpath Industries.
Her expertise has benefitted many of Canada’s
major companies and her resumé is a veritable
Who’s Who of Canada’s leading corporations. She
is the second-longest serving director on the Board
of Canadian Tire Corporation, which she joined
in 1985 and has served as chairman since 2007.
She remains one of the very few Canadian women
to hold the position of chairman of the board at a
major public company.
Maureen Sabia has served on the boards of
Skyjack Inc., Hydro One, Gulf Canada Resources

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Ltd., Laurentian General Insurance, Olympia &
York Properties Corporation, and was chairman
of the Export Development Corporation. She was
Vice-Chairman of the Public Accountants Council
for the Province of Ontario and was Chairman of
the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Departmental Audit Committee.
Self-discipline, determination and the ability
to set and meet goals are lifelong habits which
she credits to her parents and upbringing. A
structured, restrained and dedicated worker, she
serves as an illustration that obstacles and walls can
be overcome — if you have the desire, focus and
discipline.
A commitment to post-secondary education
has been a common thread throughout her career.
She has served on the boards of the University of
Guelph and Brock University, she is the founder
and first chairman of the Women in Management
Research Project at Western University, has
served on the Advisory Board of the Laura L.
Sabia Education & Research Endowment at the
University of Toronto, and she also serves on the
Leadership Council of the Perimeter Institute for
Theoretical Physics in Waterloo. She served on
the Board of Trustees of the Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre, and chaired its Foundation for
many years.
It will be no surprise that she was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011, and was
named one of Canada`s Most Powerful Women in
2009.
By welcoming her into the Laurier alumni family
today, she joins a distinguished group of citizens
who embody Laurier’s raison d’être: to inspire
lives of leadership and purpose. Maureen Sabia
is an exemplar of this mission. Mr. Chancellor, I
am instructed by the Senate of the University to
request to you to admit the degree of Doctor of
Laws, honoris causa, to Maureen Sabia.

Presented by Mr. Peter Ansley
October 30, 2014

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Order of Proceedings
THE PROCESSION
The Marshal; Candidates for Degrees and Diplomas in Course
The assembly will remain seated during the procession of graduates but will rise at the sound
of the fanfare and remain standing until after the Chancellor announces that Convocation is in
session.
Marshal Mr. John C. Young, Lecturer (Accounting) &
SBE Co-ordinator of Undergraduate Student Affairs
Vice-Marshal Mr. John Fraser, Director: Strategic Academic Initiatives

CONVOCATION FANFARE
The Bedel
The Chancellor
The President and Vice-Chancellor
Participants in the Ceremony
Ceremonial Officers

Faculty
Members of Senate
Members of the Board of Governors

PRESENTATION OF THE MACE
Dr. Andriy Shkilko, Associate Professor (Finance) & Canadian Research Chair in Financial Markets
The placing of the mace by the Bedel before the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin,
signifies the opening of Convocation.
The assembly will be seated.
Welcome from the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin and President and Vice-Chancellor,
Dr. Max Blouw.

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Max Blouw, will present to the Chancellor for the degree of
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa,

Maureen Sabia
Mr. Peter Ansley, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors will read the citation. The recipient will
be invested with the academic hood by Mr. Rob Donelson, Vice-President: Development and
Alumni Relations.

Address
Dr. Maureen Sabia will address Convocation.
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Conferring of Degrees and
Diplomas in Course
The Vice-President: Academic and Provost, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy,
will present to the Chancellor candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
The President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Max Blouw,
will assist the Chancellor in admitting candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
Announcing candidates for degrees will be Dr. Lisa Keeping, Undergraduate Business
Programs Director & Associate Professor (OB/HRM), School of Business & Economics; Dr.
Ken Jackson, Assistant Professor (Economics) & Undergraduate Economics Program Director,
School of Business & Economics.
Greeting candidates for degrees and diplomas will be Dr. Micheál Kelly, Dean of the School
of Business & Economics.
Hooder

Ms. Ruth MacNeil, Acting Registrar

Degrees in Absentia

The Chancellor

Alumni Welcome

Scott Bebenek ’85, Laurier Alumni

O Canada

Jaime Groote, student, Faculty of Music

Music

Students, Faculty and Alumni of the Faculty of Music

The Recession

The assembly will remain standing during the recession.

For information on receptions being held following the Convocation, please see page 36.

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Degrees in Course
BACHELOR’S DEGREES

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Financial Mathematics
HONOURS PROGRAM
*Miguel Escobar

Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
HONOURS PROGRAM
* Cody Jack Clayton
Tu Thanh Nguyen

Sule Robin Song
Goran Zivkovic

Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Computing & Computer Electronics
HONOURS PROGRAM
Roman Sanine

* Nikolay Nikolayevich Sitnikov

Bachelor of Business Administration
HONOURS PROGRAM
Taylor Abbott
Michelle Elizabeth Adams
Dhruv Agarwal
Sarmad Ahmad
Syed-Jahangir Ali
* Alexandra Mackenzie Alyman
Tajwar Amin
* Matthew Ananthan
Gurman Singh Athwal
Sarah Khalid Baheyeldin
Ivy Romuar Balagbagan
Alexander Balint
* Avijit Bandyopadhyay
** Roderick Francis Barrie
Natalia Bastasic
Jordan Leslie Bauman
* Jeffrey Ryan Belanger
Justin Marc Belanger
Graham Robert Bennett
Pawandeep Singh Binning
* Elaine Marion Birkbeck
Harpreet Brar
Joel Edward Breen
Maggie Brennand

* With Distinction

Danielle Megan Brown
* Shawn Terry Burdett
Corey John Burrows
Andrew Nicholas Burton
* Mohammad Moeed Butt
* Corrado John Calvo
Christopher John Henry Campbell
* Connor Derek Campbell
Raymond Cao
* Carlos Romulus Bales Carandang
Kevin Robert Carmichael
Joel Alexander Caruso
Aaron Clarke Casha
Ryan Alexander Chai
Stefanie Si-Xi Chan
** Michael Charney
Recipient of the Alumni Gold
Medal for the School of
Business & Economics
Rummy Chaudhary
Mohsin Cheema
Daniel Chen
* Cole Carter Chessell
* Beverly Cheung
Dennis Cheung

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Insun Choi
Yan Yue Choi
Sheung Hei Chow
Natasha Victoria Christopoulos
Gregory Chua
Donghyun Chun
Kee Joon Chung
Ewelina Cieniawski
Meliza Cilia
Andreea Catalina Constantinescu
Peter Alan Copeland
David Fredrick Corazzola
Lindsay Lianne Corlett
Ingrid Karina Crozier
Julius Caesar Cunanan
David Martins Da Silva
Aleksandra Damjan
Preethul Kumar Das
Michael deHaan
Matthew Michael DeSousa
Prasana Devanand
Dinosha Dhavaloganathan
Alejandro Diaz-Loyola
Chen Rui Ding

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Bachelor of Business Administration
HONOURS PROGRAM - continued
* Lindsay Diniz
Katharine Doherty
Harveer Singh Dosanjh
Sylvia Drag
* Sebastian Dudek
* Helen Bohan Duzhou
Joshua Grant Earls
Darcy Nathaniel Kazuh Eveleigh
Daniel Fair
** Michael Robert Faulds
Nathaniel Mark Fennema
Janet Diane Ferguson
Benjamin Bernard Finn
Amanda Jennifer Fletcher
Brian Douglas Foley
Kathleen Lynda Fong Pimentel
Haddon Fortes
** Stephen James Franchetto
Vanessa Juliana Frey
Tyler Richard Friars
Julia Friesen
Yu Fu
Joshua Fujimagari
Ashley Anne Fulton
* Shane Alexander Gamble
Maria Rigina Geene
Mitchell Anthony Geerts
Sabrina Giannone
Christopher Gliszczynski
Hen Goldman
* Trevor Jeffrey Goorts
* Eric Joseph Gould
** Cynthia Michelle Graham
* James Anthony Grantis
Alison Greaves
Andrew James Greenberg
Brandon Matthew Greiling
* David Grinberg
Shuai Chen Guo
** Samantha Victoria Gwynn
Michael Hyun Soo Ha
Daniel Haim
* Juhee Han
** Meghan Britney Hankins
Evan James Douglas Hart
Rachel Hartviksen
* Christopher Hau
* Benjamin Everett Brian Head
* Christopher Donald Healey
Joel Gerhardt Hendel
* Daisy Chi-Yan Heung
* Kimberley Anne Higginson

