Student Affairs recently announced the 2022 recipients of the Student Leadership Awards - Peer Leadership, Community Leadership and EDII Impact. Among the winners are two of our very own graduate students: Landon Montag (MsC) and Erin Lee (PhD). Congratulations to both of them!
Landon has been working with the Student Wellness Services Peer Health Educator (PHE) team since 2017. She was instrumental in creating an online initiative in which she and her team supported a panel of experts in answering anonymous questions from students. As a lead for Health Promotion鈥檚 , Landon led the redesign of materials to ensure inclusive language for all genders and sexualities. Among several other outreach and support programs, Landon was an Executive Committee member for ; she served on the Student Leadership Committee for the Centre for Neuroscience Studies; she supported her peers as an upper-year mentor with the Student Experience Office (SEO); and she was a mentor for the . Landon makes tangible contributions to her community and is passionate about inclusion; she is adaptable and has a passion for change.
Erin stepped up to become the Head Coach of the Varsity Swim Team (M/W), drawing on her experiences as a varsity swimmer and former team captain to ensure success. She sought out coaching resources and mentorship opportunities, and worked to develop individualized training for the 36 team members. As a Teaching Fellow for a Mechanical and Materials Engineering course, she launched a weekly Q&A initiative where students could submit questions after lectures which were selected and answered in a weekly write-up. Erin provided mentorship to her fellow graduate students and developed a friendly 鈥渟elf-competition鈥 to incentivize students to meet their healthy active living goals and build community. This successful initiative sparked the formation of a team of students from multiple Queen鈥檚 labs to participate in the . Erin is also a regular volunteer at student outreach events for her faculty and department; she is a Graduate Student Representative on the implementation team for the Faculty鈥檚 Strategic Research Plan, and always emulates a genuine commitment to the wellbeing of her peers.
Well done to Landon and Erin!