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Let’s celebrate our best and brightest! We’re profiling U of C people – faculty, students, staff, alumni and volunteers –and asking them what they’re most proud of and what they envision for U of C’s future.

Do you know one of our best and brightest? Email your suggestions for future profiles to ucpeople@ucalgary.ca



Our best and brightest

Chris Turner, Procurement Specialist, Research Services Supply Chain Management
A better university for everyone


Trika Macdonald, Director of Staff Relations and Consulting Services
Contributing to the greater good


Paul Gajda, Discipline Teaching Technician
Place of possibility


Fazeela Kayyum, University of Calgary International
Attracting the best and brightest


Richard Walker, Biology Instructor
Leader in student experience and learning environment


Grant MacEachern, Alumnus
Learning how to think, not what to think


Mark Blackwell, Student, Haskayne School of Business
Part of the new generation of energy leaders


David Johnston, Associate Vice-Provost (Enrolment) and Registrar
A University that’s responsive to students


Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, President-elect, University of Calgary and Dean, Schulich School of Engineering
We can take this university to new heights


Joanne Cuthbertson, Former Chancellor
This is the place you want to be


Ross Bekkering, Haskayne School of Business student
Pride. Spirit. Dinos.


Rithesh Ram, MD/PhD candidate (2012), Leaders in Medicine, Epidemiology
This is what made me who I am


Dr. Gayla Rogers, Dean, Faculty of Social Work, MSW'78, BSW'74
Teaching. Research. Return to Community.