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Awards
Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff at the FASS Fall Reception















2025 Award Winners
Dean's Medals
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.
Carolyn Lesjak, English
Jeremy Brown, History
Jeremy Carpendale, Psychology
Lifetime Achievement Award
Arthur Robson, Economics
Research Excellence Awards
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
Marianne Ignace, Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, and Indigenous Languages - Research Excellence Award in Social Sciences
Mark Pickup, Political Science - Early Career Research Excellence Award in Humanities
Vaibhav Saria, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies - Early Career Research Excellence Award in Social Sciences
Yushu Zhu, Urban Studies and Public Policy
Employee Achievement Awards
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.
Staff Awards
- Changemaker Award
Tracey Anbinder, Criminology - Lifetime Contribution Award
Bonnie Yeung, Office of the Dean
Gabriel Sauro, Criminology - Individual Work Performance Award
Allen Yee, Psychology - Team Work Performance Award
Psychology Administrative Team, Psychology
Teaching Awards
- Term Teaching Award
Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen, International Studies - Sessional Instructor Award
Jason Proulx, Psychology - Teaching Assistant Award
Samuel Basoah, Economics
Cormack Teaching Awards
Recognizing faculty who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement, and teaching innovation throughout their career at FASS.
- Clare McGovern, Political Science
- David Cox, Psychology
- Eline de Rooij, Political Science
- Jason Brown, Global Humanities
- Kicya7 Joyce Schneider, Indigenous Studies
- Molly Cairncross, Psychology