Friday, 25 November 2022
Order of Events
- Master of Ceremonies
Norbert Lepage - The National Anthem – O Canada
RMC Choir - Invocation
Padre Eleanor Clitheroe - Commandant and Vice-Chancellor’s Address
- Commodore Josée Kurtz
- Principal’s Address
Dr. Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Interim Principal - Conferring of Honorary Degree and recipient’s address
Ambassador Kirsten Hillman - Conferring of Graduate Degrees
- Conferring of Undergraduate Degrees
- Presentation of Graduate Certificate Recipients
- Presentation of Academic Awards
- Benediction
- Padre Eleanor Clitheroe
- ROYAL Anthem – God Save the King
Judy Duguay (accompanied by OCdt Trinity Armstrong)
Honorary Degree Recipient
Doctor of Laws – Honoris Causa
Ambassador Kirsten Hillman
Kirsten Hillman was appointed Canada’s Ambassador to the United States of America in Washington D.C. in March 2020, the first woman to serve in this position.
As Deputy Ambassador from August 2017 to August 2019, Ambassador Hillman was deeply involved in the negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Prior to joining the Embassy, Ambassador Hillman held the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Trade Agreements and Negotiations Branch at Global Affairs Canada, overseeing all of Canada’s trade policy and trade negotiations. She also served as Canada’s Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), one of the most visionary and progressive trade agreements implemented to date.
Through her twenty-five-year career with the Government of Canada, Ambassador Hillman has held various positions both at home and abroad. She served for many years as senior trade counsel, representing Canada in NAFTA investor-state dispute settlement and at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and served as Senior Legal Adviser at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO in Geneva.
Before joining Global Affairs Canada, Ambassador Hillman practiced law in Montréal and at the Department of Justice in Ottawa.
Ambassador Hillman grew up in Calgary and Winnipeg and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba and a Bachelor of Civil Law as well as a Bachelor of Common Law from McGill University.
Ambassador Hillman has made an important contribution to the CFC’s National Security Programme (NSP), and by extension, to RMC’s Master of Public Administration. During several engagements with the NSP in recent years, both in Ottawa and Washington, Ambassador Hillman greatly impressed students and faculty alike with her strategic approach to the Canada-U.S. relationship and her enthusiasm for this partnership. In short, she has made a very positive contribution to the NSP’s goal of developing a community of Canadian national security practitioners.
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy
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Haider Ali
Ottawa, ON
War Studies
"The Wahhabi Political Doctrines in the Middle Eastern Westphalian System: The Evolution of the Concept of Jihad in the Three Saudi-Wahhabi States"
Dr. Ali Ghanbarpour-Dizboni
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Levon Arthur Bond
Regina, SK
War Studies
"The Formation of Strategy in the Vietnam War: The Epistemic Link between RAND, Thomas Schelling and John T. McNaughton in the Shaping of American Strategic Thinking on the Vietnam War
- Dr. Michael Hennessy
- Dr. James McKay
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Michael J. Forsyth
Platte City, Missouri
War Studies
“The Perfect Storm: How Civil-Military Relationships in the United States Affect policy and strategy Development."
Dr Howard Coombs
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Kléber Macedo Cabral
Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Autonomous construction of three-dimensional structures using self-actuated parts: A layered self-assembly approach”
- Dr. Sidney Givigi
- Dr. Peter Jardine
Master of Arts
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Noah Ronald Vernon Busby
Sarnia, ON
War Studies
"Canada in Ukraine 2014-2022 Sharing the Burden on a Budget"
Dr. Joel Sokolsky
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Benoît Morin
Montréal, QC
War Studies
“Russian information and influence Operations: Putin's regime survival tools."
Dr Pierre Jolicoeur
Master of Science
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Keith Kenrick George
Surrey, BC
Physics
"Infrared thermography as a potential inspection method for the cf-188 inner wing stepped-lap joint"
- Dr. Thomas Walter Krause
- Dr. Diane Wowk
Kaitlin Christine McNeil
Kingston, ON
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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- Dr. Sarah Creber
- Dr. Patrick Stroman
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Jeffrey Fred Reinink
Nepean, ON
Physics
Master of Applied Science
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Patrick Daniel Cousineau
Sooke, BC
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"IPMS Vulnerability Discovery through Network Protocol Fuzzing"
Brian Lachine
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Mathieu Drolet
Lévis, QC
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Enterprise Malware Detection Using Digital Forensic Artifacts and Machine Learning"
Dr. Vincent Roberge
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Yung Ku Kang
Aurora, ON
Civil Engineering
“Strengthening support conditions in double corrugated arch structures”
- Dr. Gordon Wight
- Dr. Marc-André Dagenais
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Alex L Lefebvre
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Civil Engineering / Génie civil
"Light non-aqueous phase liquid migration in frozen heterogeneous porous media
- Dr. Ryley Beddoe (RMC)
- Dr. Kevin Mumford (Queens U)
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Peter Lane Mallalieu
Markham, ON
Aeronautical Engineering
“Investigation a multimodal electrospray propulsion system for small spacecraft. ”
Dr. Manish Jugroot
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John Edward McDonald
London, ON
Mechanical Engineering
"Hybrid Force-Position Control of a 4-DOF SCARA Manipulator"
Dr. Amor Jnifene
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Taylor Perkins
Kingston, ON
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Lachine
- Dr. Sylvain Leblanc
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Joseph Albert Gerald Eric Pitre
Bathurst, NB
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"Mimo Radar Hardware Acceleration With Enhanced Resolution"
- Dr. Vincent Roberge
- Dr. Joey Bray
- Dr. Mostafa Hefnawi
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Denis David Séguin
Ottawa, ON
Civil Engineering"Structural Behaviour Of Thin-Walled Doubly-Corrugated K Span Structures With Pinned And Fixed Base Support Condition"
- Dr. Gordon Wight
- Dr. Marc-André Dagenais
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Nicole Valerie Wight
Kingston, ON
Civil Engineering
"Flexural behaviour of glulam beams at ambient and arctic temperatures under impact loading"
- Dr. Patrick Heffernan
- Dr. Christian Viau
Note: Thesis titles have been provided by the authors at their discretion.