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Wai-Chun Jonathan Ho
Janet Sung Eun Hong
Kevin James Houston
Huizhi Hu
Hailey Huels
Gregory Bernard Hurley
** Justin Hurst
Wakeef Hussain
Tze Tao Ip
** Wesley Ip
Mubashar Iqbal
* David Iudiciani
Robyn Emily Jackson
Adam Gyula Jager
** Jessica Janssen
Melissa Emily Jarosz
* Brian Andrew Jolliffe
Sachin Kumar Joshi
** David Andre Joyal
Alexander David Jutzi
Harman Kaur Kandola
Caroline Sooin Kang
* Jahan Kassam
Joel Mortimer Kastner
Shardul Katoch
Amy Kathryn Kazlovskis
Alexander Robert Kellermann
Jordan Aaron Kendal
* Benjamin Khmelnitsky
Alexander Kilgour
Kay Hanjooram Kim
* Nikita Kipriianov
** Jesse Christopher Ron Knight
Neera Kohli
Praneethi Komat Reddy
Paige Alexandra Korte
Elica Yurieva Kosakova
Vinod Kumar
Kevin Kwak
Andy Kwan
Nicole Danielle Kwapis
Ysabelle Torzar Lacasandile
Matthew Craig LaForest
* Stewart David Lai
Shannon Marie Laing
Theodore Nhat Tan Lam
Raymond Lau
Yu Hang Francis Lau
Wilson Le
* Jihye Lee
June Lee
Tiffany Amanda Lee

Hao Lei
** Max Dallas Lerner
** Anita Lingyu Li
Recipient of the Alumni Gold
Medal for the School of Business &
Economics
Jacky Hang Chee Li
Catherine Ling
* Alissa Liotti
Sean Philip Liss
* Nicole Marie Litt
Sida Liu
* Vincent Sui-Bon Liu
Emily Kathleen Ivy Lloyd
Jonathan Kai Yue Lo
** Jonathan Edward Lodewyks
* Shawn Philip Lucas
Mihail Lukashov
** Zhiming Luo
Evelyn Ly
Leah Aileen Macdermid
Kyla Jordan MacEachern
* Megan Lisa Danielle MacKay
Heather Lynn MacKinnon
Wendy Leigh Magnus
Tyrone James Maguire
Irfan Riaz Manji
Paolo Miguel Marasigan
Ian Marques
* William Martin
** Prajesh Marwaha
** Stephen Michael Massaro
Jenna Lynn Maurin
Kathryn Eileen Maynard
Matthew Douglas Henri McCaig
* Emily Michelle McCarville
Andrew James McCaugherty
Alexander Danby McEachern
* Ryan James McGillivray
Robert Wilfrid McMaster
* Laura Elizabeth McMurray
* Jordan McNamee-Lamb
Cameron McOuat
** Jaikman Edward McRobie
Recipient of the Alumni Gold
Medal for the School of Business &
Economics
Amisha Mehta
* Dan Li Meng
Katelyn Amelia Merchand
* Benjamin James Merritt
* Elena Mikhailova
Stefania Anastasia Milivojevich

* With Distinction

** With High Distinction

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Bachelor of Business Administration
HONOURS PROGRAM - continued


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Marko Miokovic
Hera Afreen Misbah
Alexander James Misevski
Rikesh Mistry
Gabriel Monteiro
Abdul Sattar Murad
Josee Murchie
Shradda Naggea
Siddharth Nagpal
Sarah Keiko Nakatsu
Ryan Gesualdo Napoleone
Rishi Narula
Sonia Nasim
Aria Nassiri Afshar
Scott Michael John Nehlawi
Kousha Nejatpour
Tsz Him Ng
Nneka Jennifer Ngene
Nina Thi Nguyen
Tammy Nguyen
Frances Denise Norman
Vanessa Novak
David Ade Ogungbemi
Evan Olbort
Phillip Orlandi
Michael Neil Paolini
Piratheeban Parimelalagan
Mubashir Mohammed Parkhani
Priya Parmar
Ali Patel
Chintan Atulkumar Patel
Arthitai Pathmanathan
Sean Patterson
Aaron Pereira
Siobhan Alicia Pereira
Richard Perera
Yvann Bernard Carrier Perrior
Matthew Picariello
Adam Jonathan Pickett
Natasha Tera Pilato
Remus Gabriel Pirvu
Taylor Lauren Polecrone
Olivia Jean Poole
Eric Poon
Lauren Frances Porter
Catharine Gail Prange
Mark Adam Prusha
Alexander William Puchalski
Katherine Purcell
Min Wen Qian
Mandeep Rai
Sayyada Rai

Klara Raic
Suissan Rajasekaram
Alykhan Khamisa Ravjiani
** Allison Jane Reeves
Richard David Reid
Ryan William Reid
Michael Stephen Reinhardt
Lindsay Heather Riklis
* Rebecca Rose Robinson
Daniel Rog
* Cristina Rossi
Jordan Alexandra Ruf
* Travis Tyler Rutherford
Michael James Rzepecki
Hassan Saeed
Akhmed Safarov
Inderjit Sandhu
* Gennaro Antoine Santoro
Dinesh Srinivasrao Saraf
Navjit Saund
Justin Mitchell Mervin Scheerer
** Axl Dawson Schneider
* Nicole Seah
Kulbeer Singh Sehra
Michael Charles Selby
Venusha Selvendrarajah
Keithana Ashley Senthilnathan
Malvin Alexander Seto
Darshal Rupen Shah
Shreya Shah
Surina Shahani
Mengning Shang
** Nathan Elliott Shantz
Pooja Sharma
Yan-Ting Sheng
Chenruo Shou
* Elizabeth Anne Siklos
Rachel Elizabeth Simons
Meera Deepika Singh
* Tsz Kit Siu
Natalie Elizabeth Slaven
** Fraser Michael Smith
Jarrod Alexander Smith
Laura Smith
Gagan Preet Sodhi
Oluwatobi Eniola Sogbesan
Ricky Wei Bill Sou
Justin Anthony Sousa
** Srinidhi Sridharan
Vaiseekan Srithayakumar
Nathan Daniel Stots
Rui Sun

Gena Joella Sylvester
Bradley Kyle Taguibao
Chelsea Kai Yee Tam
Ivan Tam
* Christina Tang
Ho Ming Tang
Kristen Marie Tatters
Stephanie Nicole Tersigni
* Victoria Alexandria Tersigni
Mayuresan Thavarajah
Nicolle Joan Thomas
Michael Ford Thompson
Taylor Tobiason
Alyson Sarah Torrance
Kevin Thomas Henry Town
Phuong Thi Ngoc Tran
Jeyda Jane Tuncel
** Anjolaoluwa Fiyinfolu Tunde-Ojo
Carsten Mackenzie Turk
Justin Aaron Turner
* Ryan Turner
* Christopher Ryan Tworzyanski
Martin Tzankov
Alexandra Maria-Cristina Urso
Roxanna Sarah Vaez
Patrick Alexander Valoppi
* Maaike Elisabeth Jenne Van Hittersum
** Erin Janine Vanderstoep
Gordon Chee Heen Wan
Kristen Bing Mei Wang
* Seth Alexander George Warren
Gregory Robert Wasko
* Laurianne Elizabeth Wilson
* Nicole Wilson
Angela Tsz Ying Wong
Hoi Wing Wong
Tina Wong
Zachary Richard Woolford
Sufei Xiao
* Dongqi Xu
** Christopher Zablocki
Ulana Zadarko
Taha Bin Zafar
Abdurahman Ahmed Zaghlol
Muhammad Zeeshan
Ruotai Zhang
* Xue Zhang
Xuewei Zhang
Steven Zimmerman
Adam Jean-Guy Zmenak

