McGill awards President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff to eight employees at fall convocation 2026
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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.
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