Hello and welcome to another special episode of Campus Beat. In this edition, we are chatting with Queen’s University Rector Niki Boytchuk-Hale and each of the 2026 Agnes Benedickson Tricolour Award winners. The Tricolour Award and induction into the Tricolour Society is the highest tribute that can be paid to a Queen’s University student for distinguished service, leadership, character, and community impact during their time at Queen’s.
On February 19th, Rector Boytchuk-Hale announced this year’s Tricolour award recipients recognizing their outstanding contributions and enduring impact on the Queen’s University Community. Today, we’re chatting first with the Rector about the awards and then sitting down with each inductee into the Tricolour society, Emils Matiss, Bisola Olaseni, Oluwamisimi Oluwole and Daniel Reddy.
This year’s inductees will be honored on March 27th at the University Club. Learn more and keep up with the latest by following @queensurector on instagram.
We hope you enjoy our conversations with each of these outstanding individuals who joined us on Campus Beat and CFRC Radio, proudly serving Queen’s University and Kingston since 1922. Thank you for joining us!