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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Beedie Luminaries Annual Recognition Awards 2024

SEPTEMBER 2024 - As we kick off the 2024-25 academic year, we wish to recognize the Beedie Luminaries students who have gone above and beyond in demonstrating their exceptional commitment to the program, supporting their peers, and excelling academically during this past academic year. Below are the recipients of the 2024 Annual Recognition Awards:



The Founder’s Award is presented to the top academic student in each cohort (SHINE) or program (SPARK & RISE) per academic year. Congratulations to the 6 recipients of this year’s Founder Award:
Cohort 2020 – Nimmy Sebastian
Cohort 2021 – Zhaoyu (Lucie) Wang
Cohort 2022 – Joon Song
Cohort 2023 – Matthew Hinton
SPARK – Elizabeth Jayne Prevost
RISE – Luwam Girmay Tesfar

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:
SHINE – Azzam Haq
SPARK – Gina Johnson
RISE – Fatema Moneeb

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:
SHINE – Adriana Zaharijevic
SPARK – Elizabeth Prevost
RISE – Fatema Moneeb

The Academic Recognition 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:
Dilshaad Birring
Queen Alexis

Cohort 2020:
Sarah Azad Manjiri
Cherry Lo
Bettina Karl
Christina Lam
Kaitlin Law
Julia Townsend

Cohort 2021:
Houria Afshar Moghaddam
Amanda Aquino
Cadence (Cady) Gau

Cohort 2022:
Yumna Fazal Mohamed
Khai Truong

Cohort 2023:
Jiya Binning
Jake Booth
Nyla Sproule

SPARK:
Holly Bender
Avital Kline
Elaf Labash
Nishani Rajkumar
Nehemias Sergio Pérez
Thy Tho Hoang

Congratulations to all of our recipients!