Student Leadership Recognition Event
Brescia is a school built by and for women leaders, and each year Brescia spends an evening celebrating the outstanding leadership in the Brescia community. This year’s Student Leadership Recognition Event honored both the student leaders of the past and present, as it also celebrated Brescia’s centennial. The seventh annual SLRE was a great way to round out a year of student leadership at Brescia.
To celebrate the centennial, SLRE was filled with photos of Brescia’s leaders- both from this year, and from across Brescia’s first century of education. A photobooth invited attendees to add their own memories to those represented across the room. At each table, attendees played a game to place photos in chronological order, with a prize for the winning team. Also at each table was a Brescia keychain for each attendee to commemorate the evening. After starting with an address from the Principal, Dr. Susan Mumm, the keynote speaker Senator Rosemary Moodie offered a speech which reminded the audience that the leadership which starts at Brescia will thrive out in the world.
After a delicious dinner, finished with cake to celebrate Brescia’s 100 years, the awards portion of the evening began. Each award winner was announced and presented with their award by a Brescia alumnae, again as a nod to Brescia’s long history of women leaders. The BUCSC awards began: the Sport Nutrition Athlete Project (SNAP) won Club of the Year after its very first year of operation, the Brescia Orientation Leaders, or sophs, won the Commitment to Engagement award, and governance officer Hirra Majid won Council Member of the Year. Following that, the Student Life Centre delivered its awards of Mentor and Mentee of the Year to Bob Moulson and Grace Wu, respectively, the Campus Collaboration Award to the NOW experiential group, and finally the Outstanding Contribution to Campus Life award went to Esmé Panarello.
A particularly uplifting moment came after the awards were handed out and the event was winding down, as awardees were congratulated on their accomplishments- by friends, nominators, other awardees, or even simply other attendees. The friendly and encouraging atmosphere was a testament to the empowering environment Brescia always strives to be. After 100 years of leadership, Brescia took time at this year’s SLRE to celebrate the present and future of women leaders.
