DR. ROBERT J. GORDON President and Vice-Chancellor University of Windsor Dr. Robert Gordon’s term as the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Windsor was effective September 1, 2019. Prior to his appointment by the Board of Governors, Dr. Gordon served as Provost and Vice-President, Academic at Wilfrid Laurier University, and previously was Laurier’s Vice-President, Research. Dr. Gordon is a recognized authority on environmental engineering issues related to climate change and water management, having held a Canada Research Chair in environmental resource management. Dr. Gordon has a proven background as a research champion and brings strengths in promoting academic excellence, while integrating teaching, research and community engagement to the University of Windsor. Dr. Gordon has served in various academic and administrative capacities, including as Dean of Research at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College — now the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University — and headed the environmental management section of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, where he administered the Nova Scotia Environmental Farm Plan Program on behalf of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture; the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture; and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He also served as an extension specialist through the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture. Before joining Laurier, Dr. Gordon was Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph, where he led the largest agriculture and food faculty in Canada. Under his leadership, OAC was ranked first in Canada, fifth in North America and ninth globally in agriculture and food science. During Dr. Gordon’s tenure at Laurier, he led the university’s development of a statement of free expression and also helped the university be recognized first among Canadian universities in research efficiency, and second in relative research funding growth. Throughout his leadership roles, Dr. Gordon has also maintained a strong commitment to research and student mentorship. This has included publishing approximately 170 refereed journal articles, and supervising more than 60 graduate students, and eight post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Gordon earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Engineering from McGill University and his PhD in Land Resource Science from the University of Guelph. Dr. Gordon has received the Premier's Award of Excellence from the province of Nova Scotia and a number of other research and service-related awards and recognitions.
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DR. ROBERT J. GORDON
President and Vice-Chancellor University of Windsor
Dr. Robert Gordon’s term as the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Windsor was effective September 1, 2019. Prior to his appointment by the Board of Governors, Dr. Gordon served as Provost and Vice-President, Academic at Wilfrid Laurier University, and previously was Laurier’s Vice-President, Research.
Dr. Gordon is a recognized authority on environmental engineering issues related to climate change and water management, having held a Canada Research Chair in environmental resource management. Dr. Gordon has a proven background as a research champion and brings strengths in promoting academic excellence, while integrating teaching, research and community engagement to the University of Windsor.
Dr. Gordon has served in various academic and administrative capacities, including as Dean of Research at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College — now the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University — and headed the environmental management section of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, where he administered the Nova Scotia Environmental Farm Plan Program on behalf of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture; the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture; and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He also served as an extension specialist through the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture.
Before joining Laurier, Dr. Gordon was Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph, where he led the largest agriculture and food faculty in Canada. Under his leadership, OAC was ranked first in Canada, fifth in North America and ninth globally in agriculture and food science.
During Dr. Gordon’s tenure at Laurier, he led the university’s development of a statement of free expression and also helped the university be recognized first among Canadian universities in research efficiency, and second in relative research funding growth.
Throughout his leadership roles, Dr. Gordon has also maintained a strong commitment to research and student mentorship. This has included publishing approximately 170 refereed journal articles, and supervising more than 60 graduate students, and eight post-doctoral fellows.
Dr. Gordon earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Engineering from McGill University and his PhD in Land Resource Science from the University of Guelph. Dr. Gordon has received the Premier's Award of Excellence from
the province of Nova Scotia and a number of other research and service-related awards and recognitions.
FIRST SESSION
Saturday Morning, October 19, 2019 at 10 o’clock
The audience will rise as the Chancellor’s procession enters and will remain standing during the choir’s
singing of “Adiemus” by Karl Jenkins.
Territorial Acknowledgment
Dr Dean Jacobs
Former Chief, Walpole Island First Nation
Please join in the singing of our National Anthem in both of Canada’s Official Languages. Ceremonial
music performed by the University Choir, University Singers and Chamber Choir, led by Dr Bruce
Kotowich and The Majestic Brass Quintet, led by Dr Bernadette Berthelotte.
Installation of the President
After “O Canada,” The Chancellor will address the President-designate: “Do you, Robert Gordon,
pledge yourself to perform the duties of the President of the University of Windsor as prescribed by law
and by the statutes of the University, and do you promise to defend the rules and promote the welfare of
the University and members thereof?”
The President-designate will respond: “I do so pledge myself.”
The Chancellor will install the President with the following words: “In the name of the University of
Windsor I now install you, Robert Gordon, in the Office of President and Vice-Chancellor of the
university and I invest you with the authority and charge you with the responsibility pertaining to that
office.”
