OCUFA Awards celebrate academic achievement, community contributions

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Sign In or Create an AccountEmail AddressContinueor View more offersArticle content“These accomplished award recipients represent diverse, significant contributions to our public postsecondary university system,” said OCUFA President Rob Kristofferson. “We are proud to honour their work and celebrate their commitment to OCUFA’s values of community-building, advocacy, and academic excellence.”Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.

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Please try againInterested in more newsletters? Browse here.Article contentThis award celebrates the outstanding contributions of OCUFA members whose work has contributed meaningfully to the advancement of members of the academy (professors, academic librarians, and other academic staff) who belong to historically marginalized groups.

This year’s recipient is:Article contentEnakshi Dua, Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York UniversityArticle contentOCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship AwardsArticle contentThese awards celebrate excellence in teaching and the contributions of academic librarians to student learning and the academic mission. This year’s recipients are:Article contentAlyssa Counsell, Associate Professor, Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan UniversityBarbara Moktthewenkwe Wall, Lecturer/Professor Indigenous Language and Culture, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent UniversityCharys Martin, Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western UniversityArticle contentOCUFA Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowships for Excellence in Social Sciences, Humanities, or ArtsArticle contentArticle contentThese fellowships honour graduate students demonstrating academic excellence and a commitment to community engagement and social justice. This year’s recipients are:Article contentMaster’s Level: Spencer Leonard, Master’s Student, Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent UniversityPhD Level: Victory Angeli, PhD Student, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of TorontoArticle contentOCUFA Mark Rosenfeld Fellowship in Higher Education JournalismArticle contentThe OCUFA Mark Rosenfeld Fellowship in Higher Education Journalism is intended to help address this gap, and support those wishing to pursue in-depth journalism on higher education.

This year’s recipients are:Article contentAlicia Wang and Andres Fuentes Article contentOCUFA Lorimer Collective Bargaining AwardArticle contentThis award was established in honour of Joyce and Doug Lorimer of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association and was instituted to honour and recognize outstanding contributions to improving the terms and conditions of employment of Ontario university faculty through bargaining. This year’s recipient is:Article contentJohanna Weststar, Associate Professor, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western UniversityAdvertisement 1This advertisement has not loaded yet.Trending Posthaste: Canada's 'other' condo meltdown could be the worst on record Economy A lower loonie would have direct implications for Canadian investors Investor Advertisement 1Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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