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Service and Leadership Awards Recipients
Congralutions to our Service and Leadership award recipients for 2026.
2026 recipients
- Monica Mckay
Equity and Community Inclusion- Nominator: Jen Gonzales
- Supporter: Curtis Maloley
- Community Building Working Group
- Sharon Abrahams, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Nina Acco Weston, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Jennifer Alefounder, Human Resources
- Lisa Barnoff, School of Medicine
- Andrew Bisnauth, Student Affairs
- Marcia Boniferro, Student Affairs
- Tanya De Mello, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Margaret Fisher, Community Safety & Security
- Erin Hallock, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Julia Hennessey, University Relations
- Lee Hodge, Student Wellbeing
- Lisa Langley, Human Resources
- Curtis Maloley, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
- Hannah Medina, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Zenab Pathan, Office of the Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
- Andrew Pettit, Athletics & Recreation
- Clara Tam, Student Wellbeing
- Kaitlyn Taylor-Asquini, Student Affairs
- Debbie Thompson, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Cheryl Trudeau, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Hsin-Li Sherry Yuan Hunter, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
- Nominator: Krishan Mehta
- School of Medicine Accreditation & Launch Team
- Terese Antoine-Robinson, School of Medicine
- Michelle Bourne, School of Medicine
- Melissa Carvalho, School of Medicine
- Adrian Frisina, School of Medicine
- Saniya Hussain, School of Medicine
- Nadiia Kachynska, School of Medicine
- Sanya Khan, School of Medicine
- Victoria Lee, Facilities Management and Development
- Marc Mainguy, School of Medicine
- Meghan McCauley-Brown, School of Medicine
- Jule Mycan, Facilities Management and Development
- Gloria Namrot, School of Medicine
- Sharanjeet Kaur Nijjar, School of Medicine
- Sidrah Noor, School of Medicine
- Anuraag Pooni, Human Resources
- Chelsea Rudnicki, Human Resources
- Grant Te Brugge, Facilities Management and Development
- Crystal Tripple, Office of the Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
- Johanna Vandermaas, University Relations
- Alexa Vrzovski, School of Medicine
- Nominator: Teresa Chan
- Supporter: Sharanjeet Kaur
Read more about the President's Blue and Gold Award of Excellence recipients
- Sonya Panangaden
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Kelly Dermody
- Supporters: Melissa Helwig, Don Kinder, Michelle Schwartz, Susan Silver, Reece Steinberg
- Hyacinth Simpson
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Reem El Asaleh
- Supporters: Steven Liss, Zenab Pathan, Nancy Walton
- Learning and Inclusion Education Developers, AAS
- Rachelle Bensoussan, Student Wellbeing
- Jenny Sampirisi, Student Wellbeing
- Nominator: Rachelle Bensoussan
- Supporters: May Friedman, Rebecca Smith, Brian Williams
Read more about the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients
- Lorena Escandón
The Creative School- Nominator: Naimul Mefraz Khan
- Supporters: Ben De Vleeschauwer, Naimul Khan, Okke Scluter
- Kathleen Kellett-Betsos
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Enriqueta Zafra
- Supporters: Ndeye Ba, Sara Berman, Marco Fiola, Thoywell , Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, Nicole Neverson, Amy Peng, Sonny Wong, Enriqueta Zafra
Read more about the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recipients
- Aina Arro
Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies- Nominator: Sarah Edmonds
- Supporter: Carl Kumaradas
- Sharanjeet Kaur Nijjar
School of Medicine- Nominator: Pamela Liao
- Supporter: Teresa Chan
Read more about the Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership Award recipients
- Angeline Cheung
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Raktim Mitra
- Supporter: Nadya Burton
Read more about the Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award recipient
- Victoria Madsen
Senate
Nominator: Donna Bell
Supporter: Diane Pirner - Ketan Marballi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Nominator: Miljana Horvat
Supporter: Sean Siddik - Evangelia Taylor
Athletics & Recreation
Nominator: Andrew Pettit
Supporter: Stacy De Souza - Birch Bark Canoe Team
