Community Congrats: September 2023

Recapping the recent achievements of our talented community across our campuses.

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A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.

Congratulations to the following:

College of Health Sciences

  • Jason Acker, professor — Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
  • Aminu Bello, professor — Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
  • Toshifumi Yokota, professor — Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
  • Hannah O'Rourke, assistant professor — U of A Alumni Award, Alumni Horizon Award
  • Sebastian Straube, professor — Award of Merit, Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • , postdoctoral fellow TWA Energy Influencer 2023
  • Carla Prado, professor — Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
  • , undergraduate students Winners of the 2023 CIF-IFC Student Quiz Bowl
  • , professor — Elected to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society, Class of 2023

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  • , graduate student — 2023 Sharon Pollock Prize
  • , professor — Gerald L. Gall Human Rights Award from the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights

Facilities & Operations

  • — International Architecture Award, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and The Chicago Atheneum - Museum of Architecture and Design

Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

  • , First People's House — New southeast public high school named Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack School by Edmonton Public Schools

The above list of awards, accolades and accomplishments is not exclusive. This series relies on community submissions. If you know a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or received an honour, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats, please send their info to .