Accolades for the week of August 13
Gary Johns, from the Department of Management at the John Molson School of Business, received the award for Distinguished Contributions to Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Canada from the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Johns was presented with the award, which is given every three to five years, at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Halifax on June 15.
A delegation of 53 military officials from the Netherlands military academy recently visited Concordia's Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights' Studies (MIGS). The officials are travelling to several cities in North America, including Montreal, to learn about the Will to Intervene project and about international security, foreign defense and development, and government and policy, from both a European and North American perspective.
John Oh, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was featured as the author of the week on RSC Publishing’s Polymer Chemistry Blog in early June. Oh’s current research focuses on “enabling the design and processing of macromolecular nanoscale materials for biological and biomedical applications.”
François-Marc Gagnon, founding director and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, has won the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize from the Historical Society of Canada for his book The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas. The book brings together for the first time the illustrated Codex Canadensis, published in the 18th century, and The Natural History of the New World, following Gagnon's argument that both can be attributed to Louis Nicolas, a French Jesuit priest who travelled throughout Canada between 1664 and 1675.
The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize is awarded to the non-fiction work of Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.
Office Technology Analyst in Enrolment Services Susan Durkee was recently appointed president of the North American Association of Commencement Officers. The association unites commencement and convocation officers across North America to share ideas, traditions and explore new opportunities in planning graduation ceremonies.
“I am so honoured to serve this organization as president,” said Durkee. “I look forward to working with my fellow board members to take this organization to the next level and continue our mission of being the main source of information for commencement and convocation officers.”
In February 2011, Concordia hosted the association’s conference in Montreal.
Archivist Emerita Nancy Marrelli may have retired from the university, but now she's the newest Fellow of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA). What follows is an excerpt from the nomination: "Nancy developed an exemplary archival program by introducing a comprehensive preservation management program, initiated numerous outreach projects that attracted the attention and enlisted the support of university administrators, implemented a fully functioning records management program, and acquired extensive and important private archives documenting the Montreal jazz and visual arts communities.
"Nancy may be best known to the Canadian archival community for her work in copyright, disaster recovery and planning, preservation management and the preservation of audio-visual records ... For her exceptional career of dedicated service, extensive professional experience, past and continuing contributions and leadership, the ACA is pleased to welcome Nancy as its latest fellow."
Recent graduate Marvin Coleby was honoured with the Paul Frappier Youth Leadership Award, part of the Montreal Community Cares Awards handed out last June. He was chosen for having founded Concordia's first ever Cultural Diversity Week and devotes his time to assisting foreign students who come to school in Montreal. But that's not all. The holder of newly minted Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Honours) and minor in Philosophy was also honoured with the Best Club Executive Award as president of the Concordia Caribbean Student Union and with the Outstanding Student Award by Advancement and Alumni Relations.
Congratulations to Kerry Tannahill, a student in the Master in Public Policy and Public Administration program and prospective incoming PhD student, who won the Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award for best poster presentation, at the European Consortium for Political Research Summer School in Methods and Techniques. All participants of the summer school are invited to present a poster explaining their "work in progress." The award is given for the best participant poster.