Achievements

Respect and recognition

We give both to accomplished and award-winning alumni, faculty, and staff

LARRY AFUN

The current Innis student published Philosophies of Everyday Life as an e-book in June 2022.

STEPHEN BROOMER, MICHAEL ZRYD & JIM SHEDDEN

Authors Stephen (CSI instructor) and Michael (BA ’86 Innis, Cinema Studies) and co-editor Jim (BA ’86 Innis, Cinema Studies, MA ’90) published Moments of Perception in November 2021.

BARRI COHEN

(BA ’84 Innis, Cinema Studies) directed Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children, which premiered at HotDocs in May 2022.

CORINN COLUMPAR

The CSI associate professor co-edited Mothers of Invention, published in April 2022.

JOANNE CULLEY

(BA ’75 Innis, MA ’77) published Claudette on the Keys in fall 2021.

Photo courtesy of Martha Davis

MARTHA DAVIS

(BA ’81 Innis, BEd ’90) received the Best Short Film Award at the 2022 Toronto Documentary Feature and Short Film Festival for PANDALAND: Making IT Count.

SHARON ENGLISH

The W&R Program associate professor, teaching stream, published Night in the World in May 2022.

STEVEN HOFFNER

(HBA ’06 Cinema Studies) directed, edited, and produced The Cannons, which had its world premiere in October 2021.

Photo by Chiao Sun

CHARLIE KEIL

Innis College principal and CSI professor was the recipient of a 2022 U of T President’s Teaching Award.

Photo courtesy of Mark Selby

MARK SELBY

(HBA ’02 Innis, Cinema Studies) was awarded the Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research and Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series as co-producer of Oscar Peterson: Black + White, given at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards.

Photo by Shayla Anderson

BEN WESTSTRATE

(HBA ’08 Innis) was honoured with an Outstanding Staff Award (Student Life) from the Faculty of A&S for his contributions as communications offi cer at Innis.

Photo by Shayla Anderson

SIMON LEWSEN

The Innis One and W&R Program instructor received a Mindset Award for Reporting on the Mental Health of Young People for his October 2021 Walrus story, “Inside the Mental Health Crisis Facing College and University Students.”

ROB VIPOND

(BA ’75 Innis, MA ’77) edited The Daily Plebiscite: Federalism, Nationalism, and Canada, published in November 2021.

Photo by Shayla Anderson

JESSICA WHITEHEAD

The CSI instructor was recognized with a Superior Teaching Award (Sessional Instructor) from the Faculty of A&S.

ADAM NAYMAN

(HBA ’05 Cinema Studies, MA ’09 Cinema Studies), Innis One and CSI instructor, published David Fincher: Mind Games in November 2021.

KATIE WELCH

(BA ’90 Innis) published Mad Honey in May 2022.

Photo by Denise Grant

JEAN YOON

(BA ’89 Innis) won Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards for her work in Kim’s Convenience.