Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, BFA 90, won the 2024 Grand Prix from the Conseil des arts de Montréal. Gabriel is the first Indigenous winner of the award.
Lori Graham, BA 96, retired from her role as CTV News Montreal’s weather specialist after 25 years.
Lucas Lawton, BA 17, was named lead in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance.
Elliot Lifson, BSc 64, BA 65, was named an officer of the Order of Quebec. He was first named a member in 2020.
Joe Panunto, BA 66, received a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Sid Marty, BA 67, was the winner of the Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.
Sheldon Teitelbaum, BA 77, was named co-winner of Germany’s 2024 Kurd Lasswitz Prize for critical writing.
Lillian Vineberg-Goodman, BFA 83, was named 2024 Person of the Year by the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal.
Fred Pye, BA 85, EMBA 88, was named Fund Manager Innovator of the Year at the Wealth Professionals Awards.
Clara Gutsche, MFA 86, won the 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award.
Jean-Hugues Roy, GrDip 89, was awarded a Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship from the Michener Awards Foundation.
Simeon Pompey, BA 90, won the Lorie Kane Community Spirit Award from Golf Canada.
Dimitris Ilias, BFA 92, GrDip 99, and wife Maria Diamantis, were awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Christopher Pollon, GrDip 92, was shortlisted for the $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for his book Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places.
Ehab Abouheif, BSc 93, MSc 95, was named a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Adam Koniuszewski, BComm 93, GrDip 95, rode more than 10,000 kilometres by bike on the EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail.
Nicolas Baier, Attd. 94, was shortlisted for the 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award.
Antonietta Grassi, BFA 94, was named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow.
Five Concordians were named CBC Quebec’s 2024 Black Changemakers. The editorial series recognizes the outstanding contributions of Black “innovators, movers, shakers and connectors.”
Julie Quenneville, BA 00, was named one of Women We Admire’s Top Women Leaders of Toronto for 2024.
Patti Sonntag, BA 00, won a Canadian Association of Journalists Award in Data Journalism. Sonntag also won the Media Award for “Online – Best in-depth feature or series” from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
Michael Yaroshevsky, MFA 03, won the Experimental Award at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan.
Abbas Akhavan, BFA 04, was selected to represent Canada at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Aaron Derfel, BA 06, won the 2024 Medical Journalism Award from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. He also won the 2023 Canadian Association of Journalists’ McGillivray Award.
Michelle Lacombe, BFA 06, is one of five winners of the 2025 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award.
Marianna Milhorat, BFA 07, won Best Documentary Feature at the Mimesis Documentary Film Festival in Boulder, Col., for her first feature, Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction).
Priscilla Guy, BFA 09, won the CALQ Prize for Artist of the Year in Gaspésie from Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Culture Gaspésie.
Anne-Marie Proulx, BFA 09, MA 13, is one of five winners of the 2025 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award.
Malena Szlam, MFA 10, won the Prix Giverny Capital, a $10,000 grant awarded to a Quebec-based visual artist.
Laura Hudspith, BFA 13, was named a winner of CIBC’s C2 Art Program.
Iulian Boz, BComm 14, GrDip 17, won men’s bronze at the 2024 World Savate Assaut Championships.
Chantal Hébert, LLD 14, won a Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public-service journalism.
Marielle Dalpé, BFA 16, won the Emerging Filmmaker Award and Animation Award at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan.
Fawn Parker, BA 17, is among the shortlisted authors for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
Lucie MacAulay, BFA 18, was named women’s world champion at the 2024 World Savate Assaut Championships.
Terry Mosher, LLD 18, won a Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public-service journalism.
Timothy Thomasson, BFA 18, MDes 23, won a 2024 Prix Ars Electronica.
Francisco Gonzalez-Rosas, MFA 19, received an Emerging Digital Artists Award from EQ Bank.
Santiago Tamayo Soler, BFA 19, won the 2024 Impressions Residency at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He is also one of five winners of the 2025 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award.
Rosetta Chang, BComm 20, won women’s bronze at the 2024 World Savate Assaut Championships.
Zhikun Chen, MASc 20, won a Prix Relève Étoile Louis-Berlinguet from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT).
Scott DeJong, MA 20, current Concordia PhD student, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for his work on combatting disinformation through educational games.
Jamie Fabian, BA 22, was a recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Nicole Nashen, BA 22, was a recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Kathy Baig, DSc 23, was inducted into the Ambassadors Club by the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
Kuh Del Rosario, MFA 24, won a 2024 Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Scholarship in Contemporary Art.
Multidisciplinary artist Nico Williams, MFA 21, won the 2024 Sobey Art Award. The $100,000 prize — the largest in Canadian contemporary art — showcases emerging artists from six regions across Canada.
Fellow alumni were also named to the long list:
Each year, Women We Admire recognizes the exceptional achievements and contributions of women across industries and sectors. Among its list of Top 50 Women Leaders in Montreal for 2024 are Concordia alumnae making an impact.
In recognition of Canada’s top literary talent, the Canada Council for the Arts presents its Governor General’s Literary Awards each year. Among the 2024 finalists are:
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents its annual Canadian Screen Awards to acknowledge work in Canada’s film, television and digital-media sectors. Concordia alumni took home top prizes across categories:
Seven Concordians were among the latest appointees to the Order of Canada announced in June. The country’s top honour is bestowed by Governor General Mary Simon in recognition of exceptional contributions to the country.
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