On Monday, May 25th School of Information Management students (MI/MLIS, MIM and GDIM) graduated – virtually! Due to Covid-19, a convocation ceremony could not be held, but SIM hosted an online party and awards ceremony to celebrate. Thank you to all who attended and presented! Congratulations to all of our convocation award winners. A full list of award recipients can be found below.

Grads: Click here for a special message from Faculty of Management professors and staff.

Profiles of our graduates can be read here:

• Ellie Bernard-Wesson
• Jason Lee
• Nicole Slipp
• Nancy Li

We have 45 students graduating:

• 4 Graduate Diplomas in Information Management
• 7 Master of Information Management (MIM)
• 15 Master of Information (MI)
• 19 Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS)

2020 Convocation Award winners:

1. Anne Galler award (Special Libraries Association, Eastern Canada Chapter); Recipients: Jason Lee + Colleen Savage
2. Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) award; Recipient: Katherine Luber
3. Council of NS Archives award; Recipient: Mitchell Jabalee
4. Director’s award (MI); Recipient: Robyn Nicholson
5. Director’s award (MIM); Recipient: Amy Hak
6. Information Technology Leadership award; Recipient: Nicole Slipp
7. Clement Harrison International award; Recipient: Jill Liu
8. SIM Leadership award; Recipients: Jessica Kelly + Dan Phillips
9. NS Library Association (NSLA)-SIM Graduate award; Recipient: Randolph White
10. Research Award (MI); Recipient: Ellie Bernard-Wesson
11. SIM Research Award (MIM); Recipient: Shanna Walters
12. SIMSA Outstanding Service award; Recipient: Nathan Hynes
13. Louis Vagianos Medal; Recipient: Nathan Hynes
14. Beta Phi Mu candidates; Recipients: Robyn Nicholson, Nicole Slipp, Ridley Thomas, Katherine Luber, Nathan Hynes