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Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM
Alexander Benjamin Blaber
Economics & Accounting
* Peter John Ciccarelli
Economics & Financial Management
Brandon Goerz
Applied Economics
Lingshan He
Economics
Eric Michael Horning
Economics & Financial Management
Fjodor Hysi
Economics & Financial Management
Sohaib Ikram
Economics & Financial Management
Mariam Katerji
Economics

Yen-Ting Melanie Ko
Applied Economics
Peter Levstik
Economics & Accounting
Spencer Nechacov
Applied Economics
Adrian Hei Man Ng
Economics & Financial Management
Shaun Edward Salerno
Economics & Accounting
Milan Stojev
Economics & Financial Management
Mengchu Sun
Economics & Financial Management
Lukasz Swietlicki
Economics

Lin Wang
Applied Economics
Peike Ye
Economics
Howard Young
Economics
* Zhimin Yu
Economics
Xiaoge Zhang
Applied Economics

Andy Yue On Fok
Applied Economics
Grant Alexander Gimpel
Applied Economics
Caitlin Howell
Economics
Alexander Yin-Hung Lee
Applied Economics
Dan Liu
Applied Economics
Rohan Mehta
Economics & Financial Management
Cuong Kenny Nguyen
Applied Economics

Shivam Shah
Applied Economics
Shruti Shah
Applied Economics
John Alexander Skordakis
Economics & Financial Management
Jesus Sebastian Solano Badilla
Applied Economics
Aiden H Sweeny
Applied Economics
Vincent Wong
Economics & Financial Management
Jason Jianshan Yang
Economics & Financial Management

Bachelor of Arts
Nomar Abdullah
Applied Economics
Shehroze Ahmed
Applied Economics
John Blair
Economics & Financial Management
Kwamina Ebu Boison
Applied Economics
Joshua Y W Cho
Applied Economics
Brennan James Eatough
Applied Economics
Ian Pierre Filion
Applied Economics

DIPLOMAS

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Diploma in Accounting
Zachary Eben Burstein
Breanna Grein

David McGill
Denise Verberne

Rui Zhang

Diploma in Business Administration
Matthew Kevin Park
Sonia Mae Wagler

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* With Distinction

** With High Distinction

Wilfrid Laurier University
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Friday, October 31
9:30 am

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

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Order of Proceedings
THE PROCESSION
The Marshal; Candidates for Degrees and Diplomas in Course
The assembly will remain seated during the procession of graduates but will rise at the sound
of the fanfare and remain standing until after the Chancellor announces that Convocation is
in session.
Marshal

Dr. Alex Latta, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies

Vice-Marshal Dr. Mary-Louise Byrne, Associate Professor, Department of
Geography and Environmental Studies

CONVOCATION FANFARE
The Bedel
The Chancellor
The President and Vice-Chancellor
Participants in the Ceremony
Ceremonial Officers

Faculty
Members of Senate
Members of the Board of Governors

PRESENTATION OF THE MACE
Dr. Renée S. MacPhee, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Physical Education
and Health Sciences
The placing of the mace by the Bedel before the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin,
signifies the opening of Convocation.

The assembly will be seated.

Welcome from the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin and President and Vice-Chancellor,
Dr. Max Blouw.

CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and
Environmental Studies; Associate Director, International Migration Research Centre;
recipient of the Alumni Award of Excellence, Faculty Mentoring Award will address
Convocation.

Dr. Margaret
Walton-Roberts

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Conferring of Degrees and
Diplomas in Course
The Vice-President: Academic and Provost, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, will present to the
Chancellor candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
The President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Max Blouw, will assist the Chancellor in admitting
candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
Announcing candidates for degrees will be Dr. Joan Norris, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate
and Postdoctoral Studies.
Greeting candidates for degrees and diplomas will be Dr. Michael Carroll, Dean of the Faculty
of Arts; Dr. Colleen Willard-Holt, Dean of the Faculty of Education; Dr. Bruce Arai, Dean of
the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Brantford campus; Dr. Glen Carruthers, Dean of
the Faculty of Music; Dr. Paul Jessop, Dean of the Faculty of Science; Dr. Nick Coady, Dean
of the Faculty of Social Work; Dr. Micheál Kelly, Dean of the School of Business & Economics;
Dr. Paul Maxim, Professor (Economics), Director, Master of International Public Policy;
Reverend Dr. David Pfrimmer, Principal-Dean and Registrar, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.
Hooders Dr. Tamas Dobozy, Professor, English and Film Studies &
Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies;
Dr. Carolyn Arnason, Associate Professor, Music
Therapy & Graduate Coordinator, Master of Music
Therapy program; Dr. Steffen Ziss, Chair, Department of
Economics & Associate Professor (Economics);
Dr. Gene Deszca, Associate MBA Director &
Professor, Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource
Management; Dr. Brian Smith, Professor, Area
Coordinator (Finance); Dr. Hamid Noori, Laurier Chair
Professor in Enterprise Integration & Technology
Management; Dr. Mark W. Harris, Assistant Professor of
Functional Theory & Director of Leadership in Ministry.

Degrees in Absentia

The Chancellor

Alumni Welcome

Riaz Rahaman ‘01, Laurier Alumni

O Canada

Jaime Groote, student, Faculty of Music

Music

Students, Faculty and Alumni of the Faculty of Music

The Recession

The assembly will remain standing during the recession.

For information on receptions being held following the Convocation, please see page 36.

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Degrees in Course

faculty of graduate & postdoctoral studies

DOCTORAL DEGREES

FACULTY OF ARTS
Doctor of Philosophy in English & Film Studies
Ada Sharpe
Polish or Work? Four Women Novelists and the Professionalization of Accomplishment, 1796-1814
Advisor: Dr. Eleanor Ty
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal for the Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

Doctor of Philosophy in History
Michelle Filice
“The Frater Soldiers”: Male Nursing-Orderlies in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1939-1950
Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Comacchio

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Michael Blair Evans
Interdependence and Interpersonal Influence Among Individual Sport Teammates
Advisor: Dr. Mark Eys
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal for the Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Science)

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LYLE S. HALLMAN FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
Bharati Jessica Sethi
Intersectional Exposures: Exploring the Health Effect of Employment with KAAJAL
Immigrant/Refugee Women in Grand Erie through Photovoice
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Freymond
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal for the Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Social Work)
Recipient of the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal for the
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Doctor of Philosophy in Management
Tannaz Mahootchi
Modeling and Analysis of Value-Based Healthcare Delivery
Advisors: Dr. Ignacio Castillo and Dr. Logan McLeod
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal for the Doctor of Philosophy (School of Business & Economics)
Eman Sayed Nasr
Exploring Hopes and Fears From Supply Chain Innovations: An Analysis of Antecedents
and Consequences of Supply Chain Knowledge Exchanges
Advisor: Dr. Hamid Noori
Saba Sharih
The Role of Interpersonal Complementarity in the Development of Leader Member Exchange
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Keeping
Adrian Chen Yang Tan
The Transient Collaboration Model: Theory Building, Structural Formation and Operationalization
Advisor: Dr. Hamid Noori

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MASTER’S DEGREES

FACULTY OF ARTS
Master of Arts
ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES
James Wesley Murray Palmer

COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Robert Patrick Bruce
Jesse Leslie Grossman
Katherine Leduc

Erika Lauren Moll
Brittany Morgan Klauke O’Neill

Leigh Robinson
Emma Leanne van Weerden

CULTURAL ANALYSIS & SOCIAL THEORY
Bridgette Marie Desjardins
Hannah Jung
Setti Kidane

