The annual awards banquet is perhaps the largest gathering at UWSA, drawing not only current students but off-term undergrads, recent alumni, staff, and faculty. Amid fare from local favourite The Bombay Grill and desserts lovingly made by student volunteers, professors and staff recognized accomplishments in all areas, including design, cultural history, technology, and overall contributions to the school. Recent graduates were also recognized for their outstanding master’s thesis work.
Highlights of the event included stories behind those awards named in honour of individuals. A book prize is given by Jo Beglo, a former liaison librarian, for outstanding work in cultural history in the first two years of the program, while the Marj Schaefer Prize is named in honour of a fondly-remembered administrator in the early days of the school. Michael Isner, a graduate of the program who went on to work in the software industry, gives an award for the best graduate project exploring digital space.
We also took a moment to thank Andri Efstathiou, our graduate coordinator for the past four years, and wish her well as she moves on to another opportunity on main campus.
Undergraduate Awards
| Highest Academic Standing in 1A | Logan Steele | |
| Outstanding Design Work | 1A | James Clarke-Hicks |
| 1B | Mark Cooper, Alexandra Siu | |
| 2A | Morgan Wright | |
| 2B | Christopher Glebe, Katharine Holbrook-Smith, Jiyeon Kim | |
| 3A | Montgomery DeLune | |
| 3B | Sean Maciel, Devon Holdsworth, Kyle Brill, Natalie Hui, Katherine Kovalcik, Samantha Eby, Jason Wu, Alex Bodkin, Samuel Ganton | |
| 4A | Andrew Brown, Dustin Parkes | |
| 4B | Andrew Ng, Sheida Shahi, Stephen Wenzel | |
| Technology Prize | Qui Yue | |
| Jo Beglo Book Prize | Safira Lakhani | |
| OAA Second Year Prize | Jiyeon Kim | |
| OAA Third Year Prize | Samuel Ganton | |
| The Rome Prize | Katherine Kovalcik | |
| Highest Standing in 4A | Miles Gertler | |
| The Smale Fellowship | Piper Bernbaum | |
| Highest Standing in 4B | Stephen Wenzel | |
| Cultural History Prize | Maria Alexandrescu, Stephen Wenzel | |
| M.Arch. Entry Prize | Petra Bogias | |
| Energy and Design Award | Edward Wang, Allegra Friesen, Brianna Cartwright, Katrina Malinski | |
Graduate Awards
| Marj Schaefer Prize | Shane Neill, Virginia Fernandez |
| RAIC Medal | Suzanne Harris-Brandts |
| RAIC Honour Roll | Suzanne Harris-Brandts, Heather Brown, Erika Kulbach, Chris Knight, Christina Karney |
| OAA Guild Medal | Andrea Nagy |
| Ron Sims Purchase Prize | Christopher Knight |
| AIA Medal & Certificate | Christopher Knight |
| AIA Certificate | Christina Karney |
| Alpha Rho Chi Medal | Katherine Kuzan |
| Canadian Architect Nominees | Christopher Knight, Suzanne Harris-Brandts, Andrea Nagy, Jason Child |
| Michael Isner Award | Matthew Schmid |
| M1 Design Award | to be determined |
| ARCC King Student Medal | Andrea Nagy |
| Urban Strategies Inc. Award | Virginia Fernandez |
I am a graduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, currently completing my MArch thesis on the design and collective memory of Indian residential schools in Canada.
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