Awards & honours news

From the U of T President's Teaching Award to the Order of Canada, our students, faculty, staff and alumni consistently earn some of the most prestigious honours in their fields. We are proud to celebrate their success.

Each award recipient receives an oak leaf pin, symbolizing the role they play in the university community. The leaf embodies the university's motto, Velut Arbor Aevo, which means, "May it grow as a tree through the ages." (photo by Matthew Volpe)

Meet U of T Engineering’s 2026 Arbor Award recipients

November 2, 2026

Awards honour volunteerism and contributions to the U of T community

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Excellence in AI and cybersecurity research earns Professor Nicolas Papernot an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship

October 26, 2026

NSERC award recognizes early-stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering

Professor Michael Carter (MIE) is the recipient of the highest honour awarded by the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). The award was presented by IISE President Dean Athanassiades, left, and IISE Immediate Past President Sunderesh Heragu, right. (photo by David Brandt)

Optimizing patient care: Professor Michael Carter on how industrial engineering has delivered faster, better and more efficient health care

October 13, 2026

Carter (MIE) recently earned the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers

How BMO National Scholar Maeesha Biswas turned a U of T capstone project into an AI startup with global ambitions

October 6, 2026

Biswas (IndE 2T2 + PEY) is the co-founder and COO of Chatforce, a game creation platform that enables users to create their own video games

Left to right: Chris Yip (ChemE 8T8), Dean, U of T Engineering; Isi Caulder (EngSci 8T9, ECE MASc 9T1); Praveen Jain (ECE MASc 8T4, PhD 8T7); Magdalena M. Krol (CivE PhD 1T1); Tony Pialis (ElecE 0T0, MEng 0T2); Ines Fernandez (IndE 0T9+PEY), EAN Council President, celebrate at the EAN Impact Awards dinner held October 1 at Hart House. (photo by Tom Wang)

U of T Engineering alumni recognized for excellence in biotech, environmental engineering, IP strategy and more

October 2, 2026

Five U of T Engineering alumni have been honoured as part of the 2026 Engineering Alumni Network Impact Awards

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has conducted groundbreaking research on the remediation of contaminated groundwater, wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion. (photo courtesy of Daria Perevezentsev)

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal

September 9, 2026

Award recognizes significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental issues or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem brought about by scientific means

Professor Mark Fox (MIE) was one of the first researchers to explore the use of artificial intelligence in industrial systems. (photo courtesy of MIE)

Professor Mark Fox elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 9, 2026

Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada is one of the highest honours a Canadian scholar can achieve

University Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) advanced the health sciences through her leadership in creating interdisciplinary education and research pathways that connect engineering innovation with clinical impact. (photo by Daniel Ehrenworth)

Dean Emerita Cristina Amon elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

August 25, 2026

The academy brings together Canada’s top health and biomedical scientists and scholars to address the urgent health concerns of Canadians

In March 2026, Sushant Singh (MSE MEng 1T9, MIE PhD 2T6) won the top overall prize at U of T’s Desjardins Startup Prize competition. (photo by Tim Fraser, KITE Studio)

The future of wound healing: Desjardins Prize supports U of T bioprinting startup

July 24, 2026

“We’re not just building technology — we’re working to solve a deeply consequential problem for humanity.”

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