Jo-Anne Lawless
Joshua Christian Scott Northcott

Jessica Pietryszyn
Emma Margaret Smith

ENGLISH
Jennifer Victoria Cumming
Katherine Elizabeth Karpiak

Alexandra Giovanna Orlando
Liam Paul Phipps

HISTORY






Cameron Alexander Gamoff
Geordie Gosnell
Kayla Grant
Mallory Elizabeth Anne Horrill
Christopher Geoffrey Hyde

Selda Kateroglu Sezen
Scott McGeown
Sarah Murray
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level (Faculty of Arts)







Jennifer Lynn Parkinson
Engin Sezen
Brandon Edward Travers
Madeleine Tyber
Chadwick Martin Wheeler

Robert L. Holley
Fraydon Karimi
Mark Simon

Marcus Robert Uriah Stewart
Benjamin Ian Winokur

PHILOSOPHY
Jun Mian Chen
Blake William Freier
Michael Stephen Funtig

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Mona Romana Akawi
Aarij Bokhari
David Alexander Clement

Josef Filipowicz
Stephanie Leanne Pedersen

Amberly Winger
Alissa Anne Wrean

RELIGION & CULTURE
Mathew Elder
Beverly Adutwiwaa Kesse

Sarah Nadia Moselle
Christine Marie Elizabeth Pugh

SOCIOLOGY
Matthew Jantzi
Leanne Heather MacDonald

Saisha Mahil
Donya Patricia Mosleh

Anna Elizabeth Spengen

Master of Environmental Studies
GEOGRAPHY
Ryan Huron
Shawn William J. MacDonald

Master of Science
GEOGRAPHY
Haydn Lawrence

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Master of Education
Jennifer Guy
Jeffrey David Pelich

FACULTY OF HUMAN & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Master of Arts
CRIMINOLOGY
Samantha Kolpin
Serge Lokshin

Nicole Danielle Schott
Justin Keith Szeto

Timothy Wykes
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level (Faculty of
Human & Social Sciences)

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FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS
Master of Arts
SOCIAL JUSTICE & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Seema Allahdini
Holly Campbell

Annalise Nicole Clarkson
Colleen Connors

Alexander Denonville

Meghan MacMillan
Leanne Metsa
Recipient of the Graduate Gold
Medal for the Master’s Level
(Faculty of Music)











Marjan Petkovski
Alexa Stovold
Kayleen Willemsen
Shanshan Yan

Joanna Zambrzycka
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level
(Faculty of Science)






Nicole Kteily
Michael Le Clair
Jennifer Stephanie Mitchell
Scott Mitchell

Lauren Monaco
Sarah Poynter
Hannah Marie-Elaine Tennant

FACULTY OF MUSIC
Master of Music Therapy





Lucas Keith Burton
Ainslie Elizabeth de Boer
Catherine Haire
Elena Aurora Lepik

Elena Andrea Savvides
Matthew Sheung Yan Wan
Satu Sinikka Ylanko
Suvi Tuuli Ylanko

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Master of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY





Victoria Casey
Phillip Ryan Cave
Melissa Leigh Dol
Amna Shakeel Mirza

Master of Science
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY





Amal Aloufi
Behrang Behdarvandi
James Campbell
Courtney Jade Clayson

CHEMISTRY
Kaitlin Marie Psutka
Dara Elizabeth Catherine Schaefer

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KINESIOLOGY
Michael Robert Antolini
Sarah Christine Dougall
Adam Harper

Heather Victoria Isnor
Stephanie Anne Ramautar
Brianne Karen Redquest

Alanna Riordan
Andrew Scott Rollo
Nicole Williams

Ziyi Ni
Limeng Shi

Emily Sung

MATHEMATICS
Glynis Lina Adenike Jones
Damaris Miriam Mckinley

PSYCHOLOGY
Jeffrey Patrick Kai Sing Hong
Christopher Paul Ross Norris

Susan Rachelle Samuel-Herter
Milan David Valyear

LYLE S. HALLMAN FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK
Master of Social Work






















Jo-Anne Absolon
Monique Achong
Laura Michelle Archer
Neriman Ates-Bilgin
Fola Browne
Lila Bruyere
Brenda Leanne Carter
Allison Caskey
Kerri-Anne Claussen
Angela Cooper
Nevena Culum
Frederick Lyle Dixon
Jaclyn Margaret Fekete
Alexander Glen Ferrier
Sally Goreal-Petros
Elyse Graf
Neil Graham
Scott Grant
Teya Greenberg
Krista Haddy
Elizabeth Laura Hardy























Kristin Renee Harriet
Natasha Huff
Farhat Javed
Linda Jeffries
Shawn Everett Johnston
Mary Lorraine Joseph
Emily Kaye
Ferenaaz Kherani
Valarie King
Daniel Kolpatzik
Hannah Kyung Lee
Michelle Margaret Lee
Heidi Longboat
Dylan Wade MacDonald
Cheryl Maksymyk
Kate McKeon
Melissa McMinn
Sarah Middleton
Adam Moilliet
Mary Ann Nawagesic
Vernon Nawagesic

Jesse Marie Near
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level
(Faculty of Social Work)
Melissa Louise Norton
Ann Ofori-Atta
Ashley Pancoast
Melanie Jane Rochester
Pilar Roqueni Calderon
Benjamin Gil Sauder
Cindy Skinner-Wilson
Raquel Shannon Catherine Sutherland
Ashley Dawn Marie Thuss
Donna Tyler
Allison Vandermolen
Gokulaniketha Velautham
Melissa Eva Wood
Kimberley Wrightson
Lisa Mary Yellow-Quill

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Master of Arts
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
John Michael Alexander

Robert Marc Henry Dales

Kevin Melville








































































Master of Business Administration














































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Abdiaziz Abdi
Darim Abdullah
Farrah Ali
John Patrick Angkaw
Aristidis Pantelis Telly Athanasopoulos
Clifford Atobamrere
Philip Attwell
Reni Shabina Balasingham
Patricia Bonachuck
Valen Boyd
Christopher Richard Brown
Jeffrey Brown
Christopher Buckley
Andrew McTaggart Burgess
Gregory Cartmell
Melanie Jeanne Chislett
Tina Chow
Sarah Cinelli
Aaron Corr
Timea Cunderlik
Dieu Ban Dang
Ramana Venkata Davloor
Gurpartik Dhami
Stephen Michael Dodd
Chaonan Duan
Sukhpreet Dulai
Natalie Elizabeth Carolyn Evans
Arsalan Faizi
Leigh Helen Farlow
Bryan Fedorak
Christine Theresa Folia
Christine Frantz
Daniel Frassetto
Matthew Garrett
Jean-Francois Gauthier
Peter Joseph Amrit Geer
Tamara Gogiberidze
Eric Goll
Michael James Greb
Dineene Griffith
Vishal Gupta
Fady Hanna
Phoebe Hanna
Emily Mary Louise Heuts
Matthew Blair Hiraishi

Harley Ho
Adina Hoppe
Yingqi Hu
Lily Hum
Joisyline Jeyarajah
Juliane Jones
Christopher Jowett
Rami Kanafani
Kunal Kapat
Aman Kapoor
Abiramy Ketharanathan
Wali Khan
William Khuu
Soo Han Kim
Mark Kiyonaga
Maciej Konkolowicz
Taras Adam Kuper
Ching Yu Ruby Lam
Reynan Lanceta
Dorian Rebecca Lane
Henry Lau
James William Wilfred Legue
Peter Ka Chun Leung
Ang Li
Pan Patrick Li
Ye Li
Fung Tet Lim
Pedro Lisboa
Kristin Loeper
Christian Hermann Mahlstedt
Ashvin Makwana
Mandeep Malhi
Spiwe Petronella Mapuranga
Andrew Vincent Marson
Stewart Reginald Philip McIntosh
Raphael Mete
Jonathan Mirsky
Matthew Blake Mishalkowsky
Dhruv Misri
Celine Alaina Mondry
Harminder Singh Multani
Sachiko Nakahigashi
Nasira Maryam Nasim
Charles Paul Clyde Newell
Matthew Nguyen





















