Convocation Program 2021

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Seventy-sixth Convocation

Friday, June 18, 2021, 12:00 p.m.

Virtual Ceremony

Our Vision An academic institution recognised for creating leaders in spinal health.

Our Mission Deliver world class chiropractic education, research and patient care.

Our History The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) was established by chiropractors who had gathered from across Canada to create a central association for the profession. It was their vision to establish an academic institution that would espouse a high standard of chiropractic education and become a catalyst for the cohesive development of chiropractic in Canada.

CMCC opened its doors on September 18, 1945, welcoming a large class of veterans returning from World War II. CMCC served Canada as the sole provider of chiropractic education until 1993, when a francophone program was established at l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Quebec. As a result, the majority of today’s practising chiropractors in Canada are graduates of CMCC.

CMCC is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education Canada of the Federation of Canadian Chiropractic. It provides postgraduate chiropractic residency programs in Chiropractic Clinical Sciences, Diagnostic Imaging and Chiropractic Sports Sciences. In 2005, CMCC became the first private institution to offer a professional health care degree under the Government of Ontario’s Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000.

Upon conferring of degrees today, members of the Class of 2021 will join a rich legacy of chiropractors who are making an impact in health care across Canada and around the world. With over 8,000 alumni in 55 countries, CMCC graduates not only work in private practice and multidisciplinary health care settings, but also in research, in teaching and in public policy development.

The future of chiropractic is bright – and with the enthusiasm and promise of the graduates we celebrate today, so too is the future of health care.

O Canada Emma Heimbecker, BScKin Class of 2021

Master of Ceremonies Kimberley Kelly, MA Director, Student Affairs

Welcoming Remarks Richard Mercier, DC Chair, Board of Governors

Presidential Opening Remarks David Wickes, DC, MA President

Valedictory Address Luke Leggo, BScKin

Convocation Address Ian Coulter, PhD Senior Health Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Graduate Certification Completion of Graduate Residency Program Christine Bradaric-Baus, BSc, PhD Vice President, Academic

Admission of Graduation Christine Bradaric-Baus, BSc, PhD

Conferral of the Degree David Wickes, DC, MA

President’s Address David Wickes, DC, MA

Closing Remarks Kimberley Kelly, MA

CMCC is proud to present the Class of 2021 Congratulations!

