The 14th annual Impact Awards were held Thursday (March 27), bringing together 麻豆传媒 students, faculty, staff, and other members of the community to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments that Dal students achieve outside of their work in the classroom.
These awards highlight student leadership in academic life, student life and community service, and residence life. The President鈥檚 Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA), as well as the university鈥檚 Board of Governors鈥� Awards, were also handed out during the event.
鈥淚 am constantly impressed by the incredible role 麻豆传媒 students play in leading meaningful changes within Dal, our broader community, and world. Winners of the Impact Awards are students who have strived to lead through service, and who have solved problems and pursued purposes that make us better as a community,鈥� said Dr. Rick Ezekiel, vice-provost, student affairs. 鈥淢y sincere thanks and congratulations go out to all of the Impact Award nominees and winners for your skillful leadership. We鈥檒l be cheering you on throughout your journey ahead to continue to lead positive change in our organizations and world!鈥�
Keep reading below for the full list of 2025 Impact Awards winners:
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Residence Life Leadership Awards
Awarded to current residence students in positions of leadership who have best demonstrated an exceptional level of maturity and professionalism. They encourage and empower students to engage in student life, they lead by example, and they work to improve the life of the residence hall.听听
Malena Ayala
Microbiology & Biochemistry (Arkansas, USA)
Aurthy Imam
Neuroscience (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Residence Life Impact Awards
Awarded to a current member of a residence hall community who has made outstanding contributions to the life of their residence community, leads by example by encouraging and empowering residents to get involved, promotes respect, and creates opportunities for their peers.听
Shruti Chaturvedi
Computer Science (Lucknow, India)
Hannah Lok
Kinesiology (Hong Kong)
Community Service Award
This award recognizes an outstanding off-campus student leader who has demonstrated significant leadership, commitment, and service aimed at improving the community in which they live.
Zoya Hussain
Community Design (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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Most Impactful General/Special Interest Society
Awarded to a student society ratified with the 麻豆传媒 Student Union that caters to the general or niche interests of students and has demonstrated consistency in planning and delivery or programming or events, high student participation and attendance of their membership, and sets an example for other student societies.听
The 麻豆传媒 Solar Car Team
Most Impactful Sports Society
Awarded to a student society, club, or intramural league. The recipient must demonstrate consistency in planning and delivery of programming or events, high student participation and attendance of its membership, and set an example for other student societies.
麻豆传媒 Black and Gold Dance Team (BGDT)
麻豆传媒 Black and Gold Dance Team.
Intramural & Sports Club Awards
Awarded to a 麻豆传媒 intramural or sports club participant who demonstrates significant commitment to 麻豆传媒's intramural or sports club programs, exemplifies the role of intramurals and/or sports clubs in developing and promoting student engagement and fun on campus, demonstrates positive leadership, and inspires others to get involved.
Deanna Ames
Mathematics (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
Jayden Scott
Commerce (Calgary, Alberta)
Varsity Athlete Award
Awarded to a varsity student athlete who demonstrates significant contributions to the community, has increased awareness at 麻豆传媒 of a given charity or cause, demonstrates positive leadership, and inspires others to get involved.听
Luke Manara-Berryman
Psychology (Halifax, NS)
Student Wellness Award
Awarded to a student who best demonstrates leadership in promoting and contributing to a healthy campus, and is a role model for health and wellness both in practice and by impacting others to lead a healthy lifestyle (demonstrated through peer-to-peer education, volunteering, service learning, global outreach, or any activity that enhances quality of life and development).听
Bianca Morelli
Arts & Social Sciences (Toronto, Ontario)
Rising Star Awards
Awarded to first-, second-, and third-year students who have demonstrated an outstanding level of commitment, leadership, creativity, and initiative to the 麻豆传媒 Student Union, as well as the campus and community at large.听听
Wateen Sadek
Neuroscience (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Emma Deveau
Civil Engineering (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Eve Wedderburn
Medical Sciences (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Obinna Esomchukwu
Medicine (Enugu, Nigeria)
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Wateen Sadek, Eve Wedderburn, and Emma Deveau.