- Terry Bennell, Facilities Management and Development
- Dominic Brifoglio, Facilities Management and Development
- Paul Cantin, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Daniel Care, Facilities Management and Development
- Arnel Espanol, The Creative School
- Habibah Haque, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Rita Lingner, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Iskender Ozdemir, Facilities Management and Development
- Debra Rughoo, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Dino Sorge, Facilities Management and Development
- Carrie Wiebe, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Nominator: Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
- Supporter: Glenda Mallon
- Student Case Management Team
- Sharon Abrahams, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Freda Bizimana, Student Affairs
- Keith Christie, Community Safety & Security
- Simon Finn, Student Affairs
- Marco Hernandez, Community Safety & Security
- Daniela Jimenez Tirado, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Jori Jones, Student Affairs
- Danielle Kandel-Lieberman, Student Affairs
- Sabah Rahmath, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Hannah Reinsborough, Student Affairs
- Stephanie Santos, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Antoni Shelton, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Miranda Stahl, Community Safety & Security
- Cameron Switzer, Community Safety & Security
- Tamara Sylvester, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Matthew Tsuda, Student Affairs
- Ken Williams, Student Affairs
- Nominator: Marcia Boniferro
- Supporter: Erin Hallock
- The Creative School 360 Re-Org
- Maria (Yvette) Benavidez, Human Resources
- Cherie Bova, The Creative School
- Nora Chin McAllister, Human Resources
- Marie Crosta, The Creative School
- Dan Greenwood, The Creative School
- Shawn Haswell, The Creative School
- Yun (Michelle) Hu, The Creative School
- Romina Ishani-Afousi, The Creative School
- Aseel Kafil, The Creative School
- Shannon Kribs, Human Resources
- Tannisha Lambert, The Creative School
- Adriana Manni, The Creative School
- Deniz Mavitas, Human Resources
- James McCrorie, The Creative School
- Nicholas Nghiem, Human Resources
- Lesley Salvadori, The Creative School
- Michael Turco, The Creative School
- Lindsay Wiener, Human Resources
- Nominator: Natalie Alvarez
- Supporter: Caroline O'Brien
Read more about the Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award recipients
- Alagan Anpalagan
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Alagan Anpalagan
- Supporters: Ekram Hossain, Isaac Woungang
- Judith Bernhard
Faculty of Community Services- Nominators: Martha Anapiotis, Than Le, Sejal Patel
- Supporters: Franca Tarantino, Maria Valkanis
- Jason Boyd
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Naomi Hamer
- Supporters: Craig Jennex, Andrew O'Malley
- Claire Deng
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Shadi Farshadfar
- Supporters: Oliver Okafor, Dongning Yu
- Karen Harnisch
The Creative School- Nominator: Ted Hiebert
- Supporters: Gerda Cammaer, Marie Crosta
- Krzysztof Krystosiak
The Creative School- Nominator: Natalia Lumby
- Supporters: Ian Baitz, Fariya Nasir
- Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Anatoliy Gruzd
- Supporter: Murtaza Haider
- Kateryna Metersky
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Elaine Santa Mina
- Supporters: Mary Beth Halferty Kraay, Sean Kheraj
- Laura Nenych
The Creative School- Nominator: Joseph Recupero
- Supporters: Karen Sebesta, Laurel Walzak
- Khaled Sennah
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Khaled Sennah
- Supporters: Said Easa, Elsayed Elbeshbishy
- Jean Yu-Ching Tsai
Student Wellbeing- Nominator: Immaculate Antony
- Supporters: Eden Abraham, Laura Girz
- Melissa Helwig
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Victoria James
- Supporters: Sarah Hersh, Jane Schmidt
- Nazia Sheikh
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Reece Steinberg
- Supporters: Sonny Bannerjee, Kevin Manuel
- Team Unity Global Hackathon
- Sadia Kamran, The Creative School
- Laurel Walzak, The Creative School
- Nominator: Kathleen Pirrie-Adams
- Supporters: Joseph Medaglia, James Nadler, Andrea Romero
Read more about the AVP International's Global Learning Award recipients