Froher Ahmadi

Mary Brynne Billings

Ottawa, ON

Markham, ON

Marco Louis Aldrovandi

Stephanie Joan Birtig‡

Richmond Hill, ON

Oakville, ON

Maheen Andleeb

Elyse Ashley Black

Toronto, ON

Thornhill, ON

Corey Armstrong†

Kristy Ann Blair

Saint John, NB

Toronto, ON

Marina Askander

Vanessa Marie Blaquiere

Stouffville, ON

Cornwall, PE

Mark Edward Asquith†

Lauren Catherine Boilard

Oshawa, ON

Cranbrook, BC

Stefano Francesco Augurusa*

Gregory William Bolger

Woodbridge, ON

Waterloo, ON

Tiffany Noelle Bacon

Nathan S. Boon-van Mossel†

Port Perry, ON

Ottawa, ON

Madison Alexandra Baile

Denilea Ashley Bueno

Aurora, ON

Windsor, ON

Zoya Bashir

Evan Scott Canzi

Aurora, ON

Fergus, ON

Krystyna Bellisario‡

Alicia V. Castelhano

Woodbridge, ON

Hamilton, ON

Rebecca J. Bermel‡

Jacob Angelo Ceccanese

Cranbrook, BC

Vaughan, ON

Krupa Bhatt

Ha Young Choi

Brampton, ON

Calgary, AB

Nicholas Chow

Indervir Dhami

Scarborough, ON

Woodbridge, ON

Man Ning Catherine Chu

Dominique Dickson

Thornhill, ON

Moncton, NB

Andrew Chung

Grace Ellen Michele Diezel‡

Etobicoke, ON

Minden, ON

Mackenzie Alexandria Clemens‡

Joshua John Dlugokecki

Newcastle, ON

Waterloo, ON

Genevieve Lillian Connolly‡

Sarah Jane Donaldson

Marystown, NL

Orillia, ON

Emma Kristina Coughler†

Jaime Marie Downey

London, ON

Kitchener, ON

Thomas Jeremy Peter Coughler‡

Nicholas Downey

Port Hope, ON

Lindsay, ON

Brogan Bailey Rose Courtney*

Myles D. Drakes

Picton, ON

Vaughan, ON

Kristina Cukic‡

Bogdan Dubrovskiy

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Clinton James Cybulski

Garrett Duff

Kitchener, ON

Sudbury, ON

Sefrah Daviduck*

Samantha Margaret Duncan

Red Deer, AB

Aurora, ON

Adam DeBruyne†

Evan Peter Elliott

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Fonthill, ON

Kayli Elyse Demirli‡

Zoë Chrysoula Fasoulakis†

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Kevin Rajin Deoraj

Shelby Nicole Fedusiak‡

Ajax, ON

Melfort, SK

Graduation Honours ‡ Summa Cum Laude † Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.90 or above Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.80 to 3.89 Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.70 to 3.79

Shauney Reanne Fischer

Lucrecia Aviera Hardowar

Wallaceburg, ON

Markham, ON

Ryan Nicholas Fitzgerald*

Michael Jacob Hayes†

Ajax, ON

Quispamsis, NB

Nicole Quinn Fowlie

Emma Heimbecker‡

Waterloo, ON

Orangeville, ON

Lauryn Friesen†

Alysha M. Hergott*

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Ayr, ON

Umang Sanjay Gandhi*

Milcah Hiemstra

Brampton, ON

Bowmanville, ON

Megan Gibson

Saima Noreen Hossain

Richmond Hill, ON

Markham, ON

Mackenzie Aaron Gingerich*

Stephanie Hua-Nguyen

Tavistock, ON

Vancouver, BC

Heather Leanne Godkin

Steacy Elizabeth Huff*

Exeter, ON

Kingston, ON

Jamie Daniel Gorlick†

Ryan Stewart Jenken

Toronto, ON

Lucan, ON

Kevin Patrick Haines†

Hyeong Jo Jeong

Winnipeg, MB

Toronto, ON

Melissa Jean Hamilton*

Melissa Christine Johannes

Courtice, ON

Kitchener, ON

Sarah Elisabeth Hampton*

Chantal Joseph

Capreol, ON

Ajax, ON

Brittany Hannan

Megan Kamphuis†

Erin, ON

London, ON

Kaitlyn Victoria Hanson

Nicholas James Karavanas

Waterloo, ON

Markham, ON

Zafeer Altaf Sadrudin Karim

Andrew M. Lee Chan

Edmonton, AB

Thornhill, ON

Joseph E. Kawun

Luke Robert Leggo‡

Orangeville, ON

Drayton Valley, AB

Brandon Mark Kehoe

Sydney Victoria Hubbel Leguard†

Falmouth, NS

Cobourg, ON

Erica Taylor Kehoe

Francis Rae Lekness

London, ON

Calgary, AB

Ronny Ho-Long Keung*

Chin Yuan Li*

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Saba Khorrami

Tiffany A.S. Lim

Richmond Hill, ON

Toronto, ON

Khashayar Khoshmashrab

Clare Lindon†

Richmond Hill, ON

Sudbury, ON

Isaac Kim†

Chelsea Jane Lorimer‡

Toronto, ON

Mississauga, ON

Kandice Kissoondath

Edward Jinzhi Lu*

Mississauga, ON

Vancouver, BC

Nicole M. Kosta*

Joshua Ngai Fone Luk

Mississauga, ON

Calgary, AB

Brittany Kucharski

Derick Luu

Kingsville, ON

Toronto, ON

Renée Landry*

Donald William Henry Mackintosh

Sudbury, ON

Vancouver, BC

Emily Jane Laudi‡

Dane Nicolas Martin-Falla*

Brampton, ON

Ottawa, ON

Christine Thi Le

Chantelle L. Maryuen

Mississauga, ON

Markham, ON

Graduation Honours ‡ Summa Cum Laude † Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.90 or above Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.80 to 3.89 Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.70 to 3.79

