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Maria Hupfield recognized by Eiteljorg Museum

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Maria Hupfield recognized by Eiteljorg Museum

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John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design

U of T Mississauga

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Maria Hupfield (photo by Grégoire Féron)

Maria Hupfield, an assistant professor in U of T Mississauga's department of English and drama, has received a 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indiana.

Given every other year, the fellowship aims to bring Indigenous contemporary art to the forefront and cast a spotlight on the works of leading Indigenous artists from across the U.S. and Canada.

Hupfield, who is Anishinaabe and a member of Wasauksing First Nation, holds a Canada Research Chair in Transdisciplinary Indigenous Arts and is the director and lead artist at U of T Mississauga's Indigenous Creation Studio. She also works with graduate students in the master of visual studies program at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at U of T.

Her current research program comprises a community medicine garden, Indigenous creation studio and a living archive, with each space designed to facilitate the development of creative work grounded in Indigenous oral traditions and the natural world.

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15 U of T faculty members elected fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

rahul.kalvapalle — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:52:49 +0000

15 U of T faculty members elected fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

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Faculty

Mississauga

CAMH

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

IHPME

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

Mount Sinai Hospital

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

The Hospital for Sick Children

U of T Mississauga

University Health Network

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Fifteen faculty members from U of T have been elected fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2024 in recognition of excellence in health sciences.

Election to CAHS fellowship is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community.

“Election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences acknowledges outstanding contributions to the health sciences,” said Trevor Young, U of T's vice-president and provost and the president of CAHS, in a press release. “We are proud of these fellows’ accomplishments, and we are honoured to welcome them to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.”

The U of T scholars elected to 2024 CAHS fellowships are:

Jordan Feld at the University Health Network and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Eleanor Fish at the University Health Network and the department of immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Liisa Galea at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Susan George at the University Health Network and the department of pharmacology and toxicology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Pamela Goodwin at Mount Sinai Hospital and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Masoom Haider at Mount Sinai Hospital and the department of medical imaging in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Cynthia Hawkins at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Robert Inman at the University Health Network and the department of immunology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Jonathan Irish at the University Health Network and the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
David Juurlink at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Tina Malti in the department of psychology at U of T Mississauga
Milos Popovic at the University Health Network and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Jennifer Stinson at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Walter Wodchis of Trillium Health Partners and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Nicole Woods at the University Health Network and the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine

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51 faculty members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards

rahul.kalvapalle — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:15:00 +0000

51 faculty members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards

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Connaught New Researcher Awards

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The ��Ƶ has recognized 51 faculty members across its three campuses with Connaught New Researcher Awards.

The annual awards support early-stage researchers in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering and other fields – and aim to enhance their competitiveness for external awards. They are part of the Connaught Fund, Canada’s largest internal university research funding program.

“The Connaught New Researcher Awards are designed to help accelerate the research programs of our hugely talented early-career scholars as they establish themselves in their respective fields,” said Leah Cowen, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.

“I am excited to see their work on a range of important issues such as next-generation vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, decarbonization retrofits and housing affordability, and the physics of wildfire-generated storms."

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Teaching assistants, course instructor recognized with Teaching Excellence Awards

rahul.kalvapalle — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:21:37 +0000

Teaching assistants, course instructor recognized with Teaching Excellence Awards

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Department of Chemistry

Department of English

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Faculty of Arts & Science

Institute for Biomedical Engineering

Teaching Excellence Awards

U of T Mississauga

Women & Gender Studies Institute

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Clockwise from top left: Cassandra Olsen, Paul Pritchard, Shay Chavoshian, Sam Sanchinel, Kat Furtado, Titilola Aiyegbusi and Qusai Hassan (supplied images)

Six teaching assistants (TAs) and one graduate course instructor (CI) have been recognized with 2024 Teaching Excellence Awards by the ��Ƶ’s Teaching Assistants’ Training Program.

The TA Teaching Excellence, BIPOC TA Teaching Excellence and CI Teaching Excellence awards recognize the outstanding contributions of TAs and graduate student CIs who regularly support, inspire and challenge undergraduate students.

