External Awards
It gives us great pride to witness the recognition Ryerson researchers are receiving from their peers and the broader community. This is a small sample of the honours and awards bestowed on our faculty in 2018-19.
Royal Society of Canada
Established in 1883, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) recognizes the country’s leading scholars, artists and scientists through a competitive, peer-juried process. The lifelong honour is one of the highest a Canadian scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences.
In the 2018-19 year, three Ryerson scholars were elected Fellows of the RSC’s Academy of the Arts and Humanities.
Robert Burley (Image Arts), one of Canada’s foremost photographers, was elected to the RSC in recognition of his work capturing the role of nature in an urban context. His influence in acquiring photographic archives was also instrumental to the establishment of the Ryerson Image Arts Centre.
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra (English) was elected to the RSC in recognition of her international scholarship in British Victorian literature, illustrated books and periodicals. Her leadership in digitizing 19th century print culture preserves these works for the 21st century and beyond.
Ruth Panofsky (English) was elected to the RSC in recognition of her scholarship on Canadian publishing history, authorship and Canadian Jewish literature. Her authority in the field has helped bring public attention to the work of Canadian Jewish female writers and other diverse voices.
Other External Awards
Faculty of Arts
Sarah Henstra (English) received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction for her novel, The Red Word. The novel tackles the difficult issue of rape culture, sexual harassment and violence against women at a US college campus.
Faculty of Communication and Design
Frauke Zeller (Professional Communication) was named a Massey College Visiting Scholar, where she will continue to focus her research on human-robot interaction and artificial intelligence. Two other Ryerson researchers were named Massey Scholars in 2018-19: Dae Kun Hwang (Chemical Engineering) and Raktim Mitra (Urban and Regional Planning).
Faculty of Community Services
Chris De Sousa (Urban and Regional Planning) was named Brownfielder of the Year by the Canadian Brownfielders Network for his individual achievements in developing policy and governance for brownfield remediation and rehabilitation.
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Krishna Kumar (Aerospace Engineering) was named a member of the International Academy of Astronautics for his contributions to space research.
Faculty of Science
Imogen Coe (Chemistry and Biology) received the 2019 Angela Hildyard Recognition Award in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion from the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada, which promotes female leadership in Canadian post-secondary institutions.
Ted Rogers School of Management
Cheri Bradish (Marketing Management) was named one of the top 25 Disruptors in the first-ever North American Sports Tech Report, in recognition of her work driving the growth and success of the sport technology ecosystem and for founding the Future of Sport Lab incubator.