Leadership in Faculty Teaching Award
University of Ottawa
Cheryll Duquette
Faculty/Department: Education
Cheryll Duquette exudes great passion in the education of all students across Ontario. Notably, she developed and administered the Native Teaching Education Program in the Sioux Lookout District and with the Matawa First Nations, enabling Aboriginal students to improve their own educational standing in order to contribute to their own communities. Cheryll Duquette is able to bridge the gap between research and practice, providing sound strategies to address a variety of learning differences in the classroom.
Jon Houseman
Faculty/Department: Biology
Jon Houseman strives to inspire students through a challenging and creative approach to interactive biology instruction. Integrating computers and technologically advanced biology teaching laboratories, he is always seeking ways to involve students in the learning process. Houseman is approachable, knowledgeable and makes every effort to ensure his students challenge themselves in order to achieve academic excellence.
Gwynne Jones
University of Ottawa
Gwynne Jones is a passionate, dedicated, conscientious physician and teacher who communicates his knowledge in a compelling fashion. His art is to communicate humanely, empathically and compassionately with people who are experiencing life-threatening illness. His skill is to instil and nurture these qualities in his students through actions, words and manners.
Jeff Keshen
Faculty/Department: History
Jeff Keshen's blend of leadership and approachability has been instrumental in developing the Community Service Learning program and the Co-Curricular Record, which links classroom content to hands-on volunteerism. His tireless efforts, determination, and ‘can do' attitude have inspired a new culture of volunteerism among students and faculty, and have provided valuable support for under-resourced community groups.
John Leddy
Faculty/Department: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
John Leddy is an outstanding pharmacology teacher who knows how to teach medical students in a clear and concise manner, demonstrating a remarkable sensitivity to what is relevant to his students at their level of training. While lecturing, he is able to gauge which aspects of his lecture students do not understand and changes his approach accordingly. He is a great inspiration to the community and an active participant in student-run activities.
Janet Nuth
Faculty/Department: Department of Emergency Medicine
Janet Nuth has worked hard in her career to enhance patient care by advancing the art and science of medical education. As a dedicated medical professor, she makes herself available to her students, ensuring they have the hands-on experience to be confident as medical practitioners. Her professionalism and commitment to help students and peers make her a valuable asset to the medical profession.
Diane Pacom
Faculty/Department: Sociology
Diane Pacom distinguishes herself through her passion for teaching, for youth in general and for her students in particular. She always knows how to stimulate their curiosity and arouse their interest. Many of Diane Pacom's students thank her for her remarkable influence in their lives and in their personal development, well beyond the classroom. All her students describe her as a professor who is enthusiastic, passionate, rigorous, and generous.
Judith Robertson
Faculty/Department: Faculty of Education
Judith Robertson is an inspiring teacher celebrated for mobilizing practical action from people and ideas. Through humanitarian initiatives like Minority Access and teaching about genocide and intolerance, she mentors new professors on the use of buddy systems, Saturday morning coffee houses and virtual office visitations. Judith Robertson is accessible, inclusive and refuses to discriminate between greater and lesser learners.
Saint Paul University
Miriam Martin
Faculty/Department: Theology
Miriam Martin, a Presentation Sister of Newfoundland and Labrador is both musician and educator. As such she gives critical voice to the aesthetic dimensions of education and leadership, to women and worship, and to women and religious education from a feminist perspective. She makes use of a variety of teaching and learning techniques such as learning circles, dyads and triads, student presentations and research projects. The fact that her classes make students feel like they are part of a community, even through distance education video-conferencing, demonstrates her teaching abilities. Her gift of song and her innate enthusiasm enhance her presentations and evoke a creative spirit in her students. In May 2007 she was named the first holder of The Mercy - Presentation Sisters Chair in Religious Education, Saint Paul University.
