2022 Recipients of the President’s Teaching Award (PDAD&C #46) 

From:  Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost
Date:  June 2, 2022
Re:  2022 Recipients of the President’s Teaching Award (PDAD&C #46)

I am pleased to announce that the Academic Board has approved the five recipients of the 2022 President’s Teaching Award. The President’s Teaching Award recognizes excellence and innovation in teaching, classroom integration, and research in pedagogy. Recipients of the President’s Teaching Award are also designated as members of the Teaching Academy for a period of five years.  

The Teaching Academy meets regularly to discuss teaching at the University and to provide advice to the Vice-President & Provost, as well as the Director of the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI), on matters relating to excellence in teaching and pedagogy. 

The President’s Teaching Award recipients for 2022 are as follows: 

Maria Assif 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream 
Department of English 
University of Toronto Scarborough  

Ken Derry 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream 
Department of Historical Studies 
University of Toronto Mississauga   

Charlie Keil 
Professor 
Cinema Studies Institute  
Faculty of Arts & Science   

Melody Neumann 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream 
Department of Cell & Systems Biology 
Faculty of Arts & Science  

Sanjeev Sockalingam 
Professor 
Department of Psychiatry 
Temerty Faculty of Medicine  

The biographies of this year’s recipients are available  online.

I would like to thank the nominators for their support and care in preparing the recipients’ dossiers, as well as the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) for their help in administering the award. I would also like to thank the members of the Selection Committee for their time, dedication, and thoughtful support in this process.