Kudos across campus

Kudos from the Vice-President Academic and Provost celebrates external recognition for outstanding achievements of Dalhousie faculty, staff, and students.

President’s Office

Congratulations to Carolyn Watters (Vice-President Academic & Provost) upon receiving an honorary Doctor of Science from Acadia University. Dr. Watters is being recognized as one of the first women to graduate in computer science in Canada; and as the principal, co-founder, and a director of MathResources, Inc., one of the developers of educational math objects and interactive tools in Canada whose products are used worldwide. Dr. Watters received the honorary degree at the May 16 ceremony and delivered an address to graduates during the morning’s convocation.

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Congratulations to student Holly Simon (School of Architecture) upon winning first place prize in the 13th annual Berkeley Prize Essay Competition for Architectural Design Excellence for her essay, “Museum of Music Moves a City.” This competition is open to students enrolled in any undergraduate architecture program throughout the world.

Congratulations to the Cities and Environment Unit, recipient of the 2011 Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Excellence in the category of Social Planning.  The award recognizes CEUs “approach to change” which extends the principles of community-based planning through project development and implementation in a way that empowers communities to maximize the benefits of every project.  The submission, entitled, “Community Plan Design Build:  An Approach to Change,” highlights four community-based, project-driven and locally-focused initiatives undertaken with four First Nation communities in Saskatchewan.


Faculty of Dentistry

Congratulations to David Precious (Oral & Maxillofacial Sciences) upon being awarded The Canadian Dental Association Medal of Honour, the pinnacle award of the Canadian Dental Association recognizing outstanding service, leadership and humanitarianism at the local, provincial, national and international levels.  Due to the distinctive and special nature of this award, there is no requirement for the award to be given in any one year. Only one award is given at any one time, and only two awards will be given within any five-year period.  Only 10 living recipients can hold this award at any one time.

Faculty of Health Professions

Congratulations to Erica Brooks (student, Health Promotion) upon winning best graduate oral presentation for “Exploring the Lived Experience of Adults using Prescription Opioids to Manage Chronic Non-Cancer Pain” at the Meeting at the Crossroads:  Interdisciplinary Student Health Research Conference, hosted by the School of Health and Human Performance.  (Supervisor:  Dr. Anita Unruh)

Congratulations to Gillian Pritchard (student, Health Promotion) upon winning best undergraduate oral presentation for “Aboriginal Perspectives on Water:  How Does Water Contribute to Overall Health and Well-Being?” at the Meeting at the Crossroads:  Interdisciplinary Student Health Research Conference, hosted by the School of Health and Human Performance. (Supervisor:  Dr. Debbie Martin)

Congratulations to Emily Murray (student, Health Promotion) upon winning best graduate poster presentation for “The Experience of Canadian Childhood Cancer Survivors Transferring to the Adult Healthcare System” at the Meeting at the Crossroads:  Interdisciplinary Student Health Research Conference, hosted by the School of Health and Human Performance.  

Congratulations to Rod Clark (IMPART Resident) who won first prize for his poster “An examination of trends in acetaminophen/opiod prescriptions using data from the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program” at the 2011 Canadian Association for Drugs and Technology in Health Forum held in Vancouver in April. (Co-authors: Judith Fisher, Ingrid Sketris, Grace Johnston)

Congratulations to Jeff Karabanow (Social Work) upon the recent publication of his second book: Leaving the Streets:  Stories of Canadian Youth; Karabanow, J, Carson, A., and Clement, P. (2010); Fernwood Publishing Ltd:  Halifax, N.S.

Faculty of Science

Congratulations to Spring Farrell (Post Doc, Physiology & Biophysics) who recently won the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - Neuropharmacology Division: Postdoctoral Scientist Award for her work and oral presentation, “Somatostatin receptor subtype 4 modulation of L-type calcium channels in rat retinal ganglion cells.”  The award was made at the Experimental Biology Meeting in Washington, DC on April 12, 2011.

Congratulations to Jeannette Janssen (Mathematics & Statistics) for being appointed Director of the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) effective July 1, 2011. Since its inception, AARMS has played an important role in research activities in the Atlantic region, sponsoring or co-sponsoring numerous meetings and workshops, in addition to a postdoctoral program and an annual summer school for graduate and promising undergraduate students.

Congratulations to Edward Susko (Mathematics & Statistics) for being awarded the 2011 CRM-SSC Prize, co-sponsored by the Centre de recherches mathématiques and the Statistical Society of Canada.  According to the citation, the prize was awarded “for his pioneering work in probabilistic and statistical modelling in biology, evolution and genetics, and his important collaborative and interdisciplinary contributions to the understanding of comparative genomics and molecular phylogenetics.”

The Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost relies on you to provide information regarding awards and recognitions received.  If you have recently received special recognition, or know of a colleague who has, please submit this news to kim.thomson@dal.ca for inclusion in an upcoming publication of Kudos.