Aiming to acknowledge and celebrate more excellent teachers, MacEwan's Teaching Awards are expanding for the first time since they were introduced in 1994.
The university's Teaching Awards will now be divided into categories. In 2023, the university is presenting awards for Distinguished Teaching, Early Career Teaching Excellence and Teaching Leadership.
"As our university and faculty continue to grow and evolve, so too are the ways in which we recognize teaching greatness," says Dr. Craig Monk, provost and vice-president, Academic. "Faculty members at all stages of their teaching careers can make an incredible difference to the experiences of our students, and we are thrilled to have a new way to celebrate their contributions."
The 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients are Dr. Sarah Copland (associate professor, English), Lee Makovichuk (assistant professor, Human Services and Early Learning) and Dr. John Valentine (associate professor, Allied Health and Human Performance). Distinguished Teaching Awards will be presented in June at the university's Spring Convocation ceremonies.
The newly created Early Career Teaching Excellence Awards will be presented to Dr. Steve Lillebuen (associate professor, Communications) and Neetu Sharma (assistant professor, Accounting and Finance). Dr. Diane Symbaluk (professor, Sociology) will be the first recipient of the Teaching Leadership Award. Both the Early Career Teaching Excellence and Teaching Leadership Awards will be presented at the Fall Convocation Ceremonies.
