Special Journal issue: Great Grads

More than 4,500 students will be collecting their degrees at Place des Arts during Concordia’s June convocation ceremonies.

Each year, Canada’s Governor General grants an Academic Medal to the student graduating with the highest GPA across the university. Until now, Concordia’s enrolment has meant one graduate student and one undergraduate received the medal each academic year (gold and silver respectively). This year, Concordia’s increased enrolment has made it eligible for gold and silver medals at both the November and June convocations.

Meet the 17 students who graduated at the tops of their classes:

Myriam Suchet - Excellent in any language

David Mamane - 4.29 GPA: almost perfect

Guillaume Boivin - Marketing major on track

Cheryl Sim - Documentary as art

Kaushik Roy - How to decode the iris

Derek O'Flaherty - Synthesizing DNA for cancer treatment research

Menachem Freedman - Serving the community — around the world

Kyler Kelly - Climbing to The Summit

Raissa El-Haddad - Industrious student aims high

Zhuo Ling - Taking his hands-on education seriously

Justin Horst - Learning and leading on his feet

Vijeta Patel - Multi-tasking her way to excellence

Valérie Larochelle - 'You will feel like you have a purpose'

Mahmood-Reza Pooyan - Tailoring reconstruction to needs of post-conflict zones

Jessica Sypher - High marks, zero waste

Pohanna Pyne Feinberg - Art builds community

Darryl Martin - Perseverance the key