Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2021/22 recipients

April 11, 2022

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award:

Killam Teaching Prize 2021/2022

  • Dr. Juan Abelló, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Sylvia Bascou-Vallarino, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Sandra Brown, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Dr. Miranda Burgess, English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Benjamin Cheung, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Jenny Dickson, Marketing and Behavioural Science, Sauder School of Business
  • Dr. Jillianne Code, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education
  • Dr. Sarah Finlayson, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Michael Gordon, Zoology, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Kurt Haas, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Michael Krisinger, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Fok-Shuen Leung, Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Prof. Johnny Mack (Hay-Nah-Meek), Peter A. Allard School of Law
  • Dr. Oluwakemi Ola, Computer Science, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Jenny Peterson, Political Science, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Jeanine Rhemtulla, Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry
  • Dr. Oral Robinson, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Sudip Shekhar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Jared Taylor, Zoology, Faculty of Science
  • Dr. Tracy Tucker, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe, Educational Studies, Faculty of Education
  • Dr. Jonathan Verrett, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Dr. Elyse Yeager, Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2021/22

The Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is presented each year to graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.

  • Jonathan Agyeman, Statistics, Faculty of Science
  • Loay Al-Salehi, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Araliya Arnott, Botany, Faculty of Science
  • Jennifer Baron, Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry
  • Lennie Cheung, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Madhurima Datta, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Ismália De Sousa, Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Jonathan Ferreira, Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education
  • Jan Hammer, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
  • Damien Huet, Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Todd Kamensek, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
  • Leah Kuzmuk, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Torin McLachlan, English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts
  • Julie McNutt, Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  • Tiera Naber, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
  • Arwa Nemir, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Kelsea Perry, Sociology, Faculty of Arts
  • Hossein Piri, Operations and Logistics, Sauder School of Business
  • Lisa Trainor, Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Learn more about the Killam teaching awards at UBC.



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