Dr. Michael Benarroch, President and Vice-Chancellor, addresses award recipients and guests at the May 2023 Faculty Recognition Reception.
Announcing the Merit Award Recipients of 2023
Merit Awards are awarded to faculty members for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, scholarly work and creative activities, and service in three different categories. Each summer, two Joint Committees on Merit Awards adjudicate the applications received for the previous year. The selected recipients receive $3,000 each and are honoured at a private reception in May.
Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2023 Merit Awards.
Category: Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts
Combination:
- Andrea Charron, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
- Anna Binta Diallo, School of Art
- Mingzhi Liu, Department of Accounting and Finance, I.H. Asper School of Business
- Liv Valmestad, Department of Architecture/Fine Arts Library, UM Libraries
Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities:
- Shiu-Yik Au, Department of Accounting and Finance, I.H. Asper School of Business
- Enrique Fernandez, Department of French, Spanish and Italian, Faculty of Arts
- Jorge Nállim, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
- William Oxford, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Service:
- Michelle Pearson, Student Counselling Centre, Student Affairs
Teaching:
- Laura Funk, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Faculty of Arts
- Lauren Goegan, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, and Psychology, Faculty of Education
- Collette Simonot-Maiello, Desautels Faculty of Music
Category: Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering
Combination:
- Soheila Karimi, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
- Sabine Kuss, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
- Dustin Isleifson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Price Faculty of Engineering
- Shirley Thompson, Natural Resources Institute, Clayton Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources
Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities:
- Kirstin Brink, Department of Earth Sciences, Clayton Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources
- Kenneth Jeffries, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
- Fuji Jian, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Claudio Stasolla, Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Service:
- Harold Aukema, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Susan Cooper, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
- Danny Mann, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Teaching:
- Leilanie Clayton, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
- Paul Durkin, Department of Earth Sciences, Clayton Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources
- Natasha Jacobson, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Jennifer Protudjer, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Category: Promoting Indigenous Achievement
- Lucy Delgado, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology, Faculty of Education
- Brian Rice, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management