convocation - emmanuel college, toronto

CONVOCATION

& GRADUATION

May 20, 2021

Celebrating the Emmanuel College Class of 2020 and 2021

Installation of Victoria University’s 15th Chancellor, Nick Saul, C.M., Vic 9T0

In conformity with the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement among the Toronto School of Theology, the Federated Universities and Colleges as its member institutions, and the University of Toronto, candidates for Certificate in Theology and Interreligious Engagement and the degrees of Master of Pastoral Studies, Master of Sacred Music, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Master of Theology, Doctor of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies have been approved by the Toronto School of Theology, Victoria University and the University of Toronto.

By the authority vested in him by the Senate of Victoria University, the Chancellor will confer a conjoint degree or certificate upon each candidate.

This ceremony will be held virtually because of the COVID-19 lockdown and the directives from the provincial government regarding physical distancing and large group gatherings.

THE ORDER

OPENING INTERLUDE Tom Reynolds Trio

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Jessica Swance, Emm 2T0

INVOCATION

M.Gen. Guy J.J. Chapdelaine, OMM, CD, QHC

PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT

Professor William Robins, President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University

WELCOME AND PRINCIPAL’S STATEMENT

Professor Michelle Voss Roberts, Principal, Emmanuel College

INSTALLATION OF THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR

Lisa Khoo, Chair, Board of Regents

Dr. Nick Saul, Chancellor, Victoria University

CHANCELLOR’S ADDRESS

Chancellor Nick Saul

GREETINGS

Dr. Rose Patten, Chancellor, University of Toronto

Professor Pamela Couture, Director, Toronto School of Theology

Professor Angela Esterhammer, Principal, Victoria College

ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES (Please refer to pages 6-14 for the list of recipients.)

Professor Michelle Voss Roberts, Principal, Emmanuel College

THE SANFORD GOLD MEDALISTS

Class of 2020

Morgan Donald Bell

Class of 2021

Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

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PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR

THE EMMANUEL COLLEGE TESTAMUR

These persons are declared to be qualified for the ordered ministry of The United Church of Canada.

Professor Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, MDiv Program Director, will present the following candidates:

Class of 2020

Morgan Donald Bell

Brett Valen Boyko

Oliver Tony Dingwell

Kevin Bruce Fitzpatrick

Alexander Scott Jebson

Lisa Naumann*

Eric Nyarko

Jessica Nicole Swance

Class of 2021

Maria Christine Conlon* Kevin Scott Moore Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ostrander Joanne Alison Scofield

*This candidate has previously obtained a Master of Divinity degree, and has now successfully complied with church requirements for ordination.

THE LAY CERTIFICATE IN THEOLOGY

Professor Swee Hong Lim, Director of Basic Degree Studies, will present the following candidates:

Earle Germaine Hoyte

Raymond Charles Lo Verde

THE DIPLOMA IN BUDDHIST MINDFULNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH

Jemma Yuen Sheung Fong

Andrea Louise Taylor

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THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PASTORAL STUDIES

Professor Pamela McCarroll, MPS Program Director, will present the following Master of Pastoral Studies degree candidates:

Class of 2020

Asma Ali*

Amira Ayad*

Lisa Boyle Wilvert*

Sandra Broad*

Vicki Burns*

James Wilson Harbell*

Sarah Jane Hicks*

Caro Amir Amin Ibrahim*

John Jacob*

Orev Reena Katz*

Donna Marie Pavlovich*

Carmen Joan Schultz*

Jelena Vulic

Class of 2021

Eman Bashier Ali*

Mohammed Bemat

James Madison Brown

Ailidh Carpendale*

Sadiyah Chauhan*

Gregory John Daly

Khaiam Tageen Dar

Valerie Rachel De Souza*

Sajida Gangat*

Kristen Hamilton*

Janet Louise Hardy

Sadaf Jamal*

Jared Kenneth Kovacs*

Xue Ping Ma*

Hind Nafa Marai

Susan Elizabeth Mather

Kevin Scott Moore

Anne Marie Morrissette*

Munsif Mubarak*

Shuk-Yu Christine Ng*

Faris Nimry

Olfat Yasser Hosny Sakr*

Zakir Farook Savai*

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Paco Simancas*


Soroosh Vafapoor*

Jianhui Xiong* Joanne Makoto Yuasa*

*These students completed the Certificate in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy as part of their Master of Pastoral Studies degree.

