A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.
Congratulations to the following:
Athletics
- head coach, Golden Bears Football, U SPORTS Football Coach of the Year
- , student — Canada West Player of the Year
- , student — U SPORTS Student-Athlete Community Service Award
Campus Saint-Jean
- , professor — Judy Gibson Award of Excellence in French Second Language Education / Prix d’excellence Judy Gibson dans l’enseignement du français langue seconde
- , assistant professor — Judy Gibson Award of Excellence in French Second Language Education / Prix d’excellence Judy Gibson dans l’enseignement du français langue seconde
College of Health Sciences
- Valerie Carson, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
- , professor with Jie Chen, professor, Engineering and Ying Tsui, professor, Engineer — Researcher of the Year, ASTech Awards
- , professor and chair — Family Physician of the Year, 黑料不打烊 College of Family Physicians
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- , professor, — Best in Digital Innovation, ASTech Awards
- associate professor and , professor, Livestock Gentec, Best of Sector: Agriculture, ASTech Awards
- Zachary Burgess-Akitt, Sara Mah, Eric Prefontaine, and Sydney Wong students with Megan Mah, student, Business — Third Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
- Scott Chang, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
- , professor and , professor, with Tarek El-Bialy, professor, FoMD — Researcher of the Year, ASTech Awards
- , student and , student — Second Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
- , professor — Entomological Society of Canada Gold Medal Award
- Michael Gänzle, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
- , student — First Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
- , professor — Charles Stanislaw Memorial Distinguished Service Award
- Carla Prado, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
- , student — Student Changemaker of the Year Award, ASTech Awards
- , professor — Best in Sector: Energy/Cleantech, ASTech Awards
- David Wishart, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
- Gane Ka-Shu Wong, professor — Highly Cited Researchers List, Clarivate
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- , navigator, Military and Veteran Friendly Campus — Edify Top 40 under 40 2023
- , professor — Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame
- Megan Mah, student, with ALES students Zachary Burgess-Akitt, Sara Mah, Eric Prefontaine and Sydney Wong — Third Place, Agri-Food Innovation Student Pitch Competition 2023
- , assistant lecturer — ATESL Carolyn Dieleman Award for , a video series for ESL literacy learners
First Peoples' House
- , First People's House — Okimâw Awards' Life Time Award
Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
- Indigenous strategic manager and , senior art director, External Relations — Design, Publications, Best of Case District VIII Award for Braiding Past, Present and Future
Office of the Vice-President (External Relations)
- , senior art director and Indigenous strategic manager, Provost & Vice-President Academic — Design, Publications, Best of Case District VIII Award, Braiding Past, Present and Future
- , communications partner — Writing: News/Feature, Best of Case District VIII Award
The above list of awards, accolades and accomplishments is not exclusive. This series relies on community submissions. If you know a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or received an honour, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats, please send their info to .