{"id":1884,"date":"2025-06-02T21:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:48:19","slug":"dr-fiona-thomas-receives-2025-faculty-of-arts-new-faculty-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/dr-fiona-thomas-receives-2025-faculty-of-arts-new-faculty-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fiona Thomas Receives 2025 Faculty of Arts New Faculty Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1884\" class=\"elementor elementor-1884\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e346cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e346cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a12c62\" data-id=\"6a12c62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-96e8f1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96e8f1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48cb0db\" data-id=\"48cb0db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2da26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb2da26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><strong>Dr. Fiona Thomas<\/strong>, Principal Investigator of the ARCAI Lab, received two teaching awards! She was selected for the&nbsp;<strong>2025 Faculty of Arts New Faculty Teaching Award<\/strong>&nbsp;at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)&nbsp;<i>and<\/i>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<b>Canadian Psychological Association Teaching of Psychology Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award.<\/b><\/p><p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">The awards recognize&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Thomas\u2019s commitment to student-centered, equity-focused teaching<\/strong>&nbsp;across undergraduate and graduate psychology programs. The TMU Faculty Awards selection committee highlighted her innovative course development, meaningful integration of experiential learning, and leadership in advancing&nbsp;<strong>anti-racist and anti-oppressive pedagogies<\/strong>\u2014particularly through courses such as&nbsp;<em>Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSY 941)<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Culturally-Informed Clinical Practice (PS8312)<\/em>.<\/p><p style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Dr. Thomas extends heartfelt thanks to&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Stephanie Cassin<\/strong>&nbsp;for the generous nomination, and to the&nbsp;<strong>students and colleagues whose thoughtful letters of support<\/strong>&nbsp;were integral to this recognition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Pic attached of Dr. Thomas and her mentor and nominator, Dr. Stephanie Cassin!&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d5d919\" data-id=\"0d5d919\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4a3b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4a3b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1266\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-768x1266.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1885\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-768x1266.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-182x300.jpeg 182w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-621x1024.jpeg 621w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-932x1536.jpeg 932w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-1242x2048.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-67x110.jpeg 67w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-500x824.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-800x1319.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-1280x2110.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-1920x3165.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/arcai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/image0-scaled.jpeg 1553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Fiona Thomas, Principal Investigator of the ARCAI Lab, received two teaching awards! 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