President's Award for Teaching Excellence Recipients

The President’s Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes an outstanding TMU educator who has demonstrated continuing teaching excellence and who has made contributions to advancing teaching and learning at TMU.

The award recipient will receive a certificate of recognition and a one-time monetary award payment of $3,000 (subject to applicable deductions).

Key criteria: Teaching

2026 recipient

Yukari Seko

The Creative School

Dr. Yukari Seko, recipient of the 2024 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence, is an outstanding educator whose critically compassionate, research-informed pedagogy has transformed student learning at TMU. She integrates innovative approaches including specifications grading, flipped classrooms, arts-informed projects, and the Campus Accessibility Scavenger Hunt to foster empathy, reflection, and inclusive learning. Building on her CELT Teaching Fellowship, in 2024-25 she developed the university-wide Solution-Focused Graduate Supervision course, advancing evidence-based, ethical mentorship practices among faculty research supervisors. Her mentorship empowers students and emerging scholars, while her community-focused initiatives and media outreach extend TMU’s impact beyond the classroom.