UBC faculty and alumni are among the 67 nominees for the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. UBC was also nominated for the Innovative Workplace Award.
Arts, Culture and Design Award
Prof. Rena Sharon, School of Music; Artistic Director, Vancouver International Song Institute; Artistic Co-Director, Young Artist Experience
Education, Training and Development Award
Assoc. Prof. Mona Berciu, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Assoc. Dean and Prof. Anne Condon, Dept. of Computer Science
Health and Active Living Award
Pro. Janice Eng – Dept. of Physical Therapy
Young Women of Distinction Award
Andrea Morgan: former UBC student in Global Resource Systems program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. She is nominated for her work as an advocate of the Save UBC Farm Campaign.
Nominated UBC alumni include: Deb Hewson, BA’81, Barb Hislop, BHE’76, Dip.Marketing and Sales Management’83, Kathy Leavens, BSc’81, MBA’83, Lianna Mah, BASc’86, MEng’87, Michelle Pockey, LLB’94, Lorna Bennett, Bed’74, Med’79, Iona Whishaw, MFA’90, Janice Eng, BSR’ 85, Judy Graves, Honorary Degree ’09, Shirley Chan, Honorary Degree ’99, and Micheal Vonn, BA’85, LLB’ 03.
For a complete list of nominees, visit http://www.ywcavan.org/content/2010_Nominees/1190
