McGill awards President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff to eight employees at fall convocation 2026
McGill honoured eight staff with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff. Winners include a curator who added over 4,000 object photos to a museum database, a staff member linked to a potential $10M 2027 budget offset, and a Crisis Response Team aiding hundreds of students.
At McGill’s fall convocation, eight staff received the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff. Highlights: Caroline De Roy (Curatorial Technician) integrated more than 4,000 object photographs into the Redpath Museum database and oversaw cleaning of over 2,000 display objects and 200 teaching specimens; Karen Kennedy (Academic Affairs Officer) identified an initiative able to offset up to $10 million of McGill’s 2027 fiscal budget; Evie Cavis (Building Administrator) and Mathieu Laverdure (Air and Water Balancing Technician) were recognized for improving campus spaces and operational support. The Crisis Response Team — Melissa Lutchman (Associate Director, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Management), Philip Otto, Panagiotis (Peter) Koulocheris and Widad Reghai — is noted for coordinating support for hundreds of students annually.