Honour roll — Awards and Recognition Fall 2024
4 November 2024
Maclean's rankings highlight U of A excellence in nursing, education:
The U of A’s education program maintained its position of third in Canada, highlighting a trend of ongoing excellence.
“Our continuing recognition as one of the top three faculties of education in Canada is a testament to the quality of our programs and research, and our responsiveness to the way education is evolving in our current provincial, national and global contexts,” says Jennifer Tupper, dean of the Faculty of Education.
The faculty offers an outstanding undergraduate education, including the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program, in which students have the opportunity to connect with elders in the community and learn how to best include Indigenous perspectives in the classroom, as well as a variety of specialized graduate programs.
Researchers within the faculty lead innovative projects that have the potential to shape the future of education, such as Carla Peck’s Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future project, the first comprehensive study in over 50 years analyzing how history is taught nationally. Denise Larsen and Rebecca Hudson Breen’s work on fostering hope in schools is another important research endeavour that seeks to address socio-educational challenges.
“I am so proud and grateful for our wonderful faculty, staff and students, who are true change makers and world shapers through their transformative teaching, research and service,” says Tupper.
The Canadian Psychological Association has recognized three programs within the Faculty of Education as meeting the highest standards of psychological training in Canada.
Congratulations to Education grad Katie Mulkay (‘23 BEd) who, with fellow former U of A Pandas wrestling team mate Taylor McPherson (‘22 BKin), was named winner of The Amazing Race Canada Season 10! The pair were the second all-female team to claim first place in the show’s history. Read the five lessons Mulkay and McPherson gained from their experience.
Congratulations to Donald Mason director of the U of A English Language School, on receiving one of two 2024 U of A Excellence in Leadership Awards! The peer-nominated award is conferred on individuals who have made a significant impact on the university community in their leadership role.
Congratulations to educational psychology professor George Georgiou, winner of the 2024 Distinguished Academic Award from the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations! This award recognizes an academic staff member, or group of staff members, who through their research and/or other scholarly, creative, or professional activities have made an outstanding contribution to the wider community.
Congratulations to SLIS professor Toni Samek on being appointed the Centre for Free Expression’s Scholar-in-Residence for 2024-25! In this role, CFE says she will play a vital role in its work countering the growing attempts to censor books and curriculum materials in Canadian schools.
Congratulations to secondary education professor Cathy Adams on receiving the Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media from the Media Ecology Association (MEA)! The award was presented at the MEA annual convention, which took place in Buffalo, New York.
Congratulations to professors Patti Pente and Cathy Adams, who have been awarded the 2023 Artists, Researchers and Teachers Society Publication Award for their refereed article, "Artificial intelligence in the posthuman art classroom," Canadian Art Teacher, 19, 20-25. The award was presented at the recent CSSE Conference at McGill University.
Congratulations to educational psychology professor Damien Cormier, this year's recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Psychology Award from the Psychologists' Association of Alberta! The award recognizes contributions to the psychology profession through teaching.
Graduate
The Faculty is pleased to announce the following 2024 graduate student achievements:
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship: Augustine Botwe (Doctoral - Measurement, Evaluation and Data Sciences)
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship: Megan Tipler (Doctoral - Secondary Education)
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's (SSHRC):
- Michelle Brady (School and Clinical Child Psychology)
- Kiana Chubey (School and Clinical Child Psychology)
- Samuel Smith-Ackerl (Counselling Psychology)
- Aaron So (Counselling Psychology)
- Jamie Teppan (Counselling Psychology)
- Viktoria Wuest (School and Clinical Child Psychology)
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (SSHRC):
- Madison Dabbs-Petty (Counselling Psychology)
- Lindsey Feltis (Counselling Psychology)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship:
- Ahad Asad (Counselling Psychology)
- Salvatore Durante (Counselling Psychology)
- Kiranpreet Ghag (Counselling Psychology)
- Leticia Nadler Gomez (Educational Administration and Leadership)
Congratulations to all recipients!
Congratulations to Education PhD student Rafael Pellizzer Soares on receiving the 2024 Cynthia Chambers Master's Thesis Award from the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies for "Listening-based Pedagogies: Story-listening and Other Educational Approaches Attuned to a Critical + Indigenous + Clown Framework."
Undergraduate
Congratulations to Education's 2023-24 Academic All-Canadians, a designation conferred by U SPORTS to varsity athletes who maintain an academic standing of 80 per cent or better!
Pandas: Shae McCusker, Rylee Semeniuk, Jayden Tanner (basketball); Jenna Sand (golf); Tayler Anker, Hayleigh Craig, Grace Glover, Izzy Lajoie, Halle Oswald (hockey); Emily Mann, Sydney McDonall (rugby), Shannon Gray, Amanda Rummery (track & field); Edan Wade (volleyball); Julia Daus (wrestling)
Golden Bears: Nick Cook (cross-country/track); Zach Davies (curling); Kolby Hurford, Dakota McKay (football); Thomas Hope (soccer); Kier Przyswitt (swimming); Sam Drybrough (volleyball); Alec Montoya, Isaiah Springer (wrestling)
Additional congratulations to three-time Academic All-Canadian Isaiah Springer, who received the Mark Goodkey Memorial Trophy as the U of A's male athlete of the year.