2012 grad wins Board of Governors award
B.PAPM graduate Kaitlyn Finner will be presented with the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Community Achievement at the June 6th Convocation ceremony. The award recognizes an individual’s commitment to the not-for-profit sector while pursuing full-time studies.
While completing her degree Kaitlyn volunteered extensively with a range of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and community groups including ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s First Year Experience Office (now the Student Experience Office), ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s Engineers Without Borders Chapter, the Cuernavaca Centre for Intercultural Dialogue on Development in Mexico, Nexos Voluntarios in Peru through a Kroeger College internship, and a four month fellowship with Engineers Without Borders in rural Ghana.
Kaitlyn will begin a Master’s of Arts in Geography at McGill University in September 2012 where she will research the linkages between climate change adaptation and health outcomes on Inuit communities in Northern Canada.