The Early Career Teaching Award recognizes early career, full- or part-time faculty in the teaching or tenure stream who have made outstanding contributions and achievement in teaching such as through creation of innovative and effective learning activities/assignments, active involvement in curriculum development, commitment to professional development, demonstrating genuine enthusiasm for teaching, and active engagement and motivation of students.
This award is peer nominated, with additional support from two peers or students.
*Nominee must have an appointment of 4 years or less at Bloomberg Nursing and not previously received this award.
*Doctoral students cannot support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisory committee members.
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Jennifer Innis
- 2022 Sarah Ibrahim
- 2021 Jean Wilson
- 2020 Aaron Conway
- 2019 Heather Thomson
- 2018 Not awarded
- 2017 Maki Iwase
The Distinction in Educational Leadership Award recognizes faculty who, over an academic year, demonstrated leadership in developing, implementing and/or coordinating curriculum, courses, projects and/or programs, outstanding accomplishments and collaboration.
This award is peer nominated, with additional support from two peers.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2025 Recipient: TBA
Formerly called Excellence in Educational Leadership (2021-2024):
- 2024 Zoraida DeCastro Beekhoo
- 2023 Nadine Janes
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Joanne Louis
The Equity & Diversity Award recognizes faculty, preceptors, clinical instructors, or teaching assistants who, over an academic year, demonstrated exceptional sensitivity to equity, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility that enhanced student learning, student experience and/or curriculum design.
This award is faculty or student nominated, with additional support from two faculty, staff or students.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
*Doctoral students cannot nominate or support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisory committee members.
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Ray Lam
- 2021 Joanne Louis
- 2020 Amy Wright
- 2019 Not awarded
- 2018 Laura Fairley
The Betty Burcher Mentoring Award recognizes faculty who, over an academic year, exemplified the spirit and legacy of Betty Burcher in enhancing student or faculty development in teaching and learning beyond usual activities through mentoring.
Betty spent most of her nursing career at Toronto Public Health, working to protect, promote and preserve the health of vulnerable populations, before she came to the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing as an educator. Betty had a strong commitment to social justice and equity, and these principles informed the ways she felt, thought, and acted in both her professional and personal life. She was an incredibly intelligent, caring, passionate and generous teacher and colleague. She always promoted and modelled a climate of care, respect, inclusion and collegiality. Nothing brought her more joy than to help students and colleagues reach their full potential and she did so by providing opportunities for scholarly and clinical collaboration as well as professional networking. She invited people “in” and brought individuals together in community to learn from one another and work towards a common goal. Betty mentored people in her life to be courageous, to think critically and creatively, to lead with compassion and optimism, to have humility, and to do the work with a healthy sense of humour, never forgetting to laugh with one another.
This award is peer or student nominated, with additional support from two peers or students.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
*Doctoral students cannot nominate or support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisor committee members.
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Amy Wright
- 2022 Stacey Lim
The Distinction in Online Teaching Award recognizes faculty who, over an academic year, demonstrated distinction in teaching and using technology resulting in high student engagement, innovation, enthusiasm and critical thinking in online courses or online components of courses.
This award is peer or student nominated, with additional support from two peers or students.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
*Doctoral students cannot nominate or support a nomination of their supervisors or supervisor committee members.
- 2025 Recipient: TBA
Formerly called Excellence in Online Teaching Award (2022-2024):
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Erica Cambly
2025 Recipient: TBA
The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes Teaching Assistants who demonstrated exceptional contributions, going above and beyond in their role to significantly enhance the learning experience for students resulting in high student engagement, innovation, enthusiasm, and critical thinking.
This award is course professor or student nominated, with additional support from two faculty and/or students.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2025 Recipient: TBA
Formerly called Teaching Assistant Award (2018-2024):
- 2024 Mohammad Goudarzi Rad, Navpreet Kamboj
- 2023 Richard Tang
- 2022 Laura Buckley, Rozina Somani
- 2021 Bojan Stoiljkovic
- 2020 Tieghan Killackey
- 2019 Samantha Micsinszki
- 2018 Leah Westgate, Sarah Xiao
The Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award recognizes faculty who, over an academic year, demonstrated excellence in teaching as characterized by superlative communication skills, mastery of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and facilitate critical/analytic thinking in students.
