College of Arts and Science top graduates celebrated at awards event
The 2025 USask Arts and Science Convocation Awards Ceremony recognized medal winners and most outstanding graduates
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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