Ljubisa Nikoloski
Marcus Obal
Angela Olano
Marco Ottavino
Stylianos Pallis
Jason Parks
Viraj Patel
Vlad Costin Pavaloiu
Lauren Phillips
Janet Lynne Pierce
David Pipe
Bartlomiej Piwowar
Philip James Prociw
Suneel Puri
Vishala Ramlall
Mohammad Farris Rasheed
Kamaljeet Rattan
Steven Reesor Rempel
Markus Mikael Reuhkala
Muhammad Riaz ul Haq
Arielle Rinaldi
Annabelle Marie Rocha
Maria-Clara Rodriguez
Barry James Roth
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level (School of
Business & Economics)
Sherifat Salawu Afolabi
Monika Sawicka
Katarzyna Serwin
Amen Seyedi
Hasan Sharif
Karan Sharma
Faseeha Sheriff
Jarrod Shugg
Harpreet Singh
David Smith
Amir Solowiejczyk
Djordje Sorgic
Derek John Malcolm Spafford
Matt Speare
Md Abu Sufian
Burzin Tamboli
Aron Tennant
Stephen Thompson
Kevin Siu Hei To

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Anthony Tomei
Konstantinos Tsaousis
Mary Judith Uffelmann
Anantharaj Uruthiralingam
Nathaniel John VanGeest







Zhenyu Wang
Ada Wing-Yan Wong
Edwin Wong
Liezl Ann Wu
Zhihao Xie

Panlai Zang
Isaac Zeitoun
Mark John George Zettel






Xueer Huang
Dongjin Huo
Mehnaz Khan
Shuting Li

Weijing Lin
Meng Qian
Han Xu

Master of Finance





Salik Shakil Ansari
Xi Chen
Mohamed Elkhatib
Xiaoqing Han

Master of Science
MANAGEMENT
Junmin Feng
Mohammad Shahabeddin Sanisel Bachary

SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
Master of International Public Policy






Andrew Adams
Stephanie Catherine Fauquier
Melisa Yasemin Foster
Busra Hacioglu
Virgil Haden-Pawlowski







Timothy James Hatton
Lyne Maheu
Andrew William McCauley
Dustin Charles Richard McDonald
Shawn Orane Neil






Patricia Njinkeu
Alina Shams
Johanna Wilkes
Nicholas James Zebryk






Lisa Nicole Poultney
Lorraine Alison Smith-MacDonald
Abu Noman Mohammad Tarek
Kellie Andrea Van Hooren

WATERLOO LUTHERAN SEMINARY
Master of Arts in Theology






Hilkka Aavasalmi
Tina Marie Bells
Lorey Blackmore
Krysten Block
Katryn de Salaberry







Kenneth Michael deBoer
Cheryl Dianne Drake
Michael Scott Knarr
Donna Marie Mann
Krista Marie Nolan

Master of Divinity
Janaki Bandara
Recipient of the Graduate Gold Medal
for the Master’s Level (Waterloo
Lutheran Seminary)

Dag Demandt
JoAnne Chung Yan Lam
Kimberley Nicole Quigley

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Wilfrid Laurier University
FA L L C O N V O C AT I O N 2 0 1 4

Friday, October 31
2:00 pm

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

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Order of Proceedings
THE PROCESSION
The Marshal; Candidates for Degrees and Diplomas in Course
The assembly will remain seated during the procession of graduates but will rise at the
sound of the fanfare and remain standing until after the Chancellor announces that
Convocation is in session.
Marshal Dr. Milo Sweedler, Associate Professor, French and Cultural
Analysis & Social Theory
Vice-Marshal Dr. Chris L. Nighman, Associate Professor, Medieval and
Renaissance Europe & Co-ordinator of the Medieval Studies
Program

CONVOCATION FANFARE
The Bedel
The Chancellor
The President and Vice-Chancellor
Participants in the Ceremony
Ceremonial Officers

Faculty
Members of Senate
Members of the Board of Governors

PRESENTATION OF THE MACE
Dr. Michael Imort, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
The placing of the mace by the Bedel before the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin,
signifies the opening of Convocation.
The assembly will be seated.
Welcome from the Chancellor, Dr. Michael Lee-Chin and President and Vice-Chancellor,
Dr. Max Blouw.

WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH PROFESSOR AWARD
Dr. Kaiming Zhao

Dr. Abby Goodrum, Vice-President: Research, will present Dr. Kaiming Zhao, Professor,
Department of Mathematics, the 2014 University Research Professor Award.

CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Dr. Anne Wilson, Professor, Department of Psychology; recent member of the Royal Society
of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists will address Convocation.

Dr. Anne Wilson

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Conferring of Degrees and
Diplomas in Course
The Vice-President: Academic and Provost, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, will present to the
Chancellor candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
The President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Max Blouw, will assist the Chancellor in admitting
candidates for degrees and diplomas in course.
Announcing candidates for degrees will be Dr. Judy Bates, Associate Professor, Department
of Geography and Environmental Studies; Dr. Steve Sider, Assistant Professor, Faculty
of Education; Dr. Kathryn Carter, Inter-faculty Associate Dean: Academic Coordination,
Brantford Campus; Dr. Bruce Arai, Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences,
Brantford Campus; Dr. Kevin Swinden, Associate Professor, Music Theory & Associate Dean,
Faculty of Music; Dr. Colleen Loomis, Associate Dean: Student Services, Associate Professor,
Psychology & Community Psychology Area Coordinator.
Greeting candidates for degrees and diplomas will be Dr. Michael Carroll, Dean of the
Faculty of Arts; Dr. Colleen Willard-Holt, Dean of the Faculty of Education; Dr. Bruce Arai,
Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Brantford Campus; Dr. Kathryn Carter,
Inter-faculty Associate Dean: Academic Coordination, Brantford Campus; Dr. Glen
Carruthers, Dean of the Faculty of Music; Dr. Paul Jessop, Dean of the Faculty of Science.
Hooder

Ms. Ruth MacNeil, Acting Registrar

Degrees in Absentia

The Chancellor

Alumni Welcome

Brittney Dudar ’12 , Laurier Alumna

O Canada

Thera Barclay, student, Faculty of Music

Music

Students, Faculty and Alumni of the Faculty of Music

The Recession

The assembly will remain standing during the recession.

For information on receptions being held following the Convocation, please see page 36.

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Degrees in Course
BACHELOR’S DEGREES

FACULTY OF ARTS
Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM
Pat Ryan Salvador Albano
History and Political Science
Samantha Alkerton
Communication Studies
Nicolas Enrico Almario
Communication Studies
Cristina Megan Almudevar
English
Alison Antliff
Environmental Studies
Nathan Ataide
Religion & Culture
Andrew Bruce Goodwin Athey
Political Science
Jacqueline Elizabeth Bar
Communication Studies
Matthew Barnes
Sociology
Steven Keith Barrow
History
Madison Lea Watson Bartley
Sociology
Jaspreet Kaur Bassi
Political Science
Ashley Esther Bensimon
Communication Studies
Djida Bessai
French
Maria Brillantes
Communication Studies
Cassandra Victoria Brush
English
Andrea Nicole Caccavella Sanchez
French and Spanish
Daniel Ho Yen Chan
Environmental Studies
Yuliya Chervona
Political Science
Susan Pauline Christman
English and History
Riley Peter Clarke
English
Megan Eileen Coady
Political Science
Colleen Rose Connolly
Communication Studies and English
Catherine Natalija Cook
History
Aislynn Cooper
Global Studies
Vanessa Elizabeth Cormier
Communication Studies
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Alaric Geoff Dennis
Communication Studies
Lucas Dotto
Political Science
Paula El-Khoury
Communication Studies
David Alexander Feniak
Communication Studies
Anna Fieger
History
Sarah Jessica Firth
Communication Studies
Kevin Peter Fitzgerald
Environmental Studies
Alexandra Georgia Flack
Communication Studies
Bjorn Frehe
Languages
Siobhane Galloway
Communication Studies
Puneet Gill
Political Science
Alexandra Gottschall-Parkin
Political Science
Michelle Lauren Goyer
Political Science
Mary Hamilton
Communication Studies
Benjamin William Handorf
English and History
Christine C.L. Hanna
Communication Studies
Faatimah Hassan
Global Studies and Religion &
Culture
Anne-Marie Kristina Hutter
Environmental Studies
* Rachel Kuehnel
Religion & Culture
Recipient of the Alumni Gold Medal
for the Faculty of Arts
Brynna Allyce Lehman Wasylycia
Sociology
Shauna Melissa Leyer
Sociology
Alana MacAulay
Communication Studies
Shaelyn Nicole Mahon
English
Jessica Lynn McGow
Psychology and Sociology

