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Shining Bright: Celebrating the Recipients of the 2025 Annual Recognition Awards

Each year, the Beedie Luminaries community comes together to recognize the remarkable achievements, leadership, and resilience of our scholarship recipients. The Annual Recognition Awards celebrate students who embody our values of resilience, curiosity, and community –  whether through academic excellence, peer-to-peer mentorship, or active engagement. 

Please join us in congratulating this year’s outstanding award recipients!


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 following 7 recipients: 

  • William Smerechanski – SPARK 
  • Fatema Moneeb – RISE 
  • Bettina Karl – SHINE 2020 
  • Rama Altaleb – SHINE 2021 
  • Mya Hamalock – SHINE 2022 
  • Nyla Sproule – SHINE 2023 
  • Youl Sim- SHINE 2024


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. 

  • Jin Peng Zhou – SHINE 2022
  • Alimatou Ba – SPARK 2022
  • Luwam Girmay Tesfay – RISE 2023 

The Academic Recognition Awards are presented to following 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:

  • Cady Gau – SHINE 2021
  • Lara Albahadeli- SHINE 2021 
  • Megan O’Bee – SHINE 2021 
  • Khai Truong – SHINE 2021 
  • Yumna Fazal Mohamed – SHINE 2022
  • Jake Booth – SHINE 2023
  • Jiya Binning – SHINE 2023
  • Karina Chou – SHINE 2023
  • Narges Naseri – SHINE 2023
  • Abby Izaak – SHINE 2024
  • Elvin Ng-Young-Lim – SHINE 2024
  • Hasan Mohamad – SHINE 2024
  • Charlene Freund – SPARK 2024
  • Wafaa Zarkani – SPARK 2024


Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Academic Achievement Awards! 

Whether you received an award this year or are still pushing toward your next academic milestone, we are so proud of you and cheering for you each step of the way. 💛

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