Date & time
Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Ceremonies
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Alumni Recognition Awards
Cost
$65 (includes cocktail dînatoire)
Organization
University Advancement
Contact
Where
Maison Alcan
1188 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal
Join us for the 33rd annual Alumni Recognition Awards. Hosted by the Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA), this event recognizes and honours the achievements of exceptional community members.
Concordia President Graham Carr and CUAA president Nura Jabagi, MBA 14, PhD 21, will honour this year’s cohort.
Debra Arbec, BA 89, host of CBC Montreal News at 6 will be our emcee.
Come help us celebrate our outstanding award recipients!
Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30 p.m. Registration/doors open
6:15 – 8:30 p.m. Awards ceremony and cocktail dînatoire
The 2025 award recipients are:
- Kenneth Woods, MBA 75, LLD17
Humberto Santos Award of Merit and Service - Julie Chu
Honorary Life Membership - Caroline Ouellette, LLD 19
Honorary Life Membership - Yvonne Sam, GrDip 97
Benoît Pelland Alumna of the Year - Diane Dunlop-Hébert, BComm 82
Benoît Pelland Alumna of the Year - Andrea Limbardi, EMBA 16
MBA Alumna of the Year - Zoé Victoria Lord, BSc 19, BSc 22
John F. Lemieux Young Alumna Medal - Russell Makofsky, BComm 07
International Excellence Award - Jessica Winton, BA 25
Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award - Kevin Austin
Outstanding Staff and Faculty Award - Matina Skalkogiannis, BA 92, MA 98
Outstanding Staff and Faculty Award - Aidan Tecumsah Condo, BA 25
Outstanding Student Leader Award
Debra Arbec is the host of CBC Montreal News at 6, bringing viewers the local news of the day. Her passion lies in politics and hearing and sharing people’s stories. Arbec also produces CBC’s Montreal A to V series, taking viewers along as she explores the city’s 19 boroughs, discovering what makes each of them unique.
From the anchor desk and in the field, over the last few decades, Arbec has covered many of the biggest news stories in the province. At CBC, that included co-moderating the first and only televised English provincial leaders' debate, in 2018. She was behind the anchor desk during the election-night shooting at the Parti Quebecois victory rally, the devastating Lac Megantic train disaster, the floods of 2017 and 2019 and of course, the pandemic.
In 2024, Arbec won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Anchor after three previous nominations. She has also received several RTDNA awards for her reporting. After a months-long investigation, she broke the story about how the Montreal-based UN aviation agency ICAO, tried to cover up a 2016 cyberattack. The story won her a nomination for a CAJ award, which recognizes the best in Canadian investigative journalism.