Congratulations, Telfer Nation!
We are so excited to be celebrating the outstanding research accomplishments of our graduate students! The dedication, passion, and effort you’ve applied to your research is truly inspiring!
Your hard work and commitment are shaping the future, and today we are elated to be recognizing the incredible impact that you’re already making!
Join us in congratulating our 2025 winners who have earned awards, grants, scholarships and the top rankings in the Telfer Graduate Research Student Thesis Competition!
Scholarship success:
External funding opportunities are extremely competitive. The following students have received distinguished provincial and federal scholarships and grants:
Daniel Zeghal Doctoral Accounting Research Scholarship
Lizhi Luo, PhD
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters
Parker Hamilton, MSc
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Shirin Biglari, PhD (International)
Manal Chakra, PhD
Meg Schwellnus O'Brien, MSc
Danielle Cruise, PhD
Parker Hamilton, MSc (declined to receive CGS-M instead)
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
Tin Pham, PhD (DTI)
Kimberley Nault, PhD (DTI)
Shaista Karim Sadrudin Jaffer, PhD
SSHRC Storytellers Internal Grant
Adora Wang and Ghazale Shogaliniri (top 20 finalists)
Tarek Khalil PhD (DTI) (top 20 finalists)
Telfer Research Awards:
Each year, Telfer offers research awards to students who demonstrate continued commitment to their research and the success of the school:.
The 2024 Nitrex Telfer DTI PhD Award Competition recognizes a third or fourth-year PhD student in the Digital Transformation and Innovation (DTI) program of the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa who has successfully defended their PhD proposal. Congratulations to recipients Edwin Ferrer-Romero, PhD (DTI) and Kimberley Nault, PhD (DTI)!
The PhD Engagement Award recognizes PhD students whose engagement in their program is truly outstanding on many levels. Congratulations to recipients Patil Yessayan, PhD and Manal Chakra, PhD!
The Welch LLP Accounting Award, generously created by Welch LLP, recognizes a student enrolled in the PhD in accounting program at the Telfer School of Management who demonstrates academic excellence. Congratulations to the recipient Lea Dugal, PhD!
Telfer Graduate Research Programs Thesis Competition:
On February 20, 2025, Telfer MSc and PhD students took part in the Graduate Research Programs Thesis Competition.
They impressed us with their oral and poster presentations. In this stiff competition, six students came out on top and received cash prizes. Congratulations to the following students on their success in this year’s thesis competition!
Oral presentations:
First place: Avery Hughes, MSc
Second place: Amanda Kutenski, MSc
Third place: Meg Schwellnus O’Brien, MSc
Poster presentations:
First place: Shaista Karim Sadrudin Jaffer, PhD
Second place: Leo Wang, PhD
Third place: Tin Pham, PhD (DTI)
Congratulations to all our award winners! Your dedication and hard work are paying off!
