HSD awards

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 on November 15. 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. 

• Terms of reference & nomination form

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.

• Terms of reference and nomination form

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
• Indigenous Research Excellence Award

HSD faculty are encouraged to submit nominations for each of the three awards. Nominations for this year are due on March 10.

• Nomination form

HSD Internal Teaching Scholarship Grant

Our HSD Internal Scholarship Grants provide funding for research projects led by assistant teaching professors. Nominations are due Nov. 15. Email Maureen Ryan, Associate Dean Academic, for information. 

• Nomination form

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. 

• Terms of Reference
• Nomination Form

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. Please submit nominations using the nomination form, and email it to Ana Danut with the subject line, HSD Employee Recognition.  

• Terms of Reference
• Nomination Form

Award winners

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