Thursday, October 8, 2026
4:30 pm, Grant Hall
Celebrating Queen’s community members who have recently received teaching awards, including the Principal’s Teaching and Learning Awards, and highlighting the importance of teaching at Queen’s.
Speaking Program
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Gavan Watson, Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
- Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Alma Mater Society (AMS) Awards
- Dreyden George, AMS President
Society of Graduate & Professional Students (SGPS) Awards
- Mary Arakelyan, SGPS VP Professional
Principal’s Teaching and Learning Awards
- Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (SGSPA) Awards
- Tara MacDonald, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs
- Ian Matheson Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs
Keynote: Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award
- Kate Rowbotham, Smith School of Business
University-Wide Teaching Awards
Awarded for 2025-26 unless specified otherwise
Frank Knox Award for Excellence in Teaching
Fall: Sarah Tsiang, Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Winter: Gabrielle McIntire, Department of English
Christopher Knapper Award
Fall: Calvin Fletcher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Winter: Bahvya Bogra, Department of Geography and Planning
Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award
Fall: Gerome Manson, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Winter: Maha Othman, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
John G. Freeman Faculty Excellence Award
Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Faculty of Education
SGPS Staff Excellence Award
Arash Nikniazi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow Excellence Award
Rita Nakhle, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
SGPS International Student Scholarship Award
Masoud Babadi Ataabadi, Department of Geography and Planning
Principal’s Indigenous Education Award
in partnership with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives
Danielle Lussier, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
HPE 806 team
Lindsay Brant, Indigenous Initiatives, St Lawrence College
Jamaica Cass, Family Medicine
Peggy Dejong, Department of Medicine
Amber Hastings Truelove, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jenny Stodola, Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship
Brittany Pratt, Good Medicine Wellness, Wholistic Healing Centre
Principal’s Educational Technology Award
in partnership with Information Technology Services
VR Mineral Processing Plant Team
Charlotte Gibson, Mining Engineering
Michael Chabot, Engineering Teaching and Learning Team
Principal’s Educational Leadership Award
in partnership with the Centre for Teaching and Learning
Paula James, Medicine, Queen's Health Sciences
Principal's Globally Engaged Education Innovation Award
in partnership with the Vice Provost, Global Engagement
Lisa Butler, Public Health Sciences
Principal’s Promoting Student Inquiry Teaching Award
in partnership with Queen's Library
Joyce Hostyn, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision
Christopher Deluca, Faculty of Education
Bruce Tufts, Department of Biology
Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award
Kate Rowbotham, Smith School of Business
Faculty and School Teaching Awards
Awarded for 2025-26 unless specified otherwise
W.J. Barnes Teaching Excellence Award for Arts and Science Undergraduate
Barbara Reeves, Department of Classics and Archaeology
Biology Innovation in Teaching Award
Anna Rooke
Biology Excellence in Teaching Award
Barb Vanderbeld
Biology Award for Excellence (Demonstrators)
Brittany Menard
Biology Departmental Student Council Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jannice Friedman
Queen's Economics Department Undergraduate Teaching Prize
Nahim Zahur
English DSC Fourth Year's Choice Award
Gabrielle McIntire
Geography DSC Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
Nicole Gaul
Nahuel Deltrozzo
Julian Szeicz Award for Excellence in Teaching (Geography and Planning)
David Gordon
Geoff Lockwood Award for Excellence in Teaching Physics
Tom Weisgarber
Excellence in Instruction in the Engineering Physics Program
Tom Weisgarber
Excellence in Instruction in Pure Physics
Joe Bramante
Graduate Teaching in Psychology
Lee Fabrigar
Teaching Assistant Prize in Psychology
Kate Faulkner
Undergraduate Teaching Award in Psychology
Dave Hauser
Excellence in Teaching Assistance, School of Computing
Mark Nistor
Howard Staveley Teaching Award, School of Computing
Erin Meger
Health Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching
Elaine Power, School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Health Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
Cameron Hare, School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
PHEKSA Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jennifer Tomasone, School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
PHEKSA Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
Owen Juan, School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Golden Apple Award
Stephen Silwa
Sandy Youmans
Stanley M. Corbet Award for Excellence in Teaching (Full-Time Faculty)
Lisa Kerr
Erik Knutsen
Health Sciences Education Award
Lisa Butler, Public Health
School of Medicine
Aesculapian Lectureship Award - Lectureship
Filip gilic, Emergency Medicine
David Lee, Oncology
Amar Thakrar, Cardiology
Mandip Rai, Gastroenterology
Aesculapian Lectureship Award - Professionalism
Hisham Said Elbatarny, Biomedical and Molecular Science
Michelle Gibson, Geriatrics
Bikrampal Sidhu, Endocrinology
Robert Bechara, Gastroenterology
Aesculapian Lectureship Award - Rising Star
Jessica Sealey, History
Prameet Sheth, Biomedical and Molecular Science
Sophia Badowski, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sebastián Rodríguez-Llamazares, Respirology
H.F. Pross Educational Technology Award
Jenn Carpenter, Biomedical and Molecular Science
PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award
Robert Johnson, Ophthalmology
PARO Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Resident
Kyle Comishen, Internal Medicine
Resident Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Manveer Bal, Internal Medicine
W. Ford Connell Award for Excellence in Teaching - Clinical
Zijing Wu, Internal Medicine
Mike Leveridge, Urology
W. Ford Connell Award for Excellence in Teaching - Lectureship
David Holland, Nephrology
W. Ford Connell Award for Excellence in Teaching - Mentorship
Debra Hamer, Psychiatry
The Dr. D Laurence Wilson Award
Nicole Rocca, Emergency Medicine
School of Nursing
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, Class of 2029
Prameet Sheth, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, Class of 2028
Riley Fillion, School of Nursing
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, Class of 2027
Alicia Papanicolaou, School of Nursing
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, Class of 2026
Kristen Bolton, School of Nursing
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, AST Year 3
Riley Fillion, School of Nursing
Reddick Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, AST Year 3
Jennie McNichols, School of Nursing
Nursing '84 Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Kristen Bolton, School of Nursing
School of Rehabilitation Therapy
Blue Star Award for Teaching Excellence: Physical Therapy Program
Sarah Hazlewood
Blue Star Award for Teaching Excellence: Occupational Therapy Program
Nicole Bobbette
Commerce '89 Professor-Student Life Award
Jim Hamilton
Commerce Society Teaching Award
Jim Hamilton
Executive MBA Instructor of the Year Award (Queen’s Executive MBA)
Erin Webster
Executive MBA America’s (Cornell- Queen’s partnership)
Shai Dubey
Executive MBA Instructor of the Year Award (Accelerated Business)
Barry Cross
Smith MBA at Queen’s Instructor of the Year Award
Jean-Etienne de Bettignies
Masters of Finance Instructor of the Year Award
Jean-Etienne de Bettignies
Master of Management Analytics Instructor of the Year Award
Winter: Nasrin Yousefi
Spring: Guang Li
Blended: Stephen Thomas
Applied Science First Year Teaching and Learning Award
Fall: Alan Ableson, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Reimagining Engineering Education Team Award
Barbara da Silva, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Matthew Pan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nicolas Hudson, Department of Chemical Engineering
Smith Engineering Leadership in Teaching Award
Barbara da Silva, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Matthew Pan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nicolas Hudson, Department of Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering Teaching Assistant Award
Fall: Austin Herrick
Winter: Lucas Celia
460 TA: Becca Otsuki
Civil Engineering Teaching Award
Katie Schreiner
Fady Abdelaal
Richard Brachman
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of the Year
Naraig Manjikian, 2nd year (Electrical)
Ryan Grant, 2nd Year (Computing)
Geoffrey Chan, 3rd year (Electrical)
Thomas Dean, 3rd year (Computing)
Sean Whitehall, 4th Year (Electrical)
Sean Kauffman, 4th Year (Computing)
Electrical Engineering, Teaching Assistant of the Year
Stephen Young
Computer Engineering, Teaching Assistant of the Year
Maya Swartz
Benjamin Potter
Engineering Society Golden Pillar Award
Brian Surgenor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Society Golden Apple Award
Tom Weisgarber, Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy
Ryan Grant, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carlos Escobedo, Chemical Engineering
W.A. Gorman Teaching Assistant Award
Fall: Byong Suk (Taewoo), Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
Winter: Taylor Rae Morrell, Geological Science and Geological Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Club Bronze Wrench
Liam Smyth, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Club Silver Wrench
John Kurelek, Mechanical and Materials Engineering