College of Arts and Science top graduates celebrated at awards event

At its annual Convocation Awards Ceremony on June 2, 2025, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Arts and Science celebrated more than 40 outstanding graduates.

Held at Convocation Hall the night before the college’s ceremonies at USask Spring Convocation, the event recognized the most outstanding graduates in Arts and Science programs and the winners of college and university academic medals. Dean Brooke Milne, Interim Vice-Dean Academic Jennifer Lang and Interim Vice-Dean Faculty Relations Angela Lieverse presented the awards and congratulated the recipients onstage.

College of Arts and Science graduate—and one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors—Sharon Butala (BEd'62, BA'63, PGD'73, DLitt'04) gave a special alumni address to the graduates.

Photos from this year’s awards ceremony can be viewed on Flickr. To learn more about USask Spring Convocation 2025 and read news stories about graduates, visit the USask convocation website.

The names of the 2024/25 award and medal winners are listed below.

Award Winners in Humanities and Fine Arts

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Jonathan Daniel Tait
Arthur Collingwood Convocation Prize in Music

Saeidah Qasemi
Braj Sinha Award for the Most Outstanding Graduate in Religion and Culture

Chantelle Monique Zerr
Debrou Top Graduate Award in History

Shay Lane Francis
Department of Philosophy Convocation Award

Moss Allen
Judy Poole Award in Art and Art History

Laura Jane Wood
Most Outstanding Graduate in Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

Rebecca Rose Spilchak
Walter Mills Award in Drama

Award Winners in Social Sciences

Victoria Anne Spurr
Gordon A. McMurray Prize in Psychology

Nolan Douglas Long
The Honourable Donald Alexander McNiven Prize in Political Studies

Liam Thomas Goodwin
Lewis C. Gray Prize in Economics

Connor Probert
Most Outstanding Graduate in Anthropology

Nyah Robin Kelly
Most Outstanding Graduate in Archaeology

Brynn Alexa Romanovitch
Most Outstanding Graduate in Linguistics

Matthew Kenneth Michasiw
Most Outstanding Graduate in Sociology

Award Winners in Science

Erwin Zhu
Jack Miller Bursary

Eric Luo
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

Minting Huang
Molson Canada Undergraduate Achievement Award in Food Science

Halle Hanson
Most Outstanding Graduate in Cellular, Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences

Andrew Paul Morton
Most Outstanding Graduate in Computer Science

Shaylee Brynn Baglole
Most Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Biology

Julia Howell Bourner
Most Outstanding Graduate in Hydrology

Naien Li
Most Outstanding Graduate in Mathematics

Liam Elias
Most Outstanding Graduate in Physics

Anupriya Singh
Most Outstanding Graduate in Statistics

Drake Joseph Buechler
Ore Gangue Memorial Award in Geological Sciences

Emma Pierrard
W.P. Thompson Convocation Prize in Biology

Award Winners in Interdisciplinary Programs

Abdalla Sahal
Mabel F. Timlin Prize in Business Economics

Kim Kargut
Most Outstanding Graduate in Applied Computing

Naomi Ellen Duff
Most Outstanding Graduate in Environment and Society

Carter Johnson
Most Outstanding Graduate in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences

Trinity Raine Wilde
Most Outstanding Graduate in International Studies

Jeremy Bell
Most Outstanding Graduate in Mathematical Physics

Sydney Buzash
Regional and Urban Planning Program Convocation Award

Ivana Gulati
Most Outstanding Graduate in Toxicology

2024 Fall Convocation Medal Winners

Pascale Yee
Rose Litman Medal in the Humanities

Kira Gerein
University Medal in the BA&Sc Degree

Hannah Lynn Fehr
University Medal in the Fine Arts

Jocelyn Claire D'Eon
University Medal in the Social Sciences

Kylee Paige Hawkins
Fall Convocation Three-year Medal

Madison Autumn DeCorby
University Medal in the Sciences
Dean's Medal

Amélia Katherine Gagnon
University Medal in the BSc Biomedical Sciences Degree
President's Medal

2025 Spring Convocation Medal Winners

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Elisabeth Maria Bauman
Award for Excellence in English Studies
Copland Prize in Humanities

Vinesh Rao
Copland Prize in Social Sciences

Danaka Rose Stromberg
University of Saskatchewan Film Society Prize

Bhavandeep Kaur Bath
Most Outstanding Graduate in Health Studies
University Medal in the BA&Sc Degree

Johanna Christel Wiebe
Spring Convocation Three-year Medal

Emjay Koller
Most Outstanding Graduate in Chemistry
Earl of Bessborough Prize in Science
Haslam Medal

Grayson Layne Tourney
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biomedical Neuroscience
University Medal in the BSc Biomedical Sciences Degree
Governor General's Silver Medal

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