Department of Historical Studies / en Ken Derry receives 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award /celebrates/ken-derry-receives-2023-3m-national-teaching-fellowship-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ken Derry receives 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-05-02T16:48:14-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 16:48" class="datetime">Tue, 05/02/2023 - 16:48</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/3m-teaching-fellowship" hreflang="en">3M Teaching Fellowship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-historical-studies" hreflang="en">Department of Historical Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-05/Ken-Derry2-crop.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Ken Derry"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(supplied image)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto Mississauga's&nbsp;<b>Ken Derry</b>&nbsp;has received a 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.&nbsp;</p> <p>Derry, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of historical studies, has been teaching history of religion courses at 福利姬自慰since his days as a graduate student. He joined 福利姬自慰Mississauga in 2010. &nbsp;</p> <p>The 3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards honour 10 exceptional teachers in post-secondary education each year.&nbsp;<b>Fiona Rawle</b>, a<b>&nbsp;</b>professor of biology at 福利姬自慰Mississauga,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-biology-professor-wins-3m-national-teaching-fellowship-award" target="_blank">received the fellowship award</a>&nbsp;in 2022.&nbsp;</p> <p>The announcement, published in&nbsp;<a href="https://macleans.ca/education/teaching-fellowship-awards/" target="_blank">Maclean鈥檚</a>&nbsp;magazine, notes that Derry recognizes 鈥渢hat learning moves in multiple ways鈥 and 鈥渉as developed extensive pedagogical innovations, especially with respect to problem-based learning, learning through failure, and deliberate construction of inclusive learning spaces.鈥</p> <p>In 2022, Derry won&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/emphasis-joy-and-inclusivity-history-religion-prof-earns-u-ts-highest-teaching-honour" target="_blank">U of T鈥檚 highest teaching honour</a>: a President鈥檚 Teaching Award. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://macleans.ca/education/teaching-fellowship-awards/" target="_blank">Read about the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards</a>&nbsp;</h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 02 May 2023 20:48:14 +0000 lanthierj 301479 at Martin Revermann awarded Humboldt Research Prize /celebrates/martin-revermann-awarded-humboldt-research-prize <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Martin Revermann awarded Humboldt Research Prize</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-12-15T14:08:22-05:00" title="Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 14:08" class="datetime">Thu, 12/15/2022 - 14:08</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6868" hreflang="en">Humboldt Research Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-historical-studies" hreflang="en">Department of Historical Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Revermann%2C-Martin-2021-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Mississauga historical studies professor <b>Martin Revermann</b> has received the&nbsp;2022&nbsp;Humboldt Research Prize, which recognizes outstanding senior researchers whose work has a significant impact in their field.</p> <p>Revermann, a former University of Oxford Rhodes Scholar who also received the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/vp-research/news/sciences-need-theatre-award-winning-scholar-delivers-excellence-lecture">2021 Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award</a>, specializes in performance criticism and the cultural history of Greek drama, as well as the work of German playwright Bertolt Brecht.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top:16px">Revermann says he plans to use funding from the Humboldt award for&nbsp;an international research group examining how Latin and Greek texts are being translated into modern languages. The team includes classicists from University of Giessen in Germany (where the colleague who nominated Revermann for the Humboldt prize is located), and Suola Normale Superiore in Italy.</p> <p>The project&nbsp;includes workshops in Germany, Italy and on the 福利姬自慰Mississauga campus. Revermann will also be sponsoring 福利姬自慰graduate students to participate in the workshops. &nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚 am particularly excited that this prize enables me to create an international forum for many early-career academics who, I hope, will be positively influenced by the experience for their own future work as researchers and pedagogues,鈥 Revermann says.