Twenty-eight students finished at the head of their class at UBC this year,
including recipients of the Governor General’s Academic Medals for achieving
top marks in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (master’s and doctoral programs),
the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science. They are:
American Institute of Certified Planners Prize (Most outstanding graduating
student in Community and Regional Planning): Basil William Van Horen.
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Gold Medal (Most outstanding
record in the graduating class in Applied Science, BASc degree): Curtis Michael
Robin.
B.C. Dental Hygienists Association Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class
in Dental Hygiene, BDSc degree): Rita Claire Chu.
Helen L. Balfour Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Nursing, BSN degree):
Debra Dawn Davis.
Dr. Maxwell A. Cameron Memorial Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class
in Education, Elementary Teaching field, BEd degree): Tanya Suzanne Lightbody.
Ruth Cameron Medal for Librarianship (Head of the Graduating Class in Librarianship,
MLIS degree): Susan Marie Moor.
Carter-Horner Medal and Prize for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Head of the Graduating
Class in Pharmaceutical Sciences, BSc (Pharm) degree): Thanh Thi Vu.
College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating
Class in Dentistry, DMD degree): Elisa Yuet Ying Chan.
Professor C.F.A. Culling-Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science Prize (greatest
overall academic excellence in the graduating class of the Bachelor of Medical
Laboratory Science degree): Wendy Jayne Hargrove.
Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Occupational Therapy (Head of the Graduating Class
in Rehabilitation Sciences, Occupational Therapy, BSc (OT) degree): Brigita
Dana Ona Grazys.
Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Physiotherapy (Head of the Graduating Class in Rehabilitation
Sciences, Physiotherapy, BSc(PT) degree):Veronica Michelle Bergeron.
Hamber Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Medicine, MD degree, best cumulative
record in all years of study): Nadine
Rena Caron.
Human Kinetics Faculty Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Human Kinetics,
BHK degree): Karen Joan
Mountifield.
Kiwanis Club Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Commerce and Business
Administration, BCom degree): Erica Kelwon Lau.
Law Society Gold Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Law, LLB
degree): James Conrad MacInnis.
H.R. MacMillan Prize in Forestry (Head of the Graduating Class in Forestry,
BSF or BSc (Forestry) degree): John-Paul Kenneth Wenger.
Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Pharmacy,
PharmD degree): Christine Anne Hughes.
Dr. John Wesley Neill Medal and Prize (Head of Graduating Class in Landscape
Architecture, BLA degree): Jacqueline
Mary Teed.
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Medal (graduating student with the
highest standing in the School of Architecture): Gregory Stephen Boothroyd.
Wilfrid Sadler Memorial Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Agricultural
Sciences, BSc (Agr) degree): Lindsay Jane Paterson.
Marjorie Ellis Topping Memorial Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Social
Work, BSW degree): Patience Anne Lee.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Family and Nutritional
Sciences): Janet Leanne Kalesnikoff.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Fine Arts, BFA degree):
Evan Foon Lee.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Music, BMus degree):
Margaret Ann Louise Brydges.
