The Faculty of Information hosted its Convocation and Awards Celebration on Thursday, June 6 in the Learning Hub immediately following the Spring Convocation ceremony. Graduates and their families came together to recognize their accomplishments with conversation and memorable photos.
View photos from the ceremony and reception.
Here are this year’s Graduating Award winners:
Bachelor of Information Awards
Dean’s Excellence Award
- Academic Merit: Chloe Thierstein
- Leadership and Community Involvement: Rae Zhang
Master of Museum Studies Awards
Canadian Museums Association (CMA) Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
- Amanda Furniss
Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement in MMSt
- Anna Benko
Ontario Museum Association (OMA) & MMSt Excellence in Emerging Practice Award
- Giuliana Taccone
Master of Information Awards
Beta Phi Mu Letters of Achievement
Allison Swanson / An Li Elizabeth Tsang / Angela Joose / Bruce Bartra / Claire Wright / Danielle Shachar / Emily Jean Elizabeth Woehrle / Georgia Andrea Petridis / Helen Sarah Chazan / Jane Zoe Waldner /Julia Telch / Kathryn McMillan / Maureen Ailis Larkin / Moriah Christiana Gillette / Natasha Marie Wilson / Nicole Alexandra Amirault / Olivia Falkner Stillar / Samantha Anne Zani / Sarah Bradt / Siena Elizabeth Smith / Sydney Perkins
ARMA Toronto Chapter Award
- Angela Joose
Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement
- Archives and Records Management: Helen Chazan
- Combined Degree Program: Maggie Nevison
- Critical Information Policy Studies: Madelin Burt-D’Agnillo
- Culture & Technology: Kit Haehnel
- Human-Centred Data Science: Teresa Lau
- Information Systems & Design: Shehroze Saharan
- Knowledge Management & Information Management: Kiera Woodill
- Library and Information Science: Kathryn McMillan
- User Experience Design: Rebecka Ferraro
Douglas Armstrong Memorial Award
- Jakub Stach
Gertrude M. Boyle Memorial Award in Cataloguing
- Joyce Li
Jane Prescott Memorial Prize
- Nicole Amirault
Kathleen Reeves Memorial Award
- Bonnie Yam
Ontario Library Association Anniversary Prize
- Natalie (Nat) Johnson-Tyghter
Ontario Library Boards’ Association Award
- Christine Elliot
The Rare Books and Manuscripts Award
- Chantal Gustaw
William Graff Memorial Prize
- Sarah Bradt
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