President's Award for Teaching Excellence Recipients
The President’s Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes an outstanding Â鶹ÊÓƵ educator who has demonstrated continuing teaching excellence and who has made contributions to advancing teaching and learning at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ. 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ’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