Krystal Francis was honoured with her selection as this year's winner of the Gerald M. Snyder Award, given each year to a west-island student who has excelled in both academics and athletics.

The award also comes with a $1000 bursary. Click for more.

Four Vanier Nursing students participated in presentations and workshops and learned about opportunities for nurses in international nursing. The students returned with a new perspective on the importance of understanding the values of individuals and communities and shared this perspective with their nursing student colleagues. Click for more.

Liam Mahoney was named by Global TV and the Montreal Gazette as their Athlete of the Week. Liam figured prominently in the success of this year's Football Cheetahs' success, winning the league title with a 9-1 season record. The honour included a spot on the Global TV newscast as well as a lengthy article in the Gazette that focuses on Liam's storied ability to scramble and run as well as throw passes with deadly accuracy. Click to read the entire article.

Graduating Vanier International Baccalaureate students celebrated their achievement with a special ceremony in the lobby of the auditorium which was attended among others by the Director-General Gilbert Héroux and the Academic Dean John McMahon. Click for more.

Vanier students Jenny Wong and Timothy Johnstone are 2006 Canada Millenium Scholarship winners. A front page story in the Nouvelles St-Laurent featured the pair along with two other local residents.
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Two graduating Vanier students were recently featured in a Gazette article. They were honoured for their efforts in successfully raising funds in the amount of $12,000 to build a school in Kenya. Our congratulations go to Allesandra Salituri and Christina Opolko.
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Six graduating Vanier IB students have been selected to have works published in the tolerance.ca webzine. Congratulations to Nicolay Boyadjiev, Sarah Harding, Marilyne Alie, Adrian Saldhana, Krystal Swift and Khadija Elberhouni for this honour. Click for more.

Vanier Sports-Études athlete Nicholas Lachance has been making waves with his ever-improving results at both national and international competitions. His latest exploits featured a first place finish at the 2005 Canadian Nationals as well as a 4th place result at the 2005 Pan-Am Championships. Click for the full story.

Vanier wrestler Nikita Chicoine has experienced a meteoric rise in the world of freestyle wrestling. Her latest competitions culminated with gold medals at the 2005 Pan-Am games as well as at the 2005 Canada Games. She also has won national titles for the past two years.
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Vanier student Fred Mannella was recently informed that he had won a three-year scholarship with Ritsumeikan University in Japan.

This spectacular award will permit him to do extensive work in the field of Asia-Pacific Studies specializing in International Governance.
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Vanier soccer sensation Massimo Di Ioia had the honour of being named by the Gazette and Global TV as their Amateur Athlete of the Week.

The accompanying article in the Gazette chronicles how Massimo's tenacity has served him well, culminating in his recent selection to the Canadian world team. Read the entire article.

Megan Poss is a member of Canada's National Synchronized Swimming "A" team which performed so well at the recent FINA Swimming Championships. She manages to balance competing at international competitions while still maintaining an over 90% average in her studies here at Vanier. Megan recently was awarded the Sports-Études prize for the second year in a row. Read more.

Vanier student Kiel Howden was interviewed as part of a Global TV special feature on the Vanier College Stage Band's then-upcoming appearence at the Montreal Jazz Festival. You can watch a video clip of his segment. Click for more.

Music student Carina Mach was interviewed by Global's Richard Dagenais on "This Morning Live" as part of a promo for the Stage Band's then upcoming performance during the 2005 Jazz Festival. You can watch the clip in its entirety. Click for more.

Vanier music student Diego Alvarez made us proud by being selected one of the 32 finalists for this year's version of Canadian Idol. On Tuesday, June 28th, he will appear before an estimated audience of two million people as he gives his all in his attempt to crack the top ten. See his profile from the Canadian Idol website.

Vanier nursing student Bonile Moyo was honoured with her selection as the recipient of this year's Jamaican Canadian Community Women's League scholarship. This $1000 prize is presented each year to a female nursing student from the black community who has successfully completed her first year in the Nursing Program. Get the whole story from the following page in the Nursing Department website.

On Thursday, May 5, 2005 students and staff of the Music Department performed an Evening of Opera at Église Saint-Laurent. Before the concert, Global TV aired a segment featuring talented students from our opera program including special features on singers Dina Koutsouflakis and Irina Marinas (seen at left).
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This is a competition for women enrolled in college technical programs leading to traditionally male-dominated occupations. Vanier Computer Science Technology student Anna Filina received one of the $500 Emploi-Québec prizes which was awarded on April 13. Congratulations, Anna!

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Vanier students got to share their experiences in our renowned music program during a feature broadcast on CBC One. Music teacher Christopher Smith also was interviewed on his changing role as a music educator. You can listen to the entire 7-minute audio clip. Click for more.

Top scoring Vanier College student athlete Greg Page received the honour from The Gazette and Global TV. Greg's story was recounted in a lengthy Gazette article of that day. He was also the subject of a video profile on Global TV. Read the entire Gazette article and view his video clip. Click for more.

Vanier College Video Production student Howard Siroky has been chosen to be part of the National Film Board's Doc Shop project. The NFB will mentor him and even pay him to make a video on the theme he presented to them in the Fall of 2004. Click for more.

Hard-working Vanier College student Mark D'Agostino received the honour from The Gazette and Global TV just before the New Year. Mark joins an august list of Vanier athletes who've been similarly selected for their exemplary performances. Mark had been previously named All-Canadian following last year's nationals. Read more.

Vanier College IB student Sarah Bernier won the "Prix de la Critique" offered by Le Devoir and the CIAC (Le Centre International D'Art Contemporain). The prize included a cash award as well as the publishing of her article in Le Devoir of December 18th. Read more.

Alejandro Julian is a star on our Championship Soccer Cheetahs. He was the focus of a Gazette article as well as a video profile on Global TV which you can view here.
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Sean Cyrus moved from Toronto to Montreal in order to study at an English college but in a different culture. His experiences here were chronicled in an article featured in the Halifax Herald. Read the full story.

The Second Literary contest winner of the tolerance.ca website is Sarah Delisle. Sarah's winning entry, a poem entitled "Fading Boundaries" took this year's top prize.
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This year's recipients of the Vanier College Sport-Études award are Andrea Petrucci and Megan Poss. These scholarships are awarded to those who combines superior achievement both in their academic program and their sport at the national or international level. Read more.

Vanier star wrestler Serguei Guevorkian capped an already impressive career with a silver medal at the Canadian national championships held in March. He had previously won gold medals at other meets including the provincial championships.
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Vanier AAA Basketball point guard Damian Buckley became the first player in Vanier history to be selected All-Canadian for two years running. He topped off a great year by being selected as Outstanding Player in Quebec by the FQSE and is in the running for the CCAA player-of-the-year award.
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Geneviève Lessard received this huge award as a result of her successful entry submitted to the Concours Bourse d'Étude Virginie which is sponsored by the French CBC television network.
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Tian Xing Zhang was one of only 80 students from across all of Canada to be invited to compete in this top-level competition which is sponsored by the Canadian Mathematical Society. Congratulations!
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Jennifer Carroll has been rated not only as Canada's best 50 metre backstroke specialist for the past two years, but also has proven to be a solid contender for world's best in her event.
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Sammy Okpro has figured largely in the Vanier College Football Cheetahs recent success. Sammy was also was named to our starting team at the Global Football Championships where Team Canada won the silver medal.
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