Awards of Excellence Recipients 2026
Congratulations to all of this year's Awards of Excellence recipients!
We are delighted to announce the 2026 winners. Click on each linked name to read more about each of these remarkable U of T students, faculty and staff members.
Faculty & staff winners:
Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award
Professor Mayo Moran, Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law
Professor Pekka K. Sinervo, Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts & Science
Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Influential Leader
Dr. Michelle Hladunewich, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award
Professor Brenda Cossman, Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law
Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award
Dr. Steven A. Engels, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science
Northrop Frye Award
Interdisciplinary Data Science Course Development Team, Faculty of Arts & Science
Professor Paul Gries, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Adam Hammond, Department of English
Professor David Liu, Department of Computer Science
Professor Tomomi Parins-Fukuchi, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor Mary Pugh, Department of Mathematics
Professor Nathan Taback, Department of Statistical Sciences
Professor Michael Widener, Department of Geography and Planning
ISP100 Curriculum Development Team, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, University of Toronto Mississauga
Professor Tyler Evans-Tokaryk
Professor Laura Taylor
Professor Sheila Batacharya
Professor Mark Blaauw-Hara
Professor Sarah Seeley
Professor Christopher Eaton
Professor Jordana Garbati
Professor Michael Kaler
Professor Nelesi Rodrigues
Professor Janine Rose
Professor Mustafa Siddiqui
Professor Oguzhan Tekin
Professor Erin Vearncombe
Professor Jonathan Vroom
Professor Zhaozhe Wang
Professor Monique Kampherm
Professor Kathryn Franklin
Malisa Zhou
Mitchell Pedicelli
Talla Enaya
Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services
Jade Hazell, Office of the Registrar and Academic Advising, Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Tai Yip, Accessibility Services, University of Toronto Mississauga
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Emerging Leader
Paul Tonin, Office of the Vice-Dean Medical Education, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Distinguished Leader
Kerri Bailey, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Influential Leader
Gwen Burrows, Office of the Vice-President, International
President’s Excellence Award – Emerging Excellence
Aman Chohan, Rotman Commerce
President’s Excellence Award – Distinguished Excellence
Brittany Twiss, Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law
President’s Excellence Award – Influential Excellence
Christopher Lang, Office of the Governing Council
Students recipients:
Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Emerging Leader
Adam Cox, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
Gemma Postill, Temerty Faculty of Medicine & Dalla Lana School of Public Health
UTAA Graduate Scholars
Margaret de Leon, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ben Li, Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Karim Mithani, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
John H. Moss Scholarship
Armiti Zarbakhsh, Victoria College, Faculty of Arts and Science
UTAA Scholars
Catherine Diyakonov, University College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Benjamin Koshy Jacob, University of Toronto Mississauga
Kaelem Moniz, Trinity College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Nina Yue, Victoria College, Faculty of Arts and Science
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