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Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2025 award recipients, who exemplify excellence at TMU in the following areas:
Teaching and Education Awards
There is no recipient for the 2024-2025 award year.
- Sean Wise
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Anthony Francescucci
- Supporters: Kimberly Bates, Steven Gedeon, Michael Mihalicz, Vadim Vilensku
Read more about the President's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient
- Janelle Brady
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Georgiana Mathurin
- Supporters: Salado Abdulle, Denise McLane-Davison, Aruschga Mohantharajah
- Angela Misri
The Creative School- Nominator: Sally Goldberg Powell
- Jennifer Poole
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Kiaras Gharabaghi
- Supporters: Maria Galvon Contreras, Yvette Layton, Curtis Maloley, Sonia Meerai, Samantha Wehbi
Read more about the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence recipients
- Stephanie Cassin
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Michelle Dionne
- Supporters: Martin Antony, Vincent Santiago
- Stefania Impellizzeri
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Bryan Koivisto
- Supporters: Robert Gossage, Lavinia Trifoi
- Kelly McShane
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kelly McShane
- Supporters: Ashley Kim, Fiona Thomas
- Mehrab Mehrvar
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
- Supporters: Mina Asheghmoalla, Nariman Yousefi
- Josephine Wong
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Rade Zinaic
- Supporters: Michael Butac, Esther Olukayode, Oona St. Amant, Rosanra Yoon
- Hossein Zolfagharinia
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Sui Sui
- Supporters: Diana Vassyukova, Hong Yu
- Idil Abdillahi
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Lynn Lavallee
- Supporters: Siena Gharabaghi, Petra Roberts
- Dzung Ha
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Supporters: Jordan Kilfoy, Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Alexandra Mogyoros
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
- Supporters: Carly Agro, Kendra Tatemichi
- Shari Okeke
The Creative School- Nominator: Ravindra Mohabeer
- Supporters: Gavin Adamson, Sonya Fatah, Hania Noor
- Victor Perez-Amado
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Raktim Mitra
- Supporters: Nina-Marie Lister, Pamela Robinson
- Terri Peters
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Medhat Shehata
- Supporters: Alexandra Boissonneault, Kelvin Hoang
- Farrokh Sharifi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Farrokh Sharifi
- Supporters: David Naylor, Aleksandar Vakanski
- Sui Sui
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Sui Sui
- Supporters: Luka Panic, Sreya Tahsin
- Charlie Wall-Andrews
The Creative School- Nominator: Charlie Wall-Andrews
- Supporters: Laura Nenych, Jeremiah Ruiz
- Hossein Zolfagharinia
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Kenneth Kalu
- Supporters: Sana Chodri, Nina Jovanovic
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Faculty recipients
- Krystal Batelaan
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Krystal Batelaan
- Supporters: Angie Lam, Vidhi Sharma
- Sally Goldberg Powell
The Creative School- Nominator: Nicole Blanchett
- Supporters: Rukhshana Ahmadi, Joseph Ryan
- Matthew Hinton
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Matthew Hinton
- Supporters: Jacky Deng, John Li
- Nerissa Inniss-Boston
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Samira Iman
- Supporters: Samira Iman, Deangela Provo
- Philip LeMoyne
The Creative School- Nominator: Ted Hiebert
- Supporters: Anika Debroy, John Tarvert
- Melissa Moos
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Anne Harris
- Supporter: Ali Cowieson, Richard Meldrum
- Alexander Ruvuza
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Elisa Traficante
- Supporters: Maria Asuncion, Paula Green
- Alexander Ufkes
Faculty of Science
- Nominator: Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Supporters: Jathuzan Kulasekaram, Mojtaba Mohammadi
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Contract Lecturers recipients
- Scott Sorli
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Scott Sorli
Read more about the Joe Zboralski Teaching and Community Engagement Award recipient
Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Activity Awards
- Michael Olson
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Costin Antonescu
- Supporter: Michael Kolios
Read more about the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award recipient
- Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Bilal Farooq
- Supporter: Sameh Al Natour
- Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Ebrahim Bagheri
- Supporter: Kourosh Zareinia
- Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Martin Antony
- Supporter: Rosanra Yoon
Read more about the Early SRC Career Excellence Award recipient
- Anatoliy Gruzd
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
- Supporter: Jenna Jacobson
Read more about the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award recipient
- Christopher Campbell-Duruflé
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
- Tara Collins
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Monica Ruiz-Casares Yebenes
- Louis-Etienne Dubois
The Creative School- Nominator: Esther Maier
- Rishad Habib
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Martin Pyle
- Aida Haghighi
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Fatih Sekercioglu
- Naimul Mefraz Khan
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Naimul Mefraz Khan
- Emmanuel Kyeremeh
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Evan Cleave
- David MacKenzie
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: David MacKenzie
- Eternity Martis
