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A summer thank-you to the teachers

A faculty award puts care, clarity and the work of teaching in the foreground.

Reported by University of Waterloo newsroom

Blake Madill receives 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching
MathBlake Madill receives 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in TeachingPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Blake Madill received the 2026 Faculty of Mathematics award, recognition that follows the quiet work of helping students see a problem differently.

Summer is a good time to notice the people whose explanations stay with us after a course ends. The award makes that invisible labour visible.

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