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Awards
Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff at the FASS Fall Reception
Group shot of FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with the Employee Achievement - Team Work Performance Award winner, the FASS Administrative Team (Sophia Zeng, Stacey Fujimoto, Ophelia Fu, Nicole Yoo, and not pictured, Clare Zheng).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Employee Achievement - Lifetime Contribution Award winner Judi Fraser (History).
Group shot of Dean Laurel Weldon with the winners of the 2024 FASS Dean's Medals, Research Excellence Awards, Cormack Teaching Awards, and the Employee Achievement Awards.
Left to right: Tamir Moustafa, Jane Pulkingham, and Gerardo Otero.
The FASS Dean's Medals.
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon.
The FASS Employee Achievement Awards and Research Excellence Awards.
FASS faculty and staff gathered at the Diamond Alumni Centre for the Fall Reception.
The Cormack Teaching Awards.
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Cormack Teaching Award winner Margaret Grant (Linguistics and Cognitive Science).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Cormack Teaching Award winner Simon Woodcock (Economics).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Cormack Teaching Award winner Sanjay Jeram (Political Science).
FASS Associate Dean Kate Slaney with Dean's Medallist Tamir Moustafa (International Studies).
FASS Associate Dean Steeve Mongrain.
Research Excellence Award in Humanities winner Lara Campbell (Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies) with FASS Associate Dean Melek Ortabasi.
FASS Associate Dean Kate Slaney with Dean's Medallist Lara Aknin.
Dean Medallist Gerardo Otero (International Studies) with FASS Associate Dean Kate Slaney.
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Early Career Research Excellence in Humanities Award winner Joanne Leow (English).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Early Career Research Excellence in Social Sciences Award winner Yuthika Girme.
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Research Excellence in Humanities Award winner Lara Campbell (Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Research Excellence in Social Sciences Award winner Arthur Robson (Economics).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Employee Achievement - Teaching Assistant Award winner Richard Rigby (Psychology).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Employee Achievement - Individual Work Performance Award winner Ellen Yap (International Studies).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Employee Achievement - Term Teaching Award winner Evan Caldbick (Psychology).
FASS Dean Laurel Weldon with Employee Achievement - Changemaker Award winner Tess Williams (Office of the Dean).
2024 Award Winners
DEAN'S MEDAL
Awarded annually to continuing faculty members who have demonstrated significant contributions to their field of research and service to their department while in position at FASS.
Lara Aknin, Psychology
Tamir Moustafa, International Studies
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gerardo Otero, International Studies
Research Excellence Award
Recognizing established and early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences respectively, the awards underscores FASS' commitment to celebrating its researchers at every stage of their career journey.
- Research Excellence Award in Humanities
Lara Campbell, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies - Research Excellence Award in Social Sciences
Arthur Robson, Economics - Early Career Research Excellence Award in Humanities
Joanne Leow, English - Early Career Research Excellence Award in Social Sciences
Yuthika Girme, Psychology
Employee Achievement Award
Recognizing the dedication and hard work of FASS employees, including staff, faculty and temporary instructors, in their collective service to its students and its academic mission.
- Changemaker Award
Tess Williams, Office of the Dean - Lifetime Contribution Award
Judi Fraser, History - Individual Work Performance Award
Ellen Yap, International Studies - Team Work Performance Award
FASS Administrative Team, Office of the Dean - Term Teaching Award
Evan Caldbick, Psychology
Elle Walks, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies | Sociology & Anthropology - Sessional Instructor Award
Valérie Vézina, French Cohort Program | Political Science - Teaching Assistant Award
Richard Rigby, Psychology
Cormack Teaching Award
Recognizing faculty who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement, and teaching innovation throughout their career at FASS.
- Janice Matsumura, History
- Kathleen Millar, Sociology & Anthropology
- Margaret Grant, Linguistics | Cognitive Science
- Sabrina Higgins, Global Humanities
- Sanjay Jeram, Political Science
- Simon Woodcock, Economics