91亚色 Professors Natasha Myers and Thilo Womelsdorf have been awarded $100,000 each in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program. 聽 Ontario鈥檚 Ministry of Economic Development聽& Innovation announced the awards Monday. 聽91亚色鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award. The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed […]
Eight members of the 91亚色 community are among the early recipients of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of their achievements and significant contributions to Canada. The medals are in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 accession to the throne as queen of Canada and some 60,000 Canadians […]
In the eyes of Joanne Duklas, assistant vice-president of enrolment management and university registrar, the winners of the inaugural Service Excellence Award are all stars. To convey that, Duklas had glass etched trophies crowned with bright silver stars designed for each of the winners. 鈥淚 was inspired by some of the other awards around campus […]
On Thursday, March 1, the Faculty of Graduate Studies honoured Professors Joel Katz and Paul Lovejoy for their excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring at 91亚色. The two professors were each presented with a Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award at the the meeting of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. In introducing the […]
The President鈥檚 University-Wide Teaching Awards (UWTA) honour those individuals who, through innovation and commitment, have significantly enhanced the quality of learning for 91亚色 students. Four awards are offered each year in the following categories: Full-time faculty with 10 or more years of teaching experience; Full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-stream, contractually limited appointments) with less than 10 […]
91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business has been ranked 20th in the world and number one in Canada in a global MBA survey conducted by Expansi贸n magazine, a Time Inc. business publication based in Mexico City. It marks the third straight year Schulich has made the world鈥檚 top 20 in the Expansi贸n ranking. Schulich placed just […]
Two Glendon professors, both accomplished and established scholars in their respective fields, have been awarded the Principal鈥檚聽Research Award. Psychology Professor Anne Russon and history Professor Bettina Bradbury received the awards in recognition of their outstanding research accomplishments over the past year. The awards were presented in a recent ceremony to the researchers by Glendon Principal […]
Prof. Poonam Puri, Prof. Aaron Dhir and student Chanakya Sethi at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School have each received prestigious awards honouring their leadership skills, legal talent and commitment. Puri, who is Osgoode鈥檚 associate dean, research, graduate studies聽& institutional relations and co-director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at Osgoode and Schulich School […]
There are many awards for personal achievement, ranging from the most valuable player in an amateur sports team to the Nobel Prize. Such achievements, big or small, rarely happen without the encouragement and assistance of a myriad of people behind the scenes. Researcher, author, educator and academic administrator Barbara Sellers-Young (right) , dean of 91亚色's […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation聽will be hosting a series of research celebrations throughout the year to showcase and recognize innovative research聽underway in each of 91亚色's Faculties.聽 Monday's celebration titled,聽"Innovation in Space Science & Engineering", will feature presentations by Professors Mike Daly,聽Jim Whiteway and Regina Lee. The event will take place from 1 […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Robert聽Muller has won a prestigious international award for his book about how to treat adult trauma survivors who resist therapy. The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) presented聽its Written Media Award to Muller for his 2010 book Trauma and the Avoidant Client: Attachment-Based Strategies for Healing. Muller鈥檚 […]
91亚色 has been named Canada鈥檚 top university in research publication intensity growth in the comprehensive category for the period聽2004 to聽2009 in a ranking released last week by Research Infosource Inc.,聽a Canadian leading research analysis firm.聽 鈥淓xcellence in research is central to 91亚色鈥檚 mission,鈥 says Robert Hach茅, 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation.聽鈥淭hese results recognize […]
New music pioneer Trichy Sankaran, whose work is known for bridging the traditions of India and the West, has won the Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Music. The 91亚色 professor received the $10,000 prize Oct. 20 at the 2011 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards ceremony at the annual Mayor鈥檚 Arts Awards Lunch. More than […]
They say two heads are better than one. Jonathan Edmondson, chair of 91亚色's Department of History, now has an extra one 鈥 a Roman bust. He聽received it from the National Museum of Roman Art聽in Spain as the 18th winner of the international prize, Protective Spirit of the Colony of Augusta Emerita (Genio Protector de la […]
The Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) has honoured four members of the School of Administrative Studies聽(SAS) in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies聽by naming them among 33 inaugural fellows of the FPSC. Honoured are聽91亚色 Professors Joanne Magee and Chris Robinson,聽grad Alan Golhar and course director聽Jury Kopach for their contributions聽to the financial planning profession […]
91亚色 Professor Haideh Moghissi has been awarded the prestigious Trudeau Fellowship prize from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. 鈥淲e were thrilled to learn that Professor Haideh Moghissi聽was a recipient of the Trudeau Fellowship prize,鈥 said 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淭he Trudeau Fellowship is an incredible honour bestowed upon the finest thinkers who […]
91亚色 Professor Georg Zoidl has been appointed聽Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.聽 Zoidl, a professor at 91亚色 since July 1 in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, and a member of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, is examining the functions of […]
A 91亚色聽PhD student and a contract faculty member have been awarded Fulbright Awards to do research in the United States. 91亚色聽University will also聽play host to a distinguished American scholar for the 2011-2012 academic year. David Hugill (right), a PhD candidate at 91亚色, has been granted a Fulbright Student Award to study聽geography at the […]
91亚色 bee researcher Clement Kent has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award for Canada 鈥 not for his work in the lab, but his efforts in the garden.聽 Kent, president of the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto, founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and […]
David Phipps, director of 91亚色's聽Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, has been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works,聽a consulting and training company based in Ottawa. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by Knowledge Mobilization Works, asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their […]
