The Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award
The Dennis Mock Student Leadership Awards recognize graduating students who have made outstanding voluntary extracurricular contributions to their school or academic program department, their faculty, or to Ryerson University as a whole. The awards acknowledge and encourage student participation in university affairs.
In naming the awards after Dennis Mock, Ryerson recognizes his commitment to higher education. His leadership and dedication, demonstrated during his 28 years at the university, are qualities embodied in students chosen to receive this award - students committed to ‘making a difference’. This is a prestigious, non-monetary award.
The Dennis Mock Student Leadership Awards program recognizes graduating students who have made outstanding volunteer extracurricular contributions to their school, faculty or to the Ryerson community as a whole.
- Program/Faculty-level: one recipient per program is recommended
- Faculty/staff do not need to submit formal nomination applications to our office - names of meritorious graduands is sufficient
- University-wide nominations will be accepted via the google formDennis Mock Student Leadership Awards - University-wide Application Form 2020/21, external link.
More information is available in the Dennis Mock Student Leadership Awards Faculty Information Folder, external link including, Nomination and Selection Committee Guidelines; Recipient Summaries and Rubrics.
The deadline to submit program/faculty recipients to YSGS is Friday, March 19, 2021.
Award recipients
2019
YSGS recipient
Naveed Khan
Digital Media MDM, YSGS
Faculty-wide recipients
Sadeem Munawar Qureshi
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering PhD, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Blanche Joslin
F+PPCM, Faculty of Communication and Design
Alexander Furneaux
Urban Planning MPl, Faculty of Community Services
2018
University-wide recipient
Yanjing Wu
Documentary Media MFA, Faculty of Communication and Design
YSGS recipient
Andrew Na
Applied Mathematics MSc, Faculty of Science
Faculty-wide recipients
Brenda Wong
Psychology PhD, Faculty of Arts
2017
YSGS recipient
Brittany Jamieson
Psychology PhD, Faculty of Arts
Faculty-wide recipients
Amar Unadkat
MBA, Ted Rogers School of Management
Tracy Lackraj
Molecular Science PhD, Faculty of Science
Maryam Rastgar-Jazi
Electrical and Computer Engineering MASc, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science