Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence Recipients
The Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes Ryerson educators or groups of educators with outstanding teaching records, and who have made contributions to advancing teaching and learning at Ryerson. Nominations should focus on i) innovation in teaching, ii) inclusive teaching, or iii) experiential teaching. Up to three awards will be given out annually.
Individual recipients receive a certificate of recognition and a one-time monetary award of $2,000 (subject to applicable deductions). Group recipients receive individual certificates and a total one-time monetary award of $2,000 (subject to applicable deductions) to be shared equally among members.
2021 recipient
Linda Zhang
School of Interior Design, Faculty of Communication and Design
Professor Linda Zhang’s outstanding achievement in Teaching Excellence not only explores innovative and emergent technologies, but uses these in her teaching to address important social-cultural issues including questions of diversity and inclusion, community-led design, and community resilience based pandemic response. Most recently she has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 McGill Toronto Excellence Award recognizing an alum who demonstrates early professional success and future leadership in their field. Professor Zhang’s students benefit from her dynamic research that informs her teaching resulting in exceptional, hands-on experiences for students to engage in advanced technology and community initiatives.
Past recipients
- Louis-Etienne Dubois
School of Creative Industries, Faculty of Communication and Design - Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science - Naomi Hamer
Department of English, Faculty of Arts
Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award
- Judy Finlay
School of Child and Youth Care, Faculty of Community Services - Richard Lachman
Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Provost’s Innovative Teaching Award
- Tae Hart
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award
- Linying Dong
Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award
- Christopher Gibbs
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ted Rogers School of Management - Vicki Van Wagner
Midwifery Education Program, Faculty of Community Services
Provost’s Innovative Teaching Award
- Marni Binder
School of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Community Services