Gallery of Distinguished Teachers

Dr. Geraldine Thomas Educational Leadership Award

In 2007, the Quality of Teaching Committee (now the Senate Committee on Learning and Teaching) established an Dr. Geraldine Thomas Educational Leadership Award to recognize the faculty who develop, enhance, and promote the quality of teaching at Saint Mary's and beyond. The Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the Saint Mary's University Faculty Union for this award. The award is named for Dr. Geraldine Thomas, national teaching award winner and founding member of the Quality of Teaching Committee. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Thomas supported efforts to improve teaching and learning within the University, the Atlantic region, and nationally. Previous winners of this prestigious award are shown in the gallery below.

The Father Stewart Medal for Excellence in Teaching

In 1983, the Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Faculty Union and the Students’ Representative Council, established the Reverend William A. Stewart, S.J., Medal for Excellence in Teaching. This award is open to faculty members who have made an extraordinary contribution to the education of Saint Mary’s students through teaching in the University’s tradition of quality undergraduate education. Nominations are invited from alumni, students, and faculty members. This medal is presented at Spring Convocation together with a cheque for $1,500. Previous winners of this prestigious award are shown in the gallery below.

AAU − Distinguished Teaching Award

The Association of Atlantic Universities Distinguished Teaching Award encourages excellence in teaching, and instructional leadership in the universities of the Atlantic region. Previous winners of this prestigious award are shown in the gallery below.

STLHE − 3M National Teaching Fellows

The annual 3M Teaching Fellowship from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education recognizes exceptional contributions to teaching and learning in Canadian post-secondary education. Previous winners of this prestigious award are shown in the gallery below.

Images in this gallery were provided by the University Archives. You can find a wealth of historical material related to the University, including photos, yearbooks, student newspapers, oral history interviews, and much more, in the University Archives collection of the library's Institutional Repository.