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The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education celebrated outstanding students, instructors, clients and contributors at its annual Leaders in Learning awards.

“I hope all of you who are honoured here tonight feel the pride we feel,” said Dean Anita Shilton. “And to our guests, I hope you have a sense of the enormous commitment there is to The Chang School and to Ryerson.”

MC’ed by Janet Hercz, Director of Marketing and Communications at The Chang School, the event featured remarks from former politician Zanana Akande; the Honourable Greg Sorbara, Ontario Minister of Finance; President Sheldon Levy; and Adam B. Kahan, Vice-President, University Advancement.
 
“Education has been my whole life,” said Akande, the first black woman appointed to the federal cabinet. “I’ve been rooting for it. I’ve been involved in it. I’ve been critical of it. I’ve been demanding for more and better and it all seems to be exemplified here at The Chang School.”

The Chang School Awards were presented by faculty and friends of Ryerson, while the Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson(CESAR) Awards were presented by CESAR President Jeremy Salter.

“This is a great opportunity to honour academic leaders within the CESAR membership,” said Salter.

Kristen Wallace was one of four recipients of the Marsh Jeanneret Memorial Award, which honours the academic excellence of Publishing students committed to careers in the publishing industry.

“I’m extremely grateful,” said Wallace. “It’s a great honour to get this award and be recognized for something that I’m passionate about.”

Vice-President Kahan congratulated the award winners and announced the creation of a new endowed award. Starting next year, the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Award will recognize the academic achievement of Lighting Design certificate students.

“Awards like this allow us to continue to recognize the excellence and commitment of our students,” said Vice-President Kahan.

Following the awards presentation, a three-minute video of Chang School highlights was shown, featuring original music by Adrian Ellis, Information and Program Support Assistant at The Chang School.

“Ryerson has a unique model for continuing and adult education,” said President Levy. “Congratulations to the leaders in learning who are gathered here this evening. Thank you all for your decision to choose Ryerson.”

The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Award recipients:

• J.L. Beaton Scholarship – Jeffrey Biddiscombe, Dorina Brasoveanu, Diane Fisher, Ates Goral, Jennifer McLeod
• Abbie E. Hatton Memorial Award – Butch Ashcroft
• Mabel Taber Memorial Award – Suzanne Gardner
• Ontario Public Service Communicators’ Forum Award – Rita Devin, Libbie Lightstone
• Eve Orpen Memorial Award – Nita Pronovost, Caroline Winter
• Marsh Jeanneret Memorial Award – Debra Anderson, Alison Footz, Carol Harrison, Kristen Wallace
• Wallace A. Matheson Award for Creativity and Innovation in Educational Publishing – Alexandra Dyer, Will Van Der Zyl
• Pearson Canada Award – Patricia Ocampo, Will Van Der Zyl
• Stephen J. Mills Mentorship Award – Katie Dupuis, Adam Segal
• Marilynn Booth Award – Patricia Havas, Vasanthi Ramasamy Paul, Kerri Wright, Luke Yung
• Pierre Taillon Award - Libbie Lightstone
• Award for Excellence in French Translation or French Proficiency – Abdullah Assefi, James Points
• Walter G. Pitman Award - Luke Yung
• Tony Cellini Award – Ates Goral
• LIFE Institute Jack Brown Award – Bodiuzzaman Mukul, Paulette Sinclair
• Founder’s Scholarship – Alise Rimniceanu
• Kate Sorbara Award – Tetyana Martyushova, Jonpo Olaniyi, Khoshi Rasheed, Mariam Serhan
• Part-time Degree Coordinator’s Award – Stacey Mirowski
• Continuing Education Oustanding Contributor Award – Susan Laskin

The Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson Award recipients:

• CESAR Academic Excellence Award – Evan Adair, Murat Akser, Paul Cicchitti, Lynn Foerster, Ronald Josipovic, Katherine Leung, Juliet Luiz, Elizabeth Macinnis, Peter Mauro, Davis Mirza, Petruta Petrescu, Marzieh Sabetjoo, Sana Siddiqui, Paulette Sinclair, Ancy Sookraj, Basia Tobian, Mariko Uda, Caterina Valentino, C.D. Valiquette, Yuen Yu Yeung
• CESAR Academic Excellence and Achievement Award – Paulette Sinclair, Caterina Valentino
• Hugh Innis Award – Sandy Derstine
• CESAR Teaching Award – Erin Faith Young, David Hine, Alex Wellington