2026 Arts Award Recipients
Honouring 27 outstanding members of the UCalgary Arts community in five award themes and sub-categories prioritized in the Arts Strategic Plan.
Health and Wellness
Keith Yeates - Professor, Psychology
Digital Futures
Anthony Reimer - Art and Art History
Health and Wellness
Mary McDonald Pavelka - Professor, Anthropology and Archaeology
Connection, Community and Culture
Tim Lee, Communications Specialist, Office of the Dean
Connection, Community and Culture
Judy Anderson, Professor, Art and Art History
Connection, Community and Culture
Julia Chan, Assistant Professor, Communication, Media and Film
Connection, Community and Culture
Carlos Foggin, School of Creative and Performing Arts
Connection, Community and Culture
Ian G. Kinney, English Alumnus
ANAR, GEOG, PSYC Pod Administrative Team
Connection, Community and Culture
Barshal Rimal, Alice Gao, Karen Tablazon, Madison Trifaux, Rofina Bauer, Sakura Aoyama, Shelley Wind, Shirin Inanloo
Connection, Community and Culture
Motilola Akinfemisoye-Adejare, Assistant Professor (Teaching), Anthropology
Connection, Community and Culture
Jim Ellis, Calgary Institute for the Humanities
Connection, Community and Culture
Vincent Nwosu, School of Languages, Linguistics and Literatures
Digital Futures
Darren Sjogren, Associate Professor, Geography
Health and Wellness
Perri Tutelman, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Mark Grosjean Award Team
Justice, Equity and Transformation
Pablo Policzer, Concetta Sonnenberg, Maureen Hiebert, Joshua Goldstein
Justice, Equity and Transformation
Ariel Ducey, Department Head, Sociology
Justice, Equity and Transformation
Dylan Martin, School of Creative and Performing Arts
Pallavi Banerjee
Professor, Department of Sociology
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA) Award
Teams, Office of Institutional Commitments, University of Calgary
Allan Gordon Bell
Professor, School of Creative and Performing Arts
Violet Archer Lifetime Achievement Award by The Canadian Music Centre
Anna Bettini
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of History
People’s Choice Award, UCalgary Postdoc Research Slam
Jeremy S. Brown
Professor, School of Creative and Performing Arts
YYC Music Awards
Jazz Recording of the Year and Classical Recording of the Year
Keith Dobson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology
Pettifor Lifetime Achievement Award
(Psychologists' Association of Alberta)
Astrid Eckstein
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts
UCalgary Award for Workplace Integrated Learning
G. Kent Fellows
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
John Vanderkamp Prize - Canadian Economic Association
Angela George
School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Best Article Award for Professors / Researchers
Canadian Association of Hispanists / La Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas
UCalgary Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
Anastasiia Gushchina
PhD Candidate, Department of Communication, Media and Film
UCalgary Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Courtnay Konshuh
Assistant Professor, Department of History
UCalgary Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
Jennifer Leason
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Chair: CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Maternal Child Wellness
Community-Campus Research Partnership Award for Reclaiming Indigenous Birth Project – Honourable Mention
Caleb Lee
Adjunct Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Philosophy
UCalgary Award for Sessional Instructors
Brittany Lindsay
Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology
Transdisciplinary Award, UCalgary Postdoc Research Slam
Qian Liu
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Asian Law and Society Association 2024 Distinguished Article Award
Jack Lucas
Professor, Department of Political Science
Killam Emerging Research Leader (SSHRC)
Jane MacFarlane
Division Lead – Drama, School of Creative and Performing Arts
Calgary Arts Development Grant for Individual Project
Sheri Madigan
Professor, Department of Psychology
The Mavis Hetherington Award for Excellence in Applied Developmental Science
CIHR IHDCYH – 2nd Place
Suzette Mayr
Professor, Department of English
Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentorship
Amanda Melin
Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Royal Society of Canada College Member
NSERC McDonald Fellowship
Ayesha Mian Akram
Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of Sociology
UCalgary Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
(Assistant Professor Teaching)
J. Overholser
Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
UCalgary Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
Chelsea Rozanski
Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
UCalgary Award for Sessional Instructors
Malinda Smith
Professor, Department of Political Science
Distinguished Alumni Award U of A
2025 Women Making History in Alberta Awards - Nominee
Frank Stahnisch
Professor, Department of History
Royal Society of Canada Fellow
Perri Tutelman
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prize for Patient Engagement in Research
Early Career Fellow, Digital, Inclusive, Virtual and Equitable Research Training (DIVERT) in Mental Health Platform
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Best Book (Creative Writing), African Literature Association
Anna Veprinska
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Chinook Poetry Contest - Winner
Jennifer Winter
Professor, Department of Economics
John Vanderkamp Prize - Canadian Economic Association
Richard Zach
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Institute Vienna Circle Fellowship