UCalgary Teaching Award Recipients
The University of Calgary Teaching Awards program has been held since 2014. Featured on the Wall of Honour in the Taylor Institute, a complete list of all past award recipients can be found here.
Students excel when we create an environment that challenges them, that cares for them, and welcomes and respects different ways of learning. Each and every award recipient should be proud of their work and commitment to teaching excellence that supports the UCalgary student experience.
Dr. Penny Werthner
interim Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

The 2023 UCalgary Teaching Award recipients, gathered at the Celebration of Teaching.
Adrian Shellard
Continuing and Professional Education: Heather Clitheroe, MA | Continuing Education
Educational Leadership (Group): Social Work Field Education Team: (Patti-Jo Aiken, Carrie Blaug, Dr. Amy Fulton, PhD, Stephanie Grant, Leeann Hilsen, Daljit Kaur, Angela Judge-Stasiak, Lorraine Letkemann, Julie Mann-Johnson, Krista Osborne, MSW, Wendy Sera, Dr. Serena Visser, PhD)
Educational Leadership (Individual, Formal):
Dr. Amy Burns, PhD | Werklund School of Education
Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal)
Dr. Sarah Anderson, PhD | Cumming School of Medicine
Experiential Learning Initiatives
Dr. Angelique Jenney, PhD | Faculty of Social Work
Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor - Teaching)
Dr. Maria Victoria Guglietti, PhD | Faculty of Arts
Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor - Teaching)
Dr. Glenn Dolphin, PhD | Faculty of Science
Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
Dr. Scott Radford, PhD | Haskayne School of Business
Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor):
Dr. Michael Wright, PhD | Haskayne School of Business
Graduate Assistant (Teaching)
Anurag| Faculty of Arts
Graduate Assistant (Teaching):
Nayantara Govindrajan | Faculty of Science
Graduate Assistant (Teaching):
Tanisha Henry | Faculty of Science
Graduate Supervision
Dr. Quan Long, PhD | Cumming School of Medicine
Inclusive Excellence (Individual)
Dr. Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri, PhD | Faculty of Arts
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Chantel Large | Faculty of Social Work
Librarians, Archivists and Curators:
Dr. Katharine Alix Hayden, PhD | Libraries and Cultural Resources
Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Danny Glin | Faculty of Science
Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Shahina Wiehler | Cumming School of Medicine
Sessional Instructor
Hinako Ishikawa | Faculty of Arts
Sessional Instructor
Dr. Nadia Delanoy, PhD | Werklund School of Education
Award for Blended and Online Learning
Dr. Roswita Dressler, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Continuing and Professional Education
Ivy Young, Continuing Education
Award for Curriculum Development
Bioengineering Summer Institute Curriculum Development Team
Dr. Qiao Sun, PhD, Dr. Laleh Behjat, PhD, Dr. Elena Di Martino, PhD, Miriam Nightingale, Alina Ismaguilova, Robyn Paul and Kat Dornian, Schulich School of Engineering
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Formal)
Dr. Dawn Johnston, PhD, Faculty of Arts
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal)
Dr. Lorelli Nowell, PhD, Faculty of Nursing
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Dr. Victoria Fast, PhD, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Morgan Vanek, PhD, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
Dr. Craig Jenne, PhD, Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
Dr. Lauren DeDieu, PhD, Faculty of Science
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
Dilshad Pirani, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary in Qatar
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Kathryn Blair, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Alexandra Guebert, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Maimuna S. Khan, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Graduate Supervision
Dr. Christine Walsh, PhD, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Sandra Manyfeathers, Werklund School of Education
Award for Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Dr. Erin Spring, PhD and Dr. Aubrey Hanson, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Dr. Pamela Roach, PhD, Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Non-Academic Staff
Maria Fernandez, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Sessional Instructors
Jane Slessor, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Sessional Instructors
Dr. Jeff Turner, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Sessional Instructors
Charlene Richard, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Team Teaching
Dr. Régine King, PhD, and Dr. Patrina Duhaney, PhD, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Workplace-Integrated Education
Dr. Divya Garg, MD, Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Curriculum Development
Faculty of Kinesiology Curriculum Review Team
Dr. Cari Din, PhD, Dr. William Bridel, PhD, Simon Barrick, Dr. Dave Paskevich, PhD and Jodie McGill, Faculty of Kinesiology
Award for Educational Leadership (Group)
Quality Graduate Supervision MOOC Team
Dr. Michele Jacobsen, PhD and Dr. Hawazen Alharbi, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Formal)
Nickie Nikolaou, Faculty of Law
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal)
Dr. Jean-Yin Tan, DVM, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Award for Experiential Learning
Dr. Mindi Summers, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
Dr. Miwa Takeuchi, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
Dr. Mohammad Moshirpour, PhD, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
Dr. Jessica M. Theodor, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
Dr. Simon Spanswick, PhD, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Jacob Forshaw, Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Kaltrina Kusari, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Robyn Paul, Schulich School of Engineering
Award for Graduate Supervision
Dr. Gina Dimitropoulos, PhD, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
Nadine Hoffman, Libraries and Cultural Resources
Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Steven Nunoda, Department of Art and Art History, Faculty of Arts
Award for Non-Academic Staff (Group)
Physics and Astronomy Technical Team
Peter Gimby, Wesley Ernst, Zain Ahmed, Undergraduate Learning Services, Faculty of Science
Award for Sessional Instructors
Dr. Carol A. Gibbons Kroeker, PhD, Faculty of Kinesiology
Award for Sessional Instructors
Dr. Carol Ing, EdD, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Sessional Instructors
Dr. Polly L. Knowlton Cockett, PhD, Werklund School of Education
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Dr. Soroush Sabbaghan, Werklund School of Education
Award for Team Teaching
Integrated Learning Stream – Electrical Engineering
Dr. Mike Potter, PhD, Dr. Laleh Behjat, PhD, Dr. Kartik Murari, PhD, Dr. Seyed (Yani) Jazayeri, PhD, Dr. Geoff Messier, PhD, Dr. Rushi Vyas, PhD, Robyn Paul, Monique Sullivan, Kat Dornian, and Jason Long, Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering
Award for Work-Integrated Learning
Catherine Heggerud, Haskayne School of Business
Award for Continuing and Professional Education
Raymond D. Roque
Continuing Education
Award for Curriculum Development
Embedded Certificate in Mental Wellbeing and Resilience: Melissa Boyce and Andrew Szeto
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Award for Educational Leadership (Group)
The Engineering Attributes Project Team: Kim Johnston, Robyn Paul, Destiny Dedemus, Melissa Boyce
Schulich School of Engineering/Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Formal)
Ebba Kurz
Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal)
Dora Tam
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Susan Bennett and Stefania Forlini
Department of English, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
Erin Sullivan
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
Man-Wai Chu
Werklund School of Education
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
Jean-François Richer
School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
Houston Peschl
Haskayne School of Business
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
David Pattison
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Chelsea Klinke
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Ganna (Anna) Pletnyova
School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Marissa L. Clapson
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Supervision
Michele Jacobsen
Werklund School of Education
Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
Kim Clarke
Libraries and Cultural Resources and Faculty of Law
Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Daniel Forgrave
Learning Commons, University of Calgary in Qatar
Award for Sessional Instructors
Meredith Brockway
Faculty of Nursing
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Gregory Tweedie
Werklund School of Education
Award for Team Teaching
Sandra Abegglen, Hal Eagletail, Graham Livesey, Fabian Neuhaus
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff Instructor
Samantha Thrift
Faculty of Arts - Department of Communication, Media and Film
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Senior Instructor: Todd Hill
Cumming School of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Professor: Anusha Kassan
Werklund School of Education
Associate Professor: Kristine Bauer
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Professor: Shelly Russell-Mayhew
Werklund School of Education
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Suzanne Chew
Department of Geography
Anna Ordog
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Monica Jean Henderson
Department of Communication, Media and Film
Award for Graduate Supervision
Colleen Kawalilak
Werklund School of Education
Award for Educational Leadership
Formal: Scott Radford
Haskayne School of Business
Informal: Uttandaraman Sundararaj
Schulich School of Engineering
Group: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. (Lorne Keeper, Margaret Scott, Shirley Myran and Derek Courchene) and Werklund School of Education (Meadow Schroeder, Erica Makarenko, Jac J.W. Andrews)
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Annette Tézli
Department of Sociology
Award for Workplace-Integrated Education
Rachel Veronica Grimminck
Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Rachael Crowder
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Sessional Instructors
Cari Din
Faculty of Kinesiology
Mary-Ann Mitchell-Pellett
Werklund School of Education
Award for Continuing and Professional Education
Cyndie Baum
Werklund School of Education
Award for Team-Teaching
Stephanie Bartlett and Erin Quinn
Werklund School of Education
Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
Michele Hardy
Nickle Galleries, Libraries and Cultural Resources
Non-Academic Staff
Naor Cohen
Haskayne School of Business
Award for Curriculum Development
Nanoscience Minor Program (David Cramb, Elmar Prenner, Darryl Barber, Ron Dyck, Max Anikovskiy, Simon Trudel and Hagar Labouta)
Faculty of Science
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Instructor: Fabiola Aparicio-Ting
Cumming School of Medicine
Senior Instructor: Brent Snider
Haskayne School of Business
Assistant Professor: Hanan Bassyouni
Cumming School of Medicine
Associate Professor: David Nicholas
Faculty of Social Work
Professor: Larry Katz
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Kinesiology
Teaching Professor: Jalal Kawash
Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Colby Regel
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Mehrnoosh Tahani
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Elizabeth Watt
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Award for Educational Leadership
Individual, Formal Role: Ellen Perrault
Faculty of Social Work
Individual, Informal Role: Isabelle Barrette-Ng
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
Group: Health Champions Committee (Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Tina Gabriele, Alana Ireland, Kerri Murray, Gavin Peat)
Werklund School of Education, Faculty of Kinesiology, Ever Active Schools
Award for Graduate Supervision
Shelly Russell-Mayhew
Werklund School of Education
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Rajeev Nair
