People and Culture

Dalhousie Legacy Awards

Legacy Awards categories

People Awards

DMPG Award - Recognizes an employee of the Dalhousie Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG) for their exemplary contributions to the university. Learn more.

Environmental Health and Safety Award
Recognizes an individual or group who has undertaken any activity that makes Dalhousie University a safer place to live, play, work and study. Learn more.

Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces (formerly Healthy Workplace Award) - Recognizes a department that fosters healthy workplace practices and initiatives. Learn more.

Staff Award for Excellence in Service -Recognizes staff members who have made exceptional contribution to supporting the Faculty of Agriculture.

Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service - Recognizes employees of the Registrar’s Office who have positively influenced life at Dalhousie from behind the scenes with a positive attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary, and a demonstrated commitment to service excellence in alignment with the priorities of the institution as outlined in the strategic plan. Learn more.

Research Awards

President's Research Excellence Awards
Two awards that recognize the research achievements of Dalhousie faculty members at different stages of their careers.

Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence

Distinguished Research Professors

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chairs

Service Awards

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award - Recognizes an individual, or group, who has worked to build and lead a community related to education, learning, or outreach guided by principles of ethical and social responsibility and hope for a better world. Learn more.

Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who works to fulfill the mission of the Medical School by displaying outstanding community service with health-related organizations and causes. Learn more.

Gladys Littler Award - Recognizes a staff member who exemplifies a high level of commitment, high standards of performance, and outstanding service to the Faculty of Dentistry.

President's Award for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility - Recognizes the outstanding efforts of a faculty or staff member in advancing equity, diversity and inclusiveness at Dahousie. Learn more.

Rosemary Gill Award - Recognizes a staff or faculty member who has provided outstanding service to students, other than teaching. Learn more.

Teaching and Learning Awards

There are ten University-wide Teaching Awards honouring faculty, instructors and graduate students annually for their contribution to maintaining and supporting Dalhousie's reputation as being a leader in higher education. Learn more.

Photo credit: Danny Abriel

The 2024 Legacy Awards event was held on December 17 at the Dalhousie Arts Centre. Congratulations to this year's award recipients!

Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award
- Dr. Joseph Bielawski, Faculty, Science
DPMG Award
Early Career
- Veronica Bacher, Research Services
Outstanding Achievement
- Tyler Hall, Faculty, Medicine
- Andrew Harding, Faculty, Agriculture
- Conor Falvey, Schulich School of Law
10+ Years of Service
- Tiffany Coolen-Jewers, Schulich School of Law
Inclusion, Diversity, Decolonization, Equity, and Accessibility (IDDEA) Outstanding Achievement
- Huwaida Medani, People and Culture
- Rachelle McKay, Centre for Learning and Teaching
Dr. Allan Cohen Memorial Award for Community Service, Faculty, Medicine
- Dr. Aruna Dhara, Family Medicine
Environmental Health and Safety Award
- Dr. Jennifer MacDonald, 1st Year Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Team, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Joshua Bates, 1st Year Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Team, Faculty, Science
Facilities Management Awards
Stoker Award for Innovation: 10-Year Voltage Upgrade
- Joe Beaver, Kevin Hazel, Tom Hunter, Dave Lantz, Glen MacDonald, Jack Roach, Drew Tavener
Stoker Award for Safety
- Agricultural Campus COVID Clinic - Ed Bowers, Steve Stanton, Ritchie Davidson, Daniel (DJ) McCarthy, Marven Mackenzie, Irving Sharpe, Brett Nelson, Dwayne Warwick, Ken Dunn, Seymour Publicover, Gordon Farrell, Leanne Fisher, Starla Hutt, Annette Bent, Jason Penney
Stoker Employee Choice Award
- Nancy McGrath
Gladys Littler Award, Faculty, Dentistry
- Jennifer Strong, Dental Stores
Janice MacInnis Award for Healthy Workplaces
- Environmental Health and Safety Office
President's Awards for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessiblity (EDIA)
- will be awarded at the 2025 Legacy Awards
President's Research Excellence Awards
Emerging Investigator
- Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer, Faculty, Dentistry
- Dr. Travis Esau, Faculty, Agriculture
- Dr. Theo Johnson-Freyd, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Sarah Moore, Faculty, Health
- Dr. Margaret Robinson, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- Dr. Haorui Wu, Faculty, Health
Research Impact
- Dr. Floris Goerlandt, Faculty, Engineering
- Sue Goyette, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- Dr. Noreen Kamal, Faculty, Engineering
Distinguished Research Professors (formerly University Research Professors)
- Dr. Elaine Craig, Faculty, Law
- Dr. Hélène Deacon, Faculty, Science
- Dr. Josef Zwanziger, Faculty of Science
Rosemary Gill Award
- Kimberly Lickers, Faculty, Science
- Nicole Douglas, Registrar's Office
- Aziz Bojang, Security Services
- Kerrianne Ryan, Faculty, Science
Staff Award for Excellence in Service, Faculty, Agriculture
- Jonathan Wang, Athletics, Faculty, Agriculture
University-Wide Teaching Awards
Academic Innovation Award
- Dr. Ted Hubbard, Faculty, Engineering
Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
- Dr. Nikhil Thomas, Faculty, Medicine
Award for Excellence in Online/Blended Course Development, Design, and Delivery
- Gabriella Mosquera, Faculty, Computer Science
Contract and Limited-Term Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Laurel Schut, College, Sustainability
Dalhousie Alumni Association Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching
- Dr. Marion Brown, Faculty, Health
Early Career Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching
- Jennifer Frail-Gauthier, Faculty, Science
President's Graduate/Undergraduate Student Teaching Award
- Lara Millman, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- Clarisse Paron, Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences
- Leila Mohammadi, Faculty, Science
Sessional and Part-Time Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Joseph Weatherby, Faculty, Science
Wayne Paquet Award for Indispensable Service, Registrar's Office
- Heather McGuire, Registrar's Office

Background

The Dalhousie Legacy Awards recognize a number of university-wide awards, that are aligned with the university's strategic plan. The awards assist in helping Dalhousie create a culture of respect and recognition for employees at all levels. The first annual Dalhousie Legacy Awards was held in June 2018, as part of the university's 200th anniversary celebrations. Read more.