2024 Award Recipients
This award was established in 2008 to recognize exceptional students who have a record of academic achievement, demonstrate leadership, and make significant contributions to our community.
Connor Hass
Connor Hass
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Exercise & Health Physiology)
Connor Hass demonstrated leadership in medical/simulation education, contributed to the development and enhancement of co-curricular activities on campus, and showed an exceptional commitment to volunteerism. These contributions make him an ideal recipient of the President’s Award.
Hass contributed locally, provincially, and internationally to medical education and simulation through his roles with UCalgary’s Student Medical Response (SMR) team, and with the Rural and Remote (RnR) Resuscitation Simulation program.
Hass co-developed simulation curricula to prepare event medical teams for emergencies. At UCalgary, he facilitated 15 medical simulation sessions for students and health-care professionals who volunteer at public events. Provincially, he facilitated on-site simulations to prepare health-care personnel for medical emergencies that may happen at electronic dance music festivals. Internationally, he has shared his research and simulation curriculum designs at conferences.
To say Hass was a dedicated volunteer is an understatement. He committed more than 250 hours of volunteering at 26 local events as a community medical responder, spent more than 900 hours volunteering with the SMR team, and took on various other roles with the groups he supported.
Hass also kickstarted the certification process for earning the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Healthy Campus Gold Label through his NSERC Brain Create Summer Studentship Award. This process resulted in UCalgary receiving the first Healthy Campus Label awarded to a Canadian university. He also worked with fellow students to successfully advocate for more locker room space for the Dinos women’s teams.
Hass achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA in his undergraduate kinesiology career. He was involved in several research projects including studies on concussion, congenital heart disease, exercise-induced hyperthermia, and three additional projects that involved the design and evaluation of medical simulation curricula.
He is thrilled to begin medical school this July at the Cumming School of Medicine.