This award is student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Manjit Dhanoa-Yasi
- 2020 Shan Mohammed
- 2019 Laura Fairley
- 2018 Not awarded
- 2017 Debora Kirschbaum Nitkin
The Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching Award recipient recognizes excellence in teaching, over an academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students.
This award is peer nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2025 Recipient: TBA
Formerly called Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award (peer-nominated) 2017-2024:
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Not awarded
- 2020 Not awarded
- 2019 Not awarded
- 2018 Elena Luk
- 2017 Jana Lok
The Distinction in Graduate Teaching Award recipient recognizes excellence in teaching, over an academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students.
This award is peer nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
*Doctoral students cannot support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisory committee members.
- 2025 Recipient: TBA
Formerly called Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (student-nominated), 2018-2024:
- 2024 Martine Puts
- 2023 Jean Wilson
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Not awarded
- 2020 Sarah Ibrahim
- 2019 Willi Kirenko
- 2018 Michelle Acorn
The Graduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient recognizes excellence in teaching, over an academic year, as characterized by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, and the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students.
This award is student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
*Doctoral students cannot support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisory committee members.
- 2024 Charlene Chu
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Quinn Grundy
- 2020 Susan Chernenko, Samantha Mayo
- 2019 Lisa Cranley
The Undergraduate Entry-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award recognizes clinical instructors who engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a clinical placement in the entry year, and demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching as characterized by outstanding professionalism and role modelling; exceptional approach to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred; and effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
This award is faculty, staff or student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2024 Sandra Hardy
- 2023 Katherine Bowden, Jordan Billone
- 2022 Dafina Ademi
- 2021 Sarah Soucy, Christine Madriaga
- 2020 Nma Jerry-Egemba
- 2019 Steven Mark
- 2018 Nakita Godoy
The Undergraduate Senior-Year Excellence in Clinical Instructing Award recognizes clinical instructors who engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a placement in NUR460 or NUR461, and demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching as characterized by outstanding professionalism and role modelling; exceptional approach to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred; and effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
This award is faculty, staff or student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2024 Chelsy Pearo, Ahsher Zeldin
- 2023 Jessica Haldane
- 2022 Not awarded
- 2021 Aisha Abdalla, Nicole Meleca
- 2020 Not awarded
- 2019 Not awarded
- 2018 Chantel Cordon
- 2017 Chelsea Miller
- 2016 Hasumie Hosogoe
The Excellence in Precepting: Undergraduate Award recognizes preceptors who engaged in supervising undergraduate students in NUR461 or NUR470, and demonstrated excellence in precepting as characterized by outstanding professionalism and role modelling; exceptional approach to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred; and effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills.
This award is faculty, staff or student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2024 Samantha Burwell
- 2023 Amanda Chiodo
- 2022 Maria Fe Seivilleno, Michelle Weening
- 2021 Monica Soto
- 2020 Not awarded
- 2019 Jim Donovan-McIlverney
- 2018 Michael Abd-El Malak, Gabriel Lee
- 2017 Vivian Recollet, Sheila Redman
The Excellence in Precepting: Graduate Award recognizes preceptors who engaged in supervising graduate students and demonstrated excellence in precepting as characterized by outstanding professionalism and role modelling; exceptional approach to practicum learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred; and effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills.
This award is faculty, staff or student nominated.
*Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years.
- 2024 Hilary Shackleton, Michelle Trinh
- 2023 Christine Bucago
- 2022 Julia Kim
- 2021 Ray Lam, Betty Osei
- 2020 Tabatha Bowers, Farida Roy
- 2019 Susan Chernenko
- 2018 Roseanne Hickey, Patricia Murphy-Kane
This award recognizes demonstrated teaching that intellectually challenges and stimulates students. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
- 2024 Not awarded
- 2023 Not awarded
- 2022 Charlene Chu
- 2021 Zoraida DeCastro Beekhoo, Steven Pirie
- 2020 Quinn Grundy
- 2019 Anne Simmonds
- 2018 Sandra Merklinger