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Western announces 2022-23 teaching award recipients

Awardees recognized for ‘outstanding contributions’ to academic development of students

The 2022-2023 Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching have been announced, honouring seven faculty members and a collaborative course development team who redesigned a climate change action course for the department of geography and environment.

The recipients, selected by the Senate Committee on University Teaching Awards, are being recognized for their “outstanding contributions to the academic development of students.”

The following summaries are drawn from nominations from across the university community.

EDWARD G. PLEVA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Nicole Campbell, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
O. Remus Tutunea-Fatan, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

MARILYN ROBINSON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Heather Gillis, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Physiotherapy
Joanna Langille, Faculty of Law
Frank Myslik, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

ANGELA ARMITT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING BY PART-TIME FACULTY
Nigel Joseph, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, department of English and writing studies

THE VICE-PROVOST (ACADEMIC PROGRAMS) AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE TEACHING AND BLENDED LEARNING
Elaine Fournier, Faculty of Education

THE VICE-PROVOST (ACADEMIC PROGRAMS) AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COLLABORATIVE TEACHING
Course Development Team for Geography 2133: Connecting for Climate Change Action

Course creators: Prof. Katrina Moser, department chair, geography and environment; Beth Hundey, curriculum specialist and professor, geography and environment; Sara Mai Chitty, curriculum and pedagogy advisor, Office of Indigenous Initiatives; Serena Mendizabal, graduate research collaborator, geography and environment; and course artist Hawlii Pichette.

Contributors from the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Western Technology Services/ITRC: Aamir Aman, Gelila Ayele, Minhal Farrukh, Bridget Koza, Kosuke Maeda, Joshua Matthew, Jodie Roach, Ramon Sanchez, Joshua Swarath, Luis Velez Rizo and Corey Vercauteren

Learn more about the awards and recipients here.