Minutes of the Honours and Awards Committee

Honours and Awards Committee
Minutes of the Honours and Awards Committee
July 8, 9 & 10, 2014

Present:     Jean-Pierre Fraser         Chair
                    Robin Johnson                Co-Chair
                    Denis Lalancette             Co-Chair
                    Dianne Rayner                 Presidents’ Representative

                   Sylvie Bastien                    Technical Advisor

The Committee met from July 8 to 10, 2014. The Chair welcomed all attendees.

For information purposes, we have attached a copy of the meeting agenda.

  1. Review of the minutes from July 2013
  2. 2014 UTE scholarships: recipients selected
  3. Recognition suggestion
  4. Follow-up: Web page for former UTE presidents, with biographies
  5. Follow-up: Web page for executive councils (names and photos only)
  6. Date for receiving applications

1)   Review of the minutes from July 2013

The committee examined the minutes from July 2013. Nothing to report.

2)   2014 UTE scholarships

We received 59 applications, which is 5 less than last year. Choosing the recipients is difficult because we receive high-quality applications.

The national $2,500.00 scholarships for 2014 are awarded to:

National Diana Gee Scholarship: Sheetal Kafle, Pacific Region
The other national scholarship is awarded to: Junxi Lao, Southwestern Ontario Region

The regional $1,000.00 scholarships for 2013 are awarded to:

Al Rollins Atlantic Regional Scholarship: Anna Stassis
Quebec Regional Scholarship: Catherine Houde
Jean Bergeron Montreal Regional Scholarship: Noémie Payette
National Capital Regional Scholarship: Jonathan Guillotte-Blouin
North-eastern Ontario Regional Scholarship: Bailey Kimball
Nick Stein South-western Ontario Regional Scholarship: Slavko Mihic
Greater Toronto Regional Scholarship: Janelle Wilson-Leung
Prairies Regional Scholarship: Erica Saccary
Don Davoren Rocky Mountains Regional Scholarship: Mackenzie Tuttle
Pacific Regional Scholarship: Onowhoakpo Aregheore

3)   Recognition suggestion

The committee reviewed the suggestion, which was rejected because we already have our recognition process.
 

4)   Follow-up: Web page for former presidents

The committee will ask our technical advisor to do the research for this, for updating the UTE’s new Web site that will be created.

5)   Follow-up: Web page for executive counsels

The committee will ask our technical advisor to do the research for this, for updating the UTE’s new Web site that will be created.

6)   Date for receiving applications

The committee will make a slight amendment to the by-law to clarify the date that applications are to be received at the national office for 2015.

The Committee Chair thanked all committee members for their excellent participation in this meeting. He gave a special thank-you to Dianne Rayner for her final participation in this committee, since she will be retiring in 2015.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Jean-Pierre Fraser
Committee Chair