The York University Research Awards Celebration recognizes the outstanding achievements of York’s esteemed faculty members. Six AMPD researchers have been recognized in the 2024 ceremony.
Congratulations to the award recipients! Learn more about each of them below:
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) recognizes leading intellectuals, scholars, researchers and artists to help them build a better future in Canada and around the world.
Professor Ali Kazimi, Department of Cinema & Media Arts
Ali Kazimi was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada (RCS) for his remarkable contributions to the field of cinema and media arts. He is among Canada’s most acclaimed artists. His work explores issues of race, social justice, migration, history and memory, including documentaries that explore the diasporic South Asian relationship with indigeneity.
York Research Chairs
The YRC program recognizes the University’s outstanding researchers and is the internal counterpart to the Canada Research Chairs program. These five-year awards provide resources to accelerate and facilitate the Chairholder’s international research profile.
Professor Taien Ng-Chan, Department of Cinema & Media Arts
Taien Ng-Chan was named a Tier 2 York Research Chair in Marginal & Emergent Media, reflecting emerging international leadership in the field.
Remarkable Artistic & Creative Accomplishments
Awards in this category recognize artistic and creative accomplishments that enrich creative and cultural expression and understanding. It includes accomplishments in film, dance, art and more.
Professor Patrick Alcedo, Department of Theatre, Dance & Performance
Patrick Alcedo has won the International Council for Traditions of Music Dance Documentary Film or Video Prize for the film “A Will to Dream.”
Professor Emerita Christina Petrowska Quilico, Department of Music
Christina Petrowska Quilico has won the Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance from the Ontario Arts Council. The award recognizes an outstanding Canadian performer or conductor in the field of classical music.
Professor Emeritus Tim Whiten, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Tim Whiten has won the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, given to a professional Canadian visual artist who has achieved maturity and a measure of success as an artist, and who is on the verge of using his or her creative energy to produce a significant body of work, or to continue his or her research.
Major Grants
This category recognizes researchers who are leading major research initiatives that can advance our understanding of the world and address societal challenges.
Professor Anna Hudson, Department of Visual Arts and Art History Anna Hudson received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant of $2.5 million for her project entitled "Curating Circumpolar Cultural Sovereignty advancing Inuit and Sámi homelands, food, art, archives and worldviews.”