Award-winning teachers

Recognition of teaching excellence

The department cares deeply about teaching, and has many outstanding instructors. Some have been formally recognized as such, and are featured below. We also have fantastic TAs - be sure to check out our lists of winners of the Department Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Andy Farquharson Awards for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching.

2009 - Neil Burford (Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dalhousie University).

2008/2009 - Penelope Codding (Faculty of Science Teaching Award): "... an outstanding and constantly innovative instructor... charismatic with a genuine interest in those she teaches... she has touched the lives of many of her students, and the care she puts into her teaching and her students is phenomenal"

2006/2007 - Tom Fyles (Faculty of Science Teaching Award): "...dedicated to the notion of teaching excellence and is unconditionally dedicated to his students... Tom Fyles' contributions to the teaching enterprise at UVic can only be described as exceptional."

2006 - Kelli Fawkes (Gilian Sherwin Award): "... Kelli has earned the respect of faculty, graduate students and undergrads with her enthusiasm, organizational skills and eye for detail."

2004/2005 - David Berg (Faculty of Science Teaching Award): "...one of the most popular instructors... frequently seen (and heard) chatting with students... his patience and enthusiasm are a testimony to his passion for teaching."

2000 - Dave Berry (3M Teaching Fellowship): "...for his teaching excellence and exceptionally high degree of leadership and commitment to the improvement of university teaching."

1997 - Dave Berry (Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award): "Those of us who are exposed to Dr. Berry cannot help being infected with his love for science and teaching."

Department Award for Excellence in Teaching

In 2008/2009, the structure of the Andy Farquharson award (see below) was changed to recognize only three winners across the campus. The Department of Chemistry chose to create its own award for excellence in teaching, and that winner becomes the department’s nominee for the Andy Farquharson award.

Candidates for the department award must be registered graduate students at UVic who teach in the Chemistry department. Past winners of the Chemistry department’s Award for Excellence in Teaching are:

2010/11 - Brynn Dooley and Krista Vikse
2009/10 - Danielle Chisholm, Yunyan Hou and Jonathan Chui
2008/09 - Kevin Anderson

Andy Farquharson Awards

The Andy Farquharson Awards for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching are for registered graduate students who have excelled in their teaching during the preceding calendar year. Any form of teaching within the university may be included. The award is named after a past director of UVic's Learning andTeaching Centre.

Past winners:

2011 - Brynn Dooley
2010 - Jonathan Chui
2008 - Joe Gilroy
2007 - Horace Luong
2006 - Steve McKinnon
2005 - Dan Myles
2004 - Paul O'Connor
2003 - Roy Jensen
2002 - Bryan Koivisto
2001 - Todd Sutherland
2000 - Darryl Brousmiche

News & Events

50th Anniversary Reunion

Join us September 28-30 to celebrate 50 years of Great Chemistry (pdf).

Congratulations to Professor Frank van Veggel, inaugural (2012) winner of the CSC's Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry.

Spend a summer on Canada's beautiful West Coast!

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards: Applications due January 31.
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award: Applications due February 15.

Photo competition!

Enter our competition to get a photo you've taken on the cover of one of the first year lecture books, and win some great prizes! 3 grand prizes and 15 winners in total. See the flyer for details (pdf).

Elements Newsletter

Fall 2011 (pdf).

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