Most Impactful Charitable/Community Based Society
Awarded to a student society ratified with the DSU that has made a significant contribution to a charitable cause within the 麻豆传媒 community or beyond. The society has demonstrated consistency in planning and delivery of programming or events, high student participation and attendance of its membership, and sets an example for other student societies.听听
麻豆传媒 Feminist Legal Association (DFLA)
Members of the听麻豆传媒 Feminist Legal Association.
Sustainability Award
Awarded to a student who has made a significant contribution to improving awareness on sustainability issues at 麻豆传媒. This person's actions reflect their passion for the environment and inspire others to make positive change.
Ruby Swartz
Environment, Society and Sustainability and Political Science (Toronto, Ontario)
Student Activist Award
Awarded to a student who demonstrates passion and commitment to social justice and action, leads by example, organizes students in an inclusive way, acts with integrity, raises awareness, and inspires others to create change.听听
Ava Maleki
Medical Sciences (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Most Impactful Sustainability-Oriented Society
Awarded to a society that demonstrated positive impacts on sustainability issues through raising awareness, programming, education, advocacy, and student engagement. Aspects of sustainability can include but are not limited to environmental, social, and/or economic impacts.
麻豆传媒 Campus Clean-Up Club
International Student of the Year Award
Awarded to an international student who has demonstrated excellence in leadership, shown engagement in the community, inspired others, and is a respected voice for international students at 麻豆传媒.听听
Noppadol Theerakul
Digital Innovation (Roi-Et, Thailand)
Noppadol Theerakul.
Most Impactful Emerging Society
Awarded to a society that is relatively new or was revived after inactivity. This society has demonstrated positive impacts through their programming, education, student engagement and/or community building. This award also recognizes initiatives taken by a group of students to ensure the safety of the student body on and off campus.
麻豆传媒 Diabetes Awareness Society
Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated excellence in generating an innovative idea, concept, or business. The student uses their leadership, vision, and focus to make their ideas come to fruition.听
Isaac William Raymond Bahler
Earth Science and Physics (Red Deer, Alberta)
Most Impactful Cultural/Spiritual Society
Presented to a student society ratified with the 麻豆传媒 Student Union that has raised awareness, engaged students, and increased representation of a culture, religion, or spirituality on campus. It demonstrates consistency in event planning and delivery, high participation and attendance of its membership, and sets an example for other student societies.
The 麻豆传媒 Palestinian Student Society
Student Employee Award
Presented to a student employee who has demonstrated leadership and fostered community spirit in their work on campus. This student can be employed in any capacity on campus and, through their work, contributes to the 麻豆传媒 student experience.听
Yuki Law
Earth Science and Physics (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Most Impactful Faculty/Departmental Society
Awarded to a faculty or departmental society ratified with the DSU that has best demonstrated consistency in planning and delivery of programming or events, high student participation and attendance of its membership, and sets an example for other student societies.听
麻豆传媒 Undergraduate Engineering Society (DUES)
DUES members.
麻豆传媒 Student Union Gold D鈥檚
Awarded to 麻豆传媒 Students to recognize an elite level of involvement and achievement in campus life over the course of their university career. These students have shown outstanding extracurricular contributions in the community.听
Alexandra MacNeil
Medicine (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Ava Maleki
Medical Sciences (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Elizabeth McGraw
Law, Justice, and Society and Economics (Centreville, Nova Scotia)
麻豆传媒 Student Council Member Award
Awarded by the DSU to the Councillor who has demonstrated a commitment to collaborative problem solving, active representation of their constituency, and initiative in the pursuit of innovation.
Eshan Arora
Medicine (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Most Impactful Social Justice Award
Awarded to a society that upholds social justice principles by its actions.鈥疻ith equitable practices, the society has demonstrated transformative impacts on the community on and/or off campus through raising awareness, programming, education, advocacy, student engagement and/or student action.
