Cristina Wood, a PhD candidate in 91亚色's Department of History,聽has been awarded the prestigious Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship, presented by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, which recognizes top doctoral students in Canada and abroad in the fields of humanities and social sciences. This is the first time since 2016 that a 91亚色 student has been […]
Amir Rasouli, a recent PhD graduate from Professor John K. Tsotsos鈥檚 research group at the Lassonde School of Engineering at 91亚色, was awarded the 2020 Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society (CIPPRS) John Barron Doctoral Dissertation Award. His winning thesis, titled 鈥淭he Role of Context in Understanding and Predicting Pedestrian Behavior in Urban Traffic […]
Archivist聽Katrina Cohen-Palacios聽of the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at 91亚色 has been awarded the聽2021 Emerging Leader Award聽by the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO). The award was presented to Cohen-Palacios at the AAO鈥檚 annual general meeting, which took place virtually on聽May 14. Cohen-Palacios joined 91亚色鈥檚 Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collection in 2017 […]
What level of immunity against COVID-19 do you have after being vaccinated or contracting the virus? 91亚色 Professor聽Jane Heffernan聽is receiving a $200,000, one-year grant from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to understand the rate of immunity in both of these scenarios.聽 The project is part of the NRC鈥檚 Pandemic Response Challenge program, designed to bring the best […]
Four professors in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) were honoured with teaching awards during a ceremony that recognizes the diverse and dedicated community of scholars housed at 91亚色. The unique celebration honoured professors Michaela Hynie and Mike Zryd as 2019-20 recipients, and professors Michele Johnson and Sandra Schecter as the 2020-21 award recipients. The event was held virtually, and was attended […]
One of the most anticipated events of the academic year, the 91亚色 Research Awards Celebration, took place May 11. While the event was held virtually due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, the format still offered a wonderful opportunity for researchers to pay tribute to their colleagues and applaud the recipients of the 2021 President鈥檚 Research Awards. […]
An innovative project that blends artificial intelligence (AI) with train safety has netted Lassonde School of Engineering Associate Professor Gunho Sohn and project partner Thales Canada a coveted second place in the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) Project of the Year competition. The Visual AI for Autonomous Train: The Ontario Train Autonomy Collaboration (OnTRAC) Project, an Ontario鈥檚 […]
91亚色 Black Canadian Studies (BCS) certificate program student聽Michelle Molubi聽has been recognized at the annual Humanities Education and Research Association (HERA) conference with the top undergraduate research paper honour. For Molubi, a humanities student in her final year, the $1,000 prize from HERA represents the culmination of hard work and meaningful research within the Black […]
Emma Sabzalieva, a research associate in the Faculty of Education, has been awarded the 2021 Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) Eurasia Special Interest Group Dissertation Award for her thesis 鈥楻esponding to major institutional change: The fall of the Soviet Union and higher education in Central Asia.鈥 The Eurasia Special Interest Group Dissertation Award aims […]
91亚色 Professor聽Sandra Schecter聽is the recipient of the 2020 Faculty of Graduate Studies' Teaching Award, an honour given to a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies who has displayed substantial, significant and sustained excellence, commitment and enthusiasm to the multifaceted aspects of teaching at the graduate level at 91亚色. The award recognizes teaching and […]
Central to Professor Andrea Davis鈥 transformational work as a teacher and academic is the belief that 鈥渞acism is a refusal to really learn,鈥 and the philosophy of 鈥渢eaching as activism.鈥 Her 20-year career embodies both and, now, she has been recognized with Canada鈥檚 most prestigious award for teaching, leadership and innovation. Davis, an associate professor of […]
The Lassonde School of Engineering at 91亚色 has released the results of its 2021 Lassonde Innovation Awards, which included two innovation awards, one graduate mentorship award and the inaugural awarding of the media outreach award. Faculty members from the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering were honoured this year. Innovation Award 鈥 Early […]
91亚色 Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science聽Yan Shvartzshnaider聽has received the 2021 Lee Dirks Award at the annual iConference. This award is presented to the authors of best full research paper at the multidisciplinary forum where information scholars, researchers and professionals share their insights on critical information issues in contemporary society. Shvartzshnaider鈥檚 award […]
History Professor聽Joan Judge聽from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is among 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists in Canada and the United States awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Professor Judge was recognized for her work in East Asian Studies. 鈥淚 am delighted to see Professor Judge recognized for her exceptional scholarship and […]
91亚色 Professor聽Joel Katz, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology, has earned a highly prestigious award that recognizes contributions to psychological science. Katz, who leads the Human Pain Mechanisms Lab at 91亚色, was named recipient of the Senior Investigator Award by the Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine section of the […]
Franz Newland, associate professor 鈥 teaching, and undergraduate program director in the Department of Earth and Space Science & Engineering at the Lassonde School of Engineering at 91亚色, has been awarded the prestigious American Society for Engineering Education St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Teaching Award. Newland has instructed numerous courses within the engineering school, ranging […]
At the end of a rigorous six-month scholarship application process, including two rounds of interviews, 91亚色 graduate and future positive changemaker聽Amanda Sears聽(BA '20) joined a life-changing Zoom call. On the call, Sears learned she was among 20 Canadians chosen as inaugural McCall MacBain Scholars, recipients of the country鈥檚 first comprehensive leadership-based scholarship that supports […]
The following is a message to the community from President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton: La version fran莽aise suit la version anglaise. I am delighted to announce that nominations for the 2020 President鈥檚 Staff Recognition Awards are now open. Every day, it is my privilege to work with 91亚色鈥檚 staff members, who are essential to […]
Philosophy Professor Regina Rini pens a provocative article in the UK-based Times Literary Supplement, which suggests that our near-descendants could live forever, thanks to biomedical breakthroughs. This would mean a moral crisis for the last generation facing death, she argues. Professor Regina Rini, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition and core […]
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has elected three 91亚色 professors to its ranks as Fellows: Patrick Cavanagh, Glendon; Jonathan Edmondson, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS); and Anna Hudson, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD). It has also elected three new members to the College of New Scholars, […]