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 annual UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards Ceremony.

2022/23 Awards Announcement

2023 Teaching Award Winners

Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

Fiona P. McDonald | Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Fiona McDonald‘s scholarship and research in anthropology took her around the world before she joined UBC Okanagan in 2018. Since then, she has led innovative projects that have significantly impacted teaching and learning on our campus, including developing and teaching new courses focused on visual anthropology and collaborating closely with other departments and units to combine innovative uses of technology with a learner-based approach to teaching.

Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

Claire Yu Yan | School of Engineering

Since joining UBC Okanagan in 2008, Dr. Claire Yan has strongly impacted the student experience in the School of Engineering and plays an instrumental role in making engineering accessible for current and future generations of scholars. Beyond her invaluable contributions to the school’s engineering curriculum, Dr. Yan’s impacts extend far beyond the classroom through her leadership in developing innovative outreach and bridge programs and creating open education resources.

Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

Peyman Yousefi | School of Engineering

Dr. Peyman Yousefi has made significant impacts on the teaching and learning community since he first joined this campus in 2016 as a PhD student. Now a dedicated engineering educator and faculty member, Dr. Yousefi has earned a strong reputation for educational innovation and teaching excellence through incorporating new technologies in his classroom and ongoing commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Killam Teaching Prize

Peter Arthur | Okanagan School of Education

Dr. Peter Arthur has been a leader in the teaching community since the inception of UBC’s Okanagan campus. An internationally-recognized scholar of teaching and learning in higher education, Dr. Arthur has impacted the lives of countless students and educators through his educational leadership as the Founding Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, and his caring and compassionate approach in the classroom.

Past Teaching and Innovation Award Recipients

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

Past Killam Teaching Prize Recipients

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.

2022 / 2023 Award Recipients

Aneleise Peppard, Student Learning Hub
Amanda Darbyshire, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Moustafa Mansour, School of Engineering
Zachary Sawchuk, Student Learning Hub
Dylan Goode, School of Engineering
Mehrnaz Makuei, School of Engineering

Provost’s Award for Teaching Assistants & Tutors at the 2023 Teaching Awards Ceremony.
Amanda Darbyshire, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Dylan Goode, School of Engineering
Mehrnaz Makuei, School of Engineering
Moustafa Mansour, School of Engineering
Zachary Sawchuk, Student Learning Hub