Gregory McKenzie
Communication Studies
Alanna Marie Neshevich
Political Science
Jessie Leigh Nichols
Communication Studies
Allyson Evelynn Oliphant
Anthropology
Jonathan Peres Da Silva
English
Alexander Frederick Poulter
Political Science
Keelin Shannon Pringnitz
Religion & Culture
Blake Anthony Prokopowicz
Sociology
Indeep Singh Rakkar
Political Science
Braveen Ravivarman
Communication Studies
Matthew James Rederer
English and History
Michael Robinson
Sociology
Amanda Ryan
History
Haya Sakakini
Global Studies
Alana Sarapnickas
Global Studies
Emma Katherine Scholtz
Sociology
Patricia Sechaber
Political Science
Nicole Anne Sguigna
Religion & Culture
Maria Alisha Shaikh
English
James Siklos-Whillans
History and Psychology
Alisha Janelle Slade
Sociology
Nalisha Yasmine Sonneveld
Languages
Michael Fraser Southcott
Global Studies
Sean Rutter Spiers
Political Science
Sarah Marie Stanley
Geography
Katia Marie-France Taillefer
Political Science

* With Distinction

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Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM - continued
Holly Anne Thornton
Communication Studies
Alanna Linda Todorovski
History
Kayley Toonders
Global Studies
Emily Tsinokas
Communication Studies
Stacy Marie Tsotsos
English and Sociology

Carly Virginia Valery Vienneau
English
Georgina Sophia Vretos
Sociology
Lowell George Weir
Political Science
Margaret Elisabeth Wiens
French
Kathleen Wilson
Communication Studies

Andrew Windrem
Political Science
Ashley Laura Winfield
Sociology
Sarah Louise Zoschke
Communication Studies and English

Joseph Handsaeme
Political Science
Rachael Scarlett Henderson
Sociology
Caroline Chi-Shan Ip
Communication Studies
Courtney James
Sociology
Trent Burnell Kading
Geography
Orville Sylvester McLaughlin
Communication Studies
Bryce Ronald Joseph Meertens
Geography
Nicole Pachis
Communication Studies
Mary Elizabeth Roll
Communication Studies
Sandra Elizabeth Spooner
Sociology

Veronika Kristina Sriubiskis
Near Eastern & Classical
Archaeology
Melissa Lynn Strickland
Communication Studies and North
American Studies
Alikhan Tamachi
Political Science
Ryan Lamar Thompson
Sociology
Mallory Alexandra Marie Tomiuk
Global Studies
Samantha Ventura
Environmental Studies
Amrina Visram
Religion & Culture
Chen Wang
History
Rebecca Holle Watts
Communication Studies

















*























Bachelor of Arts
Katelynn Mae-Ann Best
Near Eastern & Classical
Archaeology
Mallory Rae Burt
Sociology
JiaJue Chang
Communication Studies
Jessica Chen
Communication Studies
Stephanie Cutone
Communication Studies
Mitchell James Daniels
Communication Studies
Matthew Gerard DeSouza
Global Studies
Justin Drew
Cultural Studies and English
Marcie Foster
Cultural Studies and Philosophy

Bachelor of Arts
GENERAL PROGRAM






















Allan James Abernethy
Kyla Ames
Carley Nicole Andison
Michele Leigh Armour
Melissa Banh
Cecilia Claire Barber
Nicholas Bartlett
Gregory Patrick James Batuszkin
David Michael Berry
Kaitlin Alyssa Blackburn
Danielle Bowles
Sarah Jane Bronson
Catherine Marie Brown
Alessia Chantelle Lauri Budaci
David Aaron Burke
Brandon Ivan Ces
Kelvin Vince Chan
Andrew David Edward Charles
Damon Anthony Charles
Danielle Marie Chisholm
Edward James Chu

Michelle Jane Collins
Joseph Malcolm Ova Cyr
Gillian Dailey
Lauren Dale
Julia May Davis
Kimberly Ord Delisle
Kayley Ariel Diamond
Allison Marie Dlugokecki
Patrick Burton Donnelly
Nicholas Marc Edward Dupigny
Jahanzeb Zahid Durrani
Dylan Delaney Edwards
Alysha Faye Fardella
Cherine Shenaz Fehrenbach
Shaun Devon Riley-Fitzpatrick
Gabriel Brian Leonardo Fontana
Jeffrey Austin Fry
Recipient of the Alumni Bronze Medal
for the Faculty of Arts
Joanna Clara Fung
Daniel Gies

Karlina Sandra Hackett
George Alexander Hill
Megan Leah Hinder
Kellie Hughson
Monica Hutchins
Neda Ismailzadeh
Kathleen Kaufman
Krystin Kirkland
Marta Komar
Rachel Elizabeth Kvolek
Jessica Dawn Ladouceur
Amber Lynne Lamarsh
Mitchell Lawrence
Maryia Leuchanka
Barry Cheong Wai Leung
Erica Jennifer Magerman
Robyn Maister
Kevin Michael Mangar
Rachel Marshall
Carly Beth Martin
Valerie Matthew

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GENERAL PROGRAM














Gregory Robert Mattice
Devin Michael McCarney
Melanie Catherine McSweeney
Laura Elizabeth Moreland
Andrew Bryan Myles
Duncan Robert O’Brien
Maureen Elizabeth O’Reilly
Patricia Peter
Calvin David Peters
Thomas John Polo
Praneeth Potluri
Kourtney Riley
Carlos Andres Riobo















Kelsey Salonen
Zachary Schenk
Dong Bin Shin
Evan Donald Shouldice
Jennifer Lea Sievenpiper
Stephanie Danielle Skouros
Alexandra Smith
Adam Hunter Snooks
Rebecca Southcote
Courtney Sprout
Andrew Straatsma
Rebecca Tischart
Emilie Bregje van Dijk














Dirk James Vermeulen
Justin James Vins
Christopher Samual Walker
Christina Louise Wallace
Jeffrey Brendon Weedon
Rachel Kate Wilson
David Joseph Wisniewski
James Gerard Woods
Jesse Robert Woolford
Kristina Marie Wyton
Shelley Orit Zimner
Steffi Hanna Zubek

Bachelor of Science
HONOURS PROGRAM
Benjamin Kurtis Friedrich
Geography & Geomatics

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Bachelor of Education
HONOURS PROGRAM
Cindy Ann Carusone
Amanda Fernandes

FACULTY OF HUMAN & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM
Rebecca Terry Allison
Criminology
Emily Maria Cafaro
Criminology
Catlin Davies
Criminology
Carla Karen Egesi
Criminology
Amona Pardeep Flora
Criminology
Nathan Robert Adam Gadawski
Criminology

Andrea Linsay Grey Labelle
Criminology
Tiffany Jackman
Criminology
Jawahir Khan
Criminology
Amanda Laforme
Criminology
Stephanie Leopold
Criminology and Youth & Children’s
Studies
Deanna Masonovich
Criminology

William Shawn Morgan
Criminology
Jasmine Nagra
Criminology
Haley Lorraine Papalazarou
Criminology
Khyati Raj
Criminology
Lauren Elizabeth Uloth
Leadership

Trevor Anthony Joseph Osborn
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology
Amandip Sidhu
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology

Kevin Subryan
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology
Priscilla Jenn Tallo
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology

