Smithers-based Northwest Community College (NWCC) student Amy de Hoog is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Governor General's Collegiate Bronze Academic Medal for 2010. She graduated earlier this year with a Social Service Worker Diploma.
Pictured is de Hoog (second from right) along with (L to R) NWCC Smithers campus principal Regina Saimoto, University Credit professor Rick Budhwa and Social Service Worker program coordinator and professor Joan LeClair.
For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. They are awarded to the student graduating with the highest average from a high school, as well as from approved college or university programs.
The Governor General’s Academic Medals are awarded at four distinct levels: Bronze at the secondary school level; Collegiate Bronze at the post-secondary, diploma level; Silver at the undergraduate level; and Gold at the graduate level. Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General by participating educational institutions, along with personalized certificates signed by the Governor General. There is no monetary award associated with the Medal.
Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor General after Confederation, created the Academic Medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. Over the years, they have become the most prestigious award that students in Canadian schools can receive.
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