Ilisimatusarfik's annual celebration

On 30 September, Ilisimatusarfik held its traditional annual celebration.

At this year's annual celebration, we commemorated the day with speeches and songs - and we awarded both PhD degrees and the award of the year.

Rector of Ilisimatusarfik Gitte Adler Reimer hosted the event - and this year's keynote speaker was professor Morten Meldgaard.

Awarding PhD degrees

Ilisimatusarfik awarded PhD degrees to the following:

• Birgitte Hamann Laustsen for the PhD project "Arbejdsbetingede lidelser og arbejdsulykker indenfor fiskeri og fiskeindustri i Grønland" ("Work-related disorders and work accidents in the fisheries and fishing industry in Greenland") (Institute of Health & Nature, Ilisimatusarfik and Aalborg University) (Birgitte unfortunately could not be present at the award ceremony)

• Trine Jul Larsen for the PhD project "Brug af kunstig intelligens og telemedicinske løsninger til undersøgelse af diabetisk øjensygdom i Grønland" ("Using artificial intelligence and telemedicine solutions to study diabetic eye disease in Greenland") (Institute of Health & Nature, Ilisimatusarfik)

Ilisimatusarfik congratulates both Birgitte and Trine on their PhD degrees.

Award of the year

The award of the year went to:

• Pitaq, student organization
• Head of department of journalism, Naja Paulsen
• Assigned professor and acting head of department of law, Anette Storgaard
• Head of department of translation & interpreting, Laila Hedegaard Pedersen
• Receptionist Hanne Holst Steenholdt and service assistant Lena Bidstrup

After the ceremony, Ilisimatusarfik hosted a reception.