Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series


Thursday, March 6: 12:30 pm in Spencer Engineering Building 3109

The speaker this year is Jennifer MacDonald, President, Cenabal Gourmet Organics. Jennifer received her BESc and MESc from the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western.

The Lynda Shaw Memorial Lecture Series was established by Western Engineering in memory of Lynda Shaw, a third-year Western mechanical engineering student who was murdered near Highway 401 in 1990.

Lynda was a graduate of Centennial Secondary School in Brampton where she received an Ontario Scholarship and was the winner of the school’s proficiency award in Mathematics and Accounting. Lynda entered Western with an Admission Scholarship in 1987 and served for two years on the Mechanical Engineering Club Executive.

Past Distinguished Speakers

  • Dr. Molly Shoichet; Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
  • Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco; Mayor of the City of London
  • Dr. Maria Klawe; Dean of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University
  • Hon. Dianne Cunningham, MPP; Minister of Training, Colleges & Universities and MPP for London North Centre
  • Dr. Martha C. Piper; President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Monique (Aubry) Frize; NSERC-Nortel Chair for Women in Science and Engineering Carleton University
  • Ms. Carol Stephenson; President and CEO, Lucent Technologies Canada
  • Dr. Abbyann Lynch; President, Associate Medical Services Incorporated
  • Maureen Kempston-Darkes; President and General Manager, GM Canada Limited
  • Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason; Canadian Astronaut
  • Claudette Mackay-Lassonde; Chair and CEO, Enghouse Systems
  • Nuala Beck; Practicing Economist and Author
  • Maurice Strong; Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Hydro
  • Dr. Roberta Bondar; Canadian Astronaut
  • Dr. Marsha Hanen; President and Vice-Chancellor, the University of Winnipeg
  • Dr. Geraldine Kenny-Wallace; President and Vice-Chancellor, McMaster University

     

     

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    Contact

    .: Becky Blue
    Spencer Engineering Building, Room 2074
    Telephone: (519) 850-2917 Fax: (519) 661-3808
    contactwe@eng.uwo.ca