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/vp-research/news/professor-martin-revermann-awarded-prestigious-humboldt-research-prize">Read the 福利姬自慰Mississauga article</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:08:22 +0000 lanthierj 178584 at Three leading researchers recognized with Connaught Global Challenge Awards /celebrates/three-leading-researchers-recognized-connaught-global-challenge-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three leading researchers recognized with Connaught Global Challenge Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-11-21T10:55:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 21, 2022 - 10:55" class="datetime">Mon, 11/21/2022 - 10:55</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-global-challenge" hreflang="en">Connaught Global Challenge</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-historical-studies" hreflang="en">Department of Historical Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three University of Toronto researchers are receiving Connaught Global Challenge Awards for projects addressing sustainable housing in First Nations communities, the role of automation and technology in health care and how humanistic research can promote equity in the present by exploring the diversity of the past.</p> <p>This year鈥檚 winners and their projects are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/connaught-global-challenge-award-to-build-pathways-to-housing-self-sufficiency-in-remote-first-nations-communities/"><b>Sarah Haines, </b>department of civil and mineral engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering 鈥 From Harvest to House: Developing a Pathway to Housing Self-sufficiency in Remote First Nations Communities</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/connecting-cultures-and-archives-utm-researchers-spearhead-global-humanities-project"><b>Ajay Rao,</b> department of historical studies, 福利姬自慰Mississauga 鈥 The Global Past</a></li> <li><b>Abi&nbsp;Sriharan</b>, Dalla Lana School of Public Health 鈥 Future of Work in the Healthcare Sector in the Age of Intelligent Machines and Technologies (FORESIGHT)</li> </ul> <p>鈥<b>Sarah Haines, Ajay Rao</b> and <b>Abi&nbsp;Sriharan</b> are advancing knowledge and developing innovative solutions to key challenges in Canada and around the world,鈥 says <b>Leah Cowen</b>, vice-president of research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. 鈥淭he projects they are working on across disciplines with colleagues, students and partners in Canada and around the world will have a significant global impact.鈥</p> <p>Rao is also the recipient of the Connaught Global Research Impact Program (C-GRIP) award, created to provide graduate students and post-doctoral researchers with unique global opportunities. Rao鈥檚 project includes scholars from across U of T鈥檚 three campuses and establishes partnerships with researchers of the premodern world in Egypt, India and Singapore.</p> <p>The Connaught Global Challenge is supported by the Connaught Fund 鈥 the largest internal university research funding program in Canada. Established 50 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which is known for the development of insulin, the fund has since provided more than $178.7 million to 福利姬自慰scholars through programs such as <a href="/celebrates/connaught-new-researcher-awards-recognize-51-faculty-members">the Connaught New Researcher Award</a>, the Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program, <a href="/news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">the Connaught Innovation Award</a>, <a href="/celebrates/david-curtin-and-sophie-rousseaux-recognized-mclean-awards-2022">the McLean Award</a> and international doctoral scholarships.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:55:25 +0000 lanthierj 178268 at Mairi Cowan recognized with OCUFA Teaching Award /celebrates/mairi-cowan-recognized-ocufa-teaching-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Mairi Cowan recognized with OCUFA Teaching Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-11-12T10:01:17-05:00" title="Friday, November 12, 2021 - 10:01" class="datetime">Fri, 11/12/2021 - 10:01</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-historical-studies" hreflang="en">Department of Historical Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ocufa-teaching-award" hreflang="en">OCUFA Teaching Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">福利姬自慰Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/Mairi%20joyful%20with%20a%20tree-crop.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Mairi Cowan"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(Photo courtesy of Mairi Cowan)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Mairi Cowan</b>, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of historical studies at the University of Toronto&nbsp;Mississauga, has been named one of Ontario鈥檚 most outstanding university teachers.