Congratulations to all the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 recipients, including several University of Canterbury academics, staff, graduates and friends of the university. Read the story below or on our website here> Included among them are UC Māori .
“Christine epitomised the concept of public service, to her boys, her athletes, and to her community.” Known to friends as “Chris” or “Toddy”, she relished tackling a variety of challenges such as running the CBHS sports programme with passion, focus, determination and extreme dedication, Hill said. Todd was born in Dunedin on October 27, 1953 and raised in Wellington. She attended St Mary’s College and then went on to study for a double major in chemistry and maths at Victoria University. Todd gained a Bachelor of Science with first class honours in chemistry. She was then later awarded stage 2 and 3 chemistry prizes for top student, a senior scholarship and then a PhD scholarship.