Premier's Awards
2011 Premier's Award Nominees
Karen Sharp-Perry
Business Administration, 1983
Karen is an end-to-end supply chain expert (supplier-manufacturer-shipper-customer) with a keen sense for strategy, continous improvement and a passion to develop strong teams which deliver outstanding results. Her current role as Global Service Manager for Coporate Business Intelligence allows Karen to use her business knowledge, gained at Loyalist College, to develop and deploy data gathering and analysis technologies and processes to deliver against a top priority strategy for the company. Karen is also active in community service for schools, church, women's and sports events.
Chuck Mercier
Law and Security Administration 1974
After graduating from College, Chuck Mercier accepted a job with Durham Regional Police in Oshawa where he held progressively senior positions over a 32-year career. He has been honoured with several commendations and awards for excellence in policing, community work and bravery. In December 2009, he retired from the Durham Regional Police Service as Deputy Chief of Policing Operations. A year later, Mr. Mercier returned to civic duty - at the request of Scugog's electorate - as Mayor. Chuck has been a tirless worker for a number of local causes including Scouts Canada for 18 years.
Martin Seemungal
Television Broadcasting Program 1981
Recently appointed as the Middle East Bureau Chief for CTV, Martin Seemungal's career as a foreign news correspondent for CTV, CBC, ABC, CBS and PBS has seen him travel the world covering international events. Throughout his career, Martin has been recognized for his outstanding work, and he is the recipient of many industry awards and nominations including two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, an Overseas Press Club for America Award, the Radio and Television News Directors (Canada) Award for Best Documentary, and a Gemeni Award nomination.
Karen Mayfield
Architechtural Drafting Technician 1985
Karen Mayfield is the President of eSolutions a new-aged technology company from Ontario's technoloty capital Waterloo and an important and successful division of a traditional 0.5 billion dollar Canadian environmental company. The first femal partner of Conestoga-Rovers with over 25 years of experience, Karen spearheads many initiatives, including extensive research and development into new ideas for using the web to support community-focused objectives including envrionmental stewardship. Karen paved the way for women by bringing energy and innovation to establish a collaborative working environment.She regularly shares her career experiences to assist and motivate as a professional speaker at events.
Trudy Bellam
Nursing 1985
Currently working at the Montreal Children's Hospital as a Staff Nurse, Trudy has been working in pediatrics for most of her career. Her Loyalist experience initially inspired her to work with children and her passion for this began at Toronto's Sick Kids. It then carried her to various locations in the United States where she settled for ten years in Denver, Colorado. In addistion to her regular nursing duties, Trudy was one of the first to respond to the earthquake in Haiti by volunteering as both nurse and translator for "Project Smile", aiding children with facial deformities access medical care and safe reconstructive surgery.
Kaela Lalond
Biotechnology 2007
Applying the research and laboratory skills developed during her time at Loyalist, Kaela became a member of the Bisphenol A (BPA) research team with Health Canada and contributed to work that ultimately showed that BPA can leach into foods and beverages. A study published in 2009, co-authored by Kaela, in the peer-reviewed journal Food Additives and Contamiants, led to Canada becoming the first country in the world to ban BPA from baby bottles. Now a full-time employee with Health Canada, Kaela continues her research works as a laboratory Technologist and has co-authored other papers on food and emerging environmental contaminants.