The placing of the Mace by the Mace-Bearer before the Chancellor signifies that Convocation has
commenced.
Presiding
The Chancellor
DR. MARY JO HADDAD CM, BSCN, MHSC, LLD
and
President and Vice-Chancellor
DR. ROBERT J. GORDON BSC, MSC, PhD
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Governor General’s Gold Medal
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, Dr.Douglas Kneale will present the recipients to the Chancellor
EMMA DE ROY
DR MANAR SHOSHANI
Conferring of Degrees in Course
The candidates for degrees in course will be presented to the Chancellor.
FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Dean of the Faculty: Dr Marcello Guarini
Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies: Dr Patricia Weir
Doctor of Philosophy
Psychology
Kelly An Performance Validity Testing for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
Jason Bloom The Influence of Coparenting Support on Fathers' Involvement with their Children with Autism
Chantal Boucher Resolving Distressing Autobiographical Memories: The Role of Perspective in Imagery, Writing, and Self-Reflection
Molly Cairncross The effects of an Internet-delivered mindfulness-based intervention on perceived stress, psychological symptoms, and
emotion regulation
Natalie Frost Therapeutic Benefits of Online Psychological Screening for Depressive Symptomology
Emily Marie Johnson Help Seeking Behaviours of Adolescents in Foster Care: Multiple Perspectives
Abirami Ravichakaravarthy Kandasamy Eye-Tracking Attentional Deployment: Emotion Regulation and Processing Visual Information in University Students
Eva Keatley Measuring Affective Processes in Traumatic Brain Injury
Simritpal Kaur Malhi Processing Concrete and Abstract Relationships in Word Pairs
Chelsea McLellan Exploring Causes of Academic Entitlement: A Mixed-Method Approach
Amanda Marion O'Brien Validation of the Reading Tendency Index in school-aged children: Replication with a bilingual sample
Tsubasa Sawashima How is shame resolved? An experimental study on the roles of anger and sadness
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Jennifer Scammell Emotion Regulation and Social Competence in Middle Childhood: The Role of Parental Emotional Competence, Personality, and
Emotion Socialization Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices
Alexandria Bethany Lynne Stathis How Transparency, Presentation, and Task Type Impact the Processing of Compound Words
Twiladawn Stonefish One size fits all? Exploring the relationship of person-environment fit and trust to feeling psychologically safe in the workplace.
Daniela Wong Gonzalez The relationship between semantic and episodic memory: Exploring the effect of semantic neighbourhood density on
episodic memory
Social Work
Luisa Kcomt Factors Affecting Health Care Access Among Transgender People in the United States
Gershon Osei Peer Influences on Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviours in Group Home Foster Care: Evidence of Greater Protections in Better
Resourced Homes and Higher Income Neighbourhoods
Sociology
Amy Elizabeth Peirone Intimate Partner Violence in sub-Saharan Africa: Characteristics, Patterns, and Multi-Level Influences
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace Option Co-operative Education
Katarina Marie Berg Benjamin Jon Clarke* Austin Cooper
Zachary Richard Sinasac*
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Automotive Option
Nathan Francis Anthony Spencer Thomas Benvenuto*
Yimeng Chen Ricky Churchill
Adam William Colborne Abbas Malek Fahs
Alaa Harb Eric Mitchell Hou
Zhenqi Huo Arundeep Kanwal
Hongwei Lei Haoping Li Zirui Liu
Yifan Song Chengqiuchi Xu
Yihan Xu
Zhengyang Xu Hui Yang
Likai Yang Rongchuan Yin Zicheng Yuan
Qingyang Zhang Sipeng Zhang
Weiling Zhou*
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Automotive Option Co-operative Education
Michael Jamie Armellin Zachary Noah Burns
Yihong Chen* Scott Tyler Dos Santos
Carmine Fehr Saima Imroz*
Joshua Ronald Mcinnis Indig Derek John Keun
In Sub Kim Huan Liu*
Derrick Brody Long Jon Nolan Lord
Robert Nowak* Gared Teddy Pisciotto*
Amit Priyadarshi Ziyun Tang*
Daniel Thomson Ziyu Zhao*
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Environmental Engineering Option
Joseph Tyler Dobry-Bergen Joseph Dean Slikboer Igor Strukan
Yujia Yao
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Environmental Engineering Option Co-operative Education
Lauren Victoria Duggal* Matthew Marcoccia* Hannah Emerson O'Neil*
Sabrina Singh*
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Materials Option
Jinze Du Yuxian Li Ioannis Plagos
Honours Mechanical Engineering with Materials Option Co-operative Education
Andrew Domenico Hewitt* David Lee* Alan Limoges*
Robert Edward McCormick
Bachelor of Engineering Technology
General Stream
Ameer Alshaibani Ramadan Barakat
Justin Stephen Janisse Mohamed Hassouna Kheil
Noah Roddam Atwell MacDaniel
Jonathan Smythe*
* Graduating With Distinction** Graduating With Great Distinction
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Honours Certificate in Civil Engineering
Ibrahim Khattak
Honours Certificate in Electrical Engineering
Safwat Zarif Abdalla Boulus Eskandar
Members of the audience are requested to remain in their places until the academic procession has retired.
