Honours

The University of Victoria is, above all, a community of extraordinarily gifted people, dedicated to the pursuit and perpetuation of knowledge and its application in the service of society. On these pages, we list some of the awards and honours bestowed this year upon our students, faculty and graduates in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

Student and graduates

Jennifer Bond (Law), clerkship with the Supreme Court of Canada
Stephanie Dixon (Psychology), one gold and five silver
medals in the 2006 World Championships for Swimmers with a Disability
Lisa Helps (History graduate), 2006 Trudeau Scholar
Dawnis Kennedy (Law), 2006 Trudeau Scholar
Serena Kataoka (Political Science), Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada graduate student award of merit
Dany Lyne (Theatre graduate), BMO Financial Group Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, Canada’s largest theatre prize
Wendy Muscat-Tyler (Education), Vancouver Holocaust Education Society Mayer and Ghita Kron Award
Adam Perry (Law), Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship to study legal theory at Oxford University

Faculty

Taiaiake Alfred (Indigenous Governance, Political
Science), National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education
Mowry Baden (Visual Arts, Emeritus), Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
Cecilia Benoit (Sociology), Mitchell Medal in Gender Studies of the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
John Borrows (Law), Trudeau Foundation Fellows Prize
Caroline Cameron (Biochemistry & Microbiology), Canada Research Chair in Molecular Pathogenesis
Ned Djilali (Mechanical Engineering), Canada Research Chair in System Design & Computational Modelling
Gweneth Doane (Nursing), Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2006 3M Teaching Fellowship
Budd Hall (Curriculum & Instruction), Canadian Bureau for International Education Innovation in International Education Award
Dr. Darlene Hammell (Island Medical Program), College of Family Physicians of Canada Canada’s Family Physician of the Year Award
David Hultsch (Psychology), American Psychological Association Master Mentor Award
Robie MacDonald (Earth & Ocean Science), RSC Miroslaw
Romanowski Medal for contributions to the solution of environmental problems
Ian MacPherson (BC Institute for Co-operative Studies), International Co-operative Alliance Rochdale Pioneer Prize
Larry McCann (Geography), Victoria Hallmark Society Award of Merit
Reg Mitchell (Chemistry), McNeil Medal in Science Communication of the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
Pamela Porter (Writing), TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, Geoffrey Bilson Award for historical fiction, Jane Addams Peace Foundation honour book award
Frances Ricks (Child & Youth Care), Victoria
YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Education, Training and Development
Andrew Rippin (History), elected fellow in the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences
of Canada
Patricia Roy (History), elected fellow in the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences
of Canada
Wolff-Michael Roth (Curriculum & Instruction), Canadian Education Association’s 2006 CEA-Whitworth Award for Education Research
David Scott (Integrated Energy Systems, Emeritus), International Association for Hydrogen Energy Jules Verne Award for outstanding contributions to hydrogen physics, energy sociology & philosophy
Gordon Smith (Centre for Global Studies), Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Trudeau Mentor
Pauline van den Driessche (Mathematics), Canadian Mathematical Society 2007 Krieger-Nelson Prize
Andrew Weaver (Earth & Ocean Sciences), 2006 Award of recognition from the BC School Superintendents
Association for school weather network
Christine Welsh (Women’s Studies), Amnesty International Film Festival Gold Audience Award for her documentary “Finding Dawn”
Lorna Williams (Curriculum & Instruction), Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies
Bill Zuk (Curriculum & Instruction), 2005 Canadian
Society for Education Through Art Excellence Award

Athletics championships

2005/06 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championship in
women’s soccer
2005/06 Canadian University Rowing Championship in women’s rowing
2005/06 Canadian University/College Golf Championship in men’s golf