Congratulations to the 2026 Ivan Finlay Award Recipients
APEGA is proud to announce the 10 students receiving the 2026 Ivan Finlay Leadership Award, presented to undergraduate and graduate engineering or geoscience students who demonstrate strong leadership in their campus, community, or professional activities
Congratulations to the following recipients:
- Izyan Ali, University of Calgary, electrical engineering
- Fabiha Chohan, University of Calgary, biomedical engineering
- Annalisa Gyanfosu, University of Alberta, petroleum engineering
- Amirreza Hosseini, University of Calgary, electrical & software engineering
- Aneesha Mahajan, University of Alberta, engineering physics
- Tatiana Mijajlovic, University of Alberta, geology - planetary science
- Pedram Nazari, University of Calgary, biomedical engineering
- Colby Sych, University of Calgary, energy engineering
- Helayna Szentmiklossy, University of Calgary, electrical engineering
- Dominika Young, University of Calgary, chemical engineering
This award is named after Ivan Finlay, a professional engineer who specialized in electrical engineering. He served as APEGA’s registrar from 1959 to 1978 and rose through the public service sector to become Alberta’s chief electrical inspector.
Known for his professionalism, integrity, and innovative perspective, Ivan Finlay inspired 20 other past-presidents who worked with him to create this award in his honour, representing their shared, unwavering confidence in the next generation of professional engineers and geoscientists.