Congratulations
Isaac Brock
Isaac, it’s your day!
Explore these experiences as part of your 2021 Spring Convocation
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Messages from President Gervan Fearon, Chancellor Hilary Pearson, BUSU President Rafay Rehan and GSA President Christopher Yendt.
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This Convocation’s recipients of the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award, Excellence in Teaching Awards, Research Excellence Award and Spirit of Brock Medals.
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Throw some virtual confetti to celebrate your achievement, share a photo or video on our Celebration wall, and show off your Brock pride with Class of 2021 wallpapers, cover photos, stickers and more!
Land acknowledgement
We at Brock University would like to acknowledge and honour the ancestors of those on whose traditional lands we gather today. Brock University is located on the shared lands of the Original Peoples, which became known as the traditional beaver hunting grounds. The Aboriginal Education Council and Brock University have worked collaboratively to keep the importance of our shared history, friendship and future relationships in our minds and hearts. We would like to recognize the successes of our Aboriginal graduates and all those graduating today.
BROCK UNIVERSITY’S ABORIGINAL EDUCATION COUNCIL
Lynn Wells, Provost and Vice-President Academic, delivers the Land Acknowledgement for 2021 Spring Convocation.
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Peter Tiidus
Dean, Faculty of
Applied Health Sciences
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“The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” — Dale Carnegie
Isaac,
As the above quote illustrates, graduation is the next step in moving ahead with your life. Your education has prepared you for many possibilities, most of which we cannot yet foresee. Be confident that you have the skills and abilities to succeed and do not be afraid to take the chances to do so.
You have graduated from excellent programs and have had the opportunity to learn from some great teachers. You have also had opportunity to learn outside the classroom and to benefit from interactions with your peers as well as the community at large.
I wish you all success and happiness in the future. Be proud of the education you have received and make the most of what you have achieved. You have a solid foundation for a life of learning and achievement. You are joining a community of Brock alumni as well as alumni from your program. Wherever you go, you will always be a Brock alumnus and we hope that this will continue to help you as you move through life.
While this has been an unusual ‘virtual’ graduation, I hope that it will still serve to inspire you and that you are able to take pride in your achievement.
You are also invited to the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Celebration for the Class of 2021, which will be held online later this afternoon Friday, June 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. It’s a live online celebration. Visit the FAHS Convocation page for more information on how to access this special event.
Best wishes.
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Education
Michael Owen
Dean, Faculty of
Education
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Congratulations, Class of 2021!
Isaac,
Your Brock Faculty of Education family is incredibly proud of your educational and co-curricular achievements. I know your friends and families join us in celebrating your success even though we cannot be together at this time.
As you reflect on your time with us and look forward to your future as an educator, know that you leave us prepared to make significant contributions to society. As Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
As an educator, whether of young children, youth or adults, you have a powerful role to play in helping us respond to the challenges facing our world. You will prepare the next generation of experts, activists and leaders to tackle climate change and inequality, discrimination or prejudice in any form. The lessons you have learned at Brock have equipped you to do work that will matter. It is our responsibility as educators to change the world for the better and to challenge injustice and oppression.
We want to stay connected with you after graduation and keep up with your accomplishments and adventures. We look forward to your engagement as we build the very best Faculty of Education — for today and tomorrow. Together, we will make a difference.
I wish you all the best as you take your next steps in your life journey. Enjoy your day! Celebrate!
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Social Sciences
Ingrid Makus
Dean, Faculty of
Social Sciences
Isaac,
On this convocation day, as you are commended for your hard work and achievements, take a moment to reflect on both — the countless all-nighters and the light-bulb moments that you carry forward today, the paper cuts and the A papers, your tears of frustration and the tears from those bouts of uncontrollable laughter you shared with friends. Committed, as you were, to studying how our global structures function, you likely encountered unexpected discoveries and, sometimes, hard truths that required you to grow, adjust, and find a new path forward.
I hope that your time at Brock will long be a touchstone for you — that you will regularly reach back into your memories to recall a fact, a methodology, a word of encouragement from a TA, or a perspective-shifting conversation with a trusted professor or seminar group.
