lakehead’s 2014 fellows of the university
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two individuals will be thanked and honoured for their significant contributions to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s growth, development, and well-being during the university’s 2014 convocation ceremonies.
jacqueline dojack and liz mcweeny will receive the title of ‘fellow of the university’ in recognition of their contributions to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and thunder bay.
“liz and jacqueline have played exceptional roles in championing our university’s growth and helping achieve its goals,” said cameron clark, chair of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s board of governors.
“these individuals have put considerable time and energy into fundraising to create new buildings, programs, and scholarships for our thunder bay and orillia campuses – and for that we are very thankful,” clark added.
“finding community members who are this dedicated and talented is not an easy task,” said president & vice-chancellor dr. brian stevenson. “we confer upon them the title of fellow of the university in recognition of their hard work and encourage others to follow in their footsteps.”
jacqueline dojack is always ready to apply her formidable energy to helping individuals and organizations flourish.
dojack has supported 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 over the years as it evolved into an innovative, nationally-recognized institution. from 1996 to 2008, she was on lakehead’s board of governors and coordinated major fundraising campaigns.
as the board of governors chair from 2004 to 2006, dojack was involved in two historic milestones: the opening of the northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) and the opening of lakehead’s orillia campus.
from 2007 to 2013, she was on nosm’s board of directors and was part of a successful initiative to encourage doctors trained in the north to practise medicine in the north.
dojack started as a teacher with the lakehead board of education in 1968, progressing to vice principal and then superintendent of education. she joined the ontario ministry of education and training’s northwestern branch in 1990, serving in senior positions until retiring in 1998.
retirement offered dojack the opportunity to found dojack associates ltd., a consulting firm providing program reviews, strategic planning services and dispute resolution.
dojack will be conferred the title of fellow of the university during on friday, may 30 at lakehead’s 2:00 pm convocation ceremony held at the thunder bay community auditorium.
liz mcweeny and her husband richard buset are strong supporters of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .
they were involved in lakehead’s advanced technology & academic centre building campaign and the establishment of the william h. buset centre for music and visual arts, and have helped create bursaries for 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .
for 35 years, mcweeny has also been a passionate advocate for refugee rights and protection.
she began volunteering with the roman catholic diocese of thunder bay and citizenship and immigration canada in 1979 to launch the private sponsorship of refugees program, resettling hundreds of refugees in northwestern ontario. she was the diocesan coordinator for refugee sponsorship until 2009.
from 1985 to 2002, mcweeny chaired the thunder bay friends of refugees, a multi-denominational group assisting refugees from latin america, africa and eastern europe.
she is a founding member of the d.o.o.r.s. to new life refugee centre, and has held leadership positions with the national ngo-government committee on the private sponsorship of refugees.
mcweeny and buset recently directed their efforts toward poverty reduction by founding compassionet impact development canada, which supports home-building, micro-business loans, and education programs for the poor in puerto vallarta, mexico.
mcweeny will be conferred the title of fellow of the university on saturday, may 31 at the 9:30 am convocation ceremony held at the thunder bay community auditorium.
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