Association Awards

The TFA offers three awards each year, The TMU Person of the Year, Distinguished Service Award and Career Achievement Award. The most recent recipients are given below. For more information about eligibility and criteria for each award scroll down.

Recent Award Recipients

Career Achievement Award 2023:  Songnian Li (Civil Engineering) and Khaled Sennah (Civil Engineering)

TMU Person of the Year 2023:  Kris Alexander (RTA School of Media)

TMU Person of the Year Information

The TMU Person of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the TMU Community in the previous academic year. The contribution(s) may include, but are not restricted to: something that will benefit the Ryerson Community overtime, volunteer commitment within TMU or the broader community that demonstrates an admirable balance of career and good citizenship, or exemplary handling of duties associated with any office held. For more details see the criteria form below.

Please complete the nomination package and email it to tfa@torontomu.ca by 4:00 p.m. on April 3, 2024.

Criteria Nomination Form

Distinguished Service Award Information

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding service to the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association including, but not limited to: volunteer commitments, sustained contributions over time, exemplary handling of duties associated with an office held, or contributions over and above those expected of office held. For more details see the criteria and nomination form below.

Please complete the nomination package and email it to tfa@torontomu.ca by 4:00 p.m. on April 3, 2024.

Criteria and Nomination Form

Career Achievement Award Information

The Career Achievement Award recognizes the candidate’s service to their profession. This may include contributions to their discipline, students, or the community. For more details see the criteria and nomination form below.

Please complete the nomination package and email it to tfa@torontomu.ca by 4:00 p.m. on April 3, 2024.

Criteria and Nomination Form

 

 

Ryersonian of the Year Award Past Recipients

2020
Maureen Reed
Arts

2018
Dana Lee
FCAD

2014
Akua Benjamin
FCS

2013
Nancy Walton
FCS

2009
Jean Golden
Arts

2008
David Checkland
Arts

2006
Jean-Paul Boudreau
Arts

2005
Michael Guerriere
Chair, Board of Governors

2004
Stephanie Blake
OPSEU

2003
John Cook
Arts

2002
Kenise Murphy Kilbride
Community Services

2001
Sandra Radchenko
Eng. & Applied Science

2000
Ron Goldsmith
Arts

1999
Bradley Fortner
Rogers Comm Centre

1998
Gerda Kaegi
Arts

1997
Jean Kennedy
Ryerson Athletic Centre

1996
Wendy Cukier
Business

1995
John Thorpe
Student Development

1995
Terence W. Grier
President

1994
June Pollard
Community Services

1993
Darryl Williams
Applied Arts

1992
Arnice Cadieux
Community Relations

1991
Marie Dowler
Arts

1990
Sydney Perlmutter
Applied Arts

1989
Donald Barr
Student Services

1988
Brian Segal
President

1987
Rheta Rosen
Community Services

1986
Margaret Norquay
Open College

1985
Caroline Wheeler
Arts

1985
Greta Riddell-Dixon
Continuing Education

1984
Roy Horney
Engineering

1983
Colin Graham
Ryerson Board of Gov

1981
Robin Cruickshank
Information Services

1980
Walter Pitman
President

1979
Laurence Gray
Arts

1979
Ben Celliers
Business

1978
Robert Greenberg
Engineering

1977
Jennifer Brunzell
Registrar

1977
Peter Kerr
Engineering

1976
Dorothy Brown
Human Resources

1975
Raymond Kao
Business

1975
Murray Paulin
Arts

Distinguished Service Award Past Recipients

2022
Anne-Marie Singh
Arts

2019
Wayne Petrozzi
Arts

2017
Sophie Quigley
FOS

2015
Anver Saloojee
Arts

2013
David Checkland
Arts

2012
Dave Mason
FEAS

2011
Ian Baitz
FCAD

2010
Eric Harley
FEAS

2009
Ian Sakinofsky
TRSM

2008
Michelle Dionne
Arts

2007
Neil Thomlinson
Arts

2005
Diane Granfield
Library

2004
John Morgan
Library

2003
Willliam Whelan
FEAS

2003
Michael Doucet
Arts

2002
Kit Jones
FCS

2001
Vivienne Scott-Smietana
RFA

2001
David Cape
Arts

2000
Terry Gillin
Arts

1999
Anita Krumins
Applied Arts

1999
William Glassman
Arts

1998
John Sakeris
Sociology

1997
Joseph Springer
Community Services

1996
Jean Golden
Arts

1995
Elizabeth Bishop
Library

1994
Gerda Kaegi
Arts

1993
Teri Pristupa
Business

1992
Tamara Penrod
Community Services

1990
Arie Reedyk
Engineering

1990
Terry Byram
Arts

1988
Ron Shirtliff
Arts

1987
Fred N. Hainsworth
Engineering

1986
Alison Acker
Arts

1985
Sawan Sahota
Engineering

1984
Linda Cooper
Community Services

1983
Murray Paulin
Business

Career Achievement Award Previous Recipients

2022
John Shields
Politics & Public Administration

2021
Alan Sears
Sociology

2021
Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

2020
Diana Brecher
Counselling

2020
Perry Schneiderman
Performance

2019
Lucian Fraser
Library & Archive

2019
Myer Siemiatycki
Politics & Public Administration

2018
Doreen Fumia
Sociology

2017
Brain Damude
Image Arts

2016
Mustafa Koc
Sociology

2016
Rosemarie Volpe
Counselling

2016
Sahri Woods-Baum
Counselling

2015
Linda Cooper
Nursing

2014
Judy Rogers
FCS

2012
Don Syner
Image Arts

2007
Cathy Matthews
Library

2006
Jennifer Welsh
Community Services