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Award Recipients

President Lachemi at the podium speaking to the audience at the Toronto Met Awards Gala.

Congratulations to our 2024 award recipients, who exemplify excellence at TMU in the following areas:

Teaching and Education Awards

There is no recipient for the 2023-2024 award year.

  • Kateryna Metersky
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Daria Romaniuk
    • Supporters: Kiaras Gharabaghi, Curtis Maloley, Holly Pelvin, Valerie Tan

Read more about the President's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient

  • Scott Franks
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Kyle Kahgee
    • Supporters: Andrea Arbuthnot, Christopher Campbell-Deruflé, Katherine Piggott-Babony
  • Kathleen Hammond
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
    • Supporters: Jennifer Orange, Oksana Romanov, Zoe Walwyn
  • Yukari Seko
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Jenny Ge
    • Supporters: Ketzia Barron, Joanne DiNova, Sam Sakaluk

Read more about the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence recipients

  • Sarah Dermody
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Todd Girard
    • Supporter: Stephanie Penta
  • Sara Edge
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Jenelle Regnier-Davies
    • Supporters: Bryan Koivisto, Mei-Ling Patterson
  • Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
    • Supporters: Leila Pakzad, Simant Upreti
  • Konstantinos Georgiou
    Faculty of Science
    • Nominator: Foivos Xanthos
    • Supporter: Sean Leizerovich
  • Joyal Miranda
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Suzanne Fredericks
    • Supporter: Esther Olukayode
  • Oliver Okafor
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Hong Yu
    • Supporters: Sindi Dema, Shadi Farshadfar

Read more about the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Awards recipients

  • Edward Bechard-Torres
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Angela Lee
    • Supporters: Isabela Bibulovic, Aiden Raff
  • Priscilla Boakye
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Oona St-Amant
    • Supporters: Evelina Koshceeva, Janet Yamada
  • Naima Cherchem
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Naima Cherchem
    • Supporters: Cindy Dunne, Benjamin Samms
  • Ellen Choi
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Fei Song
    • Supporters: Steven Kavaratzis, Julie Kellershohn
  • Rania Hamza
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Said Easa
    • Supporters: Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Zilieva Ilieva
  • Karen Milligan
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Irina Osminin
    • Supporters: Patricia Aguiar, Stephanie Cassin, hymnjyot Gill, Lauren Hytman
  • Saber Moradi
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Xianxun (Arnold) Yuan
    • Supporters: Seyedshayan Barary, Khaled Sennah
  • Petra Roberts
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Julian Hasford
    • Supporters: Kate Briones, Tara Collins
  • Karen Sebesta
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Joseph Recupero
    • Supporters: Aryaan Kanji, Jenny Kim

Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Faculty recipients

  • Khashayar Bayati
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Dimitrios Androutsos
    • Supporters: Meelad Matloob, Karthikeyan Umapathy
  • Ciro Fernando Bustillo Lecompte
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
    • Supporters: Miao Huang, Thayanika Ramasamy
  • Janet Deacon
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Andrea Moraes
    • Supporters: Fiona Yeudall, Denise Young
  • Imran Kamal
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Imran Kamal
    • Supporters: Katrina Friesen, Alexandra Saunders
  • R. Scott Millward
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Reem El Asaleh
    • Supporters: Natalia Lumby, Diana Varma
  • John Edward Stowe
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Enriqueta Zafra
    • Supporter: Elham Mirzania
  • Ian Williams
    The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
    • Nominator: Joseph Aversa
    • Supporters: Claudia Tenuta, Debbie Verduga
  • Ryan Wilock
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Kimberly Bates
    • Supporters: Steve Gedeon, Farhan Zia
  • Jian Yuan
    Faculty of Science
    • Nominator: Tetyana Antimirova
    • Supporters: Muhammad Haider, Yuan Xu

Read more about the Dean's Teaching Awards - Contract Lecturers recipients

Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Activity Awards

  • Sharareh Taghipour
    Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Farrokh Sharifi
    • Nominator: Soosan Beheshti

Read more about the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award recipient

  • Elsayed Elbeshbishy
    Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Khaled Sennah
    • Nominator: Hadis Zarrin

Read more about the Collaborative SRC Award recipient

  • Rania Hamza
    Faculty, Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Elsayed Elbeshbishy
    • Nominator: Kimberley Gilbride

Read more about the Early SRC Career Excellence Award recipient

  • Josephine Wong
    Faculty, Community Services
    • Nominator: Janet Yamada
    • Nominator: Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang

Read more about the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award recipient

  • Shelagh McCartney
    Faculty, Community Services
    • Nominator: Nina-Marie Lister
    • Nominator: Jennifer Martin

Read more about the Social Innovation and Action Research Award recipient

 

  • Costin Antonescu
    Faculty of Science
    • Nominator: Costin Antonescu
  • Ehsan Behzadfar
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Natalia Lumby
  • Nicole Blanchett
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: April Lindgren
  • Burcu Bulgurcu
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Burcu Bulgurcu
  • Michele Clarke
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Mary Katherine McCormick
  • Colleen Derkatch
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Monique Tschofen
  • Saman Hassanzadeh Amin
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Ahmad Ghasempoor
  • Sandra Juutilainen
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Cecilia Rocha
  • Rasha Kashef
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Ebrahim Bagheri
  • Mehrab Mehrvar
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
  • Paul Moore
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Jacqui Gingras
  • Uchechukwu Ngwaba
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Uchechukwu Ngwaba
  • Laleh Samarbakhsh
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Shadi Farshadfar
  • Hongbing Yu
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Kathleen Kellett-Betsos