Bachelor of Arts
Ryan Dupuis
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology
Albert Hsueh
Contemporary Studies &
Criminology
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** With High Distinction

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Bachelor of Arts
GENERAL PROGRAM
Adam Rees

FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS
Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM
Denise Bruno
Youth & Children’s Studies
* Bianca Sofia Ferris
Contemporary Studies
Jikulunu Jorgbo
Youth & Children’s Studies
Elizabeth Millward
Contemporary Studies

Tolulope Helen Ojo
Contemporary Studies
Denise Price
Youth & Children’s Studies
** Sarah Servos
Contemporary Studies
Recipient of the Alumni Gold Medal
for the Faculty of Liberal Arts

Kelsey Mae Weaver
Contemporary Studies
Lainie Elizabeth Wisniewski
Journalism
Kylie Louise Wurdell
Contemporary Studies

Jessie Lemos
Contemporary Studies and
Human Rights & Human Diversity

Alexandra Camille Pinheiro
Contemporary Studies and
Youth & Children’s Studies

Erika Hill
Contemporary Studies
Michael Kaczmarczyk
Contemporary Studies
Annette Kutchaw
Christine Le
Contemporary Studies
Brenda Marielos Medran Leiva
Contemporary Studies

Jenna Lowe Sullivan
Contemporary Studies
** Patricia Nixon
Contemporary Studies
Recipient of the Alumni Bronze Medal
for the Faculty of Liberal Arts
Alyssa Sherann Kathlee Robinson
Contemporary Studies
Ryan Roethel
Contemporary Studies

* Keenan Paul Reimer-Watts
Contemporary Music: Composition
& Performance
Jessica Spencer
Music Education

* Cameron Tyler Streicher
Music Education & Theory
Recipient of the Alumni Gold Medal
for the Faculty of Music

Bachelor of Arts
Emily Marie Campbell
Contemporary Studies
Areeba Hussaini
Contemporary Studies &
Law & Society

Bachelor of Arts
GENERAL PROGRAM
Ozgur Alich
Contemporary Studies
Lucas Ardizzi
Contemporary Studies
William Owen Brokenshire
Contemporary Studies
Raquel Judith Casaluce
Contemporary Studies
Erica Dutra
Contemporary Studies

FACULTY OF MUSIC
Bachelor of Music
HONOURS PROGRAM
David Jan Bernacki
Music Education
Charlene Andree Day
Comprehensive
Nicholas Louis Klawitter
Composition

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DIPLOMAS

FACULTY OF MUSIC
Diploma in Chamber Music
Adriana Arcila Tascon

BACHELOR’S DEGREES

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Financial Mathematics
HONOURS PROGRAM
* Miguel Escobar

Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
HONOURS PROGRAM
* Cody Jack Clayton
Tu Thanh Nguyen

Sule Robin Song
Goran Zivkovic

Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Computing & Computer Electronics
HONOURS PROGRAM
Roman Sanine

* Nikolay Nikolayevich Sitnikov

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM
Tresah Clara Marie Antaya
Psychology
Brittany Bates
Psychology
Kelsey Biddiscombe
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Ivanna Bilak
Psychology
Daniel James Blair
Psychology
Brandon Booth
Psychology
Melanie Brenda Boyd
Psychology
Sarah Elizabeth Bradley
Psychology
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* Bree Anna Chaput
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Amy Chau
Mathematics
Jesse Alexander Collins
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Bradley Michael Crnkovic
Psychology
Carolyn Yvonne Crystal
Psychology
Amanda Jewel Cunningham-Nash
Psychology
Meagan Lee-Anne Davis
Kinesiology & Physical Education

Dominic Michael Di Domenico
Applied Economics & Financial
Mathematics
Meghan Elizabeth Domenico
Psychology
Mallory Patricia Durran
English & Psychology
Chanelle Lauren Farina
Psychology
Katelynn Leanne Ferguson
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Victoria Fik
Biology
Stephen Forster
Biology

* With Distinction

** With High Distinction

A F T E R N O O N C E R E M O N Y | F R I D AY, O C TO B E R 3 1 , 2 0 1 4

Bachelor of Arts
HONOURS PROGRAM - continued
Matthew Cameron Fulford
Psychology
Sam Gainer
Psychology
Jessica Joy Gatis
Psychology
Madison Monika Gleis
Psychology
Kelsey Lynn Henry
Psychology
Sarah Hintermayer
Psychology
Mara Lee Isabel Hoevelmann
Psychology
Kylie Anne Jobe
Biology
Amanda Dawn Keith
Psychology
Allison Labedzka
Psychology
* Liana Lancia
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Allen Le
Psychology
Rachael Lynn Lesmeister
Biology
Jonathan Levy
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Alexa Christine Littleton
Psychology
Siobhan Eileen Llewellyn
Kinesiology & Physical Education and
Psychology
Emilee Marie Looby
Psychology

Erin Rachel Pearl MacGillivray
Psychology
David Maidany
Psychology
Benjamin Maitland
Psychology
Hailey Rose Malkin
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Patricia Rose Mancini
Psychology
Matthew Jason Marchese
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Alexandria Elizabeth McBride
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Matthew McNeill
Financial Mathematics
Nicholas Micelotta
Psychology
Dylan John Morton
Psychology
Fiorella Patricia Morzi
Psychology
Rowan Athena Murdoch
Biology
Matteo Naclerio
Biology
Michael Pascetta
Biology
Rachel Louise Patton
Psychology
Kasey Ilana Peters
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Amy Lynn Porter
Psychology

Lauren Nathalie Reeves
Biology
Jacqueline Michelle Reid
Psychology
Sheila Shaafi
Psychology
Drew Michael Silverstein
Mathematics
Savita Singh
Psychology
Cassandra Lynn Sloan
Psychology
Brandon Sousa
Psychology
Kathleen Marion Stevenson
Psychology
Allison Rachel Thompson
Psychology
Shaina Trotter
Biology
Josephine Monique Vandenburg
Psychology
Brandon Matthew Walker
Psychology
Chelsea Elizabeth Wallace
Biology
Yi Wang
Psychology
Alyson Watters
Psychology
Leah Joan Winter
Psychology
Samuel Charles Wright-Edwards
Psychology

Tiffany Sherissa Chinapen
Psychology
Brittany Kathryn Del Nin
Psychology
John Alexander Fecenko
Psychology
Christopher James Gemmell
Psychology
Jennifer Hall
Psychology
Julia R Klyn
Psychology


Natasha Lynn Leclerc
Psychology
Meagan Leigh Love
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Allison May McKinstry
Psychology
Wylie Phillips
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Stephanie Mayumi Sakamoto-Marshall
Psychology
Allison Kate Sinclair
Kinesiology & Physical Education

Bachelor of Arts
Tatiana Alibekova
Psychology
Christopher Lloyd Allam
Psychology
Olivia Ann Allan
Psychology
Samantha Pierina Beebakhee
Psychology
Alexandra Lauren Berish
Psychology
Nicole Boncheff
Psychology
Mackenzie Lee Bove
Biology

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Bachelor of Arts
GENERAL PROGRAM







Alexander Anthony
Isaac Choi
Jing Gao
Stephanie Giannasi
Matthew Kyle Goodridge
Joel Thomas Kelly

Justine Marie Kraemer
Deborah Anne Labelle
Psychology
Frazer William LaChance
Trisha Manoukian
Anna Freya Matikainen







SahilParveen Sharma
Jennifer Kendall Suckonic
Agennth Thurairajasingam
Nafe Uzzaman
Kimberley Patricia Yeldon

Michael Christopher Fish
Health Sciences
Saud Gul
Biology
* Heqing Huang
Photonics
Brigitte Margo Hudy-Yuffa
Biology
Irsa Iftikhar
Biology
Amina Khan
Biology
Kwangyeon Kim
Computing & Computer Electronics
Ivana Konjevic
Biology
William Morris Lawler
Biology
Jordan Jung-Hyun Lee
Chemistry
Kevin A MacColl
Biology
Jeffrey Mehlenbacher
Chemistry
Marco Michetti
Chemistry
Alexander James Morgan
Psychology

