We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Ontario Tech University salutes 2019 Convocation medal winners

June 14, 2019

From left: Noreen Taylor, Chancellor; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor; Dawn Haw, Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT) medal winner (tie); Dr. Michael Bliemel, Dean, FBIT; Dr. Lori Livingston, Provost and Vice-President Academic.

As Ontario Tech University reflects on the conclusion of the 2018-2019 academic year, the Board of Governors and the Office of the Provost salute the outstanding achievements of this year’s faculty medal winners and special award winners.

The university presents faculty medals to students graduating from an undergraduate program who have attained the highest cumulative grade-point average in the courses required for their degree.

2019 faculty medals:

Business and Information Technology (2)

Emily Flim
Dawn Haw

Education

Muna Munir Muasher-Marji

Energy Systems and Nuclear Science

Nicole Allison

Engineering and Applied Science

Jonathan Gould Fischer

Health Sciences (2)

Dylan James David Chau
Soroush Vahdati-Shams

Science

Gabrielle Caron

Social Science and Humanities

Katrina-Ray Claudia Villeneuve

Governor General Gold Medals

Health Sciences: Leanne Elliott
Science: Jonathan Gould Fischer

World University Services of Canada Scholarship

Health Sciences: Honoline Francis

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“As the pinnacle of our academic cycle, Convocation celebrates the success and hard work of all graduates at Ontario Tech University. We particularly congratulate the remarkable achievements of those students at the top of the class in their faculties. This year’s faculty medal recipients, six of them women, exemplify our university’s focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics), and represent our commitment to the promotion of technology with an ethical conscience.”
-Lori Livingston, PhD, Provost and Vice-President, Academic