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Rea Beaumont recognized with King Charles III Coronation Medal

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Rea Beaumont recognized with King Charles III Coronation Medal

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St. George

Faculty of Music

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Adjunct Professor Rea Beaumont (supplied image)

Rea Beaumont, adjunct professor of piano in the Faculty of Music and a celebrated pianist and composer, has been awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal.

The award, which was created to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, 2023, is awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to Canada.

Beaumont was recognized for her contributions to Canadian music, arts and culture as well as her dedicated efforts to build a diverse and inclusive music scene. A world-renowned pianist, her music has highlighted important global social issues such as climate change, environmental destruction and society's emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic.

She is also an influential scholar, having published a book on Canadian composer Barbara Pentland in addition to numerous articles and lectures, and holds a doctor of musical arts from the University of British Columbia.

She accepted the medal from Robert Oliphant, member of parliament, on behalf of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.

Beaumont was previously awarded the SOCAN Foundation / MusCan Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music in 2021.

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Africa Health Collaborative scholars recognized at 2024 Family Medicine Forum

rahul.kalvapalle — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:00:32 +0000

Africa Health Collaborative scholars recognized at 2024 Family Medicine Forum

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St. George

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

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Princess Acheampong (L) and Jennifer Wilson (supplied image)

Jennifer Wilson, a lecturer in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's department of family and community medicine, and Princess Acheampong, a lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, have been recognized with the top prize at the Big Ideas Soapbox competition held during the 2024 Family Medicine Forum in Vancouver.

The competition recognizes concepts that have the potential to make a difference in clinical practice, faculty development, education, patient care and outcomes and health policy.

Wilson and Acheampong were recognized for their presentation, "Equity-focused global health partnerships can transform health systems." The idea was born out of the collaboration between KNUST and the department of family and community medicine, for which Wilson is the U of T faculty lead. The collaboration is part of the Africa Health Collaborative, an initiative that brings together U of T, leading African universities and the Mastercard Foundation.

The award-winning presentation was supported by U of T's Jamie Rodas and Katherine Rouleau, KNUST's Ellis Owusu-Dabo and Kofi Akohene Mensah, and University College Dublin alum Olivia Wilson.

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U of T's Sustainability Pathways Program recognized by Quacquarelli Symonds

rahul.kalvapalle — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:32:20 +0000

U of T's Sustainability Pathways Program recognized by Quacquarelli Symonds

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The �ؿ�ζSM's Sustainability Pathways Program, an initiative of the President's Advisory Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability (CECCS), was shortlisted for a 2024 QS Reimagine Education Award.

Given by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the Reimagine Education Awards honour innovative pedagogical approaches that boost learning outcomes and employability, as well as effective methods of teaching sustainability.

U of T's Sustainability Pathways Program was shortlisted in the category of sustainability literacy. The program combines courses, co-curricular activities, campus-as-a-living lab projects and capstone leadership training to educate students across U of T's three campuses.

“Our goal is to ‘reach the rest’ – students who would not otherwise engage with sustainability as part of their degrees," said John Robinson, CECCS co-chair and professor in the School of the Environment and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. "This approach is helping to shape the next generation of sustainability leaders, regardless of their field of study, while also providing a transformative educational experience for students.”

The recognition comes after U of T was named the most sustainable university in the world by QS for the second year in a row.

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Luc Tremblay and Joëlle Hajj recognized by Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology

rahul.kalvapalle — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:18:41 +0000

Luc Tremblay and Joëlle Hajj recognized by Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology

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Luc Tremblay (L) and Joëlle Hajj (photo by Gerome Manson)

Luc Tremblay, a professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, and Joëlle Hajj, an alumna who completed her PhD in Tremblay's research group, have been recognized by the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS).

Tremblay, who is director of the Centre for Motor Control at KPE, received the Brawley and Elliott Award for Excellence in Supervision and Mentorship, which recognizes faculty members for their longstanding commitment to supporting trainees in achieving their academic and career goals.

“I am very grateful to the SCAPPS community and thank all of the amazing students I had and still have the chance to work with,” said Tremblay. “I will endeavour to continue honouring the exceptional legacy of my own supervisors, Professors Emeriti Luc Proteau and Digby Elliott."

Hajj, who is now a post-doctoral fellow at Lund University in Sweden, was one of the recipients of the Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award.

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Ellie Hisama recognized by American Musicological Society

rahul.kalvapalle — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:41:03 +0000

Ellie Hisama recognized by American Musicological Society

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St. George

Faculty of Music

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Ellie Hisama (photo by Johnny Guatto)

Ellie Hisama, professor and dean of the Faculty of Music, has been named an honorary member of the American Musicological Society.

Honorary members are selected on the basis of their extraordinary contributions to the society and to the study and teaching of music.

Hisama, who is also a professor emerita at Columbia University, was recognized for her contributions to musicology, her distinguished teaching career and her commitment to diversity, inclusion and ethics. "Equally at home in the fields of music theory and musicology, Hisama’s writings on the role of gender, sexuality and race in musical modernity cover subjects ranging from 20th-century modernists to hip hop," the American Musicological Society noted in its citation.

The author of Gendering Musical Modernism and many articles in an array of publications, Hisama has collaborated with numerous regional and international bodies dedicated to anti-racist agendas in the arts and in the academy.

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Walter Tavares recognized with King Charles III's Coronation Medal

rahul.kalvapalle — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:15:21 +0000

Walter Tavares recognized with King Charles III's Coronation Medal

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Scarborough

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Department of Health and Society

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

U of T Scarborough

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Walter Tavares (supplied image)

Walter Tavares, an assistant professor in the department of health and society at U of T Scarborough, has been awarded King Charles III’s Coronation Medal.

The award, which was created to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, 2023, is awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to Canada.

Tavares was recognized for his contributions to the field of paramedicine, which include helping establish U of T Scarborough's specialist program in paramedicine – Canada's first undergraduate degree program in the field – and serving as inaugural director of the Paramedicine Collaborative in the department of family and community medicine at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

Tavares also partnered with the Paramedic Association of Canada to create guiding principles for the future of paramedicine, and spearheaded Canada's first international paramedic exchange program. He is founder of the McNally Project, a research initiative aimed at building research capacity and contributions within paramedicine.

“These accomplishments and roles reflect the collective efforts of numerous individuals, teams, learners, and leaders in paramedicine and beyond, with whom I have been privileged to collaborate,” says Tavares. “I am deeply grateful for these opportunities, humbled by this recognition, and inspired to continue contributing to the advancement of the profession.”

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Geoffrey Hinton recognized with 2024 VinFuture Grand Prize

rahul.kalvapalle — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:16:24 +0000

Geoffrey Hinton recognized with 2024 VinFuture Grand Prize

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St. George

Artificial Intelligence

Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Arts & Science

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Geoffrey Hinton (photo by Johnny Guatto)

Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor Emeritus of computer science at the �ؿ�ζSM, has been named one of five recipients of the 2024 VinFuture Grand Prize.

The US$3-million prize is presented by the Vietnam-based non-profit VinFuture Foundation in recognition of scientific advances that support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Hinton, widely regarded as the "godfather of AI," was recognized for his research on neural networks and deep learning algorithms. He shares the VinFuture Grand Prize with Université de Montréal's Yoshua Bengio, Stanford University's Fei-Fei Li, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun (Jensen) Huang and Facebook AI Research scientist Yann LeCun.

In a video message, Hinton said he was honoured to share the award with such an esteemed group of researchers – including his fellow A.M Turing Award-winners Bengio and LeCun. “The three of us spent our whole lives developing the technology of neural networks,” Hinton said. “I’m very happy to see that the VinFuture Prize recognizes the contributions of Jensen Huang in developing the kind of compute and software required for artificial intelligence, and Fei-Fei Li in providing the big data that was needed to prove that it worked.”

The recognition comes on the heels of Hinton receiving the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Stephen Scherer receives Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine

rahul.kalvapalle — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:49:53 +0000

Stephen Scherer receives Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine

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rahul.kalvapalle Wed, 12/04/2024 - 14:49

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St. George

Department of Molecular Genetics

Hospital for Sick Children

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

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Stephen Scherer (supplied image)

Stephen Scherer, chief of research at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and professor in the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, has received the Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine.

Presented by the University of Debrecen in Hungary, the award recognizes scientists who have made significant advancements in the field of molecular medicine, and whose pioneering research has had a profound impact on modern patient care.

Scherer, the director of the Centre for Applied Genomics and senior scientist in the genetics and genome biology program at SickKids, was recognized for his contributions to the discovery of genome-wide copy number variation and its role in influencing genes implicated in numerous medical conditions, particularly autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

“I am deeply grateful to the University of Debrecen for this award and remain dedicated to deciphering the complexities of the human genome, both for the advancement of genomic research and for the ultimate goal of enhancing patient care,” says Scherer, who is also the director of the McLaughlin Centre at Temerty.

Ronald Cohn, president and CEO of SickKids and professor of molecular genetics at Temerty, said Scherer's work has had a "profound impact" on the scientific community and patients around the world. "His scientific leadership and commitment to translational research to support clinical diagnostics and therapeutic development has not only bolstered our institution’s global reputation in genomic science but also underpins our Precision Child Health movement," Cohn said.

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Samantha Mayo and Kristin Cleverley named fellows of American Academy of Nursing

rahul.kalvapalle — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:31:58 +0000

Samantha Mayo and Kristin Cleverley named fellows of American Academy of Nursing

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rahul.kalvapalle Tue, 12/03/2024 - 15:31

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St. George

American Academy of Nursing

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

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Samantha Mayo (L) and Kristin Cleverley (supplied image)

Samantha Mayo and Kristin Cleverley, associate professors in the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, have been named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing for 2024.

The academy selects fellows whose programs of research and international impact align with their mission to enhance health equity for vulnerable populations.

“I am grateful to be recognized among such leading global nurse researchers," says Mayo, an expert on hematological cancer survivorship. "Not only does this fellowship recognize the contributions of my own research, but also the critical role of oncology nursing research in advancing the health systems that support patients and families affected by cancer."

“To be named a 2024 fellow is an honour and demonstrates the profound research expertise of nurses on the global stage," says Cleverley, whose research focuses on youth mental health and care transitions. "I am grateful not only for the recognition this brings me as a researcher, but also for the recognition this brings to the field of student and youth mental health research.”

Mayo and Cleverley were celebrated during an induction ceremony held in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2.

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Darcy Fehlings recognized by American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

rahul.kalvapalle — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:05:30 +0000

Darcy Fehlings recognized by American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

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rahul.kalvapalle Mon, 12/02/2024 - 15:05

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St. George

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

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Darcy Fehlings (R) accepts her lifetime achievement award from American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) President Laurie Glader (photo courtesy of AACPDM)

Darcy Fehlings, a senior clinician scientist and developmental pediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's department of paediatrics, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM).

The prestigious award is granted to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to advance the health and well-being of individuals with cerebral palsy and other childhood-onset disabilities.

Fehlings has devoted her clinical and research work toward enabling meaningful and healthy futures for children and youth living with cerebral palsy. Her work centres on the innovation and evaluation of interventions for children with cerebral palsy.

Fehlings says she is "deeply honoured" to receive the award, and highlighted her belief in collaborative science to advancing research on cerebral palsy. "From a research perspective, my hope is to move boldly forward in partnership with individuals with cerebral palsy and their families to innovate, evaluate and promote ‘positively disruptive’ interventions that will make a positive difference in the well-being of children with cerebral palsy and their families."

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