Teaching Awards
UBC Okanagan recognizes teaching excellence and innovation through a number of prestigious awards. Recipients are exemplary role models who have a significant impact on the culture of teaching and learning at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Awards are also available for undergraduate and graduate student teaching assistants and tutors in recognition of their exceptional contributions to academic life.
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Christine Schreyer, 2024 Killam Teaching Prize recipient
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Bill Cohen, 2024 Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award recipient
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Julien Picault, 2024 Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award recipient
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Gina Whitaker, 2024 Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award recipient
Faculty Teaching Awards
External Teaching Awards
Below is a list of several major external teaching awards available to UBC Okanagan faculty. This list is not inclusive of all major external awards available.
Awards submitted with support from the Office of the Provost:
Additional external awards:
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- Association BC Deans of Education, Teacher Educator and Education Advocate Awards
- Association of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC Excellence in Nursing Education Award
- Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Awards for Teaching Excellence
- CSEA/SCÉA Canadian Art Educator of the Year
- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing | Nursing Education Excellence Award
- Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs (CCUBC) Emerging Educational Leader (EEL) Award
- Canadian Engineering Education Association Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award
- Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences Mentorship Medal
- Canadian Mathematical Society Excellence in Teaching Award
- Canadian Historical Association Teaching Prizes
- Canadian Political Science Association Prize for Teaching Excellence
- Canadian Psychological Association, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology in Canada
- Computer Science Canada/Informatique Canada Excellence in Teaching Award
- Canadian Sociological Association Lorne Tepperman Outstanding Contribution to Teaching
- Chemical Institute of Canada Award for Chemistry Education
- D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning
- Engineers Canada Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education
- Online Learning Consortium, Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching, Research & Leadership