Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2026 award recipients, who exemplify excellence at TMU in the following areas:
Teaching and Education Awards
There is no recipient for the 2025-2026 award year.
- Yukari Seko
The Creative School- Nominator: Natalie Alvarez
- Supporters: Tara Kim, Asmaa Malik, France Natera, Sandra Tullio-Pow
Read more about the President's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient
- Edward Bechard-Torres
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Okechukwu (Jake) Effoduh
- Supporters: Abigail Ansah, Stuart Cameron, Graham Hudson
- Claire Deng
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Shadi Farshadfar
- Supporters: Noor Al Darwich Ahmad, Jacky Deng, Mike Liu
- Krystal Nunes
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Tarushika Vasanthan
- Supporters: Amirreza Foroughifar, Alexander Gopaul, Shawn McFadden
Read more about the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence recipients
- Anthony Bonato
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Anthony Bonato
- Supporters: Dejan Delic, Adam Szava
- Todd Girard
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Martin Antony
- Supporter: Jessica Chuchin
- Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Anatoliy Gruzd
- Supporters: Ryan Kennedy, Ozgur Turetken
- Ali Miri
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Ali Miri
- Supporter: Navid Naser Esfahani, Shadan Ghaffaripour
- Caron Phinney
The Creative School- Nominator: Isla Cowan
- Supporters: Isla Cowan, Millie Yates
- Sharareh Taghipour
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Sharareh Taghipour
- Supporters: Aliakbar Eslami Baladeh, Abbas Ghasemi
- Erin Ziegler
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Cristina Catallo
- Supporter: Bethy McGee
- Areej Al-Hamad
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Rezwana Rahman
- Supporters: Elaine Santa Mina, Andy Zhang
- Kristopher Alexander
The Creative School- Nominator: Natalie Alvarez
- Supporters: Monica Brighton, James Nadler
- Hasina Amanzai
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Anika Joshi
- Supporters: Manasseh Lawrence, Juilett Saunders
- Alyssa Counsell
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Alyssa Counsell
- Supporters: Carmen Dang, Curtis Maloley
- Okechukwu (Jake) Effoduh
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Edward Bechard-Torres
- Supporters: Idil Atak, Kien Azinwi
- Owais Lightwala
The Creative School- Nominator: Marie Crosta
- Supporters: Charles Falzon
- Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Anatoliy Gruzd
- Supporter: Ryan Kennedy
- Ramona Pringle
The Creative School- Nominator: Marie Crosta
- Supporters: Marie Crosta, Charles Falzon
- Rai Reece
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Elizebeth Thorkelson
- Supporters: Apiraa Iradeescumar, Megan Scribe
- Reza Samavi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mohammadi Mojtaba
- Supporters: Hirad Daneshvar, Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Stephen Sheps
The Creative School- Nominator: Laura Nenych
- Supporters: Jaidan Boniface, Griffin Butler
- Fiona Thomas
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Stephanie Cassin
- Supporters: Ahmad Alftieh, Michael Cheng
- Tarushika Vasanthan
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Tarushika Vasanthan
- Supporters: Emma Fiorucci, Krystal Nunes
- Xingwei (Nancy) Yang
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Xingwei (Nancy) Yang
- Supporters: Sameh Al Natour, Linying Dong
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Faculty recipients
- Charlotte Akuoko-Barfi
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Steve Solomon
- Supporters: Jenica Mckenzie, June Yee
- Sue Albanese
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Susana Neves-Silva
- Supporters: Raquel Lashley, Susana Neves-Silva
- Omar Falou
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Pedro Goldman
- Supporters: Tetyana Antimirova, Eric Da Silva
- Judy Healy
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Christopher Gibbs
- Supporters: Chris Gibbs, Chantal Wong
- Kandasamy Illanko
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Supporter: Ryan J Jean
- Ilkka Kokkarinen
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education- Nominator: Mojtaba Mohammadi
- Supporter: Karel Tutsu
- Keziah Myers
The Creative School- Nominator: Charlie Wall-Andrews
- Supporters: Kris Alexander, Charlie Wall-Andrews
- Deena Shaffer
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Jacqui Gingras
- Supporters: Rumana Geer, Kathleen Kellett-Betsos
- Maureen Silcoff
Lincoln Alexander School of Law- Nominator: Simon Wallace
- Supporters: Idil Atak, Alyssa Esteeves
- Felipe Tellez
The Creative School- Nominator: Finlay Braithwaite
- Supporters: Elliot Monteith, Karen Sebesta
Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Contract Lecturers recipients
- Nagina Parmar
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Muhammad Yousaf
Read more about the Joe Zboralski Teaching and Community Engagement Award recipient
Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Activity Awards
- Khaled Sennah
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominators: Said Easa, Mehrab Mehrvar
Read more about the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award recipient
- Lesley Campbell
Faculty of Science- Nominators: Costin Antonescu, Habiba Bougherara
- Roxana Sühring
Faculty of Science- Nominators: Costin Antonescu, Claire Oswald
Read more about the Early SRC Career Excellence Award recipient
- Linda Rothman
Faculty of Community Services- Nominators: Anne Harris, Raktim Mitra
Read more about the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award recipient
- Fahad Ahmad
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Asmaa Malik
- Martin Antony
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Martin Antony
- Joseph Aversa
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Donna Smith
- Aidan Brown
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Raffi Karshafian
- Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Khaled Sennah
- ChungHyuk Lee
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: ChungHyuk Lee
- Nemoy Lewis
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Pamela Robinson
- Cole Lewis
The Creative School- Nominator: Lisa Cox
- Mojca Mattiazzi Usaj
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Costin Antonescu
- Monique Tschofen
Faculty of Arts- Nominator: Lauren Kirshner
- Guanghui Wang
Faculty of Science- Nominator: Guanghui Wang
- Xingwei (Nancy) Yang
Ted Rogers School of Management- Nominator: Hossein Zolfagharinia
- Ian Young
Faculty of Community Services- Nominator: Ian Young
- Hadis Zarrin
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science- Nominator: Hadis Zarrin
Read more about the Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award recipients
Service and Leadership
- 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