91亚色鈥檚 community of changemakers recognized for prestigious research and impact
The , which took place April 19, recognized the contributions of researchers from all faculties and schools, and in areas including Indigenous knowledge, Black scholarship, global health, vision science, and space exploration, among others. Researchers were recognized for their prominent role in better understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, while 91亚色鈥檚 community of creators and scholars were praised for their contributions to art, and for mobilizing research to effect change in their communities.
Congratulations to the 18 alumni researchers who were recognized!
Learn more about their research and achievements below.
Awards in this category are among the most prestigious international and national awards researchers can receive.
Allan Carswell, FRSC (DSc '14)
Physics Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science
Carswell received the Order of Ontario by the Governor General of Canada for his leadership and philanthropy 鈥 as a physicist, space science innovator and as a benefactor of the Allan I. Carswell Observatory.
Janet Walker (BA '79, MA '82, JD '93)
Professor, Osgoode Hall School of Law
Walker was vested with the Order of Canada for her expert legal authority in commercial arbitration and conflict laws, and for advancing legal procedural standards in Canada.
This prestigious national program aims to attract and retain some of the world's most promising minds from all disciplines to institutions across Canada. This year, 91亚色 has welcomed two new and two renewed Canada Research Chairs for a total number of 33 chairholders.
Alan Corbiere (MES '00, PhD '20)
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Ojibwe Cultural Foundation and Anishinaabemowin Revitalization Program
Corbiere was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous History of North America. His research aims to 鈥榬e-right鈥 and 鈥渞e-write鈥 Indigenous history by privileging oral traditions, Anishinaabemowin and material culture, while reinterpreting colonial records for the purpose of revitalizing language, culture and knowledge.
The YRC program recognizes the University鈥檚 outstanding researchers and is the internal counterpart to the Canada Research Chairs program. These five-year awards provide resources to accelerate and facilitate the Chairholder鈥檚 international research profile. They are awarded for established research leaders (Tier 1) and emerging research leaders (Tier 2). This award recognizes the 14 new YRCs appointed in 2021.
Lorne Foster (BA '76, MA '79, PhD '84)
Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Director, Institute for Social Research
Foster was named a Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Black Canadian Studies and Human Rights for his trailblazing work in public policy formation and scholarship on the human rights approach to inclusive organizational change.
Sean Hillier (BA '10, MA '11)
Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health
Associate Director, Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages
Hillier was named a Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy & One Health for his research on aging, living with HIV and other infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance, all with a concerted focus on policy affecting health care access for Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Shayna Rosenbaum (BA '98)
Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health
Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Program
Rosenbaum was named a Tier 2 Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory for her research on the different forms of memory presented in the brain.
Jennifer Steeves (BA '94, MA '96, PhD '01)
Associate Vice President Research & Innovation
Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Centre for Vision Research
Adjunct Scientist, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Sick Kids Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Steeves was named a Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Non-Invasive Visual Brain Stimulation. Her research examines how the brain adapts to changes in sensory input with the loss of one eye or to direct brain damage.
Amro Zayed (BSc '01, PhD '06)
Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Director, Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Zayed was named a Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Genomics. Zayed鈥檚 research group sequences the genomes of thousands of bees to identify mutations that influence their economically and ecologically relevant traits to improve the health of Canadian honey bees.
Awards in this category recognize artistic and creative accomplishments that enrich creative and cultural expression and understanding. It includes accomplishments in film, dance, art and more.
John Greyson, FRSC (MA '10)
Associate Professor, Cinema & Media Arts, Faculty of Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Greyson won the Teddy for the Best Short Film for his work 鈥淚nternational Dawn Chorus Day鈥 at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival鈥檚 Berlinale Shorts.
Mark Terry, FRSC (BA '80, MA '16, PhD '19)
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environment & Urban Change
Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institutie for Global Health Research
Young Lives Research Lab; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Youth Climate Report
Terry received an Honourable mention from the UN SDG Action Awards for his work on The Youth Climate Report, a documentary film project.
This category recognizes 91亚色鈥檚 scholars who have produced outstanding publications lauded by their peers.
Alison Crosby (MES '95, PhD '03)
Associate Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Crosby received the 2021 Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide. She co-authored Beyond Repair? Mayan Women鈥檚 Protagonism in the Aftermath of Genocidal Harm, which examines Mayan women and their search for redress for harm suffered during genocide.
B.W. Powe (BA '77, PhD '09)
Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Fellow, McLuhan Centre, University of Toronto
Powe received the Media Ecology Association鈥檚 2021 Marshal McLuhan Book Award for his book The Charge in the Global Membrane.
Gregory D. Saxton (PhD '16)
Associate Professor, Accounting, Schulich School of Business
Saxton won the Academy of Management鈥檚 2021 Public and Nonprofit Division鈥檚 Best Book Award for his book The Quest for Attention: Nonprofit Advocacy in a Social Media Age, co-authored with Chao Guo (University of Pennsylvania).
This category reflects 91亚色 scholars whose leadership in the field is reflected by election to academic societies in their field and awards from these bodies.
Aleksander Czekanski (MBA '04)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering
Czekanski was elected to the Fellowship in the Canadian Engineering Education Association for his contributions to engineering in Canada, including the creation and launch of the Mechanical Engineering program at Lassonde.
Richard Leblanc (LLM '97, PhD '03)
Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Leblanc was named an Academic Fellow of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) for his outstanding contribution to the management consulting profession.
Rebecca Pillai Riddell (BA '96)
Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health
Member, Royal Society of Canada
Pillai Riddell was elected to Fellowship to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences for her research on pediatric and behavioural sciences, as well as for establishing the first and largest cohort in the world studying young children through painful vaccinations over the first years of life.
This award recognizes the outstanding research contributions of faculty members who are at the early stages of their academic careers.
Sheila Colla (PhD '13)
Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Conservation Science
Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Colla received the 2021 C. Gordon Hewitt Award from the Entomological Society of Canada for her international leadership in the conservation of pollinators, particularly bumblebees, which has translated her research into political action and policy changes.
Cynthia Morinville (BA '09)
Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Morinville is the recipient of the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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