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Accolades

We’re proud of our committed faculty members, who are proven leaders at York University and within the community. Engaged in vital, ground-breaking work, they’re earning honours for their scholastic achievements and research beyond the classroom, including internal and external awards, and research chair appointments. These dynamic individuals are significantly enhancing the quality of learning for York students and making positive change on a local and global scale.

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Honours & Distinctions

Pat Armstrong
YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction Award

Pat Armstrong
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Sheila Cavanagh
Patron’s Pick Award for the Queer Bathroom Monologues (a play written and produced by Sheila Cavanagh), staged at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Teaching Awards

Pat Armstrong
Post-doctoral Supervisor Award, York University

Carmella Murdocca
John O’Neill Award for Teaching Excellence, Sociology, York University

Larry Lam

The Dean’s Award for Outstanding Service to Students, Faculty of Arts

Nancy Mandell
Faculty of Arts, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching

Nancy Mandell
Department of Sociology, John O’Neill Teaching Award

Kathy Bischoping
Parents’ Association University-Wide Teaching Award, York University

Kathy Bischoping
John O’Neill Award for Teaching Excellence, York University, selected by Sociology Undergraduate Student Association and Department of Sociology, 1995

Research Awards

Pat Armstrong
Rik Davidson/SPE Book Prize for Wash, Wear and Care (with Suzanne Day)

Carmella Murdocca
Dean’s Award for Distinction in Social Justice Research 2018-2019, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University

Marcello Musto
President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award

Eric Mykhalovskiy
Canadian Association for HIV/AIDS Research-Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research Excellence in Research Award for the Social Sciences

Luin Goldring
Dean’s Award for Distinction in Research, Social Justice. York University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

Ratiba Hadj-Moussa
Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften an der Kunstuniversität Linz (IFK), Vienna

Eric Mykhalovskiy
Inaugural Award for Distinction in Research in Social Justice, York University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

Eric Mykhalovskiy
Dorothy E. Smith Award for Scholar-Activism, Institutional Ethnography Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Lesley Wood
Dean’s Award for Distinction in Research, Emerging Researcher Category

Nancy Mandell
Community-Academic Research Award, Human Endeavour Organization, Vaughan Region

Michael Nijhawan
Research Fellowship Award at the Max Weber Kolleg for Advanced Social and Cultural Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany

Lesley Wood
John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award. Direct Action, Deliberation and Diffusion. Canadian Sociological Association.

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Marcello Musto
2012 Routledge Super-Author of Politics

Pat Armstrong
Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University

Lorna Weir
Dean of Arts’ Award for Outstanding Research (York University)

Marcello Musto
2008 Contribution to Research, Foundation “Luigi Salvatorelli”, Marciano (PG) – Italy, “Karl Marx. Saggio di biografia intellettuale alla luce della nuova edizione storico-critica”

Philip Walsh
York University: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Arts

Pat Armstrong
Ethel Meade Award, Ontario Health Coalition
Dean of Arts Award for Outstanding Research, York University

Marcello Musto
David Rjazanov Preis. Institution: Berliner Verein zur Förderung der MEGA-Edition, Berlin

Pat Armstrong
Canadian Sociology & Anthropology Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sociology