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Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2024 award recipients, who exemplify excellence at TMU in the following areas:
Teaching and Education Awards
There is no recipient for the 2023-2024 award year.
- Kateryna Metersky
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Daria Romaniuk
- Supporters: Kiaras Gharabaghi, Curtis Maloley, Holly Pelvin, Valerie Tan
Read more about the President's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient
- Scott Franks
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Kyle Kahgee
- Supporters: Andrea Arbuthnot, Christopher Campbell-Deruflé, Katherine Piggott-Babony
- Kathleen Hammond
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
- Supporters: Jennifer Orange, Oksana Romanov, Zoe Walwyn
- Yukari Seko
The Creative School- Nominator: Jenny Ge
- Supporters: Ketzia Barron, Joanne DiNova, Sam Sakaluk
Read more about the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence recipients
- Sarah Dermody
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Todd Girard
- Supporter: Stephanie Penta
- Sara Edge
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Jenelle Regnier-Davies
- Supporters: Bryan Koivisto, Mei-Ling Patterson
- Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
- Supporters: Leila Pakzad, Simant Upreti
- Konstantinos Georgiou
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Foivos Xanthos
- Supporter: Sean Leizerovich
- Joyal Miranda
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Suzanne Fredericks
- Supporter: Esther Olukayode
- Oliver Okafor
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Hong Yu
- Supporters: Sindi Dema, Shadi Farshadfar
- Edward Bechard-Torres
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Angela Lee
- Supporters: Isabela Bibulovic, Aiden Raff
- Priscilla Boakye
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Oona St-Amant
- Supporters: Evelina Koshceeva, Janet Yamada
- Naima Cherchem
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Naima Cherchem
- Supporters: Cindy Dunne, Benjamin Samms
- Ellen Choi
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Fei Song
- Supporters: Steven Kavaratzis, Julie Kellershohn
- Rania Hamza
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Said Easa
- Supporters: Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Zilieva Ilieva
- Karen Milligan
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Irina Osminin
- Supporters: Patricia Aguiar, Stephanie Cassin, hymnjyot Gill, Lauren Hytman
- Saber Moradi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Xianxun (Arnold) Yuan
- Supporters: Seyedshayan Barary, Khaled Sennah
- Petra Roberts
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Julian Hasford
- Supporters: Kate Briones, Tara Collins
- Karen Sebesta
The Creative School- Nominator: Joseph Recupero
- Supporters: Aryaan Kanji, Jenny Kim
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Faculty recipients
- Khashayar Bayati
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Dimitrios Androutsos
- Supporters: Meelad Matloob, Karthikeyan Umapathy
- Ciro Fernando Bustillo Lecompte
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
- Supporters: Miao Huang, Thayanika Ramasamy
- Janet Deacon
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Andrea Moraes
- Supporters: Fiona Yeudall, Denise Young
- Imran Kamal
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Imran Kamal
- Supporters: Katrina Friesen, Alexandra Saunders
- R. Scott Millward
The Creative School- Nominator: Reem El Asaleh
- Supporters: Natalia Lumby, Diana Varma
- John Edward Stowe
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Enriqueta Zafra
- Supporter: Elham Mirzania
- Ian Williams
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education- Nominator: Joseph Aversa
- Supporters: Claudia Tenuta, Debbie Verduga
- Ryan Wilock
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kimberly Bates
- Supporters: Steve Gedeon, Farhan Zia
- Jian Yuan
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Tetyana Antimirova
- Supporters: Muhammad Haider, Yuan Xu
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Contract Lecturers recipients
- Ross Fair
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Robert Teigrob
Read more about the Joe Zboralski Teaching and Community Engagement Award recipient
Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Activity Awards
- Sharareh Taghipour
Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Farrokh Sharifi
- Nominator: Soosan Beheshti
Read more about the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award recipient
- Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Khaled Sennah
- Nominator: Hadis Zarrin
- Rania Hamza
Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Elsayed Elbeshbishy
- Nominator: Kimberley Gilbride
Read more about the Early SRC Career Excellence Award recipient
- Josephine Wong
Faculty, Community Services- Nominator: Janet Yamada
- Nominator: Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang
Read more about the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award recipient
- Costin Antonescu
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Costin Antonescu
- Ehsan Behzadfar
The Creative School- Nominator: Natalia Lumby
- Nicole Blanchett
The Creative School- Nominator: April Lindgren
- Burcu Bulgurcu
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Burcu Bulgurcu
- Michele Clarke
The Creative School- Nominator: Mary Katherine McCormick
- Colleen Derkatch
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Monique Tschofen
- Saman Hassanzadeh Amin
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Ahmad Ghasempoor
- Sandra Juutilainen
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Cecilia Rocha
- Rasha Kashef
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Ebrahim Bagheri
- Mehrab Mehrvar
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
- Paul Moore
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Jacqui Gingras
- Uchechukwu Ngwaba
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Uchechukwu Ngwaba
- Laleh Samarbakhsh
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Shadi Farshadfar
- Hongbing Yu
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Kathleen Kellett-Betsos
Read more about the Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award recipients
Service and Leadership
- Nika Zolfaghari
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Minakshi Suri
- Supporter: Medhat Shehata
- OVPRI CFREF Proposal Team
- Sibat Anam, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Javad Ghatta, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Dayle Levine, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Tearney McDermott, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Kevin Moonoosawmy, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Daphne Paszterko, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
- Nominator: Johannes Dyring
- Supporter: Anna Triandafyllidou
Read more about the President's Blue and Gold Award of Excellence recipients
- Art Blake
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Imogen Coe
- Supporters: Katie Carson, Reem El Asaleh, Steven Liss, Marienza Misere, Michael Turco
- Grace-Camille Munroe
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Annette Bailey
- Positive Space Faculty and Staff Community Network
- Dan-Arwin Cantiller, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Ryan Kerr, Office of the President
- Michael Turco, The Creative School
- Andrea Ridgley, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
- Nominator: Art Blake
- Supporters: Ebony Gittens, Jason Lisi, Kim McDonald, Ravindra Mohabeer, Jennifer Simpson
Read more about the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients
- Maher El-Masri
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Kiaras Gharabaghi
- Supporters: Kiaras Gharabaghi, Jennifer Lapum, Kateryna Metersky, Susana Neves-Silva, Anneke Rummens
- Dana Thomas
Library- Nominator: Carol Shepstone
- Supporters: Sonny Banerjee, Lei Jin, Kelly Kimberley, Melanie Knight, Mark Robertson, Carol Shepstone, Reece Steinberg, Anna Tassone, Silvia Vong, Brad Walters
Read more about the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recipients
- Jaclyn Mika
The Creative School- Nominator: Michael Turco
- Supporter: Ravindra Mohabeer
- Usha Srinivasan
Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic- Nominator: John MacRitchie
- Supporter: Shoaib Ahmet, Saumik Biswas, Fardan Khan, Todd Letts, Devin Ramphal
Read more about the Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership Award recipients
- Heather Mercer
Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic- Nominator: Jake Hamilton
- Supporter: Kiana Jenabidehkordi
Read more about the Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award recipient
- Brampton Venture Zone by TMU
- Mohammed Riaz Ahmed, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Prabaarja Bedi, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Fardan Khan, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Nabiha Noorani, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Arleana Rajkumar, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Nominator: Usha Srinivasan
- Supporter: Nabiha Noorani
- Mohammed Riaz Ahmed, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Julie Cabantan
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Mary Sharpe
- Supporter: Manavi Handa
- Erin Hallock
Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion-
- Nominator: Marcia Boniferro
- Supporter: Keith Christie
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- Sana Mulji
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
- Supporter: Michael Mihalicz
- Eyosias Samuel
Athletics & Recreation- Nominator: Chris Nadavallil
- Supporter: Andrew Pettit
- Gavin Taylor-Black
Registrar's Office- Nominator: Matthew Haddad
- Supporter: Jonathan Christie
- Kiana Basiri
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kiana Basiri
- Supporters: David Scofield, Dogan Tirtiroglu
- Stephanie Cassin
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Michael Cheng
- Supporters: Martin Antony, Tae Hart
- Evan Cleave
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Emmanuel Kyeremeh
- Supporters: Wayne Forsythe, Eric Vaz
- Eric Da Silva
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Allyson Miller
- Supporters: Sean Cornelius, Catherine Ellis
- Tom Griffin
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Christopher Gibbs
- Supporters: Frederic Dimanche, Katherine Hollas
- Lauren Kirshner
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Colleen Derkatch
- Supporters: Ken Moffatt, Dale Smith
- Mehrab Mehrvar
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
- Supporters: Ramdhane Dhib, Nariman Yousefi
- Jennifer Orange
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
- Supporters: Idil Atak, Rebecca Jager
- Fatih Sekercioglu
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Fatih Sekercioglu
- Supporters: Christopher Bentley, Darlene Bileckyj, Allyson Miller
- Layal Shuman
The Creative School- Nominator: Reem El Asaleh
- Supporters: Tannisha Lambert, Lila Pine
- Sharareh Taghipour
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Sharareh Taghipour
- Supporters: Seth Dworkin, Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
- Yvonne Yuan
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Denise Young
- Supporters: Stephanie Boissonneault, Janet Tou
- Maria Chaparro
Student Wellbeing- Nominator: Laura Girz
- Supporters: Krystal Warner, Payal Bhole
- Lisa Levesque
Library- Nominator: Reece Steinberg
- Supporters: Jennifer Orange, John Papadopoulos
- Nora Mulvaney
Library- Nominator: Ann Ludbrook
- Supporters: Naomi Adelson, Naomi Eichenlaub
- Enriqueta Zafra
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Amy (Chen) Peng
- Supporters: Adriana Hyde, Jolen Kayseas, Pituka Ortega-Helibron
Read more about the AVP International's Global Learning Award recipient