SEPTEMBER 2023 - Another year has gone by and it is once again time to celebrate the many accomplishments of our Beedie Luminaries with our Annual Achievement Awards. With 4 streams of the Beedie Luminaries Scholarship Program and more than 600 students overall, we are thrilled to recognize and award students who have shown outstanding commitment to the Program, incredible peer-to-peer support, and academic excellence.
Congratulations to all of the recipients of the 2023 Achievement Awards!
The Founder’s Award is presented to the top academic student in each cohort per academic year. Congratulations to the 5 recipients of this year's Founder Award:
Cohort 2019 - Queen Alexis
Cohort 2020 - Sarah Azad Manjiri
Cohort 2021 - Alisa Gusakova
Cohort 2022 - Cailey Munroe
SPARK - Susanne McMillan
The Program Ambassador award is presented to a student in each program who has shown initiative and active participation in Beedie Luminaries events, and has contributed in a meaningful way to the Beedie Luminaries community. This is a student who shines especially bright by representing the Beedie Luminaries community through actions and activities which align with Beedie Luminaries values. Congratulations to this year's Program Ambassadors:
Grade 12 Program - Hannah Kazemi
SPARK - Nehemias Sergio Pérez
The Peer Leader award recognizes one student per program who has a record of active participation in student activities and events and fostering connections and collaborative practices between peers. This student also engages and guides other students, making a positive contribution to the community at large, while exemplifying the Beedie Luminaries values of resilience, grit, determination, creativity, and empathy. Congratulations to this year's Peer Leader award recipients:
Grade 12 Program - Nour Suliman
SPARK - Avital Kline
The Academic Achievement Awards are presented to outstanding students in each cohort per academic year who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 4.0 or greater, and/or a converted percentage grade of 90% or greater, at their post-secondary institution. Congratulations to the following students:
Cohort 2019:
Hadil Al Fares
Queen Alexis
Lily Chau
Julia Farrell
Chloe Gray
Sally Jiao
Clay Meng
Radhika Patel
Polina Petlitsyna
Jenna Sangha
Nour Suliman
Wendy Wang
Christine Yang
Michelle Yang
Cohort 2020:
Sarah Azad Manjiri
Lucy Luo
Bettina Karl
Christina Lam
Kaitlin Law
Joanna Luo
Sienna Nargang -White
Victoria Patenaude
Lola Rabinovitch
Nina Rogers
Ashleigh Roy
Ashley Sum Yin U
Julia Townsend
Kaitlin Yeo
Melody Weng
Adriana Zaharijevic
Cohort 2021:
Lara Albahadeli
Rama Altaleb
Amanda Aquino
James Fazeli-Sinaki
Cadence (Cady) Gau
Alisa Gusakova
Estelle Pu
Zhaoyu Wang
Kayla Wen
Cohort 2022:
Matthew Fung
Zen Lahlouh
Cailey Munroe
Makayla Rosenquist
Joon Song
Maisie Starkey
Khai Truong
SPARK:
Holly Bender
Avital Kline
Elaf Labash
Susanne McMillan
Nehemias Sergio Pérez
Sonya Prasad