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Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2023 award recipients, who exemplify excellence at TMU in the following areas:
Teaching and Education Awards
There is no recipient for the 2022-2023 award year.
There is no recipient for the 2022-2023 award year.
- Alyssa Counsell
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Julia Spaniol
- Supporters: Jessica Burdo, Carmen Dang, Curtis Maloley
Read more about the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient
- Marc Adler
Molecular Science, Faculty of Science- Nominator: Russell Viirre
- Supporters: Melissa D'Amaral, Stefania Impellizzeri
- Cristina Catallo
Urban Health, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Kateryna Metersky
- Supporter: Leinic Chung-Lee
- Songnian Li
Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Xianxun (Arnold) Yuan
- Supporters: Wei Huang, Khaled Sennah
- Yuanshun Li
Master of Science in Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Hong Yu
- Supporters: Yi Feng, Beijia Xu
- Nominator: Hong Yu
- Jeremy Shtern
Communication and Culture, Interdisciplinary Studies- Nominator: Sarah Edmonds
- Supporters: Chris Gibbs, Steph Hill
- Michael Baumtrog
School of Business Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Chris MacDonald
- Supporters: Peter Halewood, Emily Walker
- Eliza Chandler
School of Disability Studies, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Esther Ignagni
- Supporters: Sama Nemat Allah, Lisa East
- David Colangelo
School of Professional Communication, The Creative School- Nominator: Jessica Mudry
- Supporters: Bhavya Malhotra, Jessica Mudry
- Reem El Asaleh
School of Graphic Communications Management, The Creative School- Nominator: Layal Shuman
- Supporters: Donna Abdelrazik, Natalia Lumby
- Faezeh Ensan
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Dimitrios Androutsos
- Supporter: Parastoo Jafazardeh
- Nariman Farsad
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science- Nominator: Albina Cako
- Supporters: Bahareh Salafian, Reginald McLean
- Nominator: Albina Cako
- Jessica Jeong
Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology- Nominator: Margaret Moulson
- Supporters: Liora Benmergui, Samantha Pejic
- Nominator: Margaret Moulson
- Lauren Munro
School of Disability Studies, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Esther Ignagni
- Supporters: Eliza Chandler, Jane Schmidt
- Charlene Nicholls-Nixon
School of Business Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kimberly Bates
- Supporters: Steven Gedeon, Dave Valliere
- Daniel Rubenson
Department of Politics & Public Administration, Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Dilara Bektas
- Supporters: Chris Gore, Iva Srbinovska
- Nominator: Dilara Bektas
- Kinga Anna Zawada
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Enriqueta Zafra
- Supporters: Kathleen Kellet, Giselle Saati
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Faculty recipients
- Jennifer Ajandi
School of Social Work, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Lucy Irvine
- Supporters: Isabella Amicucci, Ludmila Irvine
- Michael Dick
School of Professional Communication, The Creative School- Nominator: John Shiga
- Supporters: Wendy Freeman, Rebecca Halliday
- Mark Feigenbaum
School of Business Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Oliver Okafor
- Supporters: Ema Golich, Tara Raessi
- Rajeshwari Iyer
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science- Nominator: Rajeshwari Iyer
- Supporters: Robert Denning, Andrew McWilliams
- Rosamund (Roz) Owen
School of Image Arts, The Creative School- Nominator: Brian (Donall) Damude
- Supporters: Michal Conford, James McCrorie
- Patrick Saavedra
Internationally Educated Professionals, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education- Nominator: Yew-Thong Leong
- Supporter: Mauricio Vargas
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Contract Lecturers recipients
Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Activity Awards
- Ojelanki Ngwenyama
School of Business Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Wendy Cukier
- Supporter: Catherine Middleton
- Ebrahim Bagheri
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Dimitrios Androutsos
- Supporter: Anna Triandafyllidou
Read more about the Sarwan Sahota TMU Distinguished Scholar Award recipients
- Michael Kolios
Faculty of Science Department of Physics- Nominator: Scott Tsai
- Supporter: Raffi Karshafian
- Stefania Impellizzeri
Department of Chemistry & Biology, Faculty of Science- Nominator: Bryan Koivisto
- Supporter: Umberto Berardi
- Nominator: Bryan Koivisto
- Dafna Sussman
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Habiba Bougherara
- Supporter: Michael Kolios
Read more about the Early SRC Career Excellence Award recipients
- Mandana Vahabi
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Josephine Wong
- Supporter: Henry Parada
Read more about the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award recipient
- Alagan Anpalagan
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Nominator: Alagan Anpalagan
- Samantha Biglieri
School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services
- Nominator: Raktim Mitra
- Miranda Campbell
School of Creative Industries, The Creative School- Nominator: Christopher Gibbs
- Nominator: Christopher Gibbs
- Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Nominator: Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
- Hilary Evans Cameron
Lincoln Alexander School of Law
- Nominator: Angela Lee
- Alexandra Fiocco
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Martin Antony
- Mehdi Kargar
School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Nominator: Mehdi Kargar
- Linda Rothman
School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
- Nominator: Linda Rothman
- Debashis Sinha
School of Performance, The Creative School- Nominator: Caroline O'Brien
- Roxana Suehring
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science
- Nominator: Bryan Koivisto
- Emily van der Meulen
Department of Criminology, Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Emily van der Meulen
- Isaac Woungang
