Collaborative SRC Award Recipients
The Collaborative Scholarly Research and Creative (SRC) Award is a university-wide, annual award presented to a researcher who has demonstrated excellence in an SRC project or projects undertaken with a multidisciplinary or multi-institutional team(s). This recognition will be awarded to a researcher who has demonstrated excellence in their SRC collaboration(s) with industry, universities, hospitals or professional societies to facilitate research leading to positive change and impact, as defined in their respective field.
Award recipient(s) will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $2,000 as a one-time payment (subject to applicable deductions).
Key criteria: Scholarly, research and creative activity
2025 recipients
Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management
Dr. Mashatan is a prominent scholar in information security and cyber resilience, advancing the understanding of emerging technologies like quantum computing in enterprise cybersecurity. She has led a multidisciplinary research program with 14 partners from public, finance, technology, consulting, and energy sectors, addressing key cybersecurity challenges and developing effective mitigation strategies. Her collaborative efforts have resulted in 42 journal articles and 22 conference publications, secured $7.1 million in external funding, and trained over 87 highly qualified personnel. Through her collaborative research, she has greatly enhanced cybersecurity scholarship and made significant contributions to the advancement of cybersecurity resilience across various sectors.
Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Dr. Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi is dedicated to innovation and training through extensive and impactful collaborations with academia, clinicians, and industry. Over the past eight years, he has collaborated with thirty-eight academic scholars, five clinicians, and fourteen industrial organizations across the globe. Through these collaborations, he has raised over $4.4 million for his research, trained 65 highly qualified personnel, and published 64 high-impact conference and journal articles, and 2 books. These collaborations also enabled 4 patented technologies, and 6 technology transfers. His well-rounded, industrially-relevant, and collaborative training has enabled the trainees to take prominent positions in academia, graduate schools, and industry.
Past recipients
- Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Michael Kolios
Faculty of Science Department of Physics
- Julie James
School of Child and Youth Care, Faculty of Community Services
- Ebrahim Bagheri
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science - Sharareh Taghipour
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Frank Russo
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Josephine Wong
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services
- Catherine Beauchemin
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science - Anatoliy Gruzd
Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Judy Finlay
School of Child and Youth Care, Faculty of Community Services