2023 Employee Achievement Awards

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We are celebrating the incredible work of employees across George Brown College with our revitalized Employee Achievement Awards program. 

The innovation, adaptability and energy GBC employees show every day helps us achieve our bold vision for the future outlined in Strategy 2026 and Vision 2030. We can't wait to celebrate your efforts at the upcoming President's Awards Celebration on August 29. 

Congratulations to our 2023 Achievement Awards Nominees! 

Check out the list of Achievement Award nominees:
  • Abha Trivedi
  • Abigail Picado
  • Abisola Asha
  • Adam Foley
  • Adam Lawrence
  • Aida Viveiros
  • Alar Petersoo
  • Alex Irwin
  • Aliakbar Kabiri Rahni
  • Alicia Marshall
  • Ana Rita Morais
  • Andrea Cassidy
  • Andrea Jones
  • Anna Bartosik 
  • Anna Olenewa
  • Anne Song
  • Ashley Farnell
  • Ashley Sullivan
  • Asim Ayub
  • Astier Ghbrehiwot
  • Baaba Lewis
  • Barb Pimento
  • Bethanie Huen
  • Brooke Ford
  • Bryan Mulveney
  • Cecilia Marquez
  • Cheryl Cleland
  • Chilli Leung
  • Chris Loizou
  • Christine Houston
  • Daniel Vasquez
  • Danny Smith
  • David Wolfman
  • Davor Mamuzic
  • Deepak Naik
  • Denise Nelson-Mogaji
  • Derek Vigar
  • Elizabeth Dantas
  • Elizabeth Speers
  • Enda Moreira
  • Esther Yu
  • Fay Lim-Lambie
  • Gary Hoyer
  • Gord Ruder
  • Heidi Marsh
  • Hemant Kanchan
  • Jacqueline Abel
  • Janene Christiansen
  • Jason Inniss
  • Jeanne Da Silva
  • Jeff Santos
  • Jennetta Lamb
  • Jessica Paterson
  • Joanna Friend
  • Joanna Asadoorian
  • Joey Ma
  • Jon Callegher
  • Jules Lewis
  • Kate Wren
  • Katrina Kieley
  • Keshia Fortune
  • Krista Holmes
  • Liang Wu
  • Linda Gillis
  • Ling Gao
  • Lisa Thich
  • Katrina Kieley
  • Keshia Fortune
  • Liang Wu
  • Linda Gillis
  • Ling Gao
  • Lisa Thich
  • Lisa Rogers
  • Lorenza Carandang
  • Lori Stahlbrand
  • Lyndsay Wilson
  • Mandy Bonisteel
  • Marcia Richards
  • Margrit Talpalaru
  • Maria Felisa Torres-Hives
  • Markus Elegino
  • Mary Anne Balatero
  • Maryam McKenzie
  • Maryana Sakhryn
  • Md Safiuddin
  • Melissa Crawford
  • Michael Long
  • Michelle McCollum
  • Moira Cockburn
  • Monica McGlynn-Stewart
  • Montgomery Prior
  • Natalya Willy
  • Nerys Rau
  • Olexiy Kernytsky
  • Olga Azem
  • Patricia Ramos
  • Patrick Lo
  • Paula Applebaum
  • Peggy Mackenzie
  • Peter Koutsokeris
  • Rahim Vadsarya
  • Raj Khatri 
  • Ricardo Yu
  • Riley Bennett
  • Robin Yap
  • Rose Pugliese
  • Russ Adade
  • Sarika Narinesingh
  • Scott McKenzie
  • Sharmaine Itwaru
  • Silvia Caicedo
  • Sotiris Eleftheriadis
  • Stuart Betteridge
  • Sumi Shanmuganathan
  • Susie Reading
  • Suzanne De Freitas
  • Tammy Vaillancourt
  • Tara Montgomery-Ferguson
  • Tara Stafford-Regis
  • Tom Luu
  • Valerie Scovill
  • Viz Saraby
  • Vladimir Prokhorov
  • Wendy Ellis
  • Wendy Mah

CHECK OUT THE AWARD CATEGORIES

The 2023 Employee Achievement Awards will be presented at two college events:

President's Awards

Nine award categories for all employees (including administration, faculty and support staff) will be presented at the President's Awards Celebration event on August 29 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. 

SEE PRESIDENT'S AWARDS 

Teaching & Learning Awards

Three faculty awards have been presented at the annual Teaching and Learning Conference on June 29, at the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (300 Adelaide St. E.). The awards presentation included Educator of the Year, Innovation (Teaching and Learning) and SoTL Scholar awards.

SEE TEACHING & LEARNING awards