The recipients of the TA Teaching Excellence Awards are:

Shaghayegh (Shay) Chavoshian, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Cassandra Olsen, department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science
Sam Sanchinel, Women and Gender Studies Institute, Faculty of Arts & Science
Qusai Hassan, department of chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Science
Paul Pritchard, department of sociology, U of T Mississauga

In 2022, the Teaching Assistants’ Training Program introduced the BIPOC Teaching Excellence Award to recognize lived experiences of Black, Indigenous and racialized communities whose academic experiences have been impacted by systemic barriers, and to highlight their accomplishments and excellence in teaching practice. The winner of this award for 2024 is Titilola Aiyegbusi from the department of English in the Faculty of Arts & Science.

The recipient of the CI Teaching Excellence Award is Kat Furtado from the department of classics in the Faculty of Arts & Science.

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Kent Moore awarded 2023 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

rahul.kalvapalle — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:56:59 +0000

Kent Moore awarded 2023 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

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U of T Mississauga

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Kent Moore (supplied image)

Kent Moore, vice-principal, research at the ��Ƶ Mississauga and Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Geophysics of Climate Change in the department of chemical and physical sciences, has been awarded a Patterson Distinguished Service Medal by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The prestigious award was created in 1946 in honour of meteorologist and U of T alum Dr. John Patterson and recognizes outstanding contributions to meteorology in Canada.

Moore is renowned for his climate research in the Arctic and mountainous regions. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, received over 65 national and international grants and awards and given numerous media interviews on his research and issues related to climate change.

“I’m incredibly honoured,” said Moore, who is praised by peers for his collaborative nature, empathetic leadership and creative approach to research. “To join the ranks of Canada’s leaders in meteorology who have received this award before me — it means a great deal.”

“It’s also a testament to the contributions of the many students, fellows, and colleagues I’ve worked with over the years. It’s been a privilege to collaborate with such generous and committed scientists.”

“Professor Moore’s research program has transformed our understanding of the impacts of climate change in polar and mountainous regions,” said W. Richard Peltier, a University Professor in the department of physics at the Faculty of Arts & Science who nominated Moore for the award. “His highly interdisciplinary and internationally recognized body of knowledge has fostered excellence in climate science, contributing to Canada’s global leadership in the field.”

Moore received his Patterson Medal in a ceremony at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress this June.

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Five faculty members recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Awards

rahul.kalvapalle — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:15:51 +0000

Five faculty members recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Awards

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Faculty

Mississauga

St. George

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Early Career Teaching Awards

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Faculty of Arts & Science

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

U of T Mississauga

Women & Gender Studies Institute

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(L-R) Spyridon Kotsovilis, Roberta K. Timothy, S. Trimble, Alison Olechowski and Jasty Singh (supplied images)

Five faculty members at the ��Ƶ have been recognized with 2023-24 Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Awards.

The annual awards are given to faculty members who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement and teaching innovation.

They are named for Cheryl Regehr, a professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and a champion of teaching excellence and innovation who served as U of T’s vice-president and provost for a decade.

The award recipients are:

S. Trimble – assistant professor, teaching stream in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts & Science
Alison Olechowski – assistant professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Spyridon Kotsovilis – assistant professor, teaching stream in the department of political science at U of T Mississauga
Jasty Singh – assistant professor, teaching stream in the department of immunology at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Roberta K. Timothy – assistant professor, teaching stream in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health

The recipients will be honoured at the annual Excellence in Teaching Reception in the fall.

U of T faculty, staff and students recognized with 2024 Awards of Excellence

rahul.kalvapalle — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:59:13 +0000

U of T faculty, staff and students recognized with 2024 Awards of Excellence

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The ��Ƶ has announced the winners of the 2024 Awards of Excellence, a prestigious program presented annually in collaboration with the U of T Alumni Association (UTAA) to recognize outstanding and inspiring faculty, staff, librarians and students.

