IMI Awards

Congratulations to our 2022 IMI Award recipients! (Read more)

Each year, the Institute for Management & Innovation honours its most innovative and collaborative IMI teams and team members. The IMI Awards provide us with a chance to honour our hardworking, innovative, and committed faculty & staff.

In 2021, we proudly announced new awards for our IMI graduate students and alumni.

Award nominations are reviewed by a panel that includes staff, faculty, students, and alumni from across UTM.

Winners are celebrated at our annual IMI Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards Reception.

Jump to an award:

Faculty | Research | Staff | Team Collaboration | Alumni | IMIvator | Social Leadership

Past Recipients

IMI Faculty Award

This faculty member will have significantly enhanced the overall support, learning and/or engagement of students and/or faculty within the Institute for Management & Innovation. This may be at an undergraduate or graduate level.

2022 Recipient: Gabriel Eidelman - click here to read primary nomination

IMI Research Award

This faculty member will have been recognized for a significant research/scholarly contribution to their discipline. This contribution could be but is not limited to an original published work or key research contributions deemed innovative in nature.

2022 Recipient: Tara Vinodrai - click here to read primary nomination

IMI Staff Award

This staff member will have significantly enhanced the overall support, learning and/or engagement of students, staff and/or faculty within the Institute for Management & Innovation.

2022 Recipient: Nazeem Shamsuddin - click here to read primary nomination

IMI Team Collaboration Award

This team of two or more members can include any balance of faculty and staff (up to four (4) members). They will have collaboratively introduced and implemented a new program, product, or initiative that has significantly enhanced the overall support, learning and/or engagement of students, staff and/or faculty within the Institute for Management & Innovation.

2022 Recipients: Alyssa Madrasto, Nazeem Shamsuddin, Martina Simmonds (IMI Connect) - click here to read primary nomination

IMI Alumni Award

This award recognizes and celebrates the professional achievements made by IMI alumni. The panel will be looking for an alumna/alumnus who may have made a significant contribution to their field, acted as a prominent voice within their discipline, and/or demonstrated their commitment to making the world a better place through innovative ideas and solutions. They may also be a recent graduate with outstanding achievements in a short time who have shown themselves to be a trailblazer in their chosen field.

Eligibility:

• The nominated alumna/alumnus must have graduated at least two (2) years prior to the nomination.
• The nomination should be for achievements related to their field of study at IMI.
• Alumni are not eligible to nominate themselves for the award.

2022 Recipient: Daniel Tourangeau (MFAcc Class of 2018) - click here to read primary nomination

IMIvator Award

This award is given to a current IMI graduate student who has used a multi-disciplinary approach in the conceptualization and/or creation of a new product, service, project, event, group or program that demonstrates innovative idea(s), enhances the student experience, and may have a long-lasting impact on students and/or community.

* Student(s) can be nominated for both the IMIvator and Social Leadership Awards.

2022 Recipients:

• Kaitlyn D’Lima (MScSM Class of 2023) - click here to read primary nomination
• Lara Brooks, Angelica Chow, Alannah Hoops, Allan Huang, Elyse Muir, & Xi Shao (MScSM Class of 2023) - click here to read primary nomination

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IMI Social Leadership Award

This award is given to a current IMI graduate student who has led an initiative or conceptualized a product or service that focused directly on social responsibility, community well-being, and/or sustainable future. The contribution may focus on the well-being of IMI, UTM, the local community, or the broader community at large.

* Student(s) can be nominated for both the IMIvator and Social Leadership Awards.

2022 Recipient: Jananee Savuntharanathan, (MUI Class of 2023) - click here to read primary nomination

Read up on past recipients:

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IMI Faculty Award Recipients

IMI Research Award Recipients

IMI Staff Award Recipients

IMI Team Collaboration Award Recipients

IMI Alumni Award Recipients

IMIvator Award Recipients

IMI Social Leadership Award Recipients