Congratulations to the Merit Award winners for 2020
Merit Awards at the University of Manitoba recognize faculty members for their outstanding teaching, research, scholarly work and creative activities, and service in three categories: Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts; Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering; and Promoting Indigenous Achievement. Annual applications and nominations are invited for the previous calendar year and awarded by two Joint Committees on Merit Awards.
The recipients of the 2020 Merit Awards are listed below and receive $3,000 each. Congratulations to all.
Merit Award Winners for 2020 Calendar Year
Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts
Combination:
Kent Fowler, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Debbie Kelly, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Liv Valmestad, Department of Architecture/Fine Arts Library, Libraries
David Watt, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, Faculty of Arts
Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities:
Nadine Bartlett, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, and Psychology, Faculty of Education
Fenton Litwiller, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Judith Owens, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, Faculty of Arts
Virginia Torrie, Faculty of Law
Service:
Randy Jamieson, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Nancy Kang, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Faculty of Arts
Erin Keating, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, Faculty of Arts
Teaching:
Dan Henhawk, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Jennifer Watt, Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Faculty of Education
Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering
Combination:
Deborah Court, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science
Horace Luong, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Ayesha Saleem, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Shirley Thompson, Natural Resources Institute, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities:
Mandy Archibald, College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Mohamed Bassuoni, Department of Civil Engineering, Price Faculty of Engineering
David Herbert, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Carson Leung, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Service:
Noriko Boorberg, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
Jean-Eric Ghia, Department of Immunology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
John Sorensen, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Teaching:
Christian Kuss, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Jillian Seniuk-Cicek, Price Faculty of Engineering
Promoting Indigenous Achievement
Brian Rice, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Frank Deer, Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Faculty of Education