Agenda Item #3.8
REPORT TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SUBJECT NOTABLE DISTINCTIONS
MEETING DATE November 26, 2013
Forwarded to the Board of Governors on the Recommendation of the President
APPROVED FOR SUBMISSION
Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor
Presented By Deborah Buszard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan David H. Farrar, Provost and Vice-President Academic John Hepburn, Vice-President Research & International
Report Date October 28, 2013
DECISION REQUESTED For Information
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
UBC scholars profiled at this meeting and on the Board of Governors website: • Ms. Shona Ellis Professor of Teaching / Associate Head, Department of Botany Faculty of Science
• Dr. Maja Krzic Associate Professor Faculty of Land & Food Systems
• Dr. Mark MacLachlan Professor, Chemistry Faculty of Science
ATTACHMENTS: • Profiles of the above scholars • Lists of Notable Distinctions *Research *Teaching *Service
Template revised: 5/27/2013 10:07 AM Shona Ellis
Professor of Teaching, Associate Head of Biology Department of Botany, Faculty of Science Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award
Shona Ellis completed her BSc (1985) in botany and MSc (1993) in natural products chemistry at the University of British Columbia. As a faculty member in the UBC Botany
Department since 1994, she has taught courses ranging from first year biology to graduate-level plant biology. She is active in the scholarship of teaching and learning with numerous publications and presentations in botany, e-portfolio, and sustainability education. As Associate Head of Biology, she participated in curriculum restructuring of the Biology Specialization and continues to work toward improving student advising, integrating sustainability into undergraduate education, and participating in UBC’s Flexible Learning Initiative. Ms. Ellis was recently promoted to Professor of Teaching. She was twice awarded the UBC Killam Teaching Prize, and has received an award from the Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology for her efforts promoting women in STEM.
Board of Governors Meeting – November 2013 Maja Krzic Associate Professor Faculty of Land & Food Systems / Faculty of Forestry AWSS Mentoring Award (Association for Women Soil Scientists) After completing her BSc and MSc degrees in her native Yugoslavia, Maja Krzic pursued her doctoral studies at UBC, receiving her PhD in 1997. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in soil science.
Dr. Krzic’s research interests include the application of information technology in soil science education, rehabilitation of degraded forest soils, and the impacts of forest grazing on soil quality. In 2004, she initiated the Virtual Soil Science Learning Resources Consortium, a Canada-wide initiative which has established an award-winning record of cooperation in the development of educational materials.
For her innovative efforts in teaching, Maja has received the UBC Killam Teaching Prize, the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award of Merit, and Soil Science for Society Award by the Canadian Soil Science Society.
The AWSS Mentoring Award recognizes Maja’s significant contributions to the education, professional growth, and achievement of many females in soil science.
Board of Governors Meeting – November 2013
Mark MacLachlan
Professor, Chemistry (Faculty of Science) Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry The Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Mark MacLachlan who is the recipient of the 2013 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada. The Rutherford Memorial Medals were established in 1980 by the RSC and are awarded for outstanding research in any branch of physics and chemistry and in recognition of Lord Rutherford’s own research carried out in Canada at a relatively young age.
Dr. MacLachlan’s research and teaching interests include Supramolecular Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. He has made significant contributions to the field of Supramolecular Chemistry, which focuses on molecules whose shape and properties allow them to self- assemble into new materials. His research breakthroughs have produced truly novel materials that have applications in electronics, photonics and catalysis. Some of his projects have been aimed at optimizing alternative energy applications and combating environmental problems.
Dr. MacLachlan received his B.Sc. (Hons.) at the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. He is also a recipient of many prestigious awards such as UBC’s Killam Faculty Research Prize and NSERC’s E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship.
