Faculty

2025 research and teaching awards

December 4, 2025

HEC Montréal rewarded its faculty for their excellence at this year’s Research and Teaching Awards ceremony on December 3, 2025.

Awards for excellence

Fifteen prizes were awarded this year, including the Jean-Marie Toulouse Engagement Award to Jacques Robert, the Pierre Laurin Award for Research Excellence to Linda Rouleau and the Jean Guertin Award for Teaching Excellence to Sylvain Sénécal.

Find out more about the winner of the Prix Jean-Marie Toulouse

Find out more about the winner of the Prix Pierre Laurin

Find out more about the winner of the Prix Jean Guertin

2025 awards by category

Case Writing

Best Business Case Award

For the outstanding quality of a case published in the International Journal of Case Studies in Management.

The winners are:

Monika E. von Bonsdorff,
Suvi Heikkinen,
Marjo Siltaoja,
Marke Kivijärvi,
Henna Launistola.*

For the case entitled Blurring the Boundaries Between Professions in COVID-19 Frontline Patient Care

* Authors are not from HEC Montréal.

Roger Charbonneau Award

For a book written in a language other than French or one not specifically intended for use in a course.

The winner is:

Georges Dionne

Professor

Department of Finance

For: Handbook of Insurance

François-Albert Angers Award

Recognizing the quality of a textbook written in French, published during the past year and intended for use in a course.

The winners are:

Claudia Rebolledo

Professor

Department of Logistics and Operations Management

Claire Poitras (absent)

Senior Faculty Lecturer