A PhD student in the Faculty of Engineering has been recognized for exceptional contributions to teaching and learning at the University of Waterloo.
Ryan Tennant, a systems design engineering doctoral student, is the recipient of the 2026 Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) Award, presented by the Centre for Teaching Excellence. The CUT program recognizes graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who demonstrate a strong commitment to evidence-based, inclusive teaching.
Tennant was selected in part for his research on Health-Inclusive Pedagogy in Higher Education — a study centering the experiences of students whose access and sense of belonging may be shaped by chronic illness, disability, immunocompromising conditions or caregiving responsibilities. He has also applied his teaching practice directly in the classroom, co-designing and co-teaching a new campus-wide interdisciplinary course on the wicked problem of accessibility, and developing a human factors lesson drawing on his own research into mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
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Ryan Tennant, a systems design engineering doctoral student, is the 2026 recipient of the University of Waterloo's Certificate in University Teaching Award.