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Helen P. Batty Award Recipient: Umberin Najeeb
We are delighted to share a series featuring our Helen P. Batty Awards for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development winners. This article will highlight Umberin Najeeb, recipient of Category 1: Sustained Excellence in Teaching in Faculty Development. About the Award Category 1: Sustained Excellence…
Helen P. Batty Award Recipient: Joan Cheng
We are delighted to share a series featuring our Helen P. Batty Awards for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development winners. This article will highlight Joan Cheng, recipient of Category 1: Sustained Excellence in Teaching in Faculty Development. About the Award Category 1: Sustained Excellence…
Helen P. Batty Award Recipient: Don Wasylenki Education Day Planning Committee
We are delighted to share a series featuring our Helen P. Batty Awards for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development winners. This article will highlight the Don Wasylenki Education Day Planning Committee, recipient of Category 2: Excellence or Innovation in Program Development and Design. About…
Thank you Lindsay!
Lindsay Baker, will be leaving her role as Associate Director, Curriculum Integration and Partnerships at the CFD, effective June 10th 2026, to pursue a new exciting career opportunity. Lindsay has held progressive roles at the CFD for nearly two decades, spanning research, curriculum development, programming,…
CFD at ICAM 2026
May 12, 2026 At the 2026 International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Ottawa, CFD Director, Latika Nirula shared our faculty development research and future directions with the broader health professions education community. Our team’s work was well represented at the conference: A scoping review…
Presenting at Teaching for Transformation Conference
April 15, 2026 At the Teaching for Transformation Conference this year, our team members, Lavinia Kajura (Education Coordinator, Evaluation and Strategy) and Qian Wu (Research Lead), shared CFD’s research with the broader community. Lavinia Kajura presented a quality improvement study on the renewal of the…
Congratulations to Dr. Latika Nirula, recipient of the 2026 AFMC Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development
February 10, 2026
Ongoing research study update: Faculty development as a practice that shapes culture, builds capacity, and supports system integration in clinical education.
February 9, 2026 With the launch of the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health, researchers at the Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) are examining faculty development not simply as the delivery of educational offerings, but as a practice that shapes culture, builds capacity, and…
New study in Medical Teacher: Navigating tensions in anti-oppression focused faculty development
January 19, 2026 CFD researchers published a new article examining how anti-oppression-focused faculty development programs are designed, implemented, and sustained in health professions education. Using five North American programs as cases, the research explores how faculty developers navigate tensions between institutional priorities, pedagogical commitments, and…
Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Voice of the Faculty Survey
The Voice of the Faculty Survey is one of several initiatives deployed across the educational continuum, aimed to learn about the learning and teaching environment at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Targeted towards active faculty members, the survey covers several aspects of…
Innovation Corner: Compassion-AI
Our faculty development and health professions education community is a dynamic space, always embracing new ideas and experimenting with innovative approaches. That’s why we’re excited to launch a new series dedicated to exploring the creative innovations and transformative projects shaping the future of health professions…
Helen P. Batty Award Recipient: Lindsay Baker
We are delighted to share a series featuring our Helen P. Batty Awards for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development winners. This article will highlight CFD's very own Lindsay Baker, the well-deserving recipient of Category 3: Sustained Excellence as a Faculty Developer. About the Award…