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
- Nominator: Isaac Woungang
- Hadis Zarrin
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Nominator: Hadis Zarrin
- Morteza Zihayat Kermani
School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Nominator: Morteza Zihayat Kermani
Read more about the Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award recipients
Service and Leadership
- Marcia Boniferro
Student Affairs- Nominator: Scott Buttenham
- Supporter: Valerie Bruce
- Strategic Leads - Renaming - Central Comms and University Relations
- Karen Benner, Office of the President
- Derek Flack, University Relations
- Katherine Greflund, University Relations
- Johanna Vandermaas, Office of the President
- Nominator: David Kinahan
- Supporters: Tonya (Toni) De Mello, Isaac Garcia-Sitton, Steven Liss, Krishan Mehta, Ian Mishkel, Pamela Sugiman, Donna Young
Read more about the President's Blue and Gold Award of Excellence recipients
- Anti-Asian Racism Awareness Team
- Gabriel Ciufo, Office of the President
- Josel Angelica Gerardo, Faculty of Arts
- Josie Lee, Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat
- Wincy Li, Studdent Affairs
- Janet Lum, Faculty of Arts
- Yumi Numata, Faculty of Arts
- Melissa Yu Vanti, Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Nominator: Jennifer MacInnis
- Supporters: Crystal Kim, Pam Sugiman, Joanne Tsang
- Susan Silver
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Sricamalan Pathmanathan
- Supporters: Corinne Hart, Gordon Pon, June Yee
- The Tri-Mentoring Program Team
- Rena Jennifer Barcelona, Studdent Affairs
- Shailee Koranne, Student Affairs
- Tashana Mcdonald, Student Affairs
- Eboni Morgan, Student Affairs
- Rudhra Persad, Student Affairs
- Samantha Tome, Student Affairs
- Nominator: Lyn-Marie Farley
- Supporters: Samantha Adebiyi, Jen Gonzales, Wincy Li, Nancy Walton
- Yu-Ching (Jean) Tsai
Student Wellbeing- Nominator: Eden Abraham
- Supporters: Laura Girz, Lisa LaFreniere
Read more about the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients
- Cynthia Holmes
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Dogan Tirtiroglu
- Supporters: Nancy Amaral, Donna Bell, Michael Brooks, Lauren Di Mambro, Cindy Dunne, Chris Macdonald, Sedat Ogeturk, Jenny Pao, Dogan Tirtiroglu, Hong Yu
- Khaled Sennah
Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Xianxun (Arnold) Yuan
- Supporters: Lamya Amleh, Said Easa, Ahmed El-Rabbany, Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Songnian Li, Saber Moradi, Dan Peneff, Helen Rusan, Arnold Yuan
Read more about the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recipients
- Rachel DiSaia
Office of the President- Nominator: Catherine Ellis
- Supporter: Tanya (Toni) De Mello
- Susana Neves-Silva
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Raquel Lashley-Trambulo
- Supporter: Maher El-Masri
Read more about the Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership Award recipients
- Yu Ying Ling
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Josephine Wong
- Supporter: Egbe Etowa
Read more about the Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award recipient
- Vincenzo Carinci
Financial Services- Nominator: Jennifer MacInnis
- Supporter: Mark Paterson
- Mike Hollands
Community Safety & Security- Nominator: Marc Dunn
- Supporter: Denise Campbell
- Harsimran Rattan
Student Affairs- Nominator: Ian Ingles
- Supporter: Wincy Li
- Milene Santos Costa Ferreira
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Jennifer Poole
- Supporters: May Friedman, Olufunke Oba
- Affinaquest Implementation Team
- Nirmal Adiyodi, University Advancement
- Sergio Chiodo, University Advancement
- Jill Cooper, University Advancement
- Jody Dailey, University Advancement
- Tony Davison, University Advancement
- Jamison Dowsett, University Advancement
- Shawn Hymers, University Advancement
- Myha Mac, University Advancement
- Karen Musytschka, University Advancement
- Meherab Saher, University Advancement
- Als Thompson, University Advancement
- Nominator: Rivi Frankle
- Supporter: Sean Ingram
- Branded Materials Transition Project
- Nuala Byles, Athletics & Recreation
- Gina Vaccaro, Athletics & Recreation
- Nominator: Rachel DiSaia
- Supporter: Louise Cowin
Read more about the Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award recipients
- Alagan Anpalagan
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Alagan Anpalagan
- Supporters: Ekram Hossain, Isaac Woungang
- Wendy Cukier
School of Business Management, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kimberly Bates
- Supporters: Karen Peesker, Nadine Spencer
- Seth Dworkin
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Sharareh Taghipour
- Supporters: Imogen Coe, Stephen Waldman
- Yi Feng
- School of Accounting and Finance, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Nominator: Laleh Samarbakhsh
- Supporters: Shadi Farshadfar, Laleh Samarbakhsh
- Jonghun (Jay) Park
School of Graphic Communications Management, The Creative School- Nominator: Natalia Lumby
- Supporters: Donna Abdelrazik, Breanna Schuler
- Sarah Sabatinos
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science- Nominator: Bryan Koivisto
- Supporters: Andrew McWilliams, Russell Viirre
- Dale Smith
Department of English, Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Andrew O'Malley
- Supporters: Kathleen Kellett-Betsos, Anne-Marie Lee-Loy
- Luke Taylor
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Avner Levin
- Supporter: Pnina Alon-Shenker
- Magdalena Ugarte
School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Raktim Mitra
- Supporter: Pamela Robinson
- Laurel Walzak
RTA School of Media, The Creative School- Nominator: Laurel Walzak
- Supporters: Louis Etienne Dubois, Joe Recupero
- Ian Young
School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Ian Young
- Supporters: Anne Harris, Richard Meldrum
There is no recipient for the 2022-2023 award year.
There is no recipient for the 2022-2023 award year.
- Terri Peters
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mark Gorgolewski
- Supporters: Tom Duever, Jana Stojanowska
Read more about the AVP International's Global Learning Award recipient