The Creative School- Nominator: Sonya Fatah
- Farrokh Sharifi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Farrokh Sharifi
- Lixia Yang
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Lixia Yang
- Nariman Yousefi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Nariman Yousefi
- Hossein Zolfagharinia
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Deborah De Lange
Read more about the Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award recipients
Service and Leadership
- Donna Bell
Senate- Nominators: Andrew McWilliams, Kateryna Metersky
- Supporter: Marcia Moshé
- IBZ Team
- Tabitha Grant, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Shiqiang Jing, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Wesley Kosiba, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Tarek Sadek, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Torrey Sirdevan, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Ashutosh Syal, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Nominator: Thomas Duever
- Supporter: John MacRitchie
Read more about the President's Blue and Gold Award of Excellence recipients
- Zena Alrawdah
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Melissa Eluik
- Supporters: Alefiya Eski, Rudhra Persad, Harshi Shah
- Yew-Thong Leong
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Vincent Hui
- Supporters: Parandis Abdi, Adam Krajewski
- Workplace Wellbeing Services Team
- Jennifer Alefounder, Human Resources
- Kayla Persaud, Student Wellbeing and Human Resources
- Nominator: Lisa Langley
- Supporters: Teresa Isabel Dias, Sherry Yuan Hunter, Andrea Ridgley, Mike Stewart
Read more about the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients
- Frederic Dimanche
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Ozgur Turetken
- Supporters: Juanita Dickson, Normand Labrie, Karim Mohammadi, Philip Mondor, Karen Peesker, Cory Searcy, Daphne Taras, Kinneret Witty
- Nancy Walton
The Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies- Nominator: Joseph (Carl) Kumaradas
- Supporters: Asher Alkoby, Marcia Boniferro, Cristina Catallo, Michelle Dionne, Gregory Huyer, Carl Kumaradas, Francis Macapagal, Cory Searcy
Read more about the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recipients
- Teresa DuCroix
Facilities Management and Development- Nominator: Tanya Vlaskalin
- Supporter: Darrick Heyd
- Jazz Morrow
Student Wellbeing- Nominator: Katie Wilson
- Supporter: Brian Williams
Read more about the Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership Award recipients
- Nick Asquini
Athletics & Recreation- Nominator: Suzanne Fenerty
- Supporters: Sandy Carpenter, Louise Cowin
Read more about the Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award recipient
- Maria Asuncion
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education- Nominator: Elisa Traficante
- Supporter: Linda Koechli
- Michael Carter-Arlt
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Fangmin Wang
- Supporter: Kelly Dermody
- Martha Castillo
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
- Supporter: Sana Mulji
- Megan Omstead
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Enza Gucciardi
- Supporter: Amber Rebello
- Leigh Paulseth
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Emily Agard
- Supporter: Imogen Coe
- Academic Plan Team
- Anthony Conte, Office of the Provost & Vice President, Academic
- Alexandra Culcearu, Office of the Provost & Vice President, Academic
- Julia Hennessey, University Relations
- Marc Mainguy, School of Medicine
- Kimberley McCausland, University Planning
- Georgina Phillips, Office of the Provost & Vice President, Academic
- Rose Sandino, Office of the Provost & Vice President, Academic
- Johanna Vandermaas, University Relations
- Nominator: Karen Benner
- Sustainablity Team
- Mark Dettweiler, Facilities Management and Development
- Sharmilla Raj, Facilities Management and Development
- Animesh Roy, Facilities Management and Development
- Erica Wilkinson, Facilities Management and Development
- Nominator: Janet Hercz
- Supporter: Cory Searcy
Read more about the Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award recipients
- Nicola (Nick) Bellissimo
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Michaela Kucab
- Supporter: Jennifer Lee
- Konstantinos Georgiou
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Foivos Xanthos
- Supporter: Teresa Lee
- Trevor Hart
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Martin Antony
- Supporters: Sarah Dermody, Erin Ziegler
- Martha Priscylla Monteiro Joca Martins
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
- Supporters: Edward Bechard-Torres, Jake Effoduh
- Janice Neil
The Creative School- Nominator: Adrian Ma
- Supporter: Susan Harada, Lis Travers
- Caron Phinney
The Creative School- Nominator: Joseph Medaglia
- Supporters: Grahame Lynch, Joseph Medaglia
- Daria Romaniuk
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Maher El-Masri
- Supporters: Jennifer Lapum, Karen LeGrow
- Wayne Smith
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Wayne Smith
- Supporters: Paul Cantin, Frederic Dimanche
- Kristin Vickers
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Michelle Dionne
- Supporter: Martin Antony
- Dongning Yu
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Shadi Farshadfar
- Supporter: Shadi Farshadfar, Ye Wang
- Daniela Cristini
Student Wellbeing- Nominator: Payal Bhole
- Supporters: Ruth Frolic, Miriam Reese
- Kevin Manuel
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Nora Mulvaney
- Supporter: Dan Jakubek, Mélanie Knight
- May Yan
TMU Libraries- Nominator: Reece Steinberg
- Supporters: Trina Grover, Val Lem
- Mehrab Mehrvar
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Hadis Zarrin
- Supporter: Ciro Bustillo LeCompte, Nariman Yousefi
Read more about the AVP International's Global Learning Award recipient