Pavan Matharu†

Mikayla Nickle*

Mississauga, ON

Dryden, ON

Bradley David McGarr†

Cory Douglas Niedjalski‡

Niagara Falls, ON

Langley, BC

Kelsey Renee McGonigal‡

Nona Nikzad

Edmonton, AB

Toronto, ON

Christina Jeanine McTavish†

Dharani Nimal*

Petrolia, ON

Mississauga, ON

Sarah Middlemiss*

Matthew Patrick O’Brien

Kirkland Lake, ON

Mississauga, ON

Melinda Elaine Mitchell

Chad Wesley Bernard Oliver†

Brighton, ON

Bracebridge, ON

Stavroula Stephanie Christina Morfidis†

Morgyn Elise Olmstead†

Bowmanville, ON

Moose Jaw, SK

Danielle Moscall-Varey*

Jonathan Ken Oosterhof

Port Dover, ON

Kitchener, ON

Blair Paul Murphy‡

Conner Eric Overstrom*

Victoria, BC

Niagara Falls, ON

Steven William Murray‡

Kelsey Anne Pardy

Toronto, ON

Belleville, ON

Scott Joseph Nabata

Cassandra Parker‡

Kamloops, BC

Pembroke, ON

Rami Nashi†

Remi Frema Pearl†

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Alana Nicholls

Antonio Petrolo‡

Maple, ON

Woodbridge, ON

Deanna M. Nickle

Karthigan Puvanendran*

Oshawa, ON

Toronto, ON

Danielle Elizabeth Quinn

Emily Faye Sinclair

Corunna, ON

Clarington, ON

Theo Jackson Ramsdale

Harleen Singh

Kemptville, ON

Caledon, ON

Madeleine Grace Rogers†

Anojan Sivalingam*

Calgary, AB

Scarborough, ON

Sidra Al-Mountaha Sabagh

Taylor Smeenk

Mississauga, ON

Oakville, ON

Mircea Gabriel Samoil

Danielle Nicole Smith†

Toronto, ON

London, ON

Lauren Kimberly Santiago

Adam Christopher Solis

Montreal, QC

Oakville, ON

Michael Charles Sartor

Michael Weldon Stacey

Maple, ON

Airdrie, AB

Ryan Robert Scheffler

Tesni Stefanato

Caledon, ON

Thunder Bay, ON

Caitlin M. Sellan

Alessia Stefenatti

Victoria, BC

Toronto, ON

Richard Seto

Ashley Erin Stenzel†

Toronto, ON

Mississauga, ON

Eliyahu Israel Shach*

Joshua T. Stephenson

Vaughan, ON

Aldergrove, BC

Sahar Sheybani-Deloui

Desmond G. Stewart‡

Toronto, ON

St. Catharines, ON

Puneet Shoker

Mallory Anne Stewart

Mississauga, ON

St. Bernard’s, NL

Alessia Sili

Baylee Amaris Stockford†

Woodbridge, ON

Grand Bay-Westfield, NB

Graduation Honours ‡ Summa Cum Laude † Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.90 or above Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.80 to 3.89 Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.70 to 3.79

Nikolaus Vincent Suich

Samantha E.J. Winsor

Belle River, ON

Mount Pearl, NL

Zachary Shawn Swarts

Celine Wong

Port Dover, ON

Markham, ON

Scott Jeffrey Swartzentruber†

Edwin Wong*

Waterloo, ON

Mississauga, ON

David Tam

Robert Yates†

Toronto, ON

Calgary, AB

Joshua Bjorn Thomas*

Lai Kiu Yau†

Terra Cotta , ON

Calgary, AB

Cameron Jacob Tranchell

Francise Yip

Pickering, ON

Markham, ON

Erica Lauren Truesdell*

Andrew Young

Hope, BC

Toronto, ON

Yasemeen Dominique Van Doorne†

King Lun Joseph Yung

Calgary, AB

Toronto, ON

Stanley Waliczek†

Michelle Zemari*

Mississauga, ON

Mississauga, ON

Xuanli Monica Wang

Michael Anthony Zimbaro

Toronto, ON

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Myles Victor Wardrope Ancaster, ON

Congratulations to the graduates of the Graduate Residency Program Grand Shine Choi, BPHE, DC

Dominique M. Harmath, BA, DC

Clinical Sciences

Sports Sciences

Evan Dean Eindhoven, BSc (Hons), DC

Fabrice Mallard, DC, MSc

Sports Sciences

Sports Sciences

Darrin Dieter Germann, BSc (Hons), DC

Daphne Kiley To, BSc, DC

Sports Sciences

Sports Sciences

Graduation Awards During a virtual presentation in May the following students were recognised for their outstanding citizenship and contributions to the CMCC community and beyond: David W. Artis Memorial Graduation Award

