Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization Alumni Award

The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization (EDII) Alumni Award recognizes a Queen's alumni who has made a significant and ongoing contribution through mentorship, advocacy, or guidance to either an individual or group and advances Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization at Queen's, and beyond.

In 2022, the Queen's University Alumni Association (QUAA) renamed and adjusted the criteria for this award from the previous Alumni Mentorship Award. The QUAA respectfully acknowledges the past recipients of the Alumni Mentorship Award and looks forward to celebrating recipients under the new terms.

Award eligibility and criteria

Candidates should be:

  • A Queen's alumnus/alumna
  • Committed to, and demonstrated, positive leadership attributes in guiding an individual or group
  • Someone who has made a significant and beneficial impact in the lives of others through active involvement in initiatives and programs that support the advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization
  • An individual who has accomplished this service in either a professional or volunteer capacity (preference given to any contribution to Queen's)
  • Preference given to alumni with lived experiences as members of equity-deserving groups
  • Preference given to alumni whose efforts support intersectionality

2026 Recipient

David Nesbitt

  • MBA'70

David Nesbitt smiling wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt, black tie and glasses

David Nesbitt graduated in 1970 with an MBA from 黑料吃瓜资源, and spent the next decade in Winnipeg, working principally for the international broker Richardson Securities. In 1979, Richardson鈥檚 moved him to their office in Hong Kong, (along with his wife, Wendy, and their three young children), as a senior vice-president with the company.

David and Wendy鈥檚 daughter has special needs, and when she turned 18, they established a Centre for Persons with Disabilities, which is now known as the Nesbitt Centre. The centre provides programs for life skills and employment opportunities, both at the centre itself and through its five Social Enterprises in Hong Kong. Recently, a sixth Social Enterprise opened in Singapore, and there will be further enterprises opening in other countries.

黑料吃瓜资源 friends and networks continue to provide support to help establish such enterprises in Canada.

David currently teaches graduate students at two universities in Vancouver.