Ken Derry receives 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award

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The University of Toronto Mississauga's Ken Derry has received a 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Derry, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of historical studies, has been teaching history of religion courses at U of T since his days as a graduate student. He joined U of T Mississauga in 2010.

The 3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards honour 10 exceptional teachers in post-secondary education each year. Fiona Rawle, a professor of biology at U of T Mississauga, received the fellowship award in 2022.

The announcement, published in Maclean’s magazine, notes that Derry recognizes “that learning moves in multiple ways” and “has developed extensive pedagogical innovations, especially with respect to problem-based learning, learning through failure, and deliberate construction of inclusive learning spaces.”

In 2022, Derry won U of T’s highest teaching honour: a President’s Teaching Award.

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Fiona Rawle receives 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award

lanthierj — Fri, 06 May 2022 20:33:44 +0000

Fiona Rawle receives 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award

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lanthierj Fri, 05/06/2022 - 16:33

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University of Toronto Mississauga

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University of Toronto Mississauga biology professor Fiona Rawle has been recognized with a 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award - Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level.

“Professor Rawle’s dedication to a teaching philosophy emphasizing kindness, empathy and flexibility has made her an invaluable member of UTM,” says U of T Mississauga’s Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean Rhonda McEwen. “This recognition is richly deserved.”

The fellowships are sponsored by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Maclean’s magazine, the awards’ media sponsor, announced the honours May 3.

“The 3M National Teaching Fellowship is so meaningful to me,” says Rawle, who is also U of T Mississauga's associate dean, undergraduate, and the director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC). “I’m really looking forward to meeting and collaborating with the other award winners. It’s a reminder to me about what is so important in scholarly work and teaching practice – relationships with colleagues, collaborators and students.”

In 2018, Rawle received the University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award and the OCUFA (Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations) Teaching Award. She’s also a past recipient of the E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award and the University of Toronto Early Career Teaching Award.

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