Chantelle Maryuen

Board of Governors’ Chair’s Award

Clare Lindon

Michael Brickman Memorial Graduation Award

Nicholas Chow

Douglas M. Brown Graduation Award

Adam Solis

CCR Clinical Radiological Proficiency

Award

Corey Armstrong Blair Murphy

CMCC President’s Award

Clare Lindon

Canadian Chiropractic Specialty College of Physical & Occupational Rehabilitation Award

Nathan Boon-van Mossel

Paul Carey Award

Brogan Courtney

Class of 2000 Scholarship

Adam Solis

Class of 2003 Pioneer Award

Emily Laudi

College of Chiropractic Sciences Glenn Engel Memorial Award

Catherine Chu

Andrea Fefferman Memorial Award

Clinton Cybulski

Douglas V. Hoskins & Samuel F. Sommacal Clinic Proficiency Award

Sarah Hampton

Interprofessional Collaborative Patient Care Award

Sefrah Daviduck

Stéphane Julien Memorial Award

Emily Laudi

Robert Kilgannon Memorial Award

Jacob Ceccanese

Ronald King Award

Luke Leggo

Herbert K. Lee Memorial Award

Jonathan Oosterhof

Bruce Makos Memorial Award

Garrett Duff

Jane Mannington Memorial Award

Clare Lindon

James K. Morrison Award

Megan Kamphuis

Ontario Chiropractic Association Award

Garrett Duff

Marilyn Phillips Award

Elyse Black

Scott Wilson Graduation Award

Chantelle Maryuen Samantha Duncan

Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada) Award

Antonio Petrolo

Donald C. Sutherland Students’ Council Award

Ryan Fitzgerald

Oryst Swyszcz Memorial Scholarship

Emily Sinclair

James L. Watkins Memorial Award

Garrett Duff

Vern Welsh Memorial Award

Emma Heimbecker

York Peel Chiropractic Award

Cassie Parker

Graduation Academic Awards Today we celebrate the academic achievements of the following graduates.

Walter Sturdy Memorial Scholarship

Emma Heimbecker

Gilbert H. Young Memorial Award

Luke Leggo

Donald Bramham Memorial Award

Zoë Fasoulakis

Istrati Family Memorial Award

Shelby Fedusiak (1) Morgan Olmstead (2)

Judy Ladell Memorial Award Class Valedictorian

Luke Leggo

Highest overall academic standing during the four year program

Highest academic standing in Year IV

Second highest academic standing in Year IV

Top two highest academic standing from Saskatchewan

Post Graduate Award Kirkaldy-Willis Memorial Award Leadership and creative initiative in the promotion of interdisciplinary research

Fabrice Mallard

The Chiropractic Oath I do hereby swear before God and these assembled witnesses, both corporeal and spiritual, that I will do my utmost to keep this, my sacred, trusted oath, as a graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, that henceforth:

I will esteem those who taught me this Art, Science and Philosophy of Chiropractic and with this torch of knowledge fashioned by Hippocrates, I will light the way to the understanding of those Natural Laws which preserve the human body as a fitting temple of the soul.

I will keep the physical, mental and spiritual needs of the sick as my foremost duty, ever searching for and correcting the cause of their disease to the best of my ability, insofar as my science is in the highest precepts of my Alma Mater and harmonious with the Vis Medicatrix Naturae.

I will at all times stand ready to serve humanity, without distinction of race, creed or colour, in my lifelong vocation of preventing and alleviating human suffering, wherever it may be found, by exemplifying in my own life a pattern of living in harmony with the Laws of Nature.

I will refrain from any act of wrongdoing and will regard the keeping of a patient’s confidence as a moral obligation, using any such information only in his or her best interests.

May God so direct the skillful use of my hands that I may bring strength to the sick, relief to the suffering, peace of mind to the anxious and inspiration to all humanity to attain bountiful health that we may live this life to the fullest expression of its innate endowments.

I therefore solemnly swear to uphold these principles and precepts to the best of my ability, so help me God.

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