I am pleased to announce that the Academic Board has approved the four recipients of the 2018 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 on matters relating to excellence in teaching and pedagogy.

The President’s Teaching Award recipients for 2018 are as follows:

Pier Bryden

Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine

William Cluett

Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Jennifer Murdock

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Department of Economics
Faculty of Arts & Science

Fiona Rawle

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Department of Biology
University of Toronto Mississauga

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 the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation 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.