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Faculty Excellence Awards
Recognizing outstanding contributions to teaching, research, scholarship and service.
The Faculty Excellence Celebration is a new annual awards event that recognizes the recipients of the Faculty Excellence Awards. The next Faculty Excellence Celebration event will be held in early May 2026.
Nominations for the 2026 Faculty Excellence Awards open on November 12, 2025
Faculty Excellence Award Categories
Distinguished Faculty AwardsDistinguished Faculty Awards celebrate outstanding performance by faculty in all aspects of their role and the ongoing enhancement of their teaching and/or scholarship. Recipients of this prestigious award demonstrate excellence in areas such as scholarly teaching, leadership in service, and/or significant accomplishments in scholarship. |
Teaching and Learning AwardsTeaching and Learning Awards are three new awards that recognize the exemplary efforts and commitment of our faculty to the art of teaching and learning: |
Research Recognition AwardsResearch Recognition Awards celebrate full-time faculty members who are making extraordinary contributions to their respective academic/professional fields, students and communities through their scholarship. Three awards recognize the outstanding achievements of Mount Royal scholars: |
2025 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
| Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award |
|
Dr. Jodi Nickel |
| Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award |
| Dr. Gülberk Koç Maclean Senior Lecturer Department of Humanities Faculty of Arts |
| Innovative Pedagogies Award |
|
Dr. Laura Atkinson |
| Leadership in Teaching and Learning Award |
|
Dr. Carol Armstrong |
| Teaching Excellence in Lifelong Learning Award |
|
Raisa Alarakyia |
| Research and Scholarship Excellence Award |
|
Dr. Trevor Day |
| Emerging Scholar Award |
|
Dr. Rebecca Gilmour |
| Undergraduate Research Supervision Award |
| Dr. Nausheen Sadiq Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Physics Faculty of Science and Technology |
The Faculty Excellence Awards are administered through Academic Affairs, as part of Mount Royal’s Celebrate U framework for employee rewards and recognition.