Leadership in Faculty Teaching Award
University of Toronto
Derek Allen
Faculty/Department: Philosophy
Derek Allen has the remarkable ability to cultivate a student's critical skills and to connect the abstract to the concrete. He also encourages students to think philosophically about their world and to seek opportunities to enrich their own intellectual and personal lives.
Zubin Austin
Faculty/Department: Pharmacy
Zubin Austin is at the forefront of lifelong learning initiatives that harness community and cross cultural learning opportunities. He is passionate about teaching and he truly believes in the importance and power of education to help individuals reach their potential.
Ken Bartlett
Faculty/Department: History and Victoria College
Ken Bartlett has always put students first, consistently developing innovative ways to engage them and integrate the research life of the university into their academic experience. Recognizing some of the challenges of learning in a large urban university, he recommended the development of smaller classes for first year students to provide an opportunity for greater interaction, to develop communication and social skills, and to get to know a professor.
Kirk Blankstein
Faculty/Department: Psychology
Kirk Blankstein's teaching style is unique, creative and innovative. His enthusiasm and passion for teaching are noticeable in his use of modern teaching tools such as movie clips from rare collections, humorous cartoon strips and student note packages.
Yu-Ling Cheng
Faculty/Department: Applied Science and Engineering
Yu-Ling Cheng is a creative, inspiring, selfless and tireless teacher devoted to better preparing her students for life beyond university. Her focus is on ensuring a positive student experience - underlined by the fact that she engaged students first when she oversaw reform of the course curriculum. Cheng is skilled at linking people together, and linking people and ideas together, which, in turn, drives innovation.
Robert Campbell
Faculty/Department: Humanities
Robert Campbell's ability to reach out and teach every student individually no matter the class size makes his classes sought after. Using his intelligent sense of humour, energy and passion, Campbell projects a confidence in his students that makes them determined to do well in his classes. His teaching methods help students be comfortable discussing difficult subjects and to understand and appreciate cultural diversity. His methods include the use of an interactive website that allows students to learn about religion in the everyday lives of practitioners.
Corey Goldman
Faculty/Department: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Corey Goldman is an effective and engaging educator who is committed to teaching excellence and to providing supportive learning environments that enhance student success. His innovations include creating the Biome online community, which connects over 4,500 life science students with each other, with faculty, and with campus resources and opportunities and the First Year Learning Communities program that helps entering students develop the skills they need to be successful at university.
Clare Hasenkampf
Faculty/Department: Biological Sciences
Clare Hasenkampf is a creative and enthusiastic instructor who is passionate about her subject material. Her effective use of visuals aids such as models of chromosomes made of cotton and pantyhose help students better understand difficult concepts. Clare Hasenkampf's approachable and supportive approach to teaching motivates her students to strive for excellence.
Steve Joordens
Faculty/Department: Department of Life Sciences
Steve Joordens has the remarkable ability to stimulate students to think critically and creatively about what they are learning. His effective use of computer technology has led to the creation of Peer Scholar, a web-based system for engaging students in writing and critiquing. His championing of the innovative Peer Scholar system illustrates how deeply Steve Joordens feels about enriching the learning experience of his students.
Daniel Heath Justice
Faculty/Department: English
Daniel Health Justice is a friendly and approachable instructor who sets the bar very high for classroom conduct and responsibility. Drawing regularly on the Cherokees' traditional commitments to community education and cultural exchange, he strives to enrich the university experience of both Aboriginal and non-Native students and builds a bridge between Aboriginal and European-based worlds of knowledge.
Scott Mabury
Faculty/Department: Department of Chemistry
Scott Mabury is an engaging instructor who demonstrates a commendable level of commitment to both chemistry and the undergraduate experience. Recognizing that students benefit from listening to lectures more than once, his lecture podcasts have become a highly rated feature of his courses and an acknowledged benefit to students with different learning needs. Of wider impact is his leading the $10M renovation of Chemistry's teaching labs that has wholly transformed the learning environment broadly for science students at the University of Toronto.
R.J. Dwayne Miller
Faculty/Department: Department of Chemistry
R.J. Dwayne Miller is a talented, dedicated teacher who brings cutting edge research into the classroom and makes it accessible to his students. Through "Jeopardy" style games and interactive video demonstrations, he provides a fun environment in which students test their understanding of course material. He is also strongly committed to the promotion of science education and shares his passion for science with elementary to high school students through hands-on experiments and research experiences.
Janice Gross Stein
Faculty/Department: Political Science
Janice Gross Stein's leadership has fostered didactic research opportunities for students. She has devoted tremendous resources to student assistantships and special programs, creating an exceptionally collegial and stimulating atmosphere for faculty and students alike. Her enthusiastic approach to promoting creative intellectual activity, and her contributions towards facilitating a supportive working environment, makes her an asset to the university. She launched a program of civic engagement for all students in the large first year introductory course to international relations. Her enthusiastic approach to promoting creative intellectual activity, and her contributions towards facilitating a supportive working environment, makes her an asset to the university.
Judith Poë
Faculty/Department: Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Judith Poë is a gifted teacher who communicates the excitement and intellectual rigor of her subject to her students. As an innovator in instructional technology, she has created a system of "virtual office hours", which allows students to ask both public and confidential questions outside of normal office hours and allows all students to view all of the publicly posted questions and their answers. Judith Poë also serves as a role model and mentor for her female students who are in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men.
