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Congratulations to Our Graduates | June 2025
SFU's Summer 2025 Convocation ceremony for students in the Faculty of Environment will take place Tuesday June 10th, with a Faculty Celebration Reception to follow indoors at Halpern Centre - Room 114 and 126.
The Dean of the Faculty of Environment invites graduands and their guests, faculty and staff to a reception following our convocation ceremony to celebrate the new grads. Mingle with fellow students, professors and family over light refreshments or win a prize, and snap a photo or two to mark the occasion.
Visit the SFU Convocation page to RSVP and for additional details on the activities taking place.
On behalf of the department, we wish you all the very best!
SFU Medal Recipients
Graduate Programs (MA, MSc, PhD)
Master of Arts
Negin Shooraj
Joy Russell
Master of Science
Ian McDonald
Jay Matsushiba
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Arts (Geography Major, Society and Environment Concentration)
Varian Yu
Bachelor of Arts (Human Geography Honours)
Tobias Baldus
Claire Howell
Gabrielle Wong
Bachelor of Arts (Human Geography Major)
Timothy Chen
Zoe Cohen
Allie Crouch
Andreas Gunster
Jovian Kwan
Elijah Lacap
Stephanie Magnuson
Erin Schweickert
Claire Swanson
Rodney Wong
Brian Yim
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Biogeophysical Stream)
Maria Morgan
Charlie Pham
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Geoscience Stream)
Alison Harlow
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Geosystems and GIScience Stream)
Gabbie Anderson
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Physical Geography and Spatial Information Science Stream)
Robert Maidens
Bachelor of Arts (Double Minor)
Hantao Guo
Cheuk Kiu Draco Lam
Renfeng Zhang
Bachelor of Environment (Global Environmental Systems Major)
Bogdan Ambros
Isabelle Batko
Jeremy Belcher
Daisy Bigirwa
Liam Broad
Heidi Chan
Dhruv Jeetendra
Anu Khangai
Katherine Kodiak
Irina Lipnitskaya
Caitlyn Mackie
Spirit Mayo
Gagan Nagra
Kiranvir Randhawa
Bhavya Sarin
Aline Schmidt
Jocelyn Sherman
Matthew Stranaghan
Melody Tymm
Taylor Whitehouse
Certificate Programs
Certificate in Urban Studies
Tobias Baldus
Timothy Chen
Allie Crouch
Andreas Gunster
Claire Howell
Jovian Kwan
Elijah Lacap
Gagan Nagra
Thomas-Iain Ong
Gabrielle Wong
Kyle Yeung
Geographic Information Science Certificate
Bogdan Ambros
Gabbie Anderson
Tim Baker
Jeremy Belcher
Daisy Bigirwa
Liam Broad
Ethan Flynn
Andreas Gunster
Allison Harlow
Elijah Lacal
Irina Lipnitskaya
Caitlyn Mackie
Robert Maidens
Geographic Information Science Certificate (cont.)
Spirit Mayo
Maria Morgan
Gagan Nagra
Zoe Neudorf
Jeffrey Nguyen
Bhavya Sarin
Aline Schmidt
Erin Schweickert
Matthew Stranaghan
Claire Swanson
Melody Tymm
Taylor Whitehouse
Rodney Wong
Martin Zizic
Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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