Dalhousie Legacy Awards

People and Culture

Dalhousie Legacy Awards

Legacy Awards categories

People Awards

DMPG Award - Recognizes an employee of the Dalhousie Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG) for their exemplary contributions to the university. Learn more.

Environmental Health and Safety Award
Recognizes an individual or group who has undertaken any activity that makes 好色谷 a safer place to live, play, work and study.

Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces (formerly Healthy Workplace Award) - Recognizes a department that fosters healthy workplace practices and initiatives.

Staff Award for Excellence in Service -Recognizes staff members who have made exceptional contribution to supporting the Faculty of Agriculture.

Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service - Recognizes employees of the Registrar鈥檚 Office who have positively influenced life at Dalhousie from behind the scenes with a positive attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary, and a demonstrated commitment to service excellence in alignment with the priorities of the institution as outlined in the strategic plan. Learn more.

Research Awards

President's Research Excellence Awards
Two awards that recognize the research achievements of Dalhousie faculty members at different stages of their careers.

Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence

Distinguished Research Professors

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chairs

Service Awards

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award - Recognizes an individual, or group, who has worked to build and lead a community related to education, learning, or outreach guided by principles of ethical and social responsibility and hope for a better world. Learn more.

Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who works to fulfill the mission of the Medical School by displaying outstanding community service with health-related organizations and causes.

Gladys Littler Award - Recognizes a staff member who exemplifies a high level of commitment, high standards of performance, and outstanding service to the Faculty of Dentistry.

President's Award for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility - Recognizes the outstanding efforts of a faculty or staff member in advancing equity, diversity and inclusiveness at Dahousie. Learn more.

Rosemary Gill Award - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who has provided outstanding service to students, other than teaching. Learn more.

Teaching and Learning Awards

There are ten University-wide Teaching Awards honouring faculty, instructors and graduate students annually for their contribution to maintaining and supporting Dalhousie's reputation as being a leader in higher education. Learn more.

Photo credit: Danny Abriel

The 2024 Legacy Awards event was held on听December 17 at the Dalhousie Arts Centre. Congratulations to this year's award recipients!

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award听
- Dr. Joseph Bielawski, Faculty, Science
DPMG Award
Early Career
- 听听听听Veronica Bacher, Research Services
Outstanding Achievement听
- 听听听听Tyler Hall, Faculty, Medicine
- 听听听听Andrew Harding, Faculty, Agriculture
- 听听听听Conor Falvey, Schulich School of Law
10+ Years of Service
- 听听听听Tiffany Coolen-Jewers, Schulich School of Law
Inclusion, Diversity, Decolonization, Equity, and Accessibility (IDDEA) Outstanding Achievement
- 听听听听Huwaida Medani, People and Culture
- 听听听听Rachelle McKay, Centre for Learning and Teaching
Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service, Faculty, Medicine
- Dr. Aruna Dhara, Family Medicine
Environmental Health and Safety Award
- Dr. Jennifer MacDonald, 1st Year Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Team, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Joshua Bates, 1st Year Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Team, Faculty, Science
Facilities Management Awards听
Stoker Award for Innovation: 10-Year Voltage Upgrade
- Joe Beaver, Kevin Hazel, Tom Hunter, Dave Lantz, Glen MacDonald,听Jack Roach, Drew Tavener
Stoker Award for Safety
- Agricultural Campus COVID Clinic - Ed Bowers, Steve Stanton, Ritchie Davidson, Daniel (DJ) McCarthy, Marven Mackenzie, Irving Sharpe, Brett Nelson, Dwayne Warwick, Ken Dunn, Seymour Publicover, Gordon Farrell, Leanne Fisher, Starla Hutt, Annette Bent, Jason Penney
Stoker Employee Choice Award 听
- 听听听听Nancy McGrath
Gladys Littler Award, Faculty, Dentistry
- Jennifer Strong, Dental Stores
Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces
- Environmental Health and Safety Office
President's Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion听and Accessiblity听(EDIA)
- will be awarded at the 2025 Legacy Awards
President's Research Excellence Awards
Emerging Investigator
- 听听听听Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer, Faculty, Dentistry
- 听听听听Dr. Travis Esau, Faculty, Agriculture
- 听听听听Dr. Theo Johnson-Freyd, Faculty, Science
- 听听听听Dr. Sarah Moore, Faculty, Health
- 听听听听Dr. Margaret Robinson, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- 听听听听Dr. Haorui Wu, Faculty, Health
Research Impact
- 听听听听Dr. Floris Goerlandt, Faculty, Engineering
- 听听听听Sue Goyette, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- 听听听听Dr. Noreen Kamal, Faculty, Engineering
Distinguished Research Professors (formerly University Research Professors)
- Dr. Elaine Craig, Faculty, Law
- Dr. H茅l猫ne Deacon, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Josef Zwanziger, Faculty of Science
Rosemary Gill Award
- Kimberly Lickers, Faculty, Science
- Nicole Douglas, Registrar's Office
- Aziz Bojang, Security Services
- Kerrianne Ryan, Faculty, Science
Staff Award for Excellence in Service, Faculty, Agriculture听
- Jonathan Wang, Athletics, Faculty, Agriculture
University-Wide Teaching Awards听
Academic Innovation Award
- 听听听听Dr. Ted Hubbard, Faculty, Engineering
Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
- 听听听听Dr. Nikhil Thomas, Faculty, Medicine
Award for Excellence in Online/Blended Course Development, Design, and Delivery听
- 听听听听Gabriella Mosquera, Faculty, Computer Science
Contract and Limited-Term Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

听听听听Laurel Schut, College, Sustainability听
Dalhousie Alumni Association Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching
- 听听听听Dr. Marion Brown, Faculty, Health
Early Career Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching
- 听听听听Jennifer Frail-Gauthier, Faculty, Science
President's Graduate/Undergraduate Student Teaching Award
- 听听听听Lara Millman, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- 听听听听Clarisse Paron, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- 听听听听Leila Mohammadi, Faculty, Science听
Sessional and Part-Time Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 听听听听Joseph Weatherby, Faculty, Science
Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service, Registrar's Office
- 听听听听Heather McGuire, Registrar's Office

Background

The Dalhousie Legacy Awards recognize a number of university-wide awards, that are aligned with the university's strategic plan. The awards assist in helping Dalhousie create a culture of respect and recognition for employees at all levels. The first annual听Dalhousie Legacy Awards听was held in June 2018, as part of the university's 200th anniversary celebrations. Read听more.听

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