The Class of 2021 takes on the world in what is already seen as an historic time, confronting the tensions of trying to move forward from a global pandemic, seeking justice and equity, battling hate, and addressing a rapidly changing climate. I believe that you, as a graduating class of emerging social scientists and global citizens, will take up the challenge of using your knowledge and skills to enact meaningful change. Your clear thinking, strong action, and translation of theory into practice will help us reimagine our society as safe and healthy — for each and every member — and much more resilient, adaptive and sustainable.
I join your professors and instructors, the support staff who helped you along your journey, and your fellow students who cheered you on when times were toughest in wishing you my heartfelt congratulations on your Convocation, on behalf of the Brock community.
Dean’s welcome | Goodman School of Business
Andrew Gaudes
Dean, Goodman School
of Business
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Isaac,
On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Goodman School of Business, may I offer you our heartfelt congratulations on having completed your degree. This isn’t the way any of us wanted to celebrate, but it does not diminish the pride we feel in seeing you start the next chapter of your life, ready to take on new challenges with the same passion, professionalism and perseverance you embodied while a Goodman student.
There is no question these are challenging times, but it is times like these that require leaders to step forward and find solutions. We know that you leave Brock University and the Goodman School of Business equipped with those skills and look forward to seeing how you help change the world.
Although we cannot be together, we wish you all the best. Take time to celebrate this wonderful accomplishment with your family and know that you will always be a part of Goodman’s extended family.
Congratulations!
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Humanities
Carol Merriam
Dean, Faculty of
Humanities
Congratulations Humanities graduates of Spring 2021!
Isaac,
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. If things were normal, we would be having a day of celebration together. You’d be seeing your friends again, I’d be hosting you and your families for a pre-Convocation breakfast, and we’d all go to the gym in robes for the conferring of degrees and much cheering. But the times are anything but normal, and so we must come up with new ways to celebrate your grand achievement. For finishing a university degree really is a grand achievement, and we are all very proud of you. We are especially proud, as you should be, that you have completed your degree this year: it has to have been one of the strangest and most difficult years any of us will ever see, and we’ve had to do university in ways we never imagined. You have truly shown the spirit expressed in Brock’s motto, Surgite!
In graduating in the Humanities at this moment, you are uniquely equipped to face the world around us. No matter what you have studied in the Humanities, you have developed some unique and crucial skills: you have learned to examine matters closely to seek out truth, and to look that truth in the face no matter how daunting it is. You have learned to develop an idea and express it in various ways, clearly and coherently. And you have learned to hold up a mirror to the world and show us what we really are.
These are the things we need as we try to build the world back better. You are the people we need. You have done something amazing and will go on to do even more amazing things. Thank you for spending the past few years with us and letting us see you develop into the citizens the world needs.
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Mathematics and Science
S. Ejaz Ahmed
Dean, Faculty of
Mathematics and Science
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Greetings and welcome to the Faculty of Mathematics and Science virtual convocation portal.
Isaac,
It is my utmost pleasure to honour the fine work and perseverance you have shown throughout your academic career.
Convocation is a time to reflect. It is a time to celebrate your accomplishments and be recognized by your professors, mentors and peers.
I know that nothing can replace the experience of having your name called out and walking across the Convocation stage. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to change how we gather and celebrate life’s biggest moments.
Though we may not greet each other in person, our spirits are aligned and I am just as proud to see your progress. The virtual nature of this year’s Convocation may be witnessed by an even wider array of attendees now that we aren’t limited by a physical location.
Take a moment to re-live your most joyful experiences at Brock; your highest marks, longest laughs and greatest challenges overcome.
Our Faculty draws on the strength and scholarly acumen in each of you to shine brightly on the world stage. I trust you will engage life to the fullest and succeed marvellously in your careers with the tools and work ethic you honed in Brock’s hallowed halls.
