Nominate Someone Special for the YCDSB Distinguished Alumni Award

Nominate Someone Special for the YCDSB Distinguished Alumni Award

York Catholic District School Board alumni are truly outstanding. Through their God-given talents and social conscience, they constantly make the world a better place.

York Catholic recognizes some of its incredible alumni every year with the Distinguished Alumni Awards. This is a celebration of Catholic education and the people who have benefited from it.

If you know a York Catholic alumni who deserves the Distinguished Alumni Award, please nominate them here by Sunday, January 11, 2025.

Last year’s Distinguished Alumni winners were:

  • David Coletto is the CEO and founding partner of Abacus Data, a leading market research and strategy firm, and he is the host of the InFocus podcast.
  • Sgt. Julian Alexander Doria is a section commander, parachute company, in The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Airborne Infantry, Canadian Armed Forces.
  • Nathan Gaba is an advocate for the Black community, a public speaker, a consultant and an ableism disruptor who was born with cerebral palsy.
  • Stephen Pastore is a research fellow in the Department of Genetics at SickKids Hospital and an adjunct professor at York University and Humber Polytechnic.
  • Cloey Uddenberg is a professional soccer player for AFC Toronto in the Northern Super League.

Distinguished Alumni Awards winners:

  • Have made a significant contribution to their field, industry and/or community, and are an inspiration to others (and have worked in their field for at least two years)
  • Reflect one or more of the Catholic School Graduate Expectations
  • Demonstrate creative and critical thinking skills and integrate Catholic values into their daily lives, as a socially responsible global citizen
  • Graduated from a York Catholic secondary school or spent the majority of their formative years in a York Catholic school

Please nominate the exceptional York Catholic alumnus in your life by Sunday, January 11, 2025!