亚洲91视频 Legacy Awards

People and Culture

亚洲91视频 Legacy Awards

Legacy Awards categories

People Awards

DMPG Award - Recognizes an employee of the 亚洲91视频 Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG) for their exemplary contributions to the university. Learn more.

Environmental Health and Safety Award
Recognizes an individual or group who has undertaken any activity that makes 亚洲91视频 University a safer place to live, play, work and study.

Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces (formerly Healthy Workplace Award) - Recognizes a department that fosters healthy workplace practices and initiatives.

Staff Award for Excellence in Service -Recognizes staff members who have made exceptional contribution to supporting the Faculty of Agriculture.

Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service - Recognizes employees of the Registrar鈥檚 Office who have positively influenced life at 亚洲91视频 from behind the scenes with a positive attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary, and a demonstrated commitment to service excellence in alignment with the priorities of the institution as outlined in the strategic plan. Learn more.

Research Awards

President's Research Excellence Awards
Two awards that recognize the research achievements of 亚洲91视频 faculty members at different stages of their careers.

Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence

Distinguished Research Professors

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chairs

Service Awards

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award - Recognizes an individual, or group, who has worked to build and lead a community related to education, learning, or outreach guided by principles of ethical and social responsibility and hope for a better world. Learn more.

Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who works to fulfill the mission of the Medical School by displaying outstanding community service with health-related organizations and causes.

Gladys Littler Award - Recognizes a staff member who exemplifies a high level of commitment, high standards of performance, and outstanding service to the Faculty of Dentistry.

President's Award for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility - Recognizes the outstanding efforts of a faculty or staff member in advancing equity, diversity and inclusiveness at Dahousie. Learn more.

Rosemary Gill Award - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who has provided outstanding service to students, other than teaching. Learn more.

Teaching and Learning Awards

There are ten University-wide Teaching Awards honouring faculty, instructors and graduate students annually for their contribution to maintaining and supporting 亚洲91视频's reputation as being a leader in higher education. Learn more.

Photo credit: Danny Abriel

The 2025 Legacy Awards event will be held on November 20, 2025. Congratulations to this year's award recipients!

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award听
- Dr. Jeff Karabanow and Cyndi Hall, co-directors of the 亚洲91视频 Social Work Community Clinic, Social Work, Faculty, Health

DPMG Award
Early Career
- Emily Huxley Osborne, Advancement听
- Adam Guzkowski, Schlich School of Law
Mid-Career
- Brittany DeYoung, Faculty, Medicine听
- Terra Duncan, Bissett Student Success Centre, Student Affairs
Long-Service
- Dan Jackson, Faculty, Science
- Nick Tentomas, Facilities Management
Inclusion, Diversity, Decolonization, Equity, and Accessibility (IDDEA) Outstanding Achievement
- Amina Abawajy, Equity and Inclusion, People and Culture
- Shirin Shaikh, Graduate Studies

Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service, Faculty, Medicine
- Dr. Abraham (Rami) Rudnick, Psychiatry, Faculty, Medicine

Environmental Health and Safety Award
- 听TBD
Facilities Management Awards听
- TBD听听听

Gladys Littler Award, Faculty, Dentistry
- Audra Hayden, Dentistry

Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces
- not awarded in 2025

President's Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion听and Accessiblity听(EDIA)
- TBD

President's Research Excellence Awards
Emerging Investigator
- Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin, Faculty, Management
- Dr. Ejemai Eboreime, Psychiatry, Faculty, Medicine
- Dr. Hannah Harrison, Marine Affairs, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Michael Metzger, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Ruth Musgrave, Oceanography, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Alexa Yakubovich, Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty, Medicine
- Dr. Chongyin Yang, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Faculty, Science听听听
Research Impact
- Dr. Rita Orji, Faculty, Computer Science
- Dr. Derek Tittensor, Biology, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Ajay Parasram, International Development Studies & History, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences听

Distinguished Research Professors (formerly University Research Professors)
- Dr. Penny Corkum, Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Andrew Roger, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty, Medicine

Rosemary Gill Award
- Timi Idris, Faculty, Medicine
- Megan Baker, Faculty, Computer Science
- Jessica Veronica Mailhiot, Fountain School of Performing Arts
- Dr. Joseph P. Bielawski, Biology, Faculty, Science

Staff Award for Excellence in Service, Faculty, Agriculture
- Margaret Savard, Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences听

University-Wide Teaching Awards听
Academic Innovation Award
- Drs. Anna MacLeod and George Kovacs, and the late Mr. Rob Sandeski, Faculty, Medicine
Alumni Association Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Dr. Liesl Gamgold, Sociology & Social Anthropology and Coordinator of the Gender and Women's Studies Program, Faculty, Arts & Social Sciences
Award for Excellence in Equity
- Dr. Heidi Weigand, Faculty, Management
Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
- Dr. Jan Rainey, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (cross appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry), Faculty, Science
Award for Excellence in Online/Blended Course Development, Design, and Delivery听
- Dr. Christopher Greene, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty, Science
Early Career Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching
- Dr. Sarah Chisholm, Mathematics and Statistics and coordinator of the Mathematics and Statistics Learning Centre, Faculty, Science
Educational Leadership for Collaborative Teaching Award
- Faculty of Medicine's Case Diversification Working Group
President's Graduate/Undergraduate Student Teaching Award
- Clark Brown, Faculty, Civil Engineering
- Jessica Latimer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty, Medicine
Sessional and Part-Time Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Sam Knight, Chemistry, Faculty, Science

Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service, Registrar's Office
- Rita Durnford, Registrar's Office

The 亚洲91视频 Legacy Awards recognize a number of university-wide awards, that are aligned with the university's strategic plan. The awards assist in helping 亚洲91视频 create a culture of respect and recognition for employees at all levels. The first annual听亚洲91视频 Legacy Awards听was held in June 2018, as part of the university's 200th anniversary celebrations.听

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