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SACRED MUSIC

Professor Swee Hong Lim, MSMus Program Director, will present the following candidates:

Class of 2020

Matthew Boutda

Iain Donald Morrison

Gregory Matthew Walshaw

Class of 2021

Emily Jane Morrison Hyun Hee Deborah Park

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

Professor Néstor Medina, MTS Program Director, will present the following candidates:

Jennifer Ann Bell

Albert Frolov

Esther Isha West Reiser

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF DIVINITY

Professor Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, MDiv Program Director, will present the following candidates:

Class of 2020

Morgan Donald Bell

Brett Valen Boyko

Oliver Tony Dingwell

Kevin Bruce Fitzpatrick

Nicole Ann-Marie Jarrett

Alexander Scott Jebson

Yong Wook Kim

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Awit Marcelino

Eric Nyarko

Jessica Nicole Swance

Patricia Anne Trudeau

Graham Edward Wilson

Class of 2021

James Mark Aitchison Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ostrander Terri Palmer Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

THE CERTIFICATE IN THEOLOGY AND INTERRELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENT

Professor Swee Hong Lim, Director of Basic Degree Studies, will present the following candidate:

Joanne Makoto Yuasa

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

Professor HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Graduate Degree Director, will present the following candidates:

Class of 2020

Cassandra Ann Granados

Class of 2021

Adrien Jesus Bausells Deivit Andres Montealegre Cuenca

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Lelia Fry

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY

Professor Emerita Phyllis Airhart will present the following candidates:

Daehyuk Jeon The Experience of God in Preaching That Leads to an Ethical Life Supervisor: Professor Paul Scott Wilson

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THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Class of 2020

Elisabeth Ann De Vries Preaching as an Eschatological Event: Imitating and Participating in the Tension, Movement, and Hope of the Gospel Supervisor: Professor Paul Scott Wilson

Class of 2021

Sheng Ping Guo Third Space: The Bread of Life Christian Church (Ling Liang Tang) as Independent Sinophone Christianities in the Global Landscape (1942-2017) Supervisor: Professor Mark Toulouse

Allison Elizabeth Murray Building Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: White American Evangelical Complementarian Theology, 1970-2010 Supervisor: Professor Phyllis Airhart

Hyung In Park Preaching as Redemptive Aesthetic Performance: An Aesthetic Performative Approach for the Postmodern Pulpit to Enable Listeners to Respond to the Word and Action of God Supervisor: Professor Paul Scott Wilson

The PhD in Theology is conferred by the University of St. Michael’s College. The following student of Emmanuel College received his graduate degree in November 2020:

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Robert V. Daniel Timmins Embodied Anachronism: A Que(e)ry Concerning Memory, Mourning, and Christian Praxis Supervisor: Professors Thomas Reynolds and Natalie Wigg-Stevenson

BENEDICTIONS

The Reverend Michael Blair, General Secretary, The United Church of Canada

Imam Hamid Slimi, Sayeda Khadjia Centre

The Venerable Jian Zong, Abbot, Ching Kwok Buddhist Temple

CLOSING REMARKS

Professor William Robins, President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University

POSTLUDE MUSIC Tom Reynolds Trio

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BASIC DEGREE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES ~ 2020-2021

GENERAL PROFICIENCY AWARDS

The Emmanuel College General Proficiency Scholarship

Ten Courses: Paul Jeffery Baswick, Cynthia Marie Beggs, Marc Darren Colbourne, Karl Joseph Hardy,

Surya Leigh Ann Mellor, Sylvia Dharshini Mohanraj, Bruce Scavuzzo

Twenty Courses: Jennifer Ann Bell, Ailidh Carpendale, Albert Frolov, Aidan Legault, Emily Jane Morrison,


Thirty Courses: Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

The John W. Billes In-Course Scholarship

Ten Courses: Laura Pearl Gallagher-Doucette

The Billes Theological Support In-Course Scholarship

Ten Courses: Paul Jeffery Baswick, Cynthia Marie Beggs, Marc Darren Colbourne, Karl Joseph Hardy,

Surya Leigh Ann Mellor, Bruce Scavuzzo

Twenty Courses: Aidan Legault

The Abernathy Award

Aidan Legault

The Edith Anning Scholarship

Twenty Courses: Emily Jane Morrison

The Lorenz M. Ashton Scholarship

Jeffrey Dale

The Rowan Douglas Binning Entrance Scholarship

Ian Louis Paul Wilgus

The Evelyn Clark Memorial Entrance Scholarship

Heather Renee Morgan

The Alfred Gandier Scholarship

Laura Pearl Gallagher-Doucette

The Gordon Hamilton Award

Aidan Legault

The Evan Francis Kerruish Scholarship

Cynthia Marie Beggs

The BoJeong and Okja Kim Award

Cemal Karaata

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The Coral and Bill Martin Award