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Aubrey Hanson
Werklund School of Education
Award for Sessional Instructors
Robbie Babins-Wagner
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Maria Soos-Gonczol
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Continuing and Professional Education
Marina Fischer
Continuing Education
Award for Team Teaching
Milana Trifkovic, Elise Fear and Laleh Behjat
Schulich School of Engineering
Award for Continuing and Professional Education
Vivian Hansen
Continuing Education
Award for Curriculum Development
Advancing Healthy and Socially Just Schools and Communities (Lana Wells, Lynn Corcoran, Tonya Callaghan, Darren Lund, Deinera Exner-Cortens, Kim Campbell)
Faculty of Social Work, Werklund School of Education
Award for Educational Leadership
Formal role: Kevin Busche
Cumming School of Medicine
Informal role: Reed Ferber
Faculties of Kinesiology and Nursing
Group: Roots of Resilience Facilitation Team (Russell Thomson, Jennifer Thannhauser, Ashley Fox, Ninfa Garay, Alex Klassen, Pearl Niuewenhuis, Zoe Say)
Student Union Wellness Centre
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Aaron Williams
Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Professor: Sally St. George
Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor: Lee Carruthers
Department of Communication, Media and Film, Faculty of Arts
Assistant Professor: Catherine Burwell
Werklund School of Education
Senior Instructor: Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio
Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
AnneMarie Dorland
Department of Communication, Media and Film, Faculty of Arts
Taryn M. Graham
Cumming School of Medicine
Khobaib Zaamout
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Supervision
Ray Turner
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
Don MacMillan
Libraries and Cultural Resources
Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
Mike Paget
Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Sessional Instructors
Patricia DesJardine
Cumming School of Medicine
Katherine Mueller
Werklund School of Education
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Jessica Ayala
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Team Teaching
Les Jerome and Linda Kreitzer
Faculty of Social Work
Award for Workplace Integrated Education
Jim Reilly
George MacDougall High and the Werklund School of Education
Award for Curriculum Development
Glen Bodner and Joshua Bourdage, Curriculum Review Leads, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Award for Educational Leadership (formal role)
William Pelech, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Lisa Stowe, Department of Communication, Media and Film, Faculty of Arts
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Professor: Brian Smith, School of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts
Associate Professor: David Hansen, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Assistant Professor: Heather Jamniczky, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine
Instructor: Lorraine Letkemann, Faculty of Social Work
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Jess Nicol, Department of English, Faculty of Arts
Sarah Anderson, Cumming School of Medicine
Mark Mahadeo, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Supervision
Jeffrey Dunn, Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine
Award for Non-Academic Staff
Individual: Chris Simmon, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering
Team: Academic Turnaround Program
Award for Sessional Instructors
Joe Kadi, Women's Studies Program, Faculty of Arts
Rod Squance, School of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts
Award for Curriculum Development
Bachelor of Education
Award for Educational Leadership
Formal role: Jennifer Lock, Werklund School of Education
Informal role: Ken MacMillan, Department of History
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Willem Wildering, Department of Biological Sciences
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Professor: Jo Towers, Werklund School of Education
Associate Professor: Reed Ferber, Faculties of Kinesiology and Nursing
Assistant Professor: Adam McCrimmon, Werklund School of Education
Senior Instructor: Norm Bartley, Schulich School of Engineering
Instructor: Kyla Flanagan, Department of Biological Sciences
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Ashley Bromby, Department of Chemistry
Muhammad Khan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Yang (Flora) Liu, Werklund School of Education
Award for Graduate Supervision
Nancy Moules, Faculty of Nursing
Award for Non-Academic Staff
Individual: Bill Richardson, Faculty of Kinesiology
Team: Staff of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Award for Sessional Instructors
Susanne Cote, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Barb Brown, Werklund School of Education
Award for Team Teaching
Søren Boysen and Serge Chalhoub, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Award for Curriculum Development
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Award for Educational Leadership
Leslie Reid, Faculty of Science
Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Derek Hassay, Hayskayne School of Business
Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
Ken MacMillan, Faculty of Arts
Janet Groen, Werklund School of Education
Andrew Estefan, Faculty of Nursing
Heather Addy, Faculty of Science
Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Faculty of Science
Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Marie-Andree Langlois, Faculty of Science
Carmen Braden, Faculty of Arts
Jared Fletcher, Faculty of Kinesiology
Award for Graduate Supervision
Peggy Patterson, Werklund School of Education
Award for Academic Librarians, Archivists and Curators
Barbara Brydges, Doucette Library, Werklund School of Education
Award for Non-Academic Staff
Craig LeBlanc, Faculty of Environmental Design
Award for Sessional Instructors
Francisco Alaniz Uribe, Faculty of Environmental Design
Award for Teaching in Online Environments
Meadow Schroeder, Werklund School of Education
Award for Team Teaching
Tracey Clancy and Rita Lisella, Faculty of Nursing