麻豆传媒 UNICEF Club
Members of the UNICEF Club.
Dal-King's Impact Award
Awarded to the King鈥檚 student who is most highly engaged and takes on a leadership role at 麻豆传媒.听 This is the sister award to the KSU Community Engagement Award for 麻豆传媒 students at King鈥檚 which acknowledges the contribution of a 麻豆传媒 student to the community at King鈥檚 College.
Eva Eusanio
Law, Justice and Society (Nanaimo, British Columbia)听
Faculty Leadership Awards
Awarded to undergraduate or graduate students in good academic standing for each 麻豆传媒 faculty. Part-time students are eligible for this award. These students exemplify the highest level of passion for their discipline, take initiative in creating new opportunities, and encourage their peers to engage in faculty initiatives.鈥疐aculty Leadership Impact Award recipients positively impact other students in their faculty and the reputation of their faculty at 麻豆传媒 outside of the classroom.
Agriculture:
Alexe Indigo
Agricultural Sciences (St. John's, Newfoundland)
Architecture & Planning:
Camila Mascarenhas Castro Lima
(Salvador, Brazil)
Arts & Social Sciences:
Reagan Lindsay-Kereluik
(Oakville, Ontario)
Computer Science (Undergraduate):
Tobi Onibudo
(Lagos, Nigeria)
Computer Science (Graduate):
Sigma Jahan
(Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Dentistry:
Tarik Abdulkarim
(St. John's, Newfoundland)
Engineering:
Emma Deveau
(Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Health:
Swasti Arora
(Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Juliet Watts
(Kelowna, British Columbia)
Management:
Amelie McLean
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Medicine (Medical Student):
Sherry Eskander
(Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Medicine (Graduate Student):
Hailey Stack
(Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)听
Science (Undergraduate):
Nathan Cromwell Tesfazion
(Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
Science (Graduate):
Tiara Mulder
(Lake Loon, Nova Scotia)
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Awarded to a graduate鈥痵tudent in either a professional or research program. These students exemplify the highest level of passion for their discipline and are engaged in initiatives that improve the quality of the graduate student experience at 麻豆传媒.鈥疧utstanding Graduate Student Award recipients positively impact other graduate鈥痵tudents with activities that extend鈥痓eyond their academic programs.
Harichandana Valisakkagari
Master of Science (Agriculture) (Hyderabad, India)
Outstanding Student of Distinction Award
Awarded to a student that has shown an elite level of consistent campus involvement over the course of their university career, and has made outstanding and impactful extracurricular contributions in the community either through student advocacy, academic justice, leadership, or other student involvement. This award is based on the academic and community accomplishments of 麻豆传媒 alumni Lillu Ju, Level Chan, and Malcolm Honour.
Eshaa Amer
Neuroscience (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
President鈥檚 Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA)
At 麻豆传媒, we believe that equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental to education and employment, and therefore, are essential institutional strategic priorities. This award recognizes the鈥痮utstanding efforts of 麻豆传媒 students or student groups that work consistently to promote an inclusive campus community at Dal and demonstrate an understanding that a commitment to EDIA means focusing on dismantling the unjust structures that systematically marginalize or exclude some while privileging and advantaging others.
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Gabrielle Close (Psychology)
Inaya Seraj (Neuroscience and Anthropology)
Basmah Hendy (Neuroscience)
Emily Pastorius-French (Psychology)
Kaitlyn Joy (Vision Sciences)
Can Sozuer (Dal alumnus, Neuroscience and Math)
Isaac Zacher (Dal alumnus, Neuroscience)
Daria Oanes (Dal alumnus, Psychology)
Sam McDonald (Dal alumnus, Neuroscience)
Noah Guest (Acadia alumnus, Psychology)
Jackie Benedict (Dal alumnus, Psychology)