2018 Employee Award Recipients
Administrative Staff Award: Sarah Crawford
“Sarah Crawford is always engaged, enthusiastic and positive about her work, she combines expertise with approachability and dedication to great effect. Some examples of her commitment and professionalism include…Consent Fest, Pride Week, I Believe You Campaign, Sex After Dark Workshop, Banging Brunch Event, Strong Orange Campaign, Agency Fairs, Awareness Booths..Bringing in the Bystander training, Think Again Campaign..Man Up Against Violence Campaign..International Women’s Day and December 6th National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.”
Deborah Rowan-Legg Service Excellence Award: Bruce Dwyer
“Annually, Bruce also brings in representatives from Air Tindi, Bearskin Airlines and First Air to talk and offer positions to the graduating class. At a point in their lives when student loans have to be paid off, having a “leg up” into the cockpit of an airline helps. Because of this arrangement, several former students are now pursuing careers in these airlines. With such a program, their success is guaranteed.”
Dianne Bloor Part-time Faculty Award: Chris Martin
“Chris Martin is a difference-maker in student learning. A sociologist and scholar, Chris makes complex theory relatable and provides students with knowledge to lead them forward. He’s an energetic teacher who engages students in lively, thought-provoking discussion and via innovative assessments to celebrate key concepts.
Chris is meticulous and thoughtful in his feedback to students. He responds to queries quickly approaching all with warmth and encouragement. He believes wholeheartedly in potential and strives to nurture students’ belief in themselves.”
Gerry A. Barker Leadership Award: Dushan Horvat
“Great leaders see themselves a being in a position of service to their team members. Horvat’s graduate students all communicated that their professor always sought to create tangible opportunities that would benefit them as team members. He ensured his students all had the training and resources to contribute to the project. Horvat was able to inspire his team by setting a good example – of hard work, dedication and persistence. When challenges arose, the team looked to Horvat for his guidance and leadership.”
Laurent Isabelle Award: Andrew Greenhalgh
“Not only does Andrew share with his students the technical knowledge required by his course..he also shares important personal and professional life experiences.”
“..I believe Andrew Greenhalgh exemplifies great teaching through his dedication to providing best-in-class teaching materials and environments to his students and his commitment to continuous improvement of his courses and teaching skills.”
Lifetime Achievement Award: David Bray
“David recognized the importance of industry partnership and the value this brings to students, faculty and the College – and brought the Cisco Academy to Algonquin 20 years ago when the Academy was in its infancy. He has been fundamental in working with Cisco in the development of the Academy and much of the CCNA curriculum – which is now a world-wide recognized program. Algonquin is the largest North-America academy; and our students have won every major Cisco student award.”
Support Staff Award: Tom Friesen
“Tom is working closely with the data and business analysts involved in the Student Information System (SIS) project to replace the 25-year old Student Information System, GeneSIS. His strong leadership has been essential to the project team’s success in gaining traction and his enthusiastic championing of data and its value to the College as a strategic asset has effected a culture shift among staff and College executives.”
Team Award: Student Award Net Tuition Automation (SANTA) Project
“Through this project, SANTA team members served as outstanding advocates for the College by demonstrating a strong commitment to achieving its vision of being a 21st-century digital college. By automating previously manual processes, they have saved hundreds of hour of staff time. By adopting an agile development process and a cutting-edge cloud-based delivery platform, they allowed the Registrar’s Office to operationalize portions of the new system just three months after the project’s initiation. In doing so, they provided a shining example of digital innovation at the College.”
Part-time Support Staff Award: Marcel Mousseau
“Marcel is a bright and caring individual and he has made countless contributions to our employment service in many ways. He organized and arranged several job fairs; also attended several events that support the community as a whole as a representative for Employment Services and his energetic and enthusiastic approach is well received be all who have had the honour to work with or be served by him.”