Isabel Diavolitsis
Isabel is graduating from the Arts & Science program with a minor in Health, Aging, & Society. She participated in many extracurriculars during her time at McMaster, including choir, musical theatre, and a student magazine. Isabel has various interests and has worked as a math and science tutor in the James Bay Cree Nation, as an Archway Mentor for incoming first year students, and as a student project manager for the New World of Work Forum. She is looking forward to a post-COVID world where inequities and gaps do not go unnoticed; she hopes to play an active role in challenging the status quo. Isabel is the oldest of five siblings and has lived in three countries. She would like to thank all of her professors, classmates, friends, and family members for their unfailing support during her undergraduate degree.
President’s Award of Excellence in Student Leadership
Morghen Jael
Morghen Jael is interested in cultivating self-sustaining, community-oriented projects. During the 2021-22 school year, Morghen directed the MSU Food Collective Centre and was part of the core team that developed the McMaster Community Fridge. She continues to support this on-campus, open-access fridge as a Volunteer Coordinator and general supervisor. This summer, she is working for the McMaster Okanagan Committee on their upcoming campus-wide Food Strategy.
In her Arts & Science community, Morghen co-founded and edited the digital student magazine called The Melange, which aims to provide casual publishing opportunities for written and visual talent.
Morghen also served as 2021-22 President of the McMaster Book Club. Under her leadership, club membership expanded significantly, and fifteen novels were subsidized completely and shipped to club members.
Morghen completed her Honours Arts & Science degree at McMaster and will be pursuing Master’s degree in Museum Studies and Information Studies at the University of Toronto.
Additional awards
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The A.G. McKay Prize in Classical Studies | Leah Guffroy |
| The Abraham Isaac Rosenberg Memorial Prize | Bianca Tarantino |
| The Agnes and John MacNeill Memorial Prize | Clare-Marie De Souza |
| The Dean’s Medal for Excellence in the Humanities | Kathryn Low |
| The Dean’s Medal for Excellence in the Humanities | Alexandra Rodriguez |
| The Dean’s Medal for Excellence in the Humanities | Natasha Wandel |
| The Feliks Litkowski Prize in Political Science | Michaela Hill |
| The Humanities Medals for Special Achievement | Julia Cuthbertson |
| The Humanities Medals for Special Achievement | Britney Dortona |
| The Humanities Medals for Special Achievement | Alexandra Rodriguez |
| The Humanities Medals for Special Achievement | Evonne Syed |
| The John H. Trueman Prize | Ryan Bromberg-Barwin |
| The John R. McCarthy Scholarship | Alexandra Rodriguez |
| The Laura Dodson Prize | Michaela Hill |
| The Rev. Allison M. Barrett Scholarship | Torrin Maag |
| The W. Norman Jeeves Scholarship | Alexandra Rodriguez |
| The Walter Scott McLay Scholarship | Clare-Marie De Souza |
| The William and Lida Barns Memorial Prize in History | Ryan Bromberg-Barwin |
| The William J. McCallion Scholarships | Beverley Urech |
Steve Buist
Buist is an investigative journalist whose work at The Hamilton Spectator has affected social and policy change in the city of Hamilton. He is perhaps best known for his award-winning Code Red series which examined the disparities in the determinants of health and health status across Hamilton’s neighbourhoods. Buist, working in collaboration with McMaster University researchers, investigated concerning levels of brain trauma suffered by retired Canadian Football League (CFL) players, contributing to international discussions around concussion prevention. Buist has won four National Newspaper Awards, been named Canada’s Investigative Journalist of the Year three times, been named Ontario’s Journalist of the Year five times, and is a past winner of the world’s top cancer reporting prize by the European School of