Reception to follow, hosted by the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
The program lists the names of individuals who were approved to graduate by the University Senate. While every
effort has been made to ensure that this is true and correct, the official University of Windsor individual student
record supersedes all information contained herein. The University regrets the omission of any student deemed to
have satisfied graduation requirements following the publication of this program.
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DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Senate Bylaw 20, 1.4.1: Distinguished* University Professors – A Distinguished University Professor is a member of the faculty of the rank of Professor who has distinguished achievements in teaching and wide national and/or international reputation for scholarship or creative or professional accomplishment. *A title change from University Professor to Distinguished University Professor was approved at Senate on October 10, 2014 and applied retroactively.
2017 Prof. Richard Moon Law
2016 Dr. Hoda El Maraghy
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering 2015 Prof. Jeffrey Berryman Law 2014 Dr. Julie MacFarlane
Law 2013 Dr. Derek Northwood
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering 2009 Prof. William A. Bogart
Law 2007 Dr. Leslie Howsam
History
Dr. Alan S. Trenhaile
Earth & Environmental Sciences 2006 Dr. Roman Maev
Physics 2005 Dr. Francis Lemire
Mathematics & Statistics Dr. Sudhir Paul
Mathematics & Statistics Dr. Peter Sale
Biological Sciences
2004 Dr. William Baylis
Physics Dr. Niharendu Biswas
Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. Stephen Loeb
Chemistry & Biochemistry 2003 Dr. Majid Ahmadi
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dr. Thomas Dilworth
English Language, Literature & Creative Writing Dr. Stewart Page
Psychology 2002 Prof. J. Anthony Blair
Philosophy Dr. Douglas Stephan
Chemistry & Biochemistry 2001 Dr. Ricardo Aroca
Chemistry & Biochemistry Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Sociology 2000 Dr. Barry Adam
Sociology Prof. Iain Baxter
Visual Arts 1998 Dr. Jatinder Bewtra
Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. David Symons
Earth Sciences 1997 Dr. Sheila Cameron
Nursing
Dr. Reuben Hackam
Electrical & Computer Engineering 1994 Dr. Charles Fantazzi
Classical & Modern Languages Literatures & Civilizations Dr. Ralph Johnson
Philosophy Dr. Alistair MacLeod
English Language, Literature & Creative Writing Dr. Walter Soderlund
Political Science 1992 Dr. Lakshman Marasinghe
Law 1991 Dr. Anna Gupta
Nursing 1990 Dr. Graham Jullien
Electrical & Computer Engineering 1988 Dr. William McConkey
Physics 1987 Dr. John Kennedy
Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. Dennis Tuck
Chemistry & Biochemistry 1986 Dr. Gordon Drake
Physics Dr. Byron Rourke
Psychology
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Convocation Sessions are aired on CogecoTV Channel 11 and 700HD
SESSION: TIMES:
Saturday, October 19, 2019 10:00 am Monday, November 11 at 9PM Saturday, November 16 at 3PM
Saturday, October 19, 2019 4:00 pm Thursday, November 14 at 7PM Sunday, November 17 at 3PM
For your information... Convocation ceremonies are webcast live at: http://convocation.uwindsor.ca Following each Convocation ceremony webcasts are archived for your convenience at: http://convocation.uwindsor.ca
The Alumni Association offers a diploma framing service in the reception area at the back of the Fieldhouse.
University of Windsor rings and a large variety of souvenir items are available for purchase from the University Bookstore temporary locations in the St. Denis Centre.
A photography service is available in the St. Denis Centre.
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O CANADA!
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux.
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux.
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix.
Ton histoire est une épopée,
Des plus brilliants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
A Note on the Governor General of Canada's Academic Medals The prestigious Governor General of Canada's Academic Medal is awarded to the student who is considered to have achieved the most outstanding academic record in comparison to his or her graduating peers. The Silver medal is awarded to an undergraduate student at the Spring Convocation ceremony and the Gold medal is awarded to a graduate student at the Fall Convocation ceremony.