Evgheni Naida
Computing & Computer Electronics
Jasmit Pabla
Biology
Kris Pekmezi
Biology
Hao Benson Peng
Biology
Matthew Plickert
Biology
Laurel Michelle Robins
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Samantha Marie Smith
Biology & Psychology
Candice May Sommers
Psychology
Margaret Ann Thomas
Biology
Jason Konstantinos Tzaponis
Biology
Ryan Vesuwala
Photonics
Matthew Jacob Winter
Health Sciences

Justin T Grima
* Amjed Waheed Osman

Robert Pasnyk
** Robert Douglas Taglione
Recipient of the Alumni Bronze Medal
for the Faculty of Science

Bachelor of Science
HONOURS PROGRAM
Norah Abdullah Alothman
Computer Science
Scott Alexander James Askes
Biology
Sean Lawrence Attenborough
Computer Science
Ritika Kumar Bajaj
Biochemistry & Biotechnology
**Jonathan Blunt
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Recipient of the Alumni Gold Medal
for the Faculty of Science
Tyler Brush
Biology
*Joshua Daniel Clayton
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Carmella Lina Corda
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Chloe Jeanne D’Agostini
Biology
Amanda Lee Dawson
Biology & Psychology
Mihir Bhupendra Dayabhai
Biology & Psychology
Andrew Drysdale Dupuis
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Nicholas Anthony Fattore
Biology

Bachelor of Science
GENERAL PROGRAM
** William Anthony Buck
Megha Chandra
William Bryce Bechard Cumming

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FALL CONVOCATION 2014

The Ceremony
Convocation is the most solemn ceremony within the university community. Since their beginnings
in the Middle Ages, universities have performed this ceremony in order to grant degrees to their
students and also to welcome those students into the community of scholars
which has trained them.
The conferring of the degree is symbolized either by an acknowledgement or handshake from the
Chancellor or the President or other conferring officers of the university.
As an outward sign of his or her new state, the student wears a hood. Each degree within
a university has a hood of unique colours and trim in order that the student’s status may be
recognized—indeed every university guards its own set of hoods from use by any other university.
In order to recognize the nature of this event for the students involved, the university asks that
parents and friends of the students participating in this ceremony withhold their applause until all
members being admitted to each degree have left the dais. Students are asked to remain in their
seats while other graduates receive their degrees.

The Heraldic
Coat of Arms

The Academic Degrees
The academic degree is a title conferred on an individual by a university as recognition of the
completion of a course of study or for a certain attainment. In Canada, the three stages in higher
education are represented by the degrees of bachelor, master and doctor. Wilfrid Laurier University
is given the authority to grant degrees by the Wilfrid Laurier University Act.
The bachelor’s degree is awarded at the honours and general level. An honours degree program
emphasizes the acquisition of a broad and deep knowledge of the student’s chosen honours subject,
including both skill at applying the subject and appreciation of its relation to general knowledge
and society. A general degree program emphasizes a balance between an in-depth understanding
of the student’s major subject and a knowledge and appreciation of other fields. Completion of
an honours degree normally takes four years and a general degree, three years.
The master’s degree is the second degree in higher education. Students complete concentrated
and specialized work at a more advanced level in an academic discipline or professional area. Most
course work is within the field of specialization and a research project or thesis is normally required.
Some master’s degrees provide professional qualifications. The master’s degree usually requires
one or two years of study after a bachelor’s degree.
The doctoral degree is the highest academic degree granted by a university. Candidates for the
degree spend several years in the advanced study of a specialized field of knowledge. The capstone
of the degree is the doctoral dissertation, an extended work based upon independent research. The
dissertation demonstrates the candidate’s command of both the subject matter and the exacting
methods of scholarship, and makes an original contribution to knowledge.

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Honorary Degrees
Honorary degrees are conferred by Wilfrid Laurier University in recognition of outstanding
scholarly, creative, or professional achievement or distinguished public and community service.
The university may grant the following honorary degrees: Doctor of Laws (LLD), Doctor of
Letters (DLitt), Doctor of Science (DSc) and Doctor of Divinity (DDiv).

Wilfrid Laurier University Mace
Detail of the
Wilfrid Laurier
University Mace

The mace of Wilfrid Laurier University was officially presented by the Euler family at the 1963 fall
convocation in memory of The Honourable W.D. Euler, former senator of Canada and the first
chancellor of the university. It weighs 16 pounds and was manufactured by the firm of Henry
Birks Limited, Montreal.
The ferrule near the base of the shaft contains ivory from a walrus tusk obtained from Coral
Harbour, Northwest Territories. The ten-sided shaft, representing the ten provinces, merges
into the head of the mace which bears the ten provincial crests. The wood used at the point
where the shaft meets the head of the mace is elm taken from the bannister post of Conrad
Hall, the original seminary building. Above this are four crests relating to the history of the
institution: a crest of Waterloo County, the Luther Coat of Arms, the crest of the Waterloo
Lutheran Seminary and the coat of arms of the University of Western Ontario.
The head of the mace is made of maple and bears the Federal Coat of Arms, above which is the
monogram of Queen Elizabeth II, during whose reign the university’s charter was granted. On
the reverse side is the crest of Wilfrid Laurier University and the monogram of King George V,
during whose reign the original charter was granted. The top of the mace is a crown, mounted
with jewels, symbolizing the authority of the State.

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The Marshal’s Baton
Dr. Fred Binding, a faculty member in the Department of Psychology for 32 years retired in
July 2003. He had served as the university marshal for ten years. Sadly, Dr. Binding died in
August 2003. In memory of his contribution to convocation ceremonies, artist Rex Lingwood
was commissioned to create a marshal’s baton.
In the baton, the artist incorporates a range of visual references that relate to the graduation
ceremony, both directly and symbolically. In keeping with the nature of the ceremony, some
of the forms are traditionally associated with ceremonial staffs, and the baton’s design echoes
the elaborate theatricality of the event and the flair brought to the occasion by Dr. Fred Binding.
The ends may be read as abstracted figure forms wrapped in the academic gown and hood,
with details in the university colours: purple and gold. These forms also read as plant buds,
symbolizing the life stage of the graduates. The Greek alphabet is inset into an internal side
surface in the shaft of the baton. This is a reference to the interests of Dr. Fred Binding. It
also acknowledges that language is at the core of university education and that the Greek
language has particular importance in western culture.

Detail of the
convocation
marshal’s baton.

The commission of the baton was made possible with the generous support of the
Department of Psychology and Wilfrid Laurier University Retirees’ Association.

Wilfrid Laurier University
Alumni Association
Over 88,000 graduates of Wilfrid Laurier University and its predecessors are the members
of the Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association (WLUAA). WLUAA, a volunteer driven,
non-profit organization, is the official body representing Laurier alumni. The elected Board of
Directors is representative of all academic faculties and many different decades.
WLUAA supports Wilfrid Laurier University with revenue from alumni services, such as group
home, auto and life insurance, and an affinity credit card. WLUAA revenues
help to fund alumni programs, university projects, student groups, scholarships, homecoming
and Laurier Campus, the alumni magazine.
The mission of WLUAA is:
To engage and represent a community that supports and enriches our alumni,
students and the University.

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Receptions
You are invited to attend the Faculty receptions

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014
2:00 pm ceremony | School of Business & Economics
KPMG Atrium

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014
9:30 am ceremony | Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Paul Martin Centre

9:30 am ceremony | Faculty of Social Work
FSW101 Auditorium, Faculty of Social Work Building
120 Duke Street West, Kitchener
2 hour free parking is available on City of Kitchener streets. Additional parking is
available at the City Hall Parking garage located at 200 King Street West.

9:30 am ceremony | School of Business & Economics
KPMG Atrium

9:30 am ceremony | Waterloo Lutheran Seminary

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014
2:00 pm ceremony | Faculty of Arts
Science Building Courtyard

2:00 pm ceremony | Faculty of Science
Science Building Courtyard

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