Read more about the Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award recipients

Service and Leadership

  • Nika Zolfaghari
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Minakshi Suri
    • Supporter: Medhat Shehata
  • OVPRI CFREF Proposal Team
    • Sibat Anam, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
    • Javad Ghatta, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
    • Dayle Levine, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
    • Tearney McDermott, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
    • Kevin Moonoosawmy, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
    • Daphne Paszterko, Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
      • Nominator: Johannes Dyring
      • Supporter: Anna Triandafyllidou

Read more about the President's Blue and Gold Award of Excellence recipients

  • Art Blake
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Imogen Coe
    • Supporters: Katie Carson, Reem El Asaleh, Steven Liss, Marienza Misere, Michael Turco
  • Grace-Camille Munroe
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Annette Bailey
  • Positive Space Faculty and Staff Community Network
    • Dan-Arwin Cantiller, Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Ryan Kerr, Office of the President
    • Michael Turco, The Creative School
    • Andrea Ridgley, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
      • Nominator: Art Blake
      • Supporters: Ebony Gittens, Jason Lisi, Kim McDonald, Ravindra Mohabeer, Jennifer Simpson

Read more about the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award recipients

  • Maher El-Masri
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Kiaras Gharabaghi
    • Supporters: Kiaras Gharabaghi, Jennifer Lapum, Kateryna Metersky, Susana Neves-Silva, Anneke Rummens
  • Dana Thomas
    Library
    • Nominator: Carol Shepstone
    • Supporters: Sonny Banerjee, Lei Jin, Kelly Kimberley, Melanie Knight, Mark Robertson, Carol Shepstone, Reece Steinberg, Anna Tassone, Silvia Vong, Brad Walters

Read more about the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recipients

  • Jaclyn Mika
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Michael Turco
    • Supporter: Ravindra Mohabeer
  • Usha Srinivasan
    Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Nominator: John MacRitchie
    • Supporter: Shoaib Ahmet, Saumik Biswas, Fardan Khan, Todd Letts, Devin Ramphal

Read more about the Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership Award recipients

  • Heather Mercer
    Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Nominator: Jake Hamilton
    • Supporter: Kiana Jenabidehkordi

Read more about the Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award recipient

  • Brampton Venture Zone by TMU
    • Mohammed Riaz Ahmed, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Prabaarja Bedi, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Fardan Khan, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Nabiha Noorani, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Arleana Rajkumar, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
    • Nominator: Usha Srinivasan
    • Supporter: Nabiha Noorani
  • Julie Cabanatan
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Mary Sharpe
    • Supporter: Manavi Handa
  • Erin Hallock
    Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
      • Nominator: Marcia Boniferro
      • Supporter: Keith Christie
  • Sana Mulji
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
    • Supporter: Michael Mihalicz
  • Eyosias Samuel
    Athletics & Recreation
    • Nominator: Chris Nadavallil
    • Supporter: Andrew Pettit
  • Gavin Taylor-Black
    Registrar's Office
    • Nominator: Matthew Haddad
    • Supporter: Jonathan Christie
  • Kiana Basiri
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Kiana Basiri
    • Supporters: David Scofield, Dogan Tirtiroglu
  • Stephanie Cassin
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Michael Cheng
    • Supporters: Martin Antony, Tae Hart
  • Evan Cleave
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Emmanuel Kyeremeh
    • Supporters: Wayne Forsythe, Eric Vaz
  • Eric Da Silva
    Faculty of Science
    • Nominator: Allyson Miller
    • Supporters: Sean Cornelius, Catherine Ellis
  • Tom Griffin
    Ted Rogers School of Management
    • Nominator: Christopher Gibbs
    • Supporters: Frederic Dimanche, Katherine Hollas
  • Lauren Kirshner
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Colleen Derkatch
    • Supporters: Ken Moffatt, Dale Smith
  • Mehrab Mehrvar
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Mehrab Mehrvar
    • Supporters: Ramdhane Dhib, Nariman Yousefi
  • Jennifer Orange
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
    • Nominator: Hilary Evans Cameron
    • Supporters: Idil Atak, Rebecca Jager
  • Fatih Sekercioglu
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Fatih Sekercioglu
    • Supporters: Christopher Bentley, Darlene Bileckyj, Allyson Miller 
  • Layal Shuman
    The Creative School
    • Nominator: Reem El Asaleh
    • Supporters: Tannisha Lambert, Lila Pine
  • Sharareh Taghipour
    Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
    • Nominator: Sharareh Taghipour
    • Supporters: Seth Dworkin, Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
  • Yvonne Yuan
    Faculty of Community Services
    • Nominator: Denise Young
    • Supporters: Stephanie Boissonneault, Janet Tou

Read more about the Dean's Service Award recipients

  • Maria Chaparro
    Student Wellbeing
    • Nominator: Laura Girz
    • Supporters: Krystal Warner, Payal Bhole

Read more about the Counsellor Award recipient

  • Lisa Levesque
    Library
    • Nominator: Reece Steinberg
    • Supporters: Jennifer Orange, John Papadopoulos
  • Nora Mulvaney
    Library
    • Nominator: Ann Ludbrook
    • Supporters: Naomi Adelson, Naomi Eichenlaub

Read more about the Librarian Award recipient

  • Enriqueta Zafra
    Faculty of Arts
    • Nominator: Amy (Chen) Peng
    • Supporters: Adriana Hyde, Jolen Kayseas, Pituka Ortega-Helibron

Read more about the AVP International's Global Learning Award recipient