Teaching Awards Recipients
UBC Okanagan’s Teaching Awards recognize outstanding and innovative faculty who demonstrate their dedication to an important common goal—teaching excellence. We are pleased to recognize several exceptional individuals who embody our academic mission of teaching excellence at the upcoming virtual UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards Ceremony.
2021 Teaching Award Winners
Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation
Jannik Eikenaar | School of Engineering
Dr. Eikenaar began teaching in the School of Engineering in 2014 and demonstrates excellence by engaging his students through innovative, active learning strategies and activities while modeling respectful engagement and fostering an inclusive learning environment. Dr. Eikenaar has also promoted the idea of psychological safety in teamwork, allowing students to feel they are able to contribute effectively in a group work environment.
Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation
Jordan Stouck | Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
Known as a generous collaborator and an esteemed instructor, Dr. Stouck is an associate professor of Teaching in the English Program of the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Associate Dean, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, who has demonstrated the value of community, and the creation of learning outcomes for the courses that closely aligned with the assessment tools that measured these outcomes ensured a stable and equitable delivery across all iterations of these courses.
Killam Teaching Prize
Karen Ragoonaden | Okanagan School of Education
Dr. Ragoonaden is a professor in the Faculty of Education and is a tireless and committed mentor to her students. She was instrumental in establishing the scholar-practitioner model that serves as the scholarly and pedagogical focus of the Okanagan School of Education (OSE). This model now infuses the teacher education program and ensures that beginning teachers are grounding their careers in reflective praxis.
2019 – 2020
Dr. Zoë Soon, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Okanagan School of Education
2018 – 2019
Dr. Andis Klegeris, IKBSAS
Dr. Sally Willis-Stewart, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
2017 – 2018
Dr. Yang Cao, School of Engineering
Dr. Leyton Schnellert, Faculty of Education
2016 – 2017
Dr. Ramon Lawrence, IKBSAS
Dr. Christine Schreyer, IKBSAS
2015 – 2016
Dr. Mary Ann Murphy, IKBSAS
Dr. Zach Walsh, IKBSAS
2014 – 2015
Dr. Ray Taheri (Junior), School of Engineering
Dr. Stephen Porter (Senior), IKBSAS
2013 – 2014
Dr. Mina Hoorfar (Junior), School of Engineering
Dr. Susan Crichton (Senior), Faculty of Education
2012 – 2013
Dr. John Wagner (Senior), IKBSAS
Dr. Jonathan Holzman, School of Engineering
Dr. Ilya Parkins, IKBSAS
2011 – 2012
Dr. Erik Rosolowsky (Junior), IKBSAS
Dr. Paul Davies (Junior), IKBSAS
Dr. Naomi McPherson (Senior), IKBSAS
2010 – 2011
Dr. Carolyn Labun (Senior) , School of Engineering
Dr. Joyce Boon (Senior), IKBSAS
2009 – 2010
Dr. Michael Woodworth, IKBSAS
Dr. Patricia Lasserre, IKBSAS
2008 – 2009
Dr. Stephen McNeil, IKBSAS
Dr. Maurice Williams, IKBSAS
2007 – 2008
Dr. Jan Cioe, IKBSAS
2006 – 2007
Dr. Blair Spearman, IKBSAS
2020 – 2021
Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Okanagan School of Education
2019 – 2020
Dr. Ramon Lawrence, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
2018 – 2019
Dr. Jonathan Holzman, School of Engineering
2017 – 2018
Dr. Stephen McNeil, IKBSAS
PROVOST'S AWARD FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTS & TUTORS
This award seeks to recognize exceptional undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants and tutors for their contributions to academic life at UBC’s Okanagan campus. We are proud to recognize this year’s award recipients.
2020 / 2021 Award Recipients
- Clerissa Copeland, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Robin Metcalfe, Faculty of Health and Social Development
- Tina Olfatbakhsh, School of Engineering
- Jasper Pankratz, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Riley Petillion, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Jo Scofield, College of Graduate Studies
- Reza Sourki, School of Engineering
- Sandun Tharaka Wanniarachchi, School of Engineering