Dean’s welcome | Faculty of Graduate Studies
Isaac,
While I’m sure most of you were hoping for an in-person Convocation to commemorate this remarkable chapter in your life, it is my hope that when you reflect back on this time, you will be proud of the resilience you developed as a graduate student during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Today we celebrate you and all your accomplishments. Whether you are embarking on a new career, continuing your academic studies with another graduate degree program, or adding to your professional designation, you have risen to challenge and embraced the opportunities to grow academically and professionally during an extraordinary time. Congratulations on your outstanding achievements. We are proud to have you as alumni of Graduate Studies at Brock.
I’d also like to acknowledge the many people who supported you through your graduate studies. To your family, friends and colleagues – thank you for your support. In no small way, you helped our students to succeed by allowing them to focus and dedicate themselves to their graduate education. To the faculty members, program directors, supervisors and staff, thank you for your guidance for our students. Your support is invaluable.
Take today to celebrate your success. You achieved this landmark under exceptional circumstances. The perseverance you have shown will serve you in your future pursuits. If I can share one bit of advice as you move to the next chapter, it would be to remember your graduate education for the highs and the lows and everything in between. Look back on any challenges you may have had along the way and learn from them. Often challenges can turn into opportunities for growth and discovery.
Everyone at the Faculty of Graduate Studies wishes you all the best and we look forward to hearing about your future accomplishments.
Suzanne Curtin
Vice-Provost and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Suzanne Curtin
Vice-Provost and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Isaac,
While I’m sure most of you were hoping for an in-person Convocation to commemorate this remarkable chapter in your life, it is my hope that when you reflect back on this time, you will be proud of the resilience you developed as a graduate student during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Today we celebrate you and all your accomplishments. Whether you are embarking on a new career, continuing your academic studies with another graduate degree program, or adding to your professional designation, you have risen to challenge and embraced the opportunities to grow academically and professionally during an extraordinary time. Congratulations on your outstanding achievements. We are proud to have you as alumni of Graduate Studies at Brock.
I’d also like to acknowledge the many people who supported you through your graduate studies. To your family, friends and colleagues – thank you for your support. In no small way, you helped our students to succeed by allowing them to focus and dedicate themselves to their graduate education. To the faculty members, program directors, supervisors and staff, thank you for your guidance for our students. Your support is invaluable.
Take today to celebrate your success. You achieved this landmark under exceptional circumstances. The perseverance you have shown will serve you in your future pursuits. If I can share one bit of advice as you move to the next chapter, it would be to remember your graduate education for the highs and the lows and everything in between. Look back on any challenges you may have had along the way and learn from them. Often challenges can turn into opportunities for growth and discovery.
Everyone at the Faculty of Graduate Studies wishes you all the best and we look forward to hearing about your future accomplishments.
Dear Graduands
President and Vice-Chancellor
Gervan Fearon
Chancellor
Hilary Pearson
President,
Graduate Students Association
Christopher Yendt
President,
Graduate Students Association
Christopher Yendt
President,
Brock University Students’ Union
Rafay Rehan
Awards
Celebrating excellence
We congratulate this year’s recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award, Excellence in Teaching Awards, Research Excellence Award and the Spirit of Brock Medals.
Governor General’s Gold Medal Award Winner
Elizabeth Todd
Applied Disability Studies
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Tim Fletcher
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Research Excellence Award
Terrance Wade
Professor, Health Sciences
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Harroop Ahuja
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Amy Cruickshank
Goodman School of Business
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Kai-Yu Wang
Professor, Marketing, International Business & Strategy
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Rafay Rehan
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Mark Rosario
Faculty of Education
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Leanne Taylor
Associate Professor, Educational Studies
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Joyce Khouzam
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Edwin Laryea
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Lori MacNeil
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Josephina Campanella
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Michael Tolentino
Faculty of Social Sciences
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Hannah Dyer
Associate Professor, Child & Youth Studies
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Hope Tuff-Berg
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Madeline Pontone
Faculty of Humanities
Awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching Award
Elizabeth Vlossak
Associate Professor, History
Spirit of Brock Medal
Undergraduate
Brielle Kaminsky
Spirit of Brock Medal
Graduate
Carolyn Fast
Time to celebrate!
Isaac, you did it
It’s your time to
CELEBRATE!
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Thank you Isaac
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