convocation 2019 academic procession

Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

The DDS Class of 2019 said goodbye to their student scrubs this past Friday, June 7th as they received their Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees and practice licenses. 

The day began with the Licensing and Awards ceremony, held at Hart House, and attended by special guests Dr. David Stevenson (immediate past president, Ontario Dental Association) and Dr. Flavio Turchet (President, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario). 

In the afternoon, students and their families strolled over to Convocation Hall, and were presented to Chancellor Rose Patten and Dean Daniel Haas for admittance to their degrees, where they joined students graduating from the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. This year’s Convocation speaker was Dr. Leslie Dan, generous benefactor to the University of Toronto.  In addition to the 120 students receiving their DDS degrees, 4 students from our Faculty received their graduate degrees.

This year’s DDS student award recipients are: 

 

Course-Based Awards

Joseph Harker Johnson Scholarship

Ali Abbas-Tehrani 

 

Barry Korzen Award in Endodontics

Golnoush Ariafar

 

Prosthodontic Prize

Mojgan Ansari

 

Lynda Sellars Award In Comprehensive Patient Care

Amanda Vincci Chiu

 

George Hare Endodontic Study Club Scholarship

Amanda Vincci Chiu

 

The Canadian Academy of Periodontology Prize

Amanda Vincci Chiu

 

William R. Jackson Award

Amanda Vincci Chiu

 

Piret Truuvert Memorial Award

Chantal Diniz

 

Edward G. Dore Award

Matthew Galli 

 

S. A. MacGregor Prize

Simran Gill

 

Orthodontic Book Prize

Simran Gill

 

Dr. Paula Gregory Memorial Award

Boris Godoy-Galves

 

Dr. Horace Wells Prize

Cameron Goertzen

 

Dr. Alan K. Joe and Family Scholarship in Orthodontics--First Prize

Hussein Haji

 

Davis Orthodontics Award

Neda Khebreh

 

Albert E. Webster Memorial Scholarship

Neda Khebreh

 

Dr. Edward G. Sonley Book Award

Neda Khebreh

 

Dr. Charles Hyman Moses Award

Hwabin Lee

 

Dr. Boris Pulec Dental Implant Scholarship

Hwabin Lee

 

Harold Keith Box Prize – Silver Medal

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Dr. Norman Levine Award in Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Maxwell Rockman Memorial Prize

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Crown and Bridge Study Club (Toronto Academy) Scholarship

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Zindart Award in Comprehensive Care

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Dr. Kenneth F. Pownall Memorial Award

Parniansadat Mirzasoleimanbarzi 

 

Dr. Michael Oliver Memorial Scholarship

Ryan Noh

 

Oral Anatomy Scholarship

Ryan Noh

 

George Hare Essay in Endodontics Award

Saira Paredes

 

Dr. Alan K. Joe and Family Scholarship in Orthodontics

Saman Rahbar

 

Hugh Alexander Hoskin Scholarship

Paul Sirek

 

Bridget Wang Memorial Comprehensive Care Program Award

Christi Steele

 

Harold Keith Box Prize – Gold Medal

Christi Steele

 

Irwin Fefergrad Award

Paul Tinto 

 

Paul Takahashi Scholarship

Paul Tinto 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards of Excellence

Dean's List 

Golnoush Ariafar

Julie Bai 

Myra Caballero 

Chantal Diniz 

Matthew Galli 

Mina Ibrahim 

Ming Hao (Mary) Li 

Kevin Lim 

Justin Lin 

Parniansadat Mirzasoleimanbarzi

Oh Su (William) Nam 

Ryan Noh

Phuong-Thu Thanh Phi 

Christi Steele 

Courtney Toms 

 

Ontario Dental Association Proficiency Award

Domenico Barranca

 

Canadian Dental Association Student Leadership Award 

Cameron Goertzen

 

Willa Wen-Lan Liu Chou Award

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

Alpha Omega Fraternity Prize

Ming Hao (Mary) Li

 

J.G. Bourassa Cup

Ryan Noh

 

Dean's Gold Medal

Christi Steele

 

Congratulations to all! 

 

Image: Jeff Comber