Master of Engineering
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Jocelyn Lea Coe
Cobourg, ON
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering -
Hugo Hazledine
Ottawa, ON
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering -
Gabriel Lapointe
Gatineau, QC
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering -
Matthieu Côté Tremblay
Kingston, ON
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Master of Business Administration
- Saad Ahmed
Ajax, ON - Tianna Audy
Kamloops, BC - H. Samuel Ketch Cameron
Fredericton, NB - Josée Conway
Kingston, ON - Abhinav Deo
Hamilton, ON - Sarah Donaghy
Ottawa, ON - Amelia Garton
Smiths Falls, ON - Alexander Gorman
Rusagonis, NB - Audrey Gravelle
- Michelle Hannah Thérèse Hudon
Toronto,ON - Gordon Jackson
Quebec, QC - Lucas Jansen
Sherbrooke, QC - France Lachapelle
Belleville, ON - Tommy Yi Cheng Liu
Courtice, ON - Adam Lyle
Ottawa, ON - Ian Anthony McNeil MacLellan
Halifax, NS - Colleen Margaret Quigley
London, ON - Kiona Cecile Hindriktje Marie Suurhoff
Victoria, BC - Rachael Thompson
Kingston, ON - Kirin Alexander Tsang
Edmonton, AB - Thomas Andrew Willis
Kingston, ON
Master of Defence Studies
- Fahad Afzal
Hamilton, ON - James Gordon Barnes
St. John's, NL
Master of Public Administration
- Frédérick Keays Lévesque
Sherbrooke, QC - Ratna Fitriyati Laya
Toronto,ON - Kathleen Macoomb
Fredericton, NB - Offah Ako Obale
Ottawa, ON - Thomas Patrick Ralph Payne
Oakville, ON - Matthew Wilson
Whitehorse, YT
Bachelor of Arts (General)
Bouzid M barek
Truro, NS
Bachelor of Military Arts and Science (Honours)
Taras Smetaniuk
Toronto, ON
Bachelor of Military Arts and Science
- Guillaume Fortin
Québec, QC - Charles Bruce Henderson
Perth, ON - John Kenneth Newman Lipscombe
Kingston, ON
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
François Patrick Therrien
Ottawa, ON
Chemistry
Bachelor of Science
Yanano Muruvi
Guelph, ON
Computer Science
Bachelor of Engineering
Alessio Jose Patrick Luna Krzyzik
Acton, ON
Mechanical Engineering
Graduate certificate in Cyber Security
Sébastien Généreux
Kingston, ON
Awards
The Colonel the Honourable John Matheson Academic Leadership Award
The Academic Leadership Award was established upon the suggestion of Colonel, the Honourable John Matheson, to recognize outstanding leadership by a member of the Royal Military College academic faculty in support of the objectives of the Royal Military College of Canada.
Dr. Nicole Bérubé
Ron Weir Teaching Award in Engineering
During his 45 years at the Royal Military College of Canada in uniform and as a civilian, Dr. Ron Weir, Chemical Engineer and Combat Engineer, taught and mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students. A two-time winner of the Class of 1965 Teaching Excellence Award, he could motivate students, stimulate their intellectual curiosity, ignite their desire to learn and expand their thirst for knowledge. He successfully adapted his teaching methods to reach students from all backgrounds.
This award is given in this spirit as recognition of teaching excellence in the Faculty of Engineering.
Dr. Ruben Perez
The Canadian Armed Forces Logistics Branch Medal of Academic Excellence in the MBA Programme
Awarded annually to the graduating student of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) programme who has achieved the highest academic standing.
- Saad Ahmed
- Adam Edward Lyle
The Colonel Geoff Parker
Memorial Award
Presented to an officer of the Canadian Forces who displayed outstanding leadership, professionalism, perseverance and academic excellence in the pursuit of technical studies, following the completion of a graduate degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Royal Military College of Canada. The award is given in memory of Colonel Geoff Parker, CD, MEng of the Royal Canadian Regiment who obtained a masters in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and was tragically killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan on 18 May 2010.
Joseph Albert Gerald Eric Pitre
The Milton Fowler Gregg VC Memorial Trust Fund Bursary
Offered annually to those students enrolled in the Royal Military College of Canada's Division of Graduate Studies and Research whose programmes will include environmental studies or international affairs. The student should not normally be in receipt of full Department of National Defence financial support for these studies. The bursary is sponsored by the Royal Canadian Regiment Trust and is presented on the recommendation of the Faculty of the Division of Graduate Studies and Research.
- Alex L. Lefebvre
- Levon Bond
The Royal Military College of Canada Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – Graduate Scholarship
Created through the generosity of an anonymous donor to recognize academic excellence and research promise in a candidate taking a Master’s or Doctoral degree in the disciplines of Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
- Satpreet Sidhu
- Griffin Jones