Celebrate Teaching! Awards Ceremony

Thank you for joining us at the Celebrate Teaching! Awards Ceremony and recognizing the commitment and excellence of instructors who teach in our campus community.

Lindsay Malloy (FSSH), recipient of the Tim McTiernan Student Mentorship Award; Emilia King (FSSH), recipient of the Early Career Teaching Award; and Thomas McMorrow (FSSH), recipient of the Award for Excellence in Teaching. ${altNumber}

Brenda Jacobs, recipient of the Learning Reimagined Award and Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education Student Choice Award ${altNumber}

Hailey Tabbert (FHSc), recipient of the Teaching Assistant Award. ${altNumber}

Nelson Amaral, recipient of the Faculty of Business and IT Student Choice Award. ${altNumber}

Award Nominees and Recipients

Congratulations to our nominees and recipients for the 2023 calendar year!

Award for Excellence in Teaching

Recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates sustained and superior achievements in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, as well as educational service and leadership.

Brendan MacDonald, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Thomas McMorrow, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (recipient)
Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Early Career Teaching Award

Recognizes innovation and excellence in teaching by individuals in the first five years of their teaching career (as of December 31, 2023).

Zeinab El-Sayegh, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Emilia King, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (recipient)
Gabby Resch, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Bobby Stojanoski, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Stephanie Thompson, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Learning Reimagined Award

Recognizes individuals or groups who demonstrate unique and original solutions to specific problems of practice in their classes.

Ana Duff, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Brenda Jacobs, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education (recipient)
Jennifer Laffier, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Sharon Lauricella, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Brendan MacDonald, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Sharman Perera, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Bobby Stojanoski, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Stephanie Thompson, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Open Education Award

Recognizes individuals or groups who act by contributing, attributing, releasing, and empowering the use of open educational practices throughout our campuses and beyond.

Ana Duff, Faculty of Business and Information Technology (recipient)
Anna Rodrigues, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Annette Tavares, Faculty of Science

Student Choice Awards

Awarded to the top student-nominated instructor in each Faculty who contributes to teaching and learning within our campus community.

Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Nelson Amaral, Faculty of Business and Information Technology (recipient)
Tina Cloutier, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Mehdi Hossein-Nejad, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Samaneh Mazaheri, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Amanda McEachern-Gaudet, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Adam Prokop, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
James Robb, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Karthik Sankaranarayanan, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Kayla Tomulka, Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Anwar Abdalbari, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Martin Agelin-Chaab, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Murat Aydin, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Ahmad Barari, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Naglaa Elagamy, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Khalid Elgazzar, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
John Froats, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Sayyed Ali Hosseini, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Dima Jawad, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Brendan MacDonald, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Nasim Moallemi, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Atef Mohany, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (recipient)
Namdar Saniei, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Sheldon Williamson, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Mohamed Youssef, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Aaron Yurkewich, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Tricia Dwyer-Kuntz, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Brenda Jacobs, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education (recipient)
Jennifer Laffier, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Stephanie Thompson, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education

Faculty of Health Sciences

Lavern Bourne, Faculty of Health Sciences
Arlene De La Rocha, Faculty of Health Sciences
Crystal Garvey, Faculty of Health Sciences
Joseph Gurgis, Faculty of Health Sciences
Mikael Khan, Faculty of Health Sciences
Sarah Mavor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Syed Qadri, Faculty of Health Sciences (recipient)
Patricia Riley, Faculty of Health Sciences
Mona Rogan, Faculty of Health Sciences
Otto Sanchez, Faculty of Health Sciences
Paul Yielder, Faculty of Health Sciences

Faculty of Science

Mihai Beligan, Faculty of Science
Rupinder Brar, Faculty of Science (recipient)
Franco Gaspari, Faculty of Science
Ilona Kletskin, Faculty of Science
Mariana Shimabukuro, Faculty of Science
Ana Vakiloroayaei, Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Andrea Braithwaite, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Logan Ewanation, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (recipient)
Jordan Harel, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Leigh Harkins, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Vivian Stamatopoulos, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Shannon Vettor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Zhemeng Wu, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Teaching Assistant Award

Recognizes teaching assistants who demonstrate superior commitment to their students through effective teaching.

Juan Carlo Alicaway, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Hannah Atkinson, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Guadalupe Blanco-Velasco, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Alannis Davis, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Taraneh Dehghani, Faculty of Science
Ingi Hong, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Ashley Hope, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Prachal Jadeja, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Md Omar Faruq Joney, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Daimen Landori-Hoffmann, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Arujan Parameswaran, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Akash Samanta, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Peimaneh Shirazi, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Hailey Tabbert, Faculty of Health Sciences (recipient)
Hamed Tadayyoniahrab, Faculty of Health Sciences
Sara Taghavi Motlagh, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Julie Vizza, Faculty of Health Sciences

Tim McTiernan Student Mentorship Award

Recognizes individuals who consistently demonstrate a passion for supporting student success, an ability to inspire personal and professional growth and an outstanding commitment to promoting the values of the university.

Bill Hunter, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education
Lindsay Malloy, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (recipient)
Elita Partosoedarso, Faculty of Health Sciences
Lawrence Joseph Ruse, Faculty of Science
Laura Thursby, Student Learning Centre, Office of Student Life