Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership Recipients
The Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership recognizes up to two individuals who have advanced the mission of Toronto Metropolitan University through outstanding academic leadership and who have contributed significantly to the enhancement of academic life at TMU and beyond. It may be awarded for service at the Departmental, Faculty, or University level, enhanced by service to the community and profession, where appropriate.
Award recipient(s) will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $3,000 as a one-time payment (subject to applicable deductions)
Key criteria: Leadership
2025 recipients
Frederic Dimanche
Ted Rogers School of Management
As a decade long leader in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), Frederic Dimanche is a tireless advocate for all things HTM. Frederic takes pride in constantly promoting all the good happening within the HTM community, not just with research recognition and student accomplishments, but also alumni, and industry partners, and everyone who contributes to this unique community. If it takes a village to advance a community, knowledge and scholarship in an area such as hospitality and tourism that is so important to the economy of GTA, Frederic is the happy mayor of that Village de HTM.
Nancy Walton
The Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Dr. Walton has consistently demonstrated innovative leadership and made an exceptional impact on Toronto Metropolitan University and the broader community. She fostered collegial governance and outreach initiatives as Chair of the Research Ethics Board, shaping ethical research practices at the university. Her leadership on the Dimensions project, particularly the YSGS Dimensions Report, champions equity, diversity, and inclusion in graduate admissions. Dr. Walton is also a valued mentor, empowering students and colleagues, as evidenced by her guidance to a former student who now carries forward her legacy of fostering lifelong learning in nursing.
Past recipients
- Maher El-Masri
Faculty of Community Services - Dana Thomas
Library
- Cynthia Holmes
Ted Rogers School of Management - Khaled Sennah
Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
- Christopher Gibbs
The Creative School - Daphne Taras
Ted Rogers School of Management
- Charles Falzon
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Communication and Design - Kathleen Pirrie-Adams
RTA School of Media, Faculty of Communication and Design - Carol Shepstone
Toronto Metropolitan University Library
- Lisa Barnoff
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Community Services - Marco Fiola
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts
- Maurice Roche
Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts - Pamela Sugiman
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
- Madeleine Lefebvre
Office of the Chief Librarian, Library and Archives - Catherine Schryer
School of Professional Communication, Faculty of Communication and Design