Ayesha Qazi Qasim

The Percy Price Memorial Prize in Books


The James Forbes Seunarine Memorial Scholarship

Amna Dadabhoy, Cemal Karaata

The W.E. Smith Scholarship

Krista Marie Moore

The George Soutar Memorial Scholarship


The Olive Sparling Memorial Scholarship

Twenty Courses: Emily Jane Morrison

The Robert G. Trimble Scholarship

James Wilson Harbell

IN BASIC COURSES

The Elizabeth Bell Scholarship in Old Testament

Marc Darren Colbourne

The Cousland Scholarship in Church History


The Principal and Mrs. Richard Davidson Memorial Scholarship in Public Worship


The Margaret Campbell Livingston Scholarship in Pastoral Theology and Public Worship

Ian Louis Paul Wilgus

The Ryerson Scholarship in Introductory Greek

Aidan Legault

The Toronto Korean United Church Scholarship in Christian Ethics

Gillian Elizabeth Le Fevre

The Martha Lautenschlager Trotter Scholarship in New Testament

Pamela J. Heighway, Andrew Jacob Scott, Alan Henry Wiseman

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The Albert Wallace Scholarship in Homiletics


The Wallbridge Scholarship in New Testament

Janet Louise Hardy, Mona Mary Rasmussen

The W.J. Watt Memorial Scholarship in Christian Education


The Jean Preston Yoshioka Memorial Scholarship in Systematic Theology


IN ELECTIVE WORK

Upon the Completion of Ten and Twenty Courses

The Dempster and Gordon Scholarship in the Philosophy of Religion

Marc Darren Colbourne

The Sakina Degani and Sarah Stationwala Memorial Scholarship

Fatima Ahmad

The T.B. McDormand Trust Fund Award

Ten Courses: Timothy William Connor

Twenty Courses: Kenneth Lee Crozier

The Dr. Hugh Pritchard Memorial Scholarship in Homiletics


The Rowell Scholarship in Church History

Aidan Legault

The John Smith Memorial Scholarship in Systematic Theology

Aidan Legault

The Joseph Henry Wells Scholarship (’06 Victoria College)

Jeffrey Dale

Upon the Completion of Twenty and Thirty Courses

The Abernathy Scholarship in Christian Ethics


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The Rebecca Kewley Memorial Rural Life Award

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ostrander

The T.B. Kilpatrick Scholarship in Systematic Theology

James Mark Aitchison

The Reverend Clarke Franklin Logan Award in Systematic Theology

Albert Frolov

The Charles Plaskett Scholarship for Pastoral Theology

Ailidh Carpendale, Andrea Louise Taylor

The Francis Huston and Joy Wallace Scholarship in New Testament


The Rev. Dr. J. Robert Watt Scholarship in Pastoral Theology

Laura Pearl Gallagher-Doucette, James Wilson Harbell

The Glenn Wilkins Memorial Scholarship in Church History


For Overall Standing Upon the Completion of Thirty Courses

The Ruby Mills Allen Scholarship in Pastoral Theology

James Mark Aitchison

The John Dow Scholarship in New Testament


The Frederick W. and Ida B. Langford Memorial Scholarship in Christian Education


The Elizabeth and Seth Mathers Scholarship in Systematic Theology

Terri Palmer

The Gertrude and Dawson Matheson Scholarship in Homiletics

Terri Palmer

The Elizabeth Webb Scholarship in Old Testament and New Testament Literature


The William Robert Young Scholarship in Church History


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Those at Any Stage of the Program

The Breckenridge Memorial Scholarship in Chaplaincy

Kristen Hamilton, Sadaf Jamal, Anne Marie Morrissette, Soroosh Vafapoor

The Mary and Kenneth Cousland Scholarship in Canadian Church History or Church Music


The Dr. Noble Benjamin Hall Drew Award in Liturgy

Emily Jane Morrison, Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

The Dr. Heinz Guenther Memorial Scholarship in Bible

Fiza Ruhani

The John S. Harker Memorial Scholarship in elective work in Christian Education

Timothy William Connor

The Frederick Langford Scholarship in Homiletics

Emily Christine Leonard

The Elwood Wray Mitchell Scholarship in Pastoral Theology

Valerie Rachel De Souza, Anne Marie Morrissette

The Reverend Ezekiel Richardson Scholarship in Homiletics

Jeffrey Dale

The Wayne C. Vance Scholarship for New Testament Greek, Latin or Classical Civilization

Timothy William Connor, Aidan Legault, Christopher Matthew Slusar

The Wayne C. Vance Scholarship for Sacred Music

Emily Jane Morrison, Hyun Hee Deborah Park, Chia-An Tung, Alan Henry Wiseman

The Deanna Lee Wilson Award in Women’s Studies or Ministry with Youth or Children

