CONVOCATION
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that our campuses are located on Treaty 8 territory, the ancestral and present-day home to many diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. We are grateful to work, live, and learn on the traditional territory of Duncan’s First Nation, Horse Lake First Nation, and Sturgeon Lake
Cree Nation, who are the original caretakers of this land.
We acknowledge the history of this land and we are thankful for the opportunity to walk together in friendship, where we will encourage and promote positive change for present and future generations.
PRESENTATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
On behalf of Northwestern Polytechnic’s Board of Governors, I am thrilled to congratulate the Class of 2026! Wherever your journey takes you next, we are confident you will make a meaningful impact. Be courageous, embrace opportunities, and take thoughtful risks. We will be cheering you on and celebrating your successes every step of the way.
Shawna Miller Chair, Board of Governors
Achievement is seldom a matter of chance. It is earned in the unseen hours, shaped by steady resolve, strengthened through adversity, and sometimes helped along by the right opportunity at the right time.
As our Northwestern Polytechnic Class of 2026 steps forward into what comes next, we celebrate not only what you have accomplished but who you have become. Your journey is far from finished, and in many ways, it is just beginning.
While you were here, you gained more than technical knowledge or credentials. You strengthened your character. You deepened your commitment to the industries that will rely on your expertise and the communities that will benefit from your leadership. The relationships you’ve built and the purpose you’ve discovered will carry forward with you.
We are proud of the impact you are ready to make and immensely grateful to have been part of your story.
Dr. Vanessa Sheane, PhD President and CEO
To the Class of 2026, your education has prepared you not just to succeed, but to lead. As you enter new communities, workplaces, and industries, carry forward your vision, your resilience, and your commitment to making a difference. The challenges ahead are opportunities in disguise, so shape them purposefully, inspire others in the process, and leave a lasting impact in your field and community.
Dr. Jodi Schultz Vice-President Academic
Congratulations to Northwestern Polytechnic’s graduating class of 2026. As Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education, I am pleased to recognize this milestone and celebrate all that you have accomplished.
Your graduation reflects the dedication, perseverance and hard work that brought you to this moment. It also reflects the encouragement and support of family, friends, faculty and peers who have shared in your journey.
At Northwestern Polytechnic, practical, career-focused learning and hands-on experience help prepare students to contribute to communities and industries across northwestern Alberta.
Whether your next step is continuing your education or beginning your career, I hope you move forward with pride in all you have accomplished and optimism for the opportunities ahead.
Thank you for the contributions you will make to your communities and to Alberta. I offer my sincere best wishes for continued success in the years ahead.
Myles McDougall, ECA Minister of Advanced Education
Congratulations to the graduating class of Northwestern Polytechnic. Convocation is a milestone worth celebrating, and it reflects the hard work, perseverance, and dedication that brought you to this moment. As you take your next steps, I encourage you to carry forward the skills, knowledge, and connections you’ve built here. Thank you to the faculty, staff, families, and supporters who have helped guide these graduates along the way. I wish you every success as you move forward with confidence into the next chapter.
Ron Wiebe MLA Grande Prairie-Wapiti Parliamentary Secretary Rural Health North
HISTORY AND TRADITIONS
OUR NAME
At Northwestern Polytechnic, our core purpose is to spark and empower success. As part of the landscape in northwestern Alberta for more than half a century, we have watched, contributed, and been inspired by the individual and collective talent in our midst. We are extremely proud to evolve with our community, in order to deliver career-focused education with practical connections at every step.
OUR CREST
The official crest of Northwestern Polytechnic is designed to represent the concept of higher learning in the Peace Region and incorporates the distinctive Dunvegan bridge with an open book. The slogan “per gradus ad maius” translated to “steps to the greater”.
The Crest is the formal academic symbol of the institution. While it is not used in everyday branding, it is commonly used on celebratory or official documents, such as certificates, special event programs, Board of Governors material, and in the Academic Calendar.
