FCAT Celebrates with the 2023 Excellence Awards

From our exceptional faculty members, to outstanding staff and inspiring alumni, the FCAT community dazzled at the 2023 FCAT Excellence Awards on December 15th. The annual event highlighted the incredible efforts that make our institution shine.

In addition to the Excellence Awards, this year we will presented the inaugural Opal McLean SCA Alumni Creative Production & Research Prize to withintentions!

Here are all of this year's award recipients:

ALUMNI AWARDS

Emerging Alumni

• Arthi Chandra, Artistic Director, The Library Performance Collective - School for the Contemporary Arts

Alum of the Year

• Kevin Hustler, UX Designer, Netflix - School of Interactive Art and Technology

Distinguished Alumni

• Heidi Waechtler, Director of Sales and Distribution, Figure 1 Publishing – Publishing Program

STAFF AWARDS

Impact Award

• Gary Chow – Administrative Coordinator in the School of Communication

Career Contributions Award

• Tiffany Taylor – Graduate Programs Coordinator  in the School of Interactive Art and Technology

TEACHING AWARDS

Teaching Assistant or Tutor Marker Teaching Award

• Shauna-Kaye Brown – Research Assistant in the School for the Contemporary Arts and School of Communication

Sessional Instructor Award

• Amanda Lastoria – Adjunct Professor with the Publishing Program

Early Career Teaching Award

• Gillian Russell – Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Art and Technology
• Jennesia Pedri – Term Lecturer in the School of Communication

Graduate Student Mentorship Award

• Juan Pablo Alperin - Associate Professor in the Publishing Program, the Associate Director of Research for the Public Knowledge Project, and the co-director of the Scholarly Communications Lab

Distinguished Teaching Award

• Rachel Ralph – Lecturer in the Masters of Digital Media program

RESEARCH AWARDS

Emerging Researcher

• Erika Latta – Assistant Professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts

Researcher of the Year

• Sarah Ganter – Associate Professor in the School of Communication

Community-Engaged Research

• Diane Gromala & Chris Shaw – Professors in the School of Interactive Art and Technology

SERVICE AWARD

• Peter Dickinson - Professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts

EQUITY, COMMUNITY & CARE AWARD

• Nicole Manson - Indigenous Academic and Student Liasion in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology Dean's Office

About the FCAT Excellence Awards

The FCAT Excellence Awards were created to honour the hard work, dedication, and excellence that occurs across FCAT and beyond. The FCAT Research Excellence Awards were created in 2018 and FCAT Teaching, Staff, and Alumni awards followed in 2021 to further recognize the exemplary work done by current FCAT members and alumni.