The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded to acknowledge outstanding teaching and learning contributions made by teaching faculty in LFS.
Does someone come to mind?
Note: The next Killam Teaching Prize will be awarded in 2024.
Your nomination must include a ~150-word rationale why you wish to nominate a candidate, as well as some examples of their teaching excellence.
Criteria
Among the criteria taken into consideration will be sustained teaching excellence, the ability to motivate students and stimulate critical thinking, and development of innovative approaches to teaching methodology and curricula.
Eligibility
UBC LFS faculty members, including lecturers and sessional lecturers, appointed for a minimum of three years in any of the Faculty’s programs are eligible to be nominated for the prize. Award winners within the last six years may not be nominated (see previous winners below).
Killam Teaching Prize Committee Terms of Reference
Previous Winners:
Killam Teaching Award Faculty Winners
| Years | Award Winners |
| 2019-20 | Kristen Walker |
| 2017-18 | Kelleen Wiseman |
| 2015-16 | Candice Rideout |
| 2013-14 | Dan Weary |
| 2011-12 | Karol Traviss |
| 2009-10 | Art Bomke |
| 2007-08 | Marina von Keyserlingk |
| 2005-06 | Andrew Riseman |
| 2005-06 | Maja Krzic |
| 2002-03 | Gwen Chapman |
| 2001-02 | Don Luymes |
| 2000-01 | Mahesh Upadhyaya |
| 1998-99 | Art Bomke |
| 1997-98 | Brian Holl |
| 1996-97 | Robert Chapman |
| 1995-96 | Margaret Arcus |
| 1994-95 | Clare Daem |
| 1993-94 | Les Lavkulich |
| 1992-93 | Susan Barr |
| 1992-93 | David Shackleton |
| 1990-91 | Brenton Skura |
Teaching Assistant Awards:
| Year | Award Winners | Award |
| 2020-21 | Amelie Huiying Zhang | LFS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2019-20 | Colin Dring | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2018-19 | Katie Koralesky | LFS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2017-18 | Christine Sumner | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2016-17 | Carrie James | LFS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2015-16 | Theresa Schroeder | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2014-15 | Sara Moukarzel | LFS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2013-14 | Bryanna Thiel | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2011-12 | Emma Holmes | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2009-10 | Sophie Baker-French | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2007-08 | Stephanie Grand | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2005-06 | Elizabeth Simpson | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |
| 2004-05 | Candice Rideout | Killam Graduate Teaching Award |