Teaching Awards
Award Categories
Early Career Teaching Award
The Early Career Teaching Award recognizes consistent outstanding performance in teaching. This award is peer-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Sarah Ibrahim
2021 Recipient: Jean Wilson
2020 Recipient: Aaron Conway
2019 Recipient: Heather Thomson
2017 Recipient: Maki Iwase
Entry-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award
The Entry-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award recognizes:
- Excellence in clinical teaching as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
Awarded to a clinical instructor directly engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a clinical placement in the entry year. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Dafina Ademi
2021 Recipient: Sarah Soucy, Christine Madriaga
2020 Recipient: Nma Jerry-Egemba
2019 Recipient: Steven Mark
2018 Recipient: Nakita Godoy
Excellence in Educational Leadership
The Excellence in Educational Leadership recognizes excellence in coordinating and/or implementing curriculum, courses, projects and/or programs. This award is peer-nominated.
2021 Recipient: Joanne Louis
2020 Recipient: Kathy Trip
2018 Recipient: Pamela Walker
2016 Recipient: Maureen Barry
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
The Excellence in Online Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching using virtual modalities as demonstrated by the ability to stimulate student engagement, innovation, enthusiasm and critical thinking in online courses or online components of courses. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Erica Cambly
2021 Recipient: Aaron Conway
2020 Recipients: Willi Kirenko, Linda McGillis Hall
2019 Recipients: Lisa Cranley, Heather Thomson
2018 Recipient: Maki Iwase
Excellence in Precepting: Undergraduate Award
The Excellence in Precepting: Undergraduate Award recognizes:
- Excellence in precepting in NUR 461 or NUR 470 as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modeling
- Exceptional approach to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills.
This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Maria Fe Seivilleno, Michelle Weening
2021 Recipient: Monica Soto
2019 Recipient: Jim Donovan-McIlverney
2018 Recipients: Michael Abd-El Malak, Gabriel Lee
2017 Recipients: Vivian Recollet, Sheila Redman
Excellence in Precepting: Graduate Award
The Excellence in Precepting: Graduate Award recognizes:
- Excellence in precepting as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Julia Kim
2021 Recipient: Ray Lam, Betty Osei
2020 Recipients: Tabatha Bowers, Farida Roy
2019 Recipient: Susan Chernenko
2018 Recipients: Roseanne Hickey, Patricia Murphy-Kane
Award for Teaching that Intellectually-Challenges Students
This award recognizes demonstrated teaching that intellectually challenges and stimulates students. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Charlene Chu
2021 Recipient: Zoraida Beekhoo, Steven Pirie
2020 Recipient: Quinn Grundy
2019 Recipient: Anne Simmonds
2018 Recipient: Sandra Merklinger
Betty Burcher Mentoring Award
The Mentoring Award recognizes an outstanding contribution to enhance both student and faculty experience beyond usual activities through mentoring, availability for questions and consultations, and collegial involvement in scholarly activities. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Stacey Lim
2021 Recipient: Samantha Mayo
2020 Recipients: Ray Lam, Sandra Merklinger, Heather Thomson
2019 Recipients: Michelle Acorn, Robyn Stremler
2017 Recipients: Margaret Blastorah, Anne Simmonds
Senior-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award
The Senior-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award recognizes:
- Excellence in clinical teaching as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
Awarded to a clinical instructor directly engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a clinical placement in the senior year. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2021 Recipient: Aisha Abdalla, Nicole Meleca
2018 Recipient: Chantel Cordon
2017 Recipient: Chelsea Miller
2016 Recipient: Hasumie Hosogoe
Equity & Diversity Award
Equity & Diversity Award recognizes demonstrated exceptional sensitivity to equity and diversity that enhances student learning, student experience and/or curriculum design. This award is peer- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Ray Lam
2021 Recipient: Joanne Louis
2020 Recipient: Amy Wright
2018 Recipient: Laura Fairley
Teaching Assistant Award
The Teaching Assistant Award recognizes effectiveness in bridging the gap between instructor and students; for example, through the support of students preparing papers and through the provision of constructive feedback through grading. The award is both course instructor- and student-nominated.
2022 Recipient: Laura Buckley, Rozina Somani
2021 Recipient: Bojan Stoiljkovic
2020 Recipient: Tieghan Killackey
2019 Recipient: Samantha Micsinszki
2018 Recipients: Leah Westgate, Sarah Xiao
Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award (student-nominated)
The Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient demonstrates excellence in teaching, over this academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, mastery of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytic thinking in students.
2021 Recipient: Manjit Dhanoa-Yasi
2020 Recipient: Shan Mohammed
2019 Recipient: Laura Fairley
2017 Recipient: Debora Kirschbaum Nitkin
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (student-nominated)
The Graduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient demonstrates excellence in teaching, over this academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, mastery of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytic thinking in students.
2020 Recipient: Sarah Ibrahim
2019 Recipient: Willi Kirenko
2018 Recipient: Michelle Acorn
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (peer-nominated)
The Graduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient recognizes excellence in teaching, over this academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students.
2021 Recipient: Quinn Grundy
2020 Recipients: Susan Chernenko, Samantha Mayo
2019 Recipient: Lisa Cranley
Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award (peer-nominated)
The Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient recognizes excellence in teaching, over this academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students.
2018 Recipient: Elena Luk
2017 Recipient: Jana Lok