Dr. Darren Dahl and Dr. Simon Ellis have been named 2013 3M National Teaching Fellows. The award is the most prestigious recognition of teaching excellence in Canada. The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada award up to 10 Fellowships each year, recognizing exceptional achievements and contributions to teaching, learning, and educational leadership at Canadian universities. 3M National Teaching Fellows embody the highest ideals of teaching excellence and scholarship.
Dr. Dahl, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research, in the Sauder School of Business, has recently been named one of only four professors globally to make the short list for the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Business Professor of the Year Award. Dr. Dahl is the Fred H. Siller Professor in Applied Marketing Research, and has co-created a New Venture Design course for business and engineering students.
Dr. Ellis, Associate Professor and Director of the Wood Products Processing program in the Faculty of Forestry, is a UBC Killam Teaching Prize winner. Dr. Ellis chairs the Curriculum and Co-operative Education Committees in Wood Products Processing, as well as the Faculty’s Teaching and Learning Committee. He has also been actively involved with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Read more about Dr. Ellis on the Forestry website.
Each 2013 3M National Teaching Fellow will be profiled on Maclean’s On Campus in the coming weeks. Dr. Dahl and Dr. Ellis join 12 other UBC professors who are 3M National Teaching Fellows.