Instructor Awards and Recognition

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS 

Each year, the School of Continuing Studies (SCS) invites learners who registered for one or more courses during the past 12 months to nominate an instructor they believe embodies and demonstrates excellence in teaching.

Through the Excellence in Teaching Awards, SCS recognizes members of our instructor community for their outstanding contributions to learner-focused continuing education. These awards are an opportunity to share our values with our learners and to ensure they understand our commitment to excellence.

In 2017, the Excellence in Teaching Awards were refreshed to reflect the changing nature of lifelong learning.

Three new awards were added, including an Excellence in Online Teaching Award, Career Impact Award, and Outstanding New Instructor Award.

2022 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners

Excellence in Teaching – Business and Professional Studies

Joanna Tivig
Mouaz Aref Al-Zayyat
Shelley McMain 

Excellence in Teaching – Arts and Science 

Marta O’Brien 

Excellence in Teaching – Creative Writing 

Becky Blake 

Excellence in Teaching – Languages and Translation

Hiromi Howe

New Instructor Award

Rosa Cendros Araujo

Online Teaching Award

Saeid Abolfazli

Career Impact Award

David Vrbanek

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Georgina Cannon
Tim Fong
Jason Yarmolinsky

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ARTS AND SCIENCE 
Carolyn Harris

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – CREATIVE WRITING 
Martha Batiz

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION
Nadine Atwi
Lorenzo Sclocco

NEW INSTRUCTOR AWARD
Frank Suarez-Milan

ONLINE TEACHING AWARD
Soonae Bac

CAREER IMPACT AWARD
Nadine Atwi
 

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Alison Garwood-Jones
Gerald McGroarty
Fadi Atallah

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ARTS AND SCIENCE 
Jonathan Ullyot

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – CREATIVE WRITING 
Bianca Marais

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION
Soonae Bac

NEW INSTRUCTOR AWARD
Matt MacDonald

ONLINE TEACHING AWARD
Matt Devlin

CAREER IMPACT AWARD
Jamie Sultan

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES  
Reza Mirza Hessabi   
Richard Picart  
Ronald Caldwell 

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ARTS AND SCIENCE   
James F.S. Thomson

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – CREATIVE WRITING  
Caitlin Sweet

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM 
Jennifer Harris 

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION  
Mary McBride

NEW INSTRUCTOR AWARD  
Nadine Atwi   
Piro Dhimitri 

ONLINE TEACHING AWARD  
Evandro Rodrigues

CAREER IMPACT AWARD  
Martha Batiz

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES  
Mike Hanif
Dave Jailal
Julie Reid

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ARTS AND SCIENCE   
David Tortell

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – CREATIVE WRITING  
Ranjini George

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM 
Terry Compton

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION  
Efraim Klamph

NEW INSTRUCTOR AWARD  
Gabriel Musso

ONLINE TEACHING AWARD  
Else Grech

CAREER IMPACT AWARD  
Diane Terrana

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES  
Michele Chaban 
Farhad Khurshid 
Laura Williams

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ARTS AND SCIENCE   
Natalie Ribkoff

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – CREATIVE WRITING  
Kelley Armstrong

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM 
Lorenzo Sclocco

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING – LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION  
Alireza Bahrani

NEW INSTRUCTOR AWARD  
Ayesha Khan

ONLINE TEACHING AWARD  
Gary Wilde

CAREER IMPACT AWARD  
Michael Hlinka

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