ACADEMIC DRESS HONOURED GUESTS
Academic dress has a long history, symbolizing our link with the early development and traditions of higher learning. The design and colours of the gown, hoods, and caps represent a particular degree, diploma, certificate, or apprenticeship program.
At Northwestern Polytechnic, program distinctations are made by the following colours:
School of Business programs are royal blue.
School of Health programs are white.
School of Skilled Trades programs are gold.
School of Applied Science and Technology programs are crimson.
Some Graduates may wear additional cords and stoles which have the following meanings:
Distinction Cord signifies high academic achievement.
Indigenous Stole signifies Indigenous ancestry.
Athlete Stole indicates student was a Wolves athlete.
We are pleased to welcome distinguished guests from municipal and provincial government, Indigenous leadership, and valued industry partners from across the region.
ORDER OF CEREMONIES
DIGNITARY & ACADEMIC PROCESSION
Marshal - Michelle Hutchingame
STUDENT PROCESSION
Marshals - Shasta Wick, Megan Belcourt, and Brittany Whiteway
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Chelsea Paul
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command, With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Dr. Jodi Schultz
- Vice-President, Academic
INVOCATION
Elder Theresa Gladue
BOARD OF GOVERNORS’ ADDRESS
Ceremony 1 and 2: Shawna Miller
– Chair, Board of Governors
Ceremony 3: Cody Bearisto
– Vice-Chair, Board of Governors
GREETINGS
Melly Pack
– President, Students’ Association
Dr. Daryl White
– President, Academic Staff Association
PRESENTATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS
Ceremony 1 and 2: Lane Muggaberg – Biological Sciences Diploma
Ceremony 3: Courtney Dyck
– Practical Nurse Diploma
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S
ACADEMIC MEDAL (CEREMONY 2)
The Governor General’s Academic Medals recognize the outstanding achievements of students in Canada. Created in 1873, they have become the most prestigious award students in Canadian schools can receive. The medals are awarded to the student graduating with the highest average from high school and approved college and university programs.
Collegiate Bronze Medal (Grande Prairie) Lane Muggaberg – Biological Sciences Diploma, Graduate
Collegiate Bronze Medal (Fairview) Ashlyn Bourassa – Veterinary Technology Diploma, Graduate Silver Medal
Patric Bisson - Bachelor of Business Administration, Graduate
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
ACADEMIC RECESSION
PRESIDENT’S TEA
You are cordially invited to join our graduates and dignitaries in Pillars immediately following the ceremony for light refreshments.
LOVE must be unconditional; to know love is to know peace. To feel true love is to know the Creator. Love given to the Creator is expressed through love of oneself, and it is understood that if one cannot love oneself, it is impossible to love anyone else.
To honour all of the Creation is to have RESPECT. Respect is the condition of being honoured.
COURAGE is to face the foe with integrity. Courage is the ability to face danger, fear, or changes with confidence and bravery.
HONESTY also means “righteousness”, be honest first with yourself – in word and action. Honesty is speaking and acting truthfully, and thereby remaining morally upright
To cherish knowledge is to know WISDOM. Wisdom is the ability to make decisions based on personal knowledge and experience.
HUMILITY is to know yourself as a sacred part of the Creation. Humility is being humble and not arrogant.
TRUTH is to know and understand all the seven teachings have given to us by the creator and to remain faithful to them.
