Victoria Iannotti is the recipient of the Thérèse Quigley Award for excellence on the volleyball court, within the classroom and within the community.
Maintaining a 3.66 GPA in Software Engineering, Iannotti has demonstrated the ability to grow and develop into one of the key pieces to the RSEQ Champion McGill Martlets volleyball team, leading the conference in kills per set and points per set.
In addition to everything she gives to the volleyball program, Victoria is also very involved in her community. She sits on the McGill Varsity Council as Vice President of Student Athlete Initiatives.
Her passion for sports has led her to get involved with the McGill STAR Initiative (Student Tutor Athlete Role-models) whose mission is to foster an active healthy lifestyle among youth in Montreal. She is part of the executive committee and is currently working on a “Learn to Play” project, with the aim of helping young students in Montreal who have not had the opportunity to interact with their peers during the pandemic, to learn how to play together as well as show them how being active can be fun.
Iannotti is a peer tutor with the CSUS helpdesk (Computer Science Undergraduate Society) where she helps students with their course work and runs exam review sessions. As a woman in STEM, she is also passionate about advocating for diversity in related fields. She volunteers with POWE McGill (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering) as a shadow day mentor where she is paired with a high school student interested in the field of engineering and helps show them what it’s like in the program as well as answer questions they have.
Finally, Victoria is also passionate about education and technology. She is involved with Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ), a Canadian charity whose mission is to give every Canadian child access to digital skills education, with a focus on girls and underserved communities. She sits on their Advisory Board as a Youth Advisor and offers her perspective on the organization’s initiatives and projects. She is also part of the KCJ Innovation Lab Committee, an initiative that will empower high school students with the technical skills and knowledge of the social implication that technology has on society to become effective and empathetic leaders in the future. Victoria also works as an Online Instructor Intern with KCJ where she teaches workshops in schools across the country to inspire kids to learn to code.
Nominees
- CW: Kenzie Vaandering, Calgary
- OUA: Jessie Nairn, McMaster
- RSEQ: Victoria Iannotti, McGill (Winner)
- AUS: Kathleen Fougere, Dalhousie