Ken Derry stands in a UTM building with his arms folded. He wears glasses.

UTM history of religion professor wins prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award

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University of Toronto Mississauga professor Ken Derry has received a 2023 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). 

The awards honour 10 exceptional teachers in post-secondary education each year. Last year, UTM biology professor Fiona Rawle received the fellowship award.  

Derry, who is an associate professor in the teaching stream in UTM’s Department of Historical Studies, has been teaching history of religion courses at U of T since his days as a graduate student. He joined UTM in 2010.  

In 2022, Derry won U of T’s highest teaching honour: a President’s Teaching Award.  

The announcement, published in Maclean’s magazine, notes that Derry recognizes “that learning moves in multiple ways” and “has developed extensive pedagogical innovations, especially with respect to problem-based learning, learning through failure, and deliberate construction of inclusive learning spaces.”  

Read about the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards in Maclean’s