Recipients of the Jake McDonald Memorial Scholarship Reclamation Awards
Award:

2024 Winner: 

Samantha Gidora at Thompson Rivers University.

Additionally, Ms. Gidora receives the poster award on her work in detecting bats via environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling.
2023 Winners:

Lori Clyde from Thompson Rivers University; Jeremiah DuBovis at UNBC and to Angus Ball at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Angus Ball also won the inaugural judged student poster award for The Remediation of Ultramafic Rock Tailings: How Bioamendments and a Microbial Inoculum Impact Annual Rye Grass Growth and the Development of Microbial Communities.
2022 Winners: 

Behnaz Bahroudi and Shesley Callison-Hanna – Thompson Rivers University
2021 Winner

Jaxon Reid – BC Institute of Technology
2020 Winner

Keenan Baker – Thompson Rivers University
2019 Winners

  • Bilawal Soomro – University of British Columbia
  • Chantelle Gervan – Thompson Rivers University
  • Ashley Fischer – Thompson Rivers University
  • Brandon Williams – Thompson Rivers University
2018  Winners

  • Lina Xie – University of British Columbia
  • Landon Benson – Simon Fraser University
  • Cameron Weatherhead –  BC Institute of Technology
  • Hailey Make – Thompson Rivers University
2017 – No Symposium due to BC Fires
2016 Winners

  • Katie McMahen, Thompson Rivers University
  • Marika Green, University of British Columbia
  • Paul Antonelli, Thompson Rivers University
2015 Winners

  • Estafania Milla-Moreno, University of British Columbia
  • Michelle Phillips, Thompson Rivers University
  • Glenn Sidewell, Thompson Rivers University
  • Sarah Whitehouse, Thompson Rivers University
  • Osvaldo Vega, University of British Columbia
2014 Winners

  • Rachel Pugh – University of Northern British Columbia
  • Sara Sparks – University of Northern British Columbia
2013 Winners

  • Jessica Yuszko – Lethbridge College
  • Michelle Phillips – Thompson Rivers University
  • Jayda Guy – Simon Fraser University
2012 Winners

  •  Kathy Baethke, Thompson Rivers University
  •  Robin Strong, University of Victoria
2011 Winners

  • Paul Antonelli – Thompson Rivers University, 4th year undergraduate student year in Natural Resource Sciences
  • Jordan Clark – University of Victoria, 4th year undergraduate student in Earth Sciences
2010 Winner

  • Siobhan Crawford – Undergraduate student (fourth year Natural Resources Sciences) at Thompson Rivers University
  • Jordan Evans – Masters of Environmental Science Student at Thompson Rivers University
  • Allan Carson- Masters of Science Student at University of Northern BC
  • Ladan Mohammadi – PhD Student at University of British Columbia
2009 Winner

  • Sara Duncan, University of Victoria
2008 Winner

  • Jillian Kelly, Bachelors, Royal Roads
  • Sarah Hindle, Masters at UBC
  • Catherine Henry, Masters at UNBC
  • Paul Cordy, PhD
2007 Winners

  • Brianne Rand, Camosun College
  • Ted Back, Camosun College
  • Matt Perkins, Camosun College
  • Julie McBride, BCIT
  • Robyne Lilley, Lethbridge
  • Jeff Dundas, Thompson River
  • Chris Joseph, SFU, PhD candidate
  • Janis Shandro, UBC, PhD candidate
  • Rodolfo Neiva Sousa, PhD candidate
  • Judy Adrina, UBC, PhD candidate
2006 Winners

  • Laura Whyte, Kwantlen University College
  • Jamie Andrew, Northern Lights College
  • Stephanie Huska,Thomson River University
  • Jodi Bashaw,Thomson River University
  • Dana O’Bryan, UNBC
  • Prabha Padmavathiamma, UBC, Land and Food System
2005 Winners

  • Louis Kabwe, UBC PhD candidate
  • Jozsef Miskolczi, UBC MSc candidate
  • Trevor McConkey, UNBC MSc candidate
  • Jill Ledrew, UBC BSc undergrad
  • Jamie Birtwistle, Camosun College
  • Sean Campbell, Camosun College
2005 (W.E. Coates Student Award)

  • Laura Carleton, Camosun College
2004 Winner

  • Ana-Carolina Silva, University of British Columbia
2003 Winners

  • Amberly Bailey-Romanko, University of British Columbia
  • Alisa Williams, Royal Roads University (Victoria, BC)
  • Karla Biagioni, University of Victoria
2002 Winners

  • Tyler Ruks, University of Victoria
  • Brian Salisbury, University of Alberta
  • Scott MacKillop, Royal Roads
  • Neil Reid, University of Alberta

 

 

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