{"id":101533,"date":"2026-06-09T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/?p=101533"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:06:36","slug":"2026-spring-convocation-medal-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2026\/2026-spring-convocation-medal-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Celebrates 2026 Spring Convocation Medal Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/06\/carleton-convocation-medals-1600x1200-1-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Carleton Celebrates 2026 Spring Convocation Medal Winners \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>From June 8 to 12, Carleton University celebrates Spring Convocation as more than 6900 graduates cross the stage to receive their degrees. Among them are students whose exceptional academic achievements have earned some of the university&#8217;s highest honours. Each year, Carleton awards\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/convocation.carleton.ca\/ceremony\/medals-and-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prestigious medals\u00a0<\/a>to recognize exceptional dedication, leadership and the commitment of Ravens who have excelled in their studies.\u00a0The 2026 Spring Convocation top medal recipients are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"governor-generals-medal\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Governor General&#8217;s Medal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Awarded annually to a student standing at the head of the graduating class at the graduate and undergraduate levels.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Karran Dhillon, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>William Fraser, Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aline Ingelson-Filpula, Doctor of Philosophy, Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charlotte Noxon, Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours), Computational and Applied Mathematics and Statistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson Silver, Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), Stream in Computer Game Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"university-medal-for-outstanding-graduate-work\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Awarded, when merited, for outstanding graduate work at the doctoral level.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Madeleine Sheppard-Perkins, Doctor of Philosophy, Health Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chelsie Smith, Doctor of Philosophy, Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Awarded, when merited, for outstanding graduate work at the master&#8217;s level.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Hardy, Master of Applied Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alison Schultz, Master of Arts, Anthropology\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"chancellors-medal\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Chancellor&#8217;s Medal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Awarded annually in the name of the Chancellor of the university to graduating students of outstanding academic achievement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alicia Allen, Bachelor of Engineering, Environmental<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matteo Montgomery, Bachelor of Science (Honours), Neuroscience and Mental Health\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christine Sadler, Bachelor of Science (Honours), Neuroscience and Mental Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marco Toito, Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), Stream in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"presidents-medal\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>President&#8217;s Medal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Awarded annually in the name of the President of the university to the student with the highest standing in a 15-credit program of study.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zachary Waines, Bachelor of Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nour Salama, Bachelor of Science, Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/latest-news\/\">More News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From June 8 to 12, Carleton University celebrates Spring Convocation as more than 6900 graduates cross the stage to receive their degrees. Among them are students whose exceptional academic achievements have earned some of the university&#8217;s highest honours. Each year, Carleton awards\u00a0prestigious medals\u00a0to recognize exceptional dedication, leadership and the commitment of Ravens who have excelled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":101534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101538,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101533\/revisions\/101538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}