“This year’s award recipients join the ranks of our past honourees, building on a great tradition of extraordinary dedication to the university and to society as a whole,” President Meric Gertler said in his address to the winners. “They represent the incredible breadth and depth of excellence found across the university and they are an inspiration to us all.

“To everyone being officially recognized today, you’ve earned the admiration and gratitude of the entire university and you’ve set a tremendous example.”

Faculty

Professor Diane Horton

Professor David Liu

Professor Sheila McIlraith

Assistant Professor Steven Coyne

Staff

Northrop Frye Award (Staff)

Academic Advising Training Program (multi-divisional)

Yvette Ali – Victoria University, Faculty of Arts & Science

Kerri Huffman – New College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Svitlana Frunchak – ��Ƶ Mississauga

Kimberly Elias-Cartwright – Division of Student Life, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students

Ketri Bennett – Division of Student Life, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students

Heather Kelly – Division of Student Life, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students

Cori Hanson – Faculty of Arts & Science

Andrea McGee – Faculty of Information

Julian Weinrib – Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education

Allison Scully – Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education

Natasha Jesenak – Woodsworth College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Jen Tigno – ��Ƶ Scarborough

Tehmeena Jadoon – ��Ƶ Scarborough

Sheri Browne – ��Ƶ Mississauga

Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services

Jerome Poon Ting – Faculty of Law

Cecelia Power – Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award

Prasanna Balasundaram – Faculty of Law

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Emerging Leader

Jessica Silver – ��Ƶ Mississauga

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Distinguished Leader

Nadia Claire Rosemond – ��Ƶ Scarborough

Prasanna Balasundaram – Faculty of Law

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Influential Leader

Drew Gyorke – Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation

President’s Excellence Award – Emerging Excellence

Jonathan Vandor – Division of the Vice-President & Provost

President’s Excellence Award – Distinguished Excellence

Sean Caffrey – Faculty of Arts & Science

Sean Suleman – Division of the Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture

President’s Excellence Award – Influential Excellence

Trevor Cuddy – Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Students

Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

Natasha Sheikhan – Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

UTAA Graduate Scholars

Crizza Ching – Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Maryam Abisola Owodunni – department of geography & planning, Faculty of Arts & Science

Blue (Georgianna) Lin – department of computer science, Faculty of Arts & Science

John H. Moss Scholarship

Michaela (Micki) Hargitai – department of health and society, ��Ƶ Scarborough

UTAA Scholars

Sophia Abolore – University College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Jonathan Angell – Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Margaret Chen – Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Vedika Jha – Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science

Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Emerging Leader

Foti Vito – Faculty of Law

Shezadi Khushal – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

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Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research

rahul.kalvapalle — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:26:40 +0000

Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research

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Department of Computer Science

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education

Graduate Students

Institutional Strategic Initiatives

OISE

U of T Mississauga

U of T Scarborough

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Clockwise from top left: Melissa deJonge, Egag Egag, Asma Shamim, Maya Ahia, Danika Quesnel, JesusMiracle Chiadika and Ananya Bhattacharjee (supplied images)

Seven students from across the ��Ƶ are recipients of the 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships awarded by Inlight Student Mental Health Research, a U of T institutional strategic initiative committed to improving student mental health and wellness outcomes.

The $10,000 fellowships support graduate scholars who are leading research projects that aim to improve student mental health and well-being on campus and recognize the importance of student-led and co-designed research solutions.

“The Inlight Research Fellowship Program is dedicated to promoting the development of leaders in post-secondary student mental health research,” said Julius Haag, Inlight’s associate director, education and training and an assistant professor, teaching stream in the department of sociology at U of T Mississauga.

“We are actively supporting impactful research that will grow the perspectives and capacity needed to advance student mental health and wellness, as well as centring research that focuses on engaging the experiences and perspectives of our diverse student community.”

