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This list of previous recipients of internal and external teaching awards among �Ӱɴ�ý's academic professionals is up to date as of Sept. 19, 2025.

President's Awards, �Ӱɴ�ý University

President's Awards, �Ӱɴ�ý University

These faculty members and instructional staff are previous recipients of �Ӱɴ�ý University's President's Awards for teaching or graduate student supervision.

President's Awards for Outstanding Teaching (Faculty)

2024 - Dr. Isabelle Côté, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2022 - Dr. David Churchill, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
2021 - Dr. Erin Fraser, School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus
2020 - Dr. Rebecca Milley, School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus
2019 - Dr. Jillian Westcott, School of Fisheries, Marine Institute
2018 - Dr. Heather McLeod, Faculty of Education
2017 - Dr. Caroline Porr, School of Nursing
2016 - Dr. Ailsa Craig, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2015 - Dr. Delores V. Mulling, School of Social Work
2014 - Dr. Geoffrey Rideout, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2013 - Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration
2012 - Dr. Jim Connor, Faculty of Medicine

President's Award for Outstanding Teaching (Lecturers and Instructional Staff)

2023 - Caroline Koenig, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2022 - Ashley Crane, Faculty of Nursing
2021 - Edward Whalen, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2020 - Dr. Janna Rosales, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2019 - Dr. Stephen Blackwood, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Grenfell Campus
2018 - Beth Ann Austin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
2017 - Dr. Meghan Forsyth, School of Music
2016 - Dr. Elizabeth Russell, School of Arts and Social Science, Grenfell Campus
2015 - Matthew LeRiche, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts
2014 - Terry Hussey, Faculty of Business Administration
2013 - Sébastien Deprés, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
2012 - Dr. Helene Staveley, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts

President's Award for Outstanding Graduate and Postgraduate Student Supervision

2024 - Dr. Lesley James, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2023 - Dr. Eric Vander Wal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2022 - Dr. Duane Button, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2021 - Dr. Michelle Ploughman, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
2020 - Dr. Christina Bottaro, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Valerie Booth, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
2018 - Dr. Elizabeth Yeoman, Faculty of Education
2017 - Dr. Brian Veitch, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2016 - Dr. Brent Snook, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
2015 - Dr. Alistair Bath, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
2014 - Dr. Faisal Khan, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2013 - Dr. Lisa Rankin, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
2012 - Dr. David Schneider, Department of Ocean Sciences, Faculty of Science

President's Award for Distinguished Teaching

2024 - Dr. Tiffany Lee, School of Pharmacy
2023 - Dr. Amy Hurford, Department of Math, Faculty of Science
2023 - Paul Elliot, School of Ocean Technology, Marine Institute
2021 - Dr. Caroline Schiller, School of Music
2021 - Dr. Christina Thorpe, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
2020 - Dr. April Pike, School of Nursing
2020 - Dr. Kristin Poduska, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Travis Fridgen, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Kristina Szutor, School of Music
2018 - Dr. Jeanette Byrne, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2018 - Dr. Yuanzhu Chen, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
2017 - Dr. Valerie Burton, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2016 - Dr. Glyn George, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2016 - Dr. Danny Dyer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
2015 - Dr. Ken Barter, School of Social Work
2014 - Dr. Karen Parsons, School of Nursing
2014 - Lyle Wetsch, Faculty of Business Administration
2013 - Dr. Eric Gill, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2012 - Dr. Alistair Bath, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2012 - John Tucker, School of Marine Studies, Marine Institute
2011 - Lynn Morrissey, Faculty of Business Administration
2011 - Dr. Sandra MacDonald, School of Nursing
2010 - Dr. Leslie Phillips, School of Pharmacy
2010 - Dr. Kati Szego, School of Music
2009 - Dr. Norm Catto, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2009 - Dr. Gerard Curtis, Division of Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus
2008 - Dr. Valerie Legge, Department of English Language and Literature
2008 - Dr. Maureen Volk, School of Music
2007 - Dr. Katherine Gallagher, Faculty of Business Administration
2007 - Dr. Christopher Sharpe, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2006 - Dr. Michael Bruce-Lockhart, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2006 - Dr. Ursula Kelly, Faculty of Education
2005 - Dr. TA Loeffler, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2005 - Dr. Geoff Rayner-Canham, Division of Science, Grenfell Campus
2004 - Peggy Coady, Faculty of Business Administration
2004 - Dr. Kjellrun Hestekin, School of Music
2003 - Dr. Leonard Lye, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2003 - Dr. Pauline Downer, Faculty of Business Administration
2002 - Ed Andrews, Division of Science, Grenfell Campus
2002 - Jean Guthrie, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
2001 - Dr. Norman Garlie, Faculty of Education
2001 - Dr. John Quaicoe, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2000 - Dr. Jean Finney-Crawley, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2000 - Dr. Rick Johnstone, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
1999 - Dr. Phyllis Artiss, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1999 - Dr. Christine Way, School of Nursing
1999 - Dr. Martin Mulligan, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
1998 - Dr. Alan Goodridge, Faculty of Medicine
1998 - Dr. Andrea Rose, Faculty of Education
1997 - Karyn Butler, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
1997 - Dr. Joseph Cherwinski, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
1996 - Dr. Michael Collins, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
1996 - Dr. Melvyn Lewis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
1995 - Janis Black, Department of French and Spanish, Faculty of Arts
1995 - Dr. Thomas Scott, Faculty of Medicine
1994 - Dr. Annette Staveley, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1994 - Dr. Georg Gunther, Division of Science (Mathematics), Grenfell College
1993 - Dr. Donald Buell, School of Music
1993 - Dr. Wayne Nesbit, Faculty of Education
1992 - Dr. Michael Sherrick, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
1992 - Geoffrey Farmer, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
1992 - William Kerns, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
1991 - Dr. Brian Gregory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
1991 - Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1990 - Dr. Penny Hansen, Faculty of Medicine
1990 - Dr. Gildas Roberts, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1989 - Dr. Betty Brett, Faculty of Education
1989 - Dr. Alex Faseruk, Faculty of Business Administration
1988 - Shane O'Dea, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1988 - R.S. Mackenzie, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts