HSD awards and initiatives
We offer a range of awards and ways to celebrate and support our faculty and staff, as part of our commitment to fostering a healthy and inclusive environment. Nominate a deserving member of our community today.
Faculty and sessionals
HSD Teaching Excellence and Educational Leadership
Nominations for the Teaching Excellence and Educational Leadership award are due in November. The following links provide information on HSD awards and the same nomination form can be used for either award category. Please contact the office of Maureen Ryan, Associate Dean Academic, if you have any questions.
HSD Teaching Excellence for Sessional Faculty
The HSD Award for Excellence in Teaching is offered annually to a sessional faculty member or lab instructor who demonstrates excellence in teaching over a minimum of three years before the nomination and shows educational leadership furthering the strategic priorities outlined in the HSD strategic plan.
HSD Research Excellence Awards
These awards recognize the research contributions of HSD faculty. The three awards are:
- Early Career Research Excellence Award
- Mid-Career Research Excellence Award
- Senior Research Excellence Award
- Indigenous Research Excellence Award
- Collaborative Research Excellence Award
HSD faculty are encouraged to submit nominations for each of the awards. Nominations for this year are due on Feb 28.
HSD Internal Research and Teaching Scholarship Grant
Our HSD Internal Scholarship Grants provide funding for research projects by early career research and teaching stream faculty members. Email Maureen Ryan, Associate Dean Academic, for information.
Staff
Island Savings HSD Staff Professional Development Award
The Island Savings HSD Staff Professional Development Award is offered to a staff member who inspires their colleagues by building a sense of community and contributing to a spirit of wellbeing in the workplace.
HSD Staff Recognition
This strengths-based, non-competitive initiative recognizes administrative support staff (CUPE and PEA) who go above and beyond their job descriptions, who make our days brighter, and who inspire us in their day-to-day work.
Award winners
2024
- Indigenous Research Excellence Award: Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, School of Indigenous Governance
- Early Career Research Excellence Award: Helen Monkman, School of Health Information Science
- Collaborative Research Excellence: Bruce Wallace, School of Social Work
- Island Savings Staff Professional Development Awar: Ricardo Draper
2023
- Indigenous Research Excellence Award: Gina Starblanket
- Early Career Research Excellence Award: Tamara Krawchenko, Public Administration, and Matthew Little, Public Health and Social Policy
- Mid-Career Research Excellence Award: Karen Urbanoski, Public Health and Social Policy
- Island Savings Staff Professional Development Award: Sierra Jasper, Child and Youth Care
2022
- Teaching Excellence and Educational Leadership: Jennifer Nutton, School of Social Work
- Internal Teaching Scholarship Grant: Dillon Chrimes, Health Information Science;
Kim Daly, School of Nursing - Island Savings Staff Professional Development Award: Gillian Cornwall, Public Health and Social Policy; Coretta Peets (runner-up), School of Social Work
- Early Career Research Excellence Award: Mandeep Kaur Mucina, Child and Youth Care, and Nancy Clark, School of Nursing
- Indigenous Research Excellence Award: Sarah Wright Cardinal
2021
- Teaching Excellence and Educational Leadership: Helen Monkman, Health Information Science
- Internal Teaching Scholarship Grant: Leanne Kelly, School of Nursing