Congratulations to the 2025 President’s Awards Recipients! We hope you enjoyed learning about their accomplishments during the President’s Breakfast.
These exemplary employees have displayed our values of courage, innovation, equity, health & well-being, and sustainability. Their accomplishments were recognized by their nominees, reviewed by a committee of leaders, and supported by our President.
We encourage you to visit the President’s Awards website to see details about the 2025 recipients and to congratulate them on their award. A photo gallery of the President’s Awards is also now available.
We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to nominate their co-workers and recognized their hard work and dedication to Humber Polytechnic and the University of Guelph-Humber.
Please help to celebrate the achievements and congratulate the recipients below:
Distinguished Faculty Award
Ali Owayid, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology
Andrew Vento, Longo Faculty of Business
Mike Wise, Faculty of Media, Creative Arts, and Design
Savdulla Kazazi, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology
Administrative Distinguished Service Award
Ranya Khan, Centre for Innovative Learning
Support Staff Distinguished Service Award
Andrea Chan, Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic
John Klassen, Office of the Registrar
Khaled Ibrahim, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology
Mallory Lawton, Student Success and Engagement
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Award
David Neumann, Faculty of Media, Creative Arts, and Design
Robert A. Gordon Leadership Award
Alvina Cassiani, Marketing, Communications and Advancement
Wanda Buote, Education and Training Solutions
Community Service Award
Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship: John Lam, Emily Buchnea, Sahana Srikandarajah, Ciara McVeigh, Lida Anwari, Ananya Bhasin
Research Excellence Award
Polly Ford-Jones, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Humber Sustainability Award
Aliya Dalfen, Libraries
Excellence in Teaching Award
Susan Kates, Longo Faculty of Business
Excellence in Support Award
Simon Ibbotson, Capital Development and Facilities Management
Internationalization Award
Cathy Bidini, Faculty of Media, Creative Arts, and Design
Extra Mile Award
GLOW Bursary Leads: Phil Legate, Sieu Moi Ly, Daniel Castillo-Sanchez, James Walker
FLAS Grab 'n Go Food Bank Team: Amy Weir, Candace Iron, Fredy Mejia, Natasha Curtis, Sarah Armenia, Sarah Henderson
Program Planning, Development, and Renewal Team: Sofia Bianco, Jason Benlas, Barbara Martin, Mahwish Choudhry, Jessica Ing, Ada Zhu, Alexandria Matiasso, Melissa VanTwest, Melinda Kao, Katie Cook, Sandra Gonzalez Vega, Lauren Phillips, Jonathan Lau
Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate Faculty: Angelo Crupi, Natalia Kotikova, Lawrence Mitchell, Beverly Myers, David Temple, Louis Girard, Sophia Yi, Parthiban Dhakshnamurthy, Sebastien Charette, George Beck, Sieg Will, Ahmad Khalaf, Redwan Siddiqui, Harpreet Raman Bahl, Manvir Singh, Tom Perdue, Daljeet Kaur, John Bianchin, Dan Carruthers, Shalini Coutinho, Adia Saqib
People(s), Culture and Organizational Excellence
