Theme: Faces of impact

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Champlain College St-Lambert
900 Riverside
Saint-Lambert, Quebec, J4P 3P2
Canada

Georges Awaad

Linguistics undergraduate at McGill university

Georges Awaad has been fascinated by languages and cultures for as long as he can remember. He speaks over 20 of them and wishes to use his knowledge of linguistics and didactics to work with Indigenous people on revitalizing their languages.

Jonathan Cheung

Chef & Culinary teacher

From a very young age, Jonathan Cheung spent his time in his father's kitchen. His passion and talent for cooking led him to obtain his Red Seal. When he moved to Honk Kong, to work at his family's restaurants, he familiarized himself with a plethora of different cooking styles from all over the world. This led him to go on a journey to spread his passion for the culinary arts.

Quinn-Issla Rochester

Teacher of psychology at Champlain St-Lambert

"I have been a psychology teacher at Champlain College for close to 15 years. I came to teaching through a series of events that resulted in a non-linear academic journey which may be considered a bit unconventional. My experience has given me a distinct perspective on teaching and education. This transpires in the way I approach my students and classes. I love my students, they inspire me with their questions and their desire to learn and, at the end of the day, I only consider myself successful if we both, teacher and student have learned something new. Education to me is growth and my own growth has manifested as much through my relationships with my students as it has through the material I have been taught and have taught. More importantly, I feel that my success has always been intricately linked to the student-teacher relationships that I have developed both as a student and as a teacher."

Samir Shaheen-Hussain

Social justice activist, writer and pediatrician

Samir Shaheen-Hussain is a social justice activist who works as a pediatric emergency physician. His award-winning book, Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, exposes the role that the Canadian medical establishment has played in the colonial genocide of Indigenous Peoples. Dr Shaheen-Hussain is an active member of the Caring for Social Justice Collective.

Stéphanie Gagnon

PhD student in Ecology and Course Lecturer at McGill University.

Stéphanie Gagnon is a PhD student in Ecology and a Course Lecturer at McGill University. Stéphanie has an Honours BSc in Environmental Biology with a specialization in Applied Ecology and a minor in Social Environment awarded at McGill University. Stéphanie is interested in community ecology and plant-insect interactions. She is currently studying plant-pollinator relationships on floral strips surrounding cranberry farms in the Centre-du-Québec region. Her research aims to create an interaction network to uncover which wild pollinators and wildflowers occur in these disturbed systems and understand their mutual associations.

Yayaati Chachan

Astrophysicist and planetary scientist

Yayaati Chachan is an astrophysicist who specializes in the study of planets. He is currently a CITA National and TSI fellow at McGill University. He studied physics at the University of Cambridge and obtained his PhD in planetary science at Caltech. Yayaati uses both observations and theory to understand how planets form in disks of dust and gas around young stars. He also studies how the atmospheric compositions and orbital properties of planets reflect their formation and evolution history. He has used the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes to glimpse at planetary atmospheres and has formulated theories to explain why planets are the way they are.