</p> <p>She has received&nbsp;<a href="https://ocufa.on.ca/press-releases/university-of-toronto-mississaugas-mairi-cowan-receives-prestigious-ocufa-teaching-award/">a 2020-2021 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Award</a>.</p> <p>鈥淢airi Cowan loves to teach, and students praise her for respecting them as collaborators in the classroom,鈥 said Edmund Pries, the chair of OCUFA鈥檚 award committee. 鈥淗er passion for history, attentiveness to the needs of her students, and her creativity exemplify the effectiveness of her approach to education.鈥</p> <p><a href="/news/demons-within-u-t-researcher-writes-about-spiritual-life-france-s-north-american-colony">A historian of the late medieval and early modern world</a>&nbsp;specializing in the social and religious histories of New France and Scotland,&nbsp;<a href="/celebrates/mairi-cowan-receives-excellence-teaching-primary-sources-award">Cowan was also recognized recently for excellence in teaching</a>&nbsp;with primary sources.</p> <p>During the pandemic, Cowan&nbsp;balanced live and recorded teaching. For her large first-year history course,&nbsp;she pre-recorded her weekly lecture in four or five short parts interspersed with activities, such as watching a video or exploring a website. Later in the week, she would get together online with her students so they could ask questions and discuss the material.</p> <p>鈥淭hroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this year鈥檚 recipients have distinguished themselves through their dedication and boundless energy,鈥 said OCUFA president Sue Wurtele.</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/dragana-obradovi-recognized-ocufa-teaching-award"><strong>Dragana Obradovi膰</strong>, an associate professor in U of T鈥檚 department of Slavic languages and literatures</a>&nbsp;in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, and&nbsp;<a href="/celebrates/micah-stickel-recognized-ocufa-teaching-award"><strong>Micah Stickel</strong>, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering</a>&nbsp;in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering, were also named winners of the OCUFA Teaching Award.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:01:17 +0000 lanthierj 301099 at Mairi Cowan receives Excellence in Teaching with Primary Sources Award /celebrates/mairi-cowan-receives-excellence-teaching-primary-sources-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Mairi Cowan receives Excellence in Teaching with Primary Sources Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-08-13T11:01:20-04:00" title="Friday, August 13, 2021 - 11:01" class="datetime">Fri, 08/13/2021 - 11:01</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-historical-studies" hreflang="en">Department of Historical Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Mairi%20happy%20offcentre.JPG" width="750" height="500" alt="Mairi Cowan"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Mairi Cowan</strong>, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of historical studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga, has won <a href="https://cha-shc.ca/">the Canadian Historical Association</a>鈥檚 Excellence in Teaching with Primary Sources Award.</p> <p>The annual award recognizes instructors teaching in historical studies fields who emphasize student engagement with primary sources in effective, critical and innovative ways.</p> <p>鈥淭hreaded throughout her courses are innovative assessments and dynamic pedagogical approaches to the use, interpretation, and critique of primary sources,鈥 <a href="https://cha-shc.ca/english/what-we-do/prizes/the-chas-excellence-in-teaching-with-primary-sources-awards.htm">the association said&nbsp;in its citation</a>.&nbsp;鈥淔or example, students not only listen to music played by professional musicians in class, but also sing a medieval chant themselves while encouraged to critically analyse music as they would any other primary source.鈥</p> <p>A historian of the late medieval and early modern world who specializes in the social and religious histories of Scotland and New France, Cowan also undertakes pedagogical research. She has published on the development of critical thinking skills in large history courses and on the gaps that separate high school preparation from university expectations. Her latest project investigates the effectiveness of different kinds of feedback on students鈥 work.</p> <p>鈥淭eaching history means guiding students through the process of discovering, understanding, and engaging with the human past,鈥&nbsp;Cowan said. 鈥淭he study of primary sources is fundamental to this process in the formation of a history student, and I am delighted to have won an award recognizing the importance of this work.</p> <p>鈥淪ustained, critical, and thoughtful engagement with primary sources is at the forefront of my teaching. I hope that our work together helps students deepen their understanding of the past 鈥 and their present 鈥 in creative, original, and historically responsible ways.鈥</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:01:20 +0000 lanthierj 170003 at