Board of Governors Meeting – December 2013 Research Awardee Profile
Notable Distinctions - Research Meeting of the UBC Board of Governors November 2013
BoG Date Faculty - Department Name Award/Distinction
NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Chemical & Biological Feng, James - Professor Prof. Feng has been inducted Fellow of the American Physical Engineering (jointly appointed in the Dept of Society for pioneering studies of solid-liquid two-phase flows, Mathematics) interfacial dynamics of complex fluids, and phase-field modeling of the moving contact line. NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Electrical & Computer Leung, Victor - Professor Prof. Leung has been inducted Fellow of the Royal Society of Engineering Canada (RSC) – the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences in Canada. NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Electrical & Computer Mesbah, Ali - Assistant Professor Prof. Mesbah received the Best Paper Award at the 13th Engineering International Conference on Web Engineering for the paper titled "Hidden-Web Induced by Client-Side Scripting: An Empirical Study". NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Electrical & Computer Krishnamurthy, Vikram - Professor Prof. Krishnamurthy has received an honorary degree from the Engineering KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Electrical & Computer Salcudean, Tim - Professor Prof. Salcudean has been elected Fellow of the Medical Image Engineering Computing and Computer Aided Interventions Society (MICCAI) for his outstanding contribution to the field of biomedical engineering. NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Mechanical Engineering Altintas, Yusuf - Professor Prof. Altintas has received the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Mechanical Engineering Altintas, Yusuf - Professor Prof. Altintas has had his NSERC Industrial Research Chair (with Pratt and Whitney Canada) renewed. This renewal is quite unique; normally IRCs are limited to two five-year terms, but NSERC decided, in view of Professor Altintas’ stature and PWC’s continuing financial commitment, to allow the IRC to continue for a third term. NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — Mechanical Engineering Altintas, Yusuf - Professor Prof. Altintas has received the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineering for his paper titled “Discrete-Time Prediction of Chatter Stability, Cutting Forces and Surface Location Errors in Flexible Milling Systems” published in the Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering , Vol. 134, pp. 061006, 2012. NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Nursing Boschma, Geertje - Associate Professor Prof. Boschma has received the Mary Adelaide Nutting Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing for the outstanding research and writing of her article Community mental health nursing In Alberta, Canada: An oral history .
NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Nursing Saewyc, Elizabeth - Professor Prof. Saewyc has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences - one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community. The criteria requires that the individual be a world-class scholar and have demonstrated considerable leadership and professional service engagement beyond his or her own research.
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NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Engineering Hewage, Kasun - Associate Professor Prof. Hewage has been recognized for authoring one of the Top 25 published papers in the journal of Building and Environment in 2012 - one of the top journals in the field.
NOV 2013 APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Engineering Sadiq, Rehan - Professor Prof. Sadiq has been recognized by ScienceDirect as authoring one of the Top 25 papers of 2012 published in the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries for the article "Risk Analysis for Oil and Gas Pipelines: A sustainability assessment approach using fuzzy based bow-tie analysis." NOV 2013 ARTS - Anthropology Robertson, Leslie - Assistant Professor Prof. Robertson is the joint recipient with Kwagu'l Gixsam Clan for the Wheeler-Voegelin Prize for their book, "Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las: Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom." With this most innovative work, Robertson and the Gixsam Clan collectively write a book that will "quickly become a methodological model for ethnohistorians." The Wheeler-Voegelin Prize is given by the American Society for Ethnohistory. NOV 2013 ARTS - Art History, Visual Art & Theory Smith, T'ai - Assistant Professor Prof. Smith has been awarded a Fellow of the International Department Research Center for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM) at the Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany, for Summer Term 2014. Prof. Smith's article on the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop brought her to the attention of the IKKM and she was invited to take up this fellowship to share her research on textile media and at the same time to have an opportunity to pursue further her research in the context of an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars. NOV 2013 ARTS - Geography Peck, Jamie - Professor Prof. Peck has been elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Social Sciences) Prof. Peck of is one of the most prolific and highly cited geographers in the world. His main contributions have been in labour studies, urban political economy, and critical policy analysis, including a long-term program of research on the free-market ideology of neoliberalism. He is a leading advocate for institutionally and spatially sensitive analysis across the social and economic sciences. " NOV 2013 ARTS - History Brook, Timothy - Professor Prof. Brook has been elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of the Arts and Humanities) Prof. Brook is a considered an outstanding historian of early modern China in the English-speaking world. His books on this subject have won numerous prizes and been translated into many languages. A globally renowned Canadian Sinologist, Brook has also written important books about the politics of twentieth-century China."
NOV 2013 ARTS - Philosophy Thompson, Evan - Professor Prof. Thompson has been elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of the Arts and Humanities) Prof. Thompson is considered a central figure in modern understandings of the nature of consciousness. His groundbreaking work brings perspectives from phenomenology, cognitive science, and Buddhism to bear on what has been described as the most difficult problem in the philosophy of mind."