Sarah Hussain, Gillian Elizabeth Le Fevre

IN SPECIAL AWARDS

The Bayview United Church Scholarship Chia-An Tung

The Alfred Fernes Binnington Award James Mark Aitchison

The Cedar Springs United Church Scholarship Jeffrey Dale, Paul William Henning Doughty, Ian Louis Paul Wilgus

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The Class of 1926 Scholarship for work in Canadian Church History, Researching 1920s and 1930s Aidan Legault

The Katherine and Murray Corlett Scholarship Jaison Perumaden Antony

The Anna Cranston Memorial Award Jeffrey Dale, Paul William Henning Doughty

The Sylvia Dunstan Award in Liturgics Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

The Michael Fawcett Prize in Public Speaking Rose Mina Munjee

The Reverend Franklin P. Fidler Memorial Award Lia Christina Candido, Marinda De Beer, Kerry Ann Helston

The William Alva Gifford Prize Krista Marie Moore

The Douglas and Ethel Lapp Scholarship for International Study

Maria Quitzia De Velasco Valencia, Saboohi Durrani

The Garth and Joyce Legge Award in global and contextual theological study

Maria Quitzia De Velasco Valencia, Jason Andrew Hallman

The Hugh Matheson Memorial Scholarship in the study of Church History of Church Architecture or Church Music or Liturgics

Emily Jane Morrison

The Reverend Robert Whiteley Miller Text Book Award

James Mark Aitchison, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ostrander, Duncan Ronald Urquhart, Timothy Wendell Grey Wisnicki

The Reverend Kam-Yan Ng Award for doing theology and ministry in an Asian/North American-Asia context

Maximillian M. Arambulo, Chia-Hui Lin

The Kenneth Inkster/Stanley Osborne Memorial Award

Christine Marie Hanson, Hyun Hee Deborah Park, Alan Henry Wiseman, David Yen

The Participation Award

Sylvia Dharshini Mohanraj, Anastasia Louise Elizabeth Watson

The Howard Pentland Award for Education in a Global Context

Olfat Yasser Hosny Sakr, Saboohi Durrani

The Edith Reed Scholarship


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The Reverend William J.H. Smythe Prize for Stewardship

James Wilson Harbell

The Mrs. F.N.G. Starr Prizes for Public Speaking


The Thistletown United Church Award

Katelyn Rose Vardy

The Toronto Conference United Church Women 40th Anniversary Award

Paul William Henning Doughty, Krista Marie Moore, Nancy Umphrey

The Mark G. and Jeffica L. Toulouse Award in Interreligious Studies

Bruce Scavuzzo

The John Trick and Susan Trebel Trick Scholarship

Katelyn Rose Vardy

The Wright Award in voice practicum

Gregory William Lane

THE SANFORD GOLD MEDAL IN DIVINITY


GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS ~ 2021-2022

The Katherine and Murray Corlett Scholarship

Sungmin Park

The Edith Reed Scholarship

Wendy Suzanne Cranston

The Reverend Dr. Andrew Stirling Prize in Preaching

Wing Yi Wong

The Advanced Master Admission Scholarship


The Doctoral Admission Scholarships

Shauna Janine Kubossek, Jae Min Lee, Stephen Rajesh Paulgnanam, Ana Maria Rodriguez Alfonso,

Konnie Jane Vissers

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The Doctoral In-Course Scholarships

Jacob Andrew Beebe, Morgan Donald Bell, Ruben David Bonilla Ramos, Sanghyun Choo, Lindsay Ann Cox,

Wendy Suzanne Cranston, Ah Rum Ku, Hilla Lahtinen, Oliver Zikai Lim, Mariama Ahmeda Mansaray-Richardson, Benjamin Lee Menghini, Deivit Andres Montealegre Cuenca, Samuel William Needham,

Miriam Mara Elizabeth Spies, Wing Yi Wong

These admission and in-course scholarships are generously funded by:

The Billes Advanced Degree Fund

The Bloor Lands Scholarship

The Deer Park Scholarship

The Vernon Hope Emory Entrance Scholarship

The Gordon M. Farquharson Scholarship

The William O. Fennell Fellowship in Theology

The John Webster Grant Scholarship

The Reverend Dr. John C. Hoffman and The Reverend Nettie (Wilson) Hoffman Award

The C. Douglas Jay and Ruth Jay Scholarship in Theology

The Robert Laidlaw Scholarship

The Gail and John MacNaughton Scholarship in Pastoral Theology

The Bertram Maura Scholarship

The A.J. Mitchell Scholarship

The Walter George Muelder Scholarship

The Robert G. Oliver Award

The George C. Pidgeon Scholarship

The Gary Redcliffe Memorial Scholarship

The Merle Irene Williams Award

The Beatrice Wilson Scholarship

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