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2024 Teacher Award of Excellence Winner – Cora Jalonen

She is very good at her courses, applying each knowledge area and concept to real-life situations. She is also full of emotional intelligence, understanding each of her students and how best to relate to them when it seems they are lagging. She is ever-ready to attend to your questions on the spot.

I am honored to nominate Cora Jalonen for the Best Teacher Award. Cora consistently demonstrated excellence in teaching, she explains the lesson with clarity that helps us understand even the most complex topics in accounting. she always gave encouragement and support to all of her students.

We have being studying with her since last 10 months. And its being the best experience to study with her. She is very very much cooperative and humble with the students. The whole class enjoy studying with her. We will gonna miss you Cora after our course ends. Thank you so much Cora, it had being great experience.

She is very thoughtful and accomodating to students questions and concerns. I’ve also learned a lot from her discussions in accounting and auditing.

2024 Finalists

2024 Honorary Mention

2023 Teacher Award of Excellence Winner – Jon Ziprick

He is the most calm, patient reacher. Taking the time to get to know each student on a personal level and that is why I think he should win this year. I have absorbed the most knowledge through Jon’s teaching methods compared to my other classes!

Our class greatly appreciates how Jon teaches our courses in the DSML program. He is very knowledgeable in all the topics he teaches and is patient and considerate with teaching a class of diverse skill levels. Jon always encourages an environment of practice and learning, readily assisting those who need help and guidance. Something as small as preparing notes for each class shows how intentional he is with his classes and reflects his dedication to teaching. We are very lucky to have had him as our instructor and will undoubtedly enroll to his classes in the future.

Jon is a responsible and patient teacher. When students face course related questions, he provides answers and guides them to consider further information.

I had Jon in a handful of courses over the course of my time in the Data Science & Machine Learning Program. The way Jon teaches is incredible. He is very passionate about wanting his student to succeed and you can feel that through the way he teaches. He has a great way of explaining things in an encouraging way making it fun to learn in his classroom. In addition, Jon makes himself very approachable. He is very patient and respectable to anyone coming to seek his help. I found that being in Jon’s classes gave me more self confidence on my ability to learn new topics. Thank you Jon for being a great teacher!

2023 Finalists

2022 Teacher Award of Excellence Winner – Colin Philippot

Colin is fantastic! He takes extra time to explain anything we need to ask, even staying past class time to talk with us. He has our best interest in mind and will do his best to help get us through our incredibly hard program.

Colin is passionate about the content he teaches, and the field of veterinary medicine as a whole, and it shows! It is clear that Colin wants nothing but the best for all of his students, and he does all that he can to help us achieve excellence. Colin goes above and beyond to make sure his students understand the content he teaches, and even content he doesn’t teach! Colin shows understanding and empathy, as he personally knows just how tough this program is. Colin’s expectations of his students are high, but he makes it easy to meet those expectations through his teaching techniques and open communication. He takes time to connect with each student regarding their progress in each of his classes and provides suggestions on where there may be room for improvement. Thank you, Colin!

 

Colin is the best, I think everyone in my class would agree. He has a very kind energy, and you can tell he truly cares about his students. He’s always available to help even outside of his office hours and doesn’t make you feel bad or like you’re bothering him when you need extra help or guidance. His lectures and labs are great, and you can tell he is happy to be there and answer questions. This course is very stressful, but Colin is good at making a stressful time fun, and making his lessons and lectures enjoyable.

He is an amazing teacher who continuously strives to see success with his students. He puts on more workload for himself in order for a positive outcome with his students. He is always there when you have a question, even for other courses he does not teach, but still has knowledge on. Colin Philippot is viewed with much respect from his students and other instructors that he works with. Colin is a great person, teacher, and always there if you need to talk to someone. Other teachers should strive to be like him as a gold standard for education teaching.

2022 Finalists

Honorary Mention

2021 Teacher Award of Excellence Winner – Michele Sykes

I love Michele, she is the best teacher I have in RRC. She is very helpful and really aims for each students success. I love how her meetings are fun as she teaches in a way I can understand. She is also patient and very understanding. She replies to my emails and questions very quick! Without a doubt, all her students are able to pass her courses with no trouble. She well deserved the teacher award for this year!

She’s always trying her best to make the sometimes kinda boring Chemistry knowledge to be more lively, by playing some uninterrupting radio music in the background when we are doing certain labs, to make it more interesting and impressive; Always being very patient in answering students’ questions and would willing to stay a bit late for the interpretation of the question if students don’t quite understand; Her online class is the best one to be till now, like the most enjoyable one since her pronunciation is so clear about each word with a good sense of humor to make the content more pleasant and enjoyable to learn; She even brought us gifts when her birthday came but she doesn’t have to do so. All in all, she is an excellent instructor to me and I do enjoy her class the most and would like to try harder to get a better grade this term!!

Michelle is the best! I enjoy her fun and goofy way of teaching and how she connects with students. You can always expect to be laughing in her lab/lectures.

2021 Finalists

2021 Honourable Mentions

2020 Teacher Award of Excellence Winner – Darren Stebelski

“Darren, is always a breath of fresh air, he is inspiring and dedicated to his student, not only does he light up the whole class and encourages everyone to participate his critiques are genuine and delivered with care. Darren not only emails us with a weekend update as to his progress in marking, he delivers encouraging words to motivate us, and includes a music track or playlist to check out and also gives an explanation o why its a good track he wants to share. Darren is always on time and prepared with his lesson and also starts his class with a 5 minute presentation on relevant and informative and also political graphic design information. His assignments are fun and he gives us the time and patience to do these assignments while really walking us through the steps. He teaches us thoroughly, and I honestly say I want to be just like him when I grow up!”

“He is kind and compassionate. He always shares some beautiful songs through email. His classes are always full of smiles and joy. Many of my classmates said they have gained energy from his class. We all love him.”

“He has a smile on his face every class and goes above and beyond for his students.”

2020 Finalists

2020 Honourable Mentions

Damien Goodridge

CE Therapeutic Recreation Facilitator

Comments from Students:

“He went above and beyond for his students”

“He is one of the best, funniest and smartest teachers I have ever had in my life”

“Damien has exhibited true integrity in his deliverance of all class material. He has opened up his life and heart with us and I believe him to be an integral part of Red River.”

“His teaching style is outstanding and is always ready to help everyone as he can do. He is an awesome teacher.”

“He went above and beyond to find a way for us to get our practicums so we could graduate during these unforeseen circumstances.”

”He always had a smile on his face and was honest with us.”