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Mentorship is an engineering input

A mentorship award recognises the work that helps graduate researchers persist.

Mentorship is an engineering input
Prof receives national grad studies mentorship award · Photo: University of Waterloo

The context

Where the work begins

Dr. Catherine Burns has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Dr. Suning Wang Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship, presented by CAGS.

The takeaway

What follows

The official Waterloo report places this work in engineering / mentorship. It is a source-linked brief for alumni readers; the source page remains the authority for names, dates and outcomes.

Source reporting

Mentorship is an engineering input

University of Waterloo / original source page · September 4, 2026

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