Teaching Awards News Archive

St. John's College
Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe awarded with prestigious UM Teaching Excellence Award
June 2, 2025 —
St John’s College is proud to announce that Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Dr. And Mrs. H.H. Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching! This prestigious award recognizes a UM educator who has demonstrated teaching excellence and made significant contributions to the advancement of teaching and learning at both the UM and national or international level.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Riddell Faculty Celebrates Teaching Success
May 13, 2025 —
The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources is proud to celebrate the latest winners of the faculty’s Teaching Awards.

Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law Celebrates 2024 Teaching Award winners
June 13, 2024 —
The Faculty of Law congratulates Dr. Katie Szilagyi, and Mr. Nick Slonosky, recipients of the Faculty’s two top teaching awards given annually to recognize one professor and one practicing professional instructor. Szilagyi is the recipient of The Barney Sneiderman Award for Teaching Excellence, and Slonosky was chosen for the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

Students
Teaching Award Winner trains future city planners to be engaged, empathetic and inspired
May 21, 2024 —
Dr. Sarah Cooper, [BES(York), MCP(Manitoba), PhD(UIC)], has been named the recipient of the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching. She will receive the award at Spring Convocation on the morning of June 5.

Asper School of Business
Asper professor of business sustainability receives prestigious UM award for excellence in teaching
May 17, 2023 —
Bruno Dyck [BComm(Hons)/84], Norman Frolich Professor in Business Sustainability at the Asper School of Business, is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Faculty of Architecture
Shawn Bailey receives the AIAS/ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award for 2023
February 2, 2023 —
Congratulations to Assistant Professor and Indigenous Scholar Shawn Bailey for receiving the AIAS/ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award for 2023.

Faculty of Education
Congratulations to the recipient of the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching
May 27, 2022 —
Dr Cameron Hauseman brings an inspiring mix of energy, creativity and innovation to his courses and other teaching responsibilities

Faculty of Science
2021 Award recipients for Best Mentor and Innovation in Teaching
November 10, 2021 —
The Teaching award recipients were nominated by their colleagues and were selected based on their exemplary innovative approaches to engage and inspire students.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Teachers recognized for excellence
September 1, 2021 —
Three teachers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences were recognized for their dedication and enthusiasm in providing a positive learning environment and their commitment to teaching excellence.

Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts 2021 Teaching Awards announced
August 3, 2021 —
The 2021 Faculty of Arts annual teaching awards have been announced. Arts congratulates the award winners on their commitment to students, higher learning and quality instruction.