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President's Award for Teaching Excellence Recipients

The President’s Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes an outstanding 91¸£Àû educator who has demonstrated continuing teaching excellence and who has made contributions to advancing teaching and learning at 91¸£Àû.

The award recipient will receive a certificate of recognition and a one-time monetary award payment of $3,000 (subject to applicable deductions). 

Key criteria: Teaching

2026 recipient

Yukari Seko

The Creative School

Dr. Yukari Seko, recipient of the 2024 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence, is an outstanding educator whose critically compassionate, research-informed pedagogy has transformed student learning at 91¸£Àû. She integrates innovative approaches including specifications grading, flipped classrooms, arts-informed projects, and the Campus Accessibility Scavenger Hunt to foster empathy, reflection, and inclusive learning. Building on her CELT Teaching Fellowship, in 2024-25 she developed the university-wide Solution-Focused Graduate Supervision course, advancing evidence-based, ethical mentorship practices among faculty research supervisors. Her mentorship empowers students and emerging scholars, while her community-focused initiatives and media outreach extend 91¸£Àû’s impact beyond the classroom.

Past recipients

  • Sean Wise
    Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Kateryna Metersky
    Faculty of Community Services

There was no recipient for the 2022-2023 award year.

  • Marty Fink
    The Creative School
  • Ramona Pringle
    Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Amy (Chen) Peng
    Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts
  • Jasna Schwind
    Daphne Cockwelll School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services
  • Vincent Hui
    Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Dana Lee
    RTA School of Media, Faculty of Communication and Design