Distinguished Service Awards

Director of Admissions and Student Services for the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs with 36 years of service in various roles. Queen’s alumna, outstanding and tireless contributor to the quality of the graduate student experience with exceptional support of the academic community across over one hundred graduate programs and six faculties/schools enduring dedication to the advancement of student well-being, and encyclopedic knowledge of policy and procedure.

Adjunct Faculty member and Department of Public Health Sciences and Research Methodologist with nearly 40 years of service, who has positively impacted thousands of faculty, staff, and trainees in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Therapy. Expert staff scientist and resource to the research community with national and international reach, and a pivotal player in maintaining Queens’ reputation for high quality, innovative research and teaching.

Professor of Biology for 30 years and Director and Baillie Chair of the Queen’s University Biological Field Station, visionary leader, accomplished scholar, and mentor with a local and international breadth of impact focused on ecology and conservation, and a sustained record of outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding of biodiversity and species conservation. Decorated educator renowned for his tireless dedication to fostering an appreciation for nature to all.

Associate Professor of Medicine since 1992, interim Chair of the Division of Respirology and Sleep Medicine, alumna, and affiliated with Queen’s for 50 years as both staff and student.  Exemplary clinician, educator, mentor, and administrator whose dedication to excellence in patient care, education, and community service has greatly enhanced the University’s reputation as an outstanding medical school, and winner of a plethora of prestigious awards with an unwavering dedication to fostering the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Inaugural Vice-Principal (Culture, Equity, and Inclusion) with a career spanning 25 years, Queen’s alumna, and pillar of wisdom and compassion, who displays unwavering commitment to the pursuit of anti-racism and equity, is intimately involved with policy development to make Queen’s a more accessible and equitable place, and whose work continues to have a lasting effect on equity deserving staff, faculty, and students, and those seeking to support enduring change for the betterment of the Queen’s community.

Quintessential Queen’s volunteer as former Board Chair, alumna, long-serving University Councillor, Trustee, Reunion Coordinator, and member of multiple committees, who skillfully led the Board with strategic vision through turbulent, pandemic-times all while she was simultaneously the CEO for two separate hospitals in Ontario. A thoughtful and impactful leader, student champion, and voice of reason dedicated to the betterment of Queen’s.