Department of Physical Therapy / en Students, faculty recognized with Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values /celebrates/students-faculty-recognized-temerty-awards-excellence-professional-values <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Students, faculty recognized with Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-08-20T14:08:24-04:00" title="Friday, August 20, 2021 - 14:08" class="datetime">Fri, 08/20/2021 - 14:08</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physical-therapy" hreflang="en">Department of Physical Therapy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rehabilitation-sciences-institute" hreflang="en">Rehabilitation Sciences Institute</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/st-michael-s-hospital-0" hreflang="en">St. Michael’s Hospital</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/sunnybrook-health-sciences-centre" hreflang="en">Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-awards-excellence-professional-values" hreflang="en">Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/unity-health" hreflang="en">Unity Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-05/temerty-group-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="(L-R): Lindsay Beavers, Mena Gewarges, Helen Yang, Reena Pattani, Samira Omar"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(L-R): Lindsay Beavers, Mena Gewarges, Helen Yang, Reena Pattani, Samira Omar</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Lindsay Beavers</strong>, <strong>Mena Gewarges</strong>, <strong>Samira Omar</strong>, <strong>Reena Pattani</strong> and <strong>Helen Yang</strong> of the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine are the inaugural recipients&nbsp;of <a href="https://temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/temerty-awards-excellence-professional-values">the Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values</a>.</p> <p>Supported by <strong>James and Louise Temerty</strong> and the Temerty Foundation, the awards recognize learners and faculty members who champion collaboration, health and well-being, diversity and inclusion, excellence through equity, and sustainability.</p> <p>An assistant professor in the department of physical therapy and manager of Unity Health Toronto’s simulation program, Beavers was cited for her “tireless efforts to ensure psychologically, culturally and physically safe learning environments” and her leadership in designing and delivering a new approach to curriculum development on sex and gender.</p> <p>Gewarges is a cardiology resident at ֱ and chief cardiology resident at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Nominators praised the physician for her kindness, respect and civility towards patients, their families, and her colleagues – and for co-founding a resident-led mentorship group that introduces Black and Indigenous students to cardiology.</p> <p>A doctoral candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Omar previously served as co-chair of the student Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee and was lauded for leading conversations around rehabilitation science and co-facilitating an anti-Black racism workshop for the Centre for Faculty Development.</p> <p>Pattani is a clinician-educator in the department of medicine, the director of learner experience for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a staff physician at Unity Health Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital. She served on the department’s Mentorship, Equity and Diversity Committee and was praised for her “exceptional kindness, humility, collegiality and commitment to learner wellness.”</p> <p>Master of science student Yang studies geriatric oncology in the Institute of Medical Science. A student representative on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council, nominators described Yang as “embodying advocacy-centered professionalism.”</p> <h3><a href="https://temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/inaugural-recipients-temerty-awards-excellence-professional-values-named">Read the Temerty Faculty of Medicine story&nbsp;</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 20 Aug 2021 18:08:24 +0000 lanthierj 170066 at Five ֱ faculty members join Royal Society’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists /celebrates/five-u-t-faculty-members-join-royal-society-s-college-new-scholars-artists-and-scientists <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Five ֱ faculty members join Royal Society’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-09-08T11:18:25-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 11:18" class="datetime">Tue, 09/08/2020 - 11:18</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">ֱ Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-ecology-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-political-science" hreflang="en">Department of Political Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-biological-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Biological Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-mechanical-industrial-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Mechanical &amp; Industrial Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physical-therapy" hreflang="en">Department of Physical Therapy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/royal-society-2020.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Group composite photo of 5 appointees"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">College of New Scholars members from left: Marc Cadotte, Aimy Bazylak, Diana Fu, Chelsea Rochman and Kelly O'Brien</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Five faculty members at the University of Toronto – experts in a wide range of disciplines, from ecology to engineering – have been appointed to the <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/about">Royal Society of Canada</a>’s College of <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/Class%20of%202020%20%282%29.pdf">New Scholars, Artists and Scientists</a>.</p> <p>“This is an important recognition of researchers who are leaders in their fields, whose dedication and talent are transforming a wide range of disciplines,” says&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates them on their admission to the college and we look forward to seeing their research continue to make an impact in Canada and beyond.”</p> <p>The new college members are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professor-aimy-bazylak-elected-to-the-royal-society-of-canadas-college-of-new-scholars-artists-and-scientists/"><strong>Aimy Bazylak</strong></a> of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</li> <li><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/growing-among-nature-shaped-career-utsc-ecologist-elected-royal-society-canada"><strong>Marc Cadotte</strong></a> of the department of biological sciences at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><strong><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/prof-elected-royal-society-canada-plans-use-her-platform-bring-greater-understanding">Diana&nbsp;Fu</a> </strong>of the department of political science at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><a href="https://www.physicaltherapy.utoronto.ca/faculty/kelly-obrien/"><strong>Kelly O’Brien</strong></a> of the department of physical therapy in the Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDRSzTKOxw"><strong>Chelsea Rochman</strong></a> of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology&nbsp;in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> </ul> <p>Established in 2014, the college honours excellence and seeks to recognize and foster academic leadership and collaboration among those who have received their PhDs within the last 15 years.</p> <p>“I really enjoy being able to teach people of all ages about the natural world,” says <strong>Marc Cadotte</strong>, who <a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/growing-among-nature-shaped-career-utsc-ecologist-elected-royal-society-canada">runs pollinator gardens and monarch butterfly programs with local elementary schools</a>&nbsp;in addition to his teaching and research at ֱ.&nbsp;“Most of my education and my funding has been supported by the public, so I feel a responsibility to pass on to others what I’ve learned as a way of giving back.”</p> <p>The incoming class of college members will be granted a seven-year membership. They will be&nbsp;inducted at <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/events/coee2020">the 2020 Celebration of Excellence</a> hosted by ֱ on Nov. 27.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:18:25 +0000 lanthierj 165572 at