Recognizing hard work and dedication at the Annual Employee Awards Celebration
On May 3, the university’s Human Resources department held its Annual Employee Awards Celebration event to recognize and honour all of our hardworking and dedicated employees, and celebrate award nominees, recipients, and those reaching long-serving milestones.
Hosted by President Steven Murphy and Jamie Bruno, Vice-President, People and Transformation, the event kicked off with an engaging keynote speech from Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemmons, an American-Canadian sports executive, and former running-back and current General Manager for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. Following the speech, Ontario Tech Mechatronic student ‘King David’ (David Akinyemi, Mechatronics Engineering, Class of 2023) performed a rousing rendition of the .
Staff Awards of Excellence nominees and recipients:
- Fiercely Ontario Tech – recognizes a frontline staff member who consistently strives to support a culture of service excellence.
- Elisa Beverley
- Nicola From
- Mike Prasad (winner)
- U Make A Mark – recognizes individuals or teams who have developed or implemented a system, tool, initiative or program within their department, faculty or across the university which has positively impacted student success or employee experience.
- Brilliant Catalyst Team: Connor Loughlean, Denzel Sheppard Thompson, Leen Jaber, Lina Hamouda, Marissa George, Maryam Akhtar, and Osman Hamid (winner)
- Ontario Tech Librarians: Alyssa Jeffrey, Chelsie Lalonde, Nathalie Zhou, Heather McTavish, Kaelan Caspary, Kate Gibbings, Lydia Thorne, and Trisha Johns Wilson
- Multifactor Authentication Team: Aaron Gates, Anna Jaworski, Bradley Chicoine, Michelle Huinink Barnes
- Student Learning Centre: Eda Aydin, Laura Thursby, Lindsay Smith, Mark Neville, Matthew McGravey, Olga Bulakh, Sarah Coombs, Stephanie Rufh and Tessa Troughton
- Rising Star – recognizes an emerging leader who has been with the university for two years or less and who demonstrates a passion for their work and has made a significant impact in their short time at the university.
- Davaun Francis
- Laura Thursby (winner)
- Community Collaborator – recognizes individuals or teams who help build rewarding relationships at the university, within our local community, or beyond.
- Jennifer Alsop (winner)
- Kaelan Caspary
- Marie Harvey
- Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH) Experiential Learning Team: Cayla Da Silva and Dan Walters (winner)
10-year Service Award
Recognizing the significant service of our valued employees who reached 10 years of service in the year 2022.
- Kevin Arbour
- Kirstie Ayotte
- Robert Balogh
- Glenda Beja
- Yuri Bolshan
- Toba Bryant
- Poonamjit Cardoso
- Pierre Côté
- Kurshid Dain
- Ravinder Dhamrait
- Julie Downes
- Gary Genosko
- Shahla Gharibi
- Michael Guy
- Sheree Hendricks
- Daniel Hoornweg
- Alexander Kidd
- Chelsie Lalonde
- Jia Li
- Masoud Makrehchi
- Olga Marques
- Stephen Marsh
- Sherry Marshall
- Janet Martin
- Brianna McKay
- Jennifer McKellar
- Tanner Mirrlees
- Atef Mohany
- Mary Olaveson
- Elita Partosoedarso
- Richard Pazzi
- Isabel Pedersen
- Mildred Ryan Harshman
- Stacey Sainte-Marie
- Desiree Saunders
- Tarlochan Sidhu
- Leticia Simon
- George Stamatiou
- Annette Tavares
- Stephanie Walter
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate and congratulate our 10-year service milestones, award nominees and award winners.
