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Faculty and Staff Awards

Couldn't-have-made-it-without-you Award

The Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences celebrates the outstanding contributions of its administrative support staff and recognizes their achievements with the Faculty’s Couldn't-have-made-it-without-you Award.

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A monetary prize is awarded to one regular clinical staff member and to one regular administrative staff member.

Administrative Category: Arvhic Jay Salazar, Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator

Clinical Category: Lydia Lesanu, Accounts Administrator

Administrative Category: Nila Aranjuez, Program Administrator

Clinical Category: Josie Marsala, Clinic Manager

Clerical Category: Daniela Botoca, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator

Management Category: Chantal Desjardins, Program Officer

Technical Category: Lorna Daley, Infection Control Technician

Clerical Category: Brendan Leslie Kelly, Shopkeeper

Management Category: Linda Harrison, Simulation Lab Administrator

Technical Category: Maxine Daley, Infection Control Technician

Clerical Category: Marilyn Sylvester, Head Storekeeper

Management Category: Nancy Cheong, Program Administrator

Technical Category: Raffaele Notarmaso, Infection Control Technician

Marlene Balena

Anne-Marie Plante

Iren Urazbaeva

Michelle Dion

Nicole Brunelle

Rocchina Testa

Celine Ash

Nikoo Taghavi

Isabelle Chevrier

Marie-Claude Loignon

Romantha Descartes


Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award

As part of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences strategic plan, the Dean’s Office has established the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Leadership Award to recognize EDI initiatives within the Faculty and in its affiliated hospitals.

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A maximum of two (2) faculty or staff members will be selected as the recipients by the members of the Faculty Executive Committee with voting rights, during the fall Faculty Executive Committee meeting. Each recipient will receive a monetary award of $500. If the Executive Committee cannot identify suitable awardees in a given year, the award will not be handed out.

Eligibility criteria:

  • individuals who have demonstrated outstanding EDI leadership through activities at the Faculty and the affiliated hospitals during the preceding academic year (September 1 – August 31);

  • individuals who have not received the EDI Leadership Award in the previous five (5) years.

Nicolas Drolet, Outreach Clinical Administrator

Jennifer Timmons, Communications Officer

Karen Toroyan, Human Resources Administrator

Crystal Noronha, Manager, Student Affairs


The Dr. Howard S. Katz Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes superior teaching, pedagogical innovation and leadership at the undergraduate level of dental education. The following criteria will contribute to the evaluation: excellent student evaluations, evidence of pedagogical innovation, and recognition of leadership in dental education.

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ÌýKatz Teaching Award Nomination Terms of Reference

The full nomination package should be submitted by March 1st of each year to the Dean’s office at Deanadm.dentistry [at] mcgill.ca.

Alissa Levine

Dr. Julia Cohen-Levy

Dr. Yu Kwong Li

Dr. Christophe Bedos

Dr. Frances Power

Dr. Firoozeh Samim

Dr. François Seng

Maryam Tabrizian

Dr. Shahrokh Esfandiari

Dr. John Drummond

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