Teaching Excellence
2020/21 Award Winners:
Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award for MA
Creative Writing Team:
School of English and Theatre Studies
Britta Badour
Natalie Jachimowicz
Anna Lee-Popham
Gary Mok
The Committee offers its commendation to the team of graduate students who were teaching assistants for ENGL*2920 “Elements of Creative Writing.” Four graduate students supported the course in Fall 2020: Britta Badour, Anna Lee-Popham, and Gary Mok.
Creative writing courses often involve students presenting material that emerges from their own experience, necessitating a high level of trust, which can be difficult to create in an online environment. The four teaching assistants, with Elaine Chang who was the instructor of record, fostered trust that allowed students to understand that this course was a safe space to present their work. Each of the teaching assistants supported students individually, empowering them to do their best work.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award for PhD
Marie-Pier LeMay
Department of Philosophy
Central to teaching in all disciplines in the humanities is the work of providing students with an understanding of the vitality of these disciplines, particularly why they matter. They allow us to understand life as it is experienced. Marie-Pier Lemay has a remarkable gift for provoking her students, without judgement, to think about how they engage with the world. She asks them to consider concrete details of their lives: what are you wearing today? Who made your clothes? What is the impact of these fabrics on global warning? These are important questions that are often not contemplated.
Marie-Pier Lemay insists on intellectual rigor as she guides her students. She pushes them to take large, important questions from Philosophy and apply them to their immediate circumstances. In so doing, she offers students a wonderful opportunity to engage with philosophy and its intellectual heritage in ways that connect with the past to inform innovative thinking about the present.
Sessional Teaching Excellence Award
Brandon Carroll
School of Languages and Literatures
Brandon Carroll excels as a teacher of French language and literature. He is equally adept at teaching small seminar-style courses and large lectures. He has a remarkable gift for being able to teach at a level appropriate and engaging to the students, including in an online environment.
Students commend Dr. Carroll for his commitment to them. He is exceedingly generous, supporting students not only by delivering material in class with clarity but also by being available outside class to respond to the queries of students. Students find it easy to engage with Brandon who creates an atmosphere that is both intellectually rigorous and, in the words of one student, “laid back.” As a result, Dr. Carroll’s classes have transformed students by offering them access to the language and culture of la Francophonie.
Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Jade Ferguson
School of English and Theatre Studies
The Selection Committee was impressed by your remarkable dedication to your students and how you support them to do their best work. Jade Ferguson fosters active learning that encourages students to be engaged citizens who apply their knowledge to the world beyond the classroom. This commitment is evident in Dr. Ferguson’s innovative offerings of experiential learning courses that have resulted in the work of students being disseminated widely, including on CBC. Students particularly appreciate the way you instill confidence in them, particularly racialized students whom you encourage to explore their heritage as a significant field of academic study.
How to Apply:
Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Members of the University community are invited to nominate professors in the College of Arts for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.
Full-time faculty who has taught in the College of Arts for a minimum of two years and has taught during the past three semesters.
The award is designed to honour excellence in:
· Undergraduate and graduate classroom teaching
· Distance education teaching
· Innovation in teaching
· Course and curriculum development
· Facilitating student learning
· Leading seminar discussion
· Student advising
· Any other activity associated with teaching
Is to include representative teaching materials and support for the nomination from students and colleagues. The nomination package should be limited to a maximum of 35 pages and may contain the following:
· Letter of nomination highlighting the teaching achievement and providing a summary of the materials submitted
· Teaching materials
· Student recommendations
· Testimonial letters from colleagues
· Letters of recommendation from current and former students
· Any other materials considered relevant
· Proposed nominations are to first be directed to the Chair/ Director of the department or school in which the professor teachers
· The Chair/ Director will assist the nominator(s) in compiling the nomination package
· No more than one (1) nomination from each department or school
Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award for MA and PhD GTAs
Members of the University community are invited to nominate a graduate teaching assistant in the College of Arts for the Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award.
Any graduate assistant who has assisted in the teaching of a course in the College of Arts during the past 3 semesters. There is one award for MA GTA and one award for a PhD GTA.
The award is designed to honour excellence in:
· Undergraduate and graduate classroom teaching
· Distance education teaching
· Innovation in teaching
· Course and curriculum development
· Facilitating student learning
· Leading seminar discussion
· Student advising
· Any other activity associated with teaching
Is to include representative teaching materials and support for the nomination from students and colleagues. The nomination package should be limited to a maximum of 35 pages and may contain the following:
· Letter of nomination highlighting the teaching achievement and providing a summary of the materials submitted
· Teaching materials
· Student recommendations
· Testimonial letters from faculty and/ or peers
· Any other materials considered relevant
· Proposed nominations are to first be directed to the Chair/ Director of the department or school in which the teaching assistantship was held
· The Chair/ Director will assist the nominator(s) in compiling the nomination package
· No more than one (1) nomination per each MA or PhD program in the department or school
Sessional and Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) Instructor Teaching Excellence Award
Members of the University community are invited to nominate a Sessional or CLA instructor within the College of Arts for this award for teaching excellence. One award will be offered.
Any sessional or CLA instructor who has taught a course in the College of Arts over the past three semesters.
