Olivier St-Cyr is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (iSchool) and cross-appointed in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Professor St-Cyr joined the iSchool in 2016, leading the creation and launch of the User Experience Design (UXD) Concentration in the Master […]

Robert Irish is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. After academic training in English, Professor Irish joined the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering in 1995 to lead a six-month pilot project called “Language Across the Curriculum” to integrate communication skills into […]

Mairi Cowan is Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Historical Studies and the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with appointments to the Department of History, the Centre for Medieval Studies, and Trinity College. She has received teaching awards at the institutional, provincial, and national levels: the […]

Dr. Naomi Steenhof is recognized for exceptional early‑career contributions that are transforming student learning at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning across the health professions. Grounded in her research on adaptive expertise and productive struggle, she designs evidence‑informed learning experiences that promote reflective practice, innovation, and flexibility, […]

Dr. Zahra Shakeri, Assistant Professor of Health Informatics and Information Visualization at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is an extraordinary early-career educator whose innovative teaching has transformed student learning and elevated health data science education at the University of Toronto. She has developed high-impact graduate courses -Applied Machine Learning for Health Data, Health […]

Daniel Aureliano Newman is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of English and the Director of Graduate Writing Support in the Faculty of Arts and Science. A scholar of twentieth- and twenty-first century British fiction with expertise in narrative theory, his publications include a book on experimental novels and their relation to evolutionary theory, as […]

Professor Michael Liut integrates evidence-informed instruction, mentorship, and education research into a coherent “learning ecosystem” that emphasizes frequent practice, timely feedback, and inclusive learning environments. He frequently innovates in his course, using his research in education to increase student engagement, demand, and learning outcomes, with students consistently describing his teaching as accessible, motivating, and highly effective. Professor Liut is also an internationally recognized […]

Dr. Certina Ho is an exceptional early-career educator whose teaching, innovation, and scholarly leadership have made a transformative impact across the University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Her work is defined by a deep commitment to inclusive, evidence-informed pedagogy and to creating learning environments that prepare future health professionals to improve patient […]

Professor Gwendolyn Eadie is an outstanding early-career educator whose teaching has had a transformative impact on statistics and astronomy education at the University of Toronto and internationally. Appointed as the University’s first joint faculty member between Statistical Sciences and Astronomy & Astrophysics, Professor Eadie has pioneered interdisciplinary teaching in the emerging field of astrostatistics. She has […]

Erica Di Ruggiero (she/her), PhD is an Associate Professor of Global Health, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division, and cross-appointed to the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Director, Centre for Global Health, and Director, Collaborative Specialization in Global Health. She is Co-Director of Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Executive Course in Global Health Diplomacy, training professionals from […]