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Congratulations to the Merit Award winners for 2020

August 4, 2021 — 

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

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