Research & Teaching Awards

Our faculty members are regularly recognized for teaching and research excellence from within the University of Alberta and by outside organizations.

Teaching Awards

The Hon. Tevie H. Miller Teaching Excellence Award

The Hon. Tevie H. Miller Teaching Excellence Award recognizes excellence in teaching by a full-time member of the Faculty of Law. Established in 1998 by the faculty and the Alumni & Friends of the Faculty of Law Association, the award is named in honour of the late Hon. Tevie H. Miller, who served as associate chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. A Faculty of Law alumnus, he was also a great friend and supporter of this university, serving as Students' Union president, president of the Alumni Association, as a member of the Senate, member of the Board of Governors and as chancellor.

2024 Tamara Pearl

2023 Sina Akbari

2022 Jessica Eisen

2021 Peter Sankoff

2020 Steven Penney

2019 Joanna Harrington & Cameron Jefferies

2018 Anna Lund

2017 Roderick Wood

2016 Tamara Buckwold

2015 Mitchell McInnes

2014 Bruce Ziff

2013 Annalise Acorn

2012 Eric Adams

2011 Chris J. Sprysak

2010 Sanjeev Anand

2009 Lewis N. Klar, QC, Professor Emeritus

2008 Mitchell McInnes

2007 The Hon. Russell Brown, Honorary Professor

2006 Christine Davies, QC

2005 Barbara Billingsley

2004 Roderick Wood

2003 Gerald B. Robertson, QC, Professor Emeritus

2002 Shannon O'Byrne

2000 David Percy, QC

1999 Bruce Elman

1998 Richard Bauman, Professor Emeritus

Pringle/Royal Sessional Teaching Excellence Award

The Pringle/Royal Sessional Teaching Excellence Award recognizes excellence in teaching by a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law. The award is named in honour of two long-serving sessional instructors and friends of the faculty. The late Alex D. Pringle, QC, one of Canada's most respected criminal lawyers, served the legal community for more than 40 years. He founded the law firm Pringle Chivers Sparks Teskey, and was a beloved Faculty instructor for over 30 years. Peter J. Royal, QC, is senior partner at Royal & Company and was a sessional instructor at the Faculty from 1980 to 2019.

2024 Rob McDonald KC

2023 Amna Qureshi

2022 Koren Lightning-Earle

2021 Kanchana Fernando

2020 Doris Bonora & Erin Lafuente

2019 The Hon. Kevin Feehan & Thomas Rothwell

2018 Dino Bottos

2017 Ryan Clements

2016 Douglas Peterson

2015 The Hon. Karen Hewitt

2014 Naomi Schmold

2013 Marie Gordon, QC

2012 Rick Reeson QC

2011 Alexander Pringle, QC

2010 Dan Scott

2009 The Hon. Don R. Sommerfeldt

2008 David Hicks

2007 The Hon. Adam Germain

2006 Alexander Pringle, QC

2005 Peter J. Royal, QC

Provost's Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

The Provost's Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes publicly the achievement of teaching excellence by full-time continuing academic staff within five years of their first university appointment, publicizes such excellence to the university and the wider community, encourages the pursuit of achievement of such excellence among newly appointed academic staff and promotes informed discussion of teaching and its improvement at the University of Alberta.

2019 Anna Lund

2012 Eric Adams

Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

The Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is the university's premier teaching award. Its purpose is to recognize teaching excellence publicly, to publicize such excellence to the university and the wider community, to encourage the pursuit of such excellence, and to promote informed discussion of teaching and its improvement at the university. The award is named after the Hon. Alexander Cameron Rutherford, a lawyer who was the first premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910 and chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1927 to 1941.

2016 Barbara Billingsley

2014 Annalise Acorn

2011 Mitchell McInnes

2005 Roderick Wood

2002 Shannon O'Byrne

1996 David Percy QC

1988 Bruce Ziff

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Brightspace Innovation Award forTeaching and Learning

2016 Peter Sankoff

Awards Applicable To Both Teaching & Research

Canadian Association of Law Teachers Prize for Academic Excellence

2024 Eric Adams

2018 Joanna Harrington

Research Awards

Canada-US Fulbright Scholar Award

2016 Joanna Harrington

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow

2020-2023 Ubaka Ogbogu

University Cup

The University Cup at the University of Alberta was created to recognize contributions to scholarly research, teaching and service to the community and the university, and by this recognition to provide incentive, encouragement and guidance for others to significantly contribute to their fields. Any full-time member of the academic teaching staff with 20 years of service as a faculty member in a university community, and at least 10 years of service as a faculty member at the University of Alberta, may apply.

2013 David Percy QC

J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research

The J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research, named after the first vice-president (research) at the University of Alberta, is the most prestigious University of Alberta research award. The award recognizes and honours faculty members whose research contributions significantly add to our knowledge base; are recognized nationally and internationally for their scholarly accomplishments; and set a standard of excellence for other University of Alberta faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and the community-at-large.

2013 Gerald Robertson, QC, Professor Emeritus

2007 Lewis Klar, QC, Professor Emeritus

Killam Annual Professorship

The Killam Annual Professorships were established in July 1991 to acknowledge the generous bequest made by Izaak Walton Killam and Dorothy J. Killam to the University of Alberta. Up to eight Killam Annual Professorships are awarded each year to outstanding academics from across the university in recognition of their distinguished scholarship. The award is based on scholarly activities such as teaching, research, publications, creative activities, presented papers, supervision of graduate students and courses taught, and to service to the community beyond the university.

2016 Eric Adams

2012 Joanna Harrington

2007 George Pavlich

Martha Cook Piper Research Prize

The Martha Cook Piper Research Prize was established to commemorate the significant contribution Martha Cook Piper made to the research community while she was vice-president (research) and vice-president (research and external affairs) at the University of Alberta between 1993 and 1996. Prizes are awarded to recognize faculty members who are at the early stage of their careers, have a reputation for original research and show outstanding promise as researchers.

2019 Cameron Jefferies

2007 Joanna Harrington

2000 Timothy Caulfield

McCalla Professorships

The McCalla Professorships are named after Arthur Gilbert McCalla. A renowned agriculturalist, researcher and academic leader, McCalla was the first dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The McCalla Professors are outstanding academics who have made (and continue to make) significant contributions to the integration of teaching, research and educational leadership.

2015 Bruce Ziff

2011 Elaine Hughes, Professor Emerita

2006 Roderick Wood

2005 Catherine Bell

2002 Linda Reif

1999 Annalise Acorn

1998 Richard Bauman, Professor Emeritus

1994 Gerald Robertson, QC, Professor Emeritus

1989 Charles R. B. Dunlop, Professor Emeritus

1987 Frederick Laux, QC

1986 Lewis Klar, QC, Professor Emeritus

1985 Bruce Elman