The award is designed to honour excellence in:
· Undergraduate and graduate classroom teaching
· Distance education teaching
· Innovation in teaching
· Course and curriculum development
· Facilitating student learning
· Leading seminar discussion
· Student advising
· Any other activity associated with teaching
Is to include representative teaching materials and support for the nomination from students and colleagues. The nomination package should be limited to a maximum of 35 pages and may contain the following:
· Letter of nomination highlighting the teaching achievement and providing a summary of the materials submitted
· Teaching materials
· Student recommendations
· Testimonial letters from faculty and/ or peers
· Any other materials considered relevant
· Proposed nominations are to first be directed to the Chair/ Director of the department or school in which the instructor was a sessional or had a contractually limited appointment
· The Chair/ Director will assist the nominator(s) in compiling the nomination package
· There is no limit to the number of nominations that a department or school may submit
Previous Winners:
INTERNAL AWARDS Archive
2013 Jacqueline Murray
2007 Dana Paramskas
1998 Gilbert Stelter
2020 Amanda Boetzkes Excellence in Teaching
2019 Christina Smylitopolous Excellence in Teaching
2017 Padraig O’Cleirigh Excellence in Teaching
2016 Stefan Lindquist Excellence in Teaching
2015 Karen Racine Excellence in Teaching
2014 Margot Irvine Excellence in Teaching
2013 Andrew Sherwood Distinguished Professor
2012 Jay Lampert Distinguished Professor
2011 Stephen Powell Distinguished Professor
Jacqueline Murray Special Merit Award
2010 John Russon Distinguished Professor
Denise Mohan Special Merit Award
2009 Andrew Bailey Distinguished Professor
2007 Dawn Cornelio Distinguished Professor
Linda Mahood Special Merit Award
2006 Ruediger Mueller Distinguished Professor
2004 Dorothy Odartey-Wellington Distinguished Professor
Keith Cassidy Excellence in Service to Faculty & Librarians
2003 Elizabeth Ewan Distinguished Professor
2002 Ken Dorter Distinguished Professor
2001 Peter Goddard Distinguished Professor
2000 D. O’Quinn Distinguished Professor
1999 David Murray Distinguished Professor
Susan Brown Special Merit Award
1998 Daniel Fischlin Distinguished Professor
1997 Donna Pennee Distinguished Professor
Margaret Priest Special Merit Award
1996 Alan Firewood Distinguished Professor
Dana Paramskas Special Merit Award
1995 Kenneth Graham Distinguished Professor
1994 Catherine Wilson Distinguished Professor
1993 Gilbert Stelter Distinguished Professor
1992 Diana Brydon Distinguished Professor
Helier J. Robinson Special Merit Award
1990 Renate Benson Distinguished Professor
1989 Victor Matthews College Awards
François Pare College Awards
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2020 Jade Ferguson SETS
2019 Jennifer Schacker SETS
2016 Jade Ferguson SETS
2015 Christina Smylitopolous SOFAM
2014 Kevin James
Sally Hickson
2013 Margot Irvine
Norman Smith
2012 Howard Spring
2011 Andrew Sherwood
2010 Sandra Parmegiani
2009 Ellen Waterman
2008 Karen Houle
2007 Linda Mahood
2006 Dawn Cornelio
2005 William Cormack
2004 Ruediger Mueller
2003 Dorothy Odartey-Wellington
2002 Peter Goddard
Elizabeth Ewan
2020 Marie Piere-LeMay (PhD) SETS
Britta Badour (MA) SETS
Anna Lee-Popham (MA) SETS
Gary Mok (MA) Philosophy
2019 Lisa Baer History
2016 Nick Bridges History
Katrina Gale History
2015 Sarah Shropshire History
2014 Mark Sholdice
2013 Jodey Nurse
2012 Casey Ford (PhD)
Macarena Suazo Flores (MA)
2011 Mark Kaethler
2009 Michal Arciszewski
2007 Christopher Tiessen
2006 Kris Gies
2004 Heather Davidson
Brodie Richards
2002 Scott Moir
Robert Falconer
2020 Brandon Carroll SOLAL
2019 Sierra Dye History
2017 Casey Ford Philosophy
2016 Alessia Ursella SETS
2015 Becky Beausaert History
2014 Ian Mosby
2013 Chris Ironside
2012 Christine Ekholst
Andre Speltz
2010 Andrea Sanders
2009 Lee L’Clerc
2007 Jennifer MacDonald
2006 Jesse Stewart
2002 Denise Mohan
Chris DiCario
2016 Padraig O’Cleirigh SOLAL
2013 Dr. Andrew Bretz English and Theatre Studies
2011 Ruediger Mueller SOLAL
2006 Kim Renders Theatre
2004 Dr. Elaine Chang English
1994 Susan Mulley History
1992 Dr. H.J. Robinson Philosophy
E. Legakis Philosophy
EXTERNAL AWARDS Archive
2014 Jacqueline Murray History
2004 Dana Paramskas French Studies
1987 Constance Rooke English (U. Victoria)
2016 Chérine Stevula Latin American & Caribbean Studies
1998 Daniel Fischlin Literatures & Performance Studies in English
1996 Margaret Priest Fine Art
Donna Palamateer Pennee English
1995 Alan Filewood Drama
1994 Nancy Bailey English/Office of First Year Students
1976 J.M. Bell Languages
1975 Alan Wilshire Languages
1973 Dana Paramskas Languages
2021 John Walsh UofG President’s Award – Languages & Literatures
2013 Jacqueline Murray History