CEREMONY 1 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATEINCLUSION SUPPORTS
Fallowfield, Michelle
EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE CERTIFICATE
Anmolpreet Kaur
Apostol, Angelika
Bath, Amelia
Eronwu, Simon Ikenna
Gogna, Ansh
Gupta, Chander Shekhar
Gurmeet Singh
Gurpreet
Hiebert, Kelsey
Himani
Jashandeep Kaur
Joseph, Oluwadamilola
Kaur, Mansaran
Kaur, Prabhleen
Navjot Kaur
Navjot Kaur
Navneet
Omovbude, Adedayo
Priyanka
Rana, Shanta
Saini, Simranpreet Singh
Sehajpreet Kaur
Sharma, Harshdeep
Shubham Singh
Simranjit Kaur
Soares Batalha Da Silva, Teresa
Vhora, Seema Gulammahammad
Wadhwa, Jatin
EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE DIPLOMA
Acho, Sonia
Akashdeep
Amandeep Kaur
Amritpal
Anjum, Abida
Aviso, Abegail
Brar, Simrandeep Singh
Calimlim, Ella
Chaudhary, Nandni
Dona, Mary
Harjot Kaur
Jaismeen
Jatinder Rishi
Jossan, Kajalpreet Kaur
Kanishka
Kaur, Amandeep
Kaur, Jaspreet
Kaur, Kanwaldeep
Kaur, Rajvir
Kulwinder Kaur
Kumari, Sulendra
Magbanua, April Rose
CEREMONY 1 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Manpreet Kaur
Mantekjeet Kaur
Mehtabpreet Kaur
Monnette, Chloe
Navanpreet
Navdeep Singh
Navneet Kaur
Nitin
Nyong Bongda, Elvindis Blondel
Okparavero, Cindy
Ozoh, Doris Nkechi
Rajdeep Kaur
Ramandeep Kaur
Schneider, Erica
Sehgal, Tanveer
Sharma, Mahak
Shruti
Sidhu, Navjot Singh
Simran
Simranpreet Kaur
Singh, Akashdeep
Singh, Anu
Singh, Gursimran
Singh, Jaskaranpreet
Singh, Manraj
Singh, Sukhman
St Clair, Elsa
Subedi, Rinku
Tallcree, Caren
Taniya
Tsiaras, Ariel
Wantok, Catherine
Wathen, Sonya
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BACHELOR OF EDUCATION , ELEMENTARY
Armitage, Aidan
Bogdanek, Bryce
Brodersen, Sienna
Burns, Laynee
Capelle, Gabby
Clark, Brooklynn
Crudu, Marina
Demeria, Kimberly
Duby, Izabel
Faber, Brook
Flett, Kellie
Hatch, Tiffany
Hendrickson, Abby
Hennig-Ouellet, Katie
Hingley, Reese
Kemp-Weeber, Alex
Knull, Amanda
Logan, Derek
MacEachern, Breanna
McLennan, Jammie
Mizzaro, Maddy
Peterson, Bryanna
Sakundiak, Ashley
Sekhon, Kiran
Sperling, Kim
Stockley, Brooke
Tobin, Emma
van der Eerden, Alyssa
Villiger, Averie
CEREMONY 2 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION
- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Catulin, Mariel Ann
Sharma, Madhav
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION POST-DIPLOMA
CERTIFICATE - FINANCIAL PLANNING
Panchal, Janvi
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION POST-DIPLOMA
CERTIFICATE - HR MANAGEMENT
Arora, Esha
Ballesharam, Awad Bin Amer
Jaswant Singh
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION POST-DIPLOMA
CERTIFICATE - MARKETING
Ejekwu, Praise
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DIPLOMA
Agrim
Amoli
Anjali Raju
Apostol, Angelika
Arun Kumar
Arya, Suchet
Bains, Harshdeep Singh
Catalan, Nelma
Chawla, Juhi
Cruz Tamarez, Norian
Fasanya, Kehinde
Francis, Jomitha
Gill, Gurkomal Singh
Gurnoor Singh
Jashanpreet Kaur
Jasleen Kaur
Jaspal Singh
Kaur, Gurkamal
Kaur, Gurleen
Kiranbir Kaur
CEREMONY 2 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION
- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
Kiranjot Kaur
Kirici, Suray
Kumar, Pardeep
Lakashpreet Singh
Mackey, Ethan
Olawuyi, John
Orich, Amelia
Prabhleen
Prabhsimran Kaur
Priya
Robinson, Hunter
Ruchika
Sarjeet Kaur
Sharma, Priyanshu
Sharma, Rakhi
Singh, Omna
Supneet Kaur
Zenner, Addi
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Bachand, Braeden
Bisson, Patric
Blandin, Amanda
Caballes, Haezent
Ferguson, Nathan
Fillier, Jack
Hartman, Faith
Hemmingway, Zack
Hiscock, Alyssa
Lacerna, Prince
Loiselle, Jesse
Ngnoche, Emmanuel
Perez, Karylle
Simbulan, Sophia
Thompson, Krista
Throness, Quinn
Winsor, Heather
OFFICE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
Baldovino, Kayla
Banman, Morgan
Brown, Sashagaye Amelia
Canning, Kyra
Disher, Alee
Hatch, Ruby
Kohlman, Chloe
Peterson, Leslie
Tampa, Amelia
Winczura, Taralyn
OFFICE MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA
Harshpinder Kaur
Kunal
CEREMONY 2 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF SKILLED TRADES
APPRENTICE STEAMFITTER PIPEFITTER JOURNEYMAN
Huynh, Thanh Minh
APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN JOURNEYMAN
Easton, Jonathan
CEREMONY 2 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE
Akindolire, Olatunde
COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA
Abdulrasheed, Halimah
Akauliya, Abhisek
Boyson, Shane
Khatri, Nawadeep
Omachonu, Emmanuel
Prajapati, Neo
Thomas, Kelyn
Yashika
BACHELOR OF COMPUTING SCIENCE
Ahmed, Hafza
Chupka, Ethan
Lapointe, Zach
Pierson, Austin
Rowney, Owen
Schofield, Ammon
POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA
Amboe, Raelle
Maurice, Hunter
Naava, Gloria
UNIVERSITY ARTS DIPLOMA
Edusei, Vanity
Mohr, Natalie
Singla, Vinay
UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIPLOMA
Lapshin, Elizabeth
Muggaberg, Lane
Skarberg, Logan
VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN DIPLOMA
Dhaliwal, Akashdeep Singh
Dilpreet Singh
Jashanjot
Jasmine Kaur
Johnson, Tyler
Karandeep Singh
Parwinder Singh
CEREMONY 3 GRADUATES SCHOOL OF HEALTH
KINESIOLOGY DIPLOMA
Dominic, Amana
Engineer, Dhairya Ajaykumar
Gupta, Pranjal
Gurwinder Kaur
Kaur, Anita
Legacion, John
Manpreet Kaur
Mehak
Mehakpreet Kaur
Patel, Pransu Sanjaykumar
Patel, Riddhi
Prabhjot Kaur
Prajapati, Seema Kamleshbhai
Prajapati, Vaidehi Rashmikant
Purba, Pranjal
Rajandeep Kaur
Rajdeep Kaur
Rano Kaur
Singh, Harshdeep
Thakur, Sonali
PERSONAL TRAINER DIPLOMA
Jaskaran Singh
Lobb, Raeanne
Mandeville, Leah
Manning, Tori
EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER CERTIFICATE
Simran, Simran
HEALTH CARE AIDE CERTIFICATE
Anmolpreet Kaur
Brett, Cheyanne
Crocker, Darren
Dummett, Rachelle
Flores, Keith
Tetreau, Gracie
Thornton, Kassidy
PRACTICAL NURSE DIPLOMA
Adejumo, Adenike Ayomide
Aimiosior, Donatus
Anderson, Xanna
Beh, Beh Vikumitsi
Boluwarin, Tolulope
Budde, Elise
Burke, Kaitlyn
Dawson, Larissa
Doucette, Katelyn
Dyck, Courtney
El Irani, Chantalle
Gbadebo, Adeniyi
Goel, Divish
Heidt, Sydney
Johnson, Terry-Ann
Juico, Hanna
Levesque, Paige
Malicse, Glenmar
Marshall, Cienna
Metcalfe, Holly
Olaniyan, Oluwatosin
Owusu, Comfort
Pratt, Jenna
Shaw, Katherine
Stewart, Kiri
Sunday, Prisca
Thibeault, Andrea
Wolstenholme, Dakota