Here is the full list of Inlight’s 2023-2024 research fellowship award recipients:

Maya Ahia – master’s student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough

Ananya Bhattacharjee – PhD candidate in computer science, Faculty of Arts & Science

JesusMiracle Chiadika – PhD student in higher education, comparative, international & development education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Melissa deJonge – PhD student, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education

Egag Egag – PhD student, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Danika Quesnel – PhD student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough

Asma Shamim – PhD student in developmental psychology and education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Playwright David Yee wins 2023 Siminovitch Prize

rahul.kalvapalle — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:50:59 +0000

Playwright David Yee wins 2023 Siminovitch Prize

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U of T Mississauga

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David Yee (photo by Dahlia Katz)

David Yee, a playwright who teaches at the ��Ƶ Mississauga, has won the prestigious Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s highest valued theatre award.

The lucrative prize is awarded annually to a mid-career professional artist whose groundbreaking work significantly contributes to advancing the art form. It is named after playwright Elinore Siminovitch and University Professor Emeritus Lou Siminovitch.

The Siminovitch laureate receives $75,000 and the opportunity to select an up-and-coming artist to receive a $25,000 protégé prize. Yee, co-founding artistic director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, selected Julie Phan, Toronto writer-performer and arts leader.

“I tell my students that there will come a time in the process of creating a play where you must relinquish control to the play itself – when the play will start to tell you what it wants to be,” Yee said in his acceptance speech. “This is what writing has taught me: how to listen to something greater than myself. Not just as a way to create, but as a way to live in the world.”

Yee, who studied theatre and drama studies at U of T Mississauga and teaches playwriting at the university, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama in 2015.

In 2021, he produced an audio drama about the infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, featuring fourth-year students from the Theatre and Drama Studies program offered jointly by U of T Mississauga and Sheridan College.

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Alicia Hawkins and collaborators from Sagamok Anishnawbek, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation receive Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award

rahul.kalvapalle — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:22:10 +0000

Alicia Hawkins and collaborators from Sagamok Anishnawbek, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation receive Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award

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Faculty

Mississauga

Connaught Community Partnership Research Award

Department of Anthropology

U of T Mississauga

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Associate Professor Alicia Hawkins (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

Alicia Hawkins, an associate professor in the department of anthropology at U of T Mississauga and collaborators at the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF) have received a Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award for their project exploring the cataloguing and reclamation of archaeological artifacts.

Historically, archaeology in Ontario has been an extractive practice that failed to include Indigenous communities. From the 1960s to 1980s, teams of archaeologists excavated at the La Cloche site on the north shore of Lake Huron – but the work was unpublished for decades.

More than 40 boxes of artifacts are now in the care of the OCF. However, the lack of publication and comprehensive reporting of the excavations pose challenges for the OCF and Sagamok Anishnawbek, on whose lands the site is located.

To address this, Hawkins and her partners will bring together a multigenerational team of Indigenous Peoples to catalogue and interpret the artifacts. The collaboration will guide the planning and decision-making process for the site and its collections.

The Connaught Community Partnership Research Program aims to help create and nurture partnerships between U of T scholars and community partners that support community-driven research.

Hawkins is one of four U of T scholars to receive awards from the program this year. The others are Amaya Perez-Brumer at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Ishtiaque Ahmed in the Faculty of Arts & Science and Jaris Swidrovich at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.

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Maria Hupfield recognized by Eiteljorg Museum

15 U of T faculty members elected fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

51 faculty members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards

Teaching assistants, course instructor recognized with Teaching Excellence Awards

Kent Moore awarded 2023 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

Five faculty members recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Awards

U of T faculty, staff and students recognized with 2024 Awards of Excellence

Faculty

Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award

Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Influential Leader

Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award

Northrop Frye Award (Faculty)

Northrop Frye Award (Team)

Staff

Northrop Frye Award (Staff)

Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services

Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Emerging Leader

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Distinguished Leader

Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Influential Leader

President’s Excellence Award – Emerging Excellence

President’s Excellence Award – Distinguished Excellence

President’s Excellence Award – Influential Excellence

Students

Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

UTAA Graduate Scholars

John H. Moss Scholarship

UTAA Scholars

Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Emerging Leader

Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research

Playwright David Yee wins 2023 Siminovitch Prize

Alicia Hawkins and collaborators from Sagamok Anishnawbek, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation receive Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award