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NOV 2013 ARTS - Psychology Department Enns, Jim - Professor 2013 Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award Winner, The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS). This award is made annually to an individual who, in the opinion of the selection committee, has made a significant contribution to the study of brain behaviour and NOV 2013 ARTS - Psychology Department Schaller, Mark - Professor Prof. Schaller has been awarded the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues - Awarded to the best paper or article of the year on intergroup relations -- in this case, an article by Mark Schaller and Steven L. Neuberg with the title "Danger, disease, and the nature of prejudice(s)" (published in 2012 in *Advances in Experimental Social Psychology*). NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Department of Language and Kendrick, Maureen - Associate Professor Prof Kendrick was a co-recipient of the 2013 Alan C. Purves Literacy Education Award for their article, “New Literacies in a Rural Kenyan Girls’ Secondary School Journalism Club” by Research in the Teaching of English. The Alan C. Purves Award is presented annually to the author(s) of the Research in the Teaching of English article from the previous year's volume judged as likely to have the greatest impact on educational practice. NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Department of Language and Early, Margaret - Associate Professor Prof Early was a co-recipient of the 2013 Alan C. Purves Award Literacy Education for their article, “New Literacies in a Rural Kenyan Girls’ Secondary School Journalism Club” by Research in the Teaching of English. The Alan C. Purves Award is presented annually to the author(s) of the Research in the Teaching of English article from the previous year's volume judged as likely to have the greatest impact on educational practice.
NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Department of Language and Marianne McTavish - Instructor Dr. McTavish received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Literacy Education American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group on Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (CPECE).
NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Educational Studies Claudia Ruitenberg - Associate Professor Prof. Ruitenberg was honoured with a Visiting Fellowship at the Institute of Education, London (UK) for the period April-May 2013 NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Educational Counselling, Ercikan, Kadriye - Professor Prof. Ercikan is an elected Fellow of the International Academy Psychology, Special Education of Education for her body of research and contributions to education research.
NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Curriculum and Pedagogy Clark, Penney - Professor Prof. Clark and Wayne Knight (doctoral student) received the Canadian Association of Foundations in Education (CAFÉ) 2013 Publication Award (articles published 2010-12), presented at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, June 3, 2013: titled: ‘Gringo Operations’: Nationalism and Capital in Canadian Educational Publishing, 1970-1981.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes, 45, no. 2 (Spring 2011): 123-161.
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NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Ophthalmology & Visual Science Cynader, Max - Professor Prof. Cynader has been inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for 2014; This is a prestigious national honour recognizing passion and innovative, visionary leadership to improve health worldwide. NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Urologic Sciences Gleave, Martin - Professor Prof. Gleave has been honoured with the Aubrey J. Tingle prize from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research for 2013; For his significant contribution to the understanding and treatment of prostate cancer. NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Medicine Humphries , Richard Keith - Professor Prof. Humphries has been awarded Fellowship from the Royal Society of Canada for 2013; Highest academic accolade in Canada that is available to scientists and scholars.
NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Medicine Lansdorp , Peter - Professor Prof. Lansdorp has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for 2013; highest academic accolade in Canada that is available to scientists and scholars. NOV 2013 PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Zed, Peter - Associate Professor Prof. Zed has been awarded the Top Pediatric Abstract Award at the 2013 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Annual Scientific Meeting. NOV 2013 SCIENCE- Botany Green, Beverley - Professor Emeritus Prof. Green has been awarded the 2013 Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Medal (The Gold Medal), the society's highest honour in recognition of "outstanding published contributions/distinguished service to plant biology. NOV 2013 SCIENCE - Chemistry MacLachlan, Mark - Professor Prof. MacLachlan has been awarded the 2013 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada. He has made significant contributions to the field of Supramolecular Chemistry, which focuses on molecules whose shape and properties allow them to self-assemble into new materials NOV 2013 SCIENCE - Computer Science Mackworth, Alan - Professor Prof. Mackworth is the recipient of the AIJ (Artificial Intelligence Journal) Classic Paper Award for his seminal paper Consistency in Networks of Relations. The award recognizes outstanding papers published at least 15 years ago in the AI Journal that are exceptional in their significance and impact.
NOV 2013 SCIENCE - Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Oldenburg, Douglas - Professor Prof. Oldenburg has been Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Sciences He is the world's leading developer of geophysical inversion methods and software for quantitative interpretation of geophysical data acquired by the mineral industry and others to explore Earth's shallow subsurface. NOV 2013 UBC-O CREATIVE AND CRITICAL STUDIES - Briar Craig, Associate Professor, Prof. Briar received the Juror Selected Prize, for his ultra-violet Creative Studies screen print "Minute In (ghost)"submission in the 2013 North American Print Biennial, hosted by the Boston Printmakers Society and Boston University. NOV 2013 UBC-O Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Klironomos, John - Professor Prof. Klironomos has been awarded the Lifetime Professional Sciences Achievement Award given by the International Soil Ecology Society for outstanding contributions to research, student mentoring and service to the field of soil ecology.
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NOV 2013 UBC-O APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Shahria Alam, Assistant Professor Prof. Alam is one of two successful recipients of the Moldovan Engineering Memorial Award in recognition of innovative contributions to sustainalbe teaching and research at UBC's Okanagan campus. This award is a one time award presented to individuals who made innovative contributions to address specific concerns associated with the teaching and research ecological footprint at UBC NOV 2013 UBC-O APPLIED SCIENCE — School of Kasun Hewage, Associate Professor Prof. Hewage is the second of two successful recipients of the Engineering Moldovan Memorial Award in recognition of innovative contributions to sustainalbe teaching and research at UBC's Okanagan campus. This award is a one time award presented to individuals who made innovative contributions to address specific concerns associated with the teaching and research ecological footprint at UBC.
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BoG Date Faculty - Department Name Award/Distinction NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Curriculum Farr Darling, Linda - Associate UBC Faculty of Education Murray Elliott Service Award for and Pedagogy Professor Outstanding Contributions to the Teacher Education Program. NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Curriculum Milner-Bolotin, Marina - Assistant Certificate of Appreciation from the American Association and Pedagogy Professor of Physics Teachers in February of 2013. This was given to Dr. Milner-Bolotin for her contributions to the organization.
NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Educational Porath, Marion - Professor Robbie Case Memorial Award from Canadian Association and Counselling Psychology for Educational Psychology, for excellence of work in and Special Education educational psychology as evidenced in publication, exemplary, practice, or other contributions and considerable influence on the profession. NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Educational Archibald, Jo-Ann - Professor and Simon Fraser University Outstanding Alumni Award for Studies Associate Dean Indigenous Academic Achievement. Education NOV 2013 LAND AND FOOD SYSTEMS Krzic, Maja - Associate Professor Association for Women Soil Scientists (AWSS) has awarded Dr. Maja Krzic with the 2013 AWSS Mentoring Award. This award recognizes her significant contributions to the education, professional growth, and achievement of may females in soil science. Nominations from past students and colleagues, who were greatly influence by Dr. Krzic in their soils education and careers, played a large part in the committee's unanimous decision.
NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Medicine Eva, Kevin - Professor Honorary Fellowship from the Academy of Medical Educators for 2013; highest award bestowed on exceptional individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to both medical education and to the Academy. NOV 2013 PHARMACEUTICAL Wasan, Kishor - Professor Dr. Wasan received the award for outstanding performance SCIENCES as an AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor for 2012- 2013, from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
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BoG Date Faculty - Department Name Award/Distinction NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Curriculum Farr Darling, Linda - Associate Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the BC Deans of and Pedagogy Professor Education 2013, for her innovative practices to re- conceptualize teacher education particularly in the rural areas of BC.
NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Language Leggo, Carl - Professor UBC Killam Mentoring Award and Literacy Education NOV 2013 EDUCATION - Department Jan Hare - Associate Professor Appointed to Professorship in Indigenous Education for of Language and Literacy Teacher Education. The new Professorship role is a key Education legacy project arising from the Year of Indigenous Education initiative and its goals are to enrich teacher education with Indigenous perspectives, histories and pedagogies, and to engage in the professional development of practicing teachers and faculty to strengthen Indigenous education and approaches in current teaching. NOV 2013 MEDICINE - Medicine Jamal, Shahin - Clinical Associate Clinician Teacher/Educator Award from the Arthritis Professor Society for 2013; recognizing an outstanding clinician teacher/educator who is an exemplary role model for medical students and medical residents considering a career in rheumatology and/or education.
NOV 2013 PHARAMACEUTICAL Lynd, Larry - Associate Professor Dr. Lynd received the 2012-2013 Doctor of Pharmacy SCIENCES (PharmD) Program Instructor award from the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. NOV 2013 SCIENCE- Botany Ellis, Shona - Professor of Teaching Shona Ellis has been awarded the Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award for outstanding contributions made to Botanical instruction. This award recognizes individuals whose work has improved the quality of botanical education at a regional, national, or international level.
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