President's Excellence in Teaching Awards
The President’s Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize sustained excellence in teaching as characterized by high academic quality, social responsibility, innovation in teaching, outstanding student experience, outstanding student engagement, and community engagement.
2025 Award Winners
Matthew Buell
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching
Assistant Professor
Department of Classics, Modern Languages
Bahareh Goodarzi
Award for Excellence in Teaching (full-time faculty member)
Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maya Rae Oppenheimer
Award for Excellence in Teaching for Experiential Learning
Assistant Professor
Department of Studio Arts
Jayson San Miguel
Award for New Teacher
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
2024 Award Winners
Emily Charmaine Coon
Award for New Teacher
Lecturer
School of Community and Public Affairs
Aiman Hanna
Award for Excellence in Teaching
Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Steven Henle
Award for Excellence in Teaching (Experiential Learning)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Human Sciences
Matthäus Tekathen
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching
Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy
Navneet Vidyarthi
Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor
Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management
2023 Award Winners
Nicole De Silva
Award for New Teacher
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Anthony Noce
Award for Excellence in Teaching
Lecturer
Department of Economics
Eleni Panagiotarakou
Award for Excellence in Teaching (part-time)
Part-time Faculty
Department of Philosophy
Antoinette Scaringi
Award for Excellence in Teaching (Experiential Learning)
Assistant Professor
Department of Marketing
Brian Vermeire
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
Past winners
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Suchit Ahuja | Assistant Professor, Supply Chain and Business Technology Management | Award for New Teacher |
| Aileen Castro | Senior Lecturer, Art Education | Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Susan Liscouët-Hanke | Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Marcel Parent | Part-time Faculty, Department of Religions and Cultures | Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| David Secko | Chair and Professor, Department of Journalism | Award for Excellence in Teaching (Experiential Learning) |
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Hunter | Associate Professor, Journalism Director, Concordia Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies |
Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Sonia Di Maulo | Part-time Faculty, Experiential Learning Office | Award for Excellence in Teaching (part-time) |
| Daria Terekhov | Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Award for Excellence in Teaching (Experiential Learning) |
| Bahareh Goodarzi | Lecturer (ETA), Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program and COOP Academic Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Genevieve Painter | Assistant Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute & Women's Studies | Award for New Teacher |
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Briscoe | Part-time Faculty, Department of Communication Studies | Award for Excellence in Teaching (part-time) |
| Carole El Ayoubi | Lecturer, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Sarah Turner | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment | Award for New Teacher |
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Roux | Department of Marketing | Award for New Teacher |
| Marleah Blom | Department of Education | Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Robert Soroka | Departments of Marketing, Management and Finance | Excellence in Teaching (part-time) |
| Bonnie Harnden | Department of Creative Arts Therapies | Excellence in Teaching |
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Arash Mohammadi | Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering | Award for New Teacher |
| Samie Li Shang Ly | Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management | Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Ali Dolatabadi | Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Naftali Cohn | Department of Religions and Cultures | Excellence in Teaching |
| Name | Affiliation | In recognition of |
|---|---|---|
| Brandiff Caron | Centre for Engineering in Society | Innovative Excellence in Teaching |
| Bonnie Baxter | Department of Philosophy | Award for Part-time Faculty |
| Rosemary Reilly | Department of Applied Human Sciences | Award for Full-time Faculty |
| Krzysztof Skonieczny | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Award for New Teacher |