Student Caleigh Christie works with Eco-Kids in UWinnipeg’s bike lab
WINNIPEG, MB – Known for her humour, warmth, and intelligence, Caleigh Christie, a Bachelor of Science, Honours, Geography student, has earned the University of Winnipeg’s 2012 Campus Sustainability Recognition Award. Christie continues to set the bar in leadership, vision and advocacy with a special regard for the environment and sustainability issues. Christie will be recognized during the University’s Convocation, on Thursday, June 7 at 2:30 pm where she will also graduate.
“Caleigh applies her impressive intelligence to meaningful academic and community work”, said Alana Lajoie-O’Malley, UWinnipeg Manager, Campus Sustainability Office. “She undertakes this work with passion, enthusiasm, and commitment which inspires others while thoroughly enjoying all that she does.”
Biography
Caleigh Christie has acted as the Co-President of the Geography and Environmental Studies Students’ Association, the UWSA Bike Lab Coordinator and as a member of the Environmental Studies Department Advisory Committee. She has played an integral role in increasing awareness in innovative sustainability projects – encouraging others, young and old, to redouble their sustainability efforts.
Christie is a core member of the UWSA Ice Riders Bike Gang – the winter cycling team that is the spirit and energy behind the UWSA Bike Lab. She was one of four students who created a short film documenting the group’s aspirations for an all-season cycling repair and advocacy centre.
Christie has represented UWinnipeg at several sustainable gatherings, including the Power Shift National Youth Gathering in Ottawa. She will represent the UWSA with two other colleagues at the international Velo-city Global, the world’s premier international cycling planning conference in Vancouver, BC this summer. Christie organized several awareness building campaigns related to climate change including the lead up to the 2010 climate talks, Bringing Copenhagen Home.
The University of Winnipeg Campus Sustainability Recognition Award was established to celebrate notable contributions to campus sustainability.
Spring 2012 Convocation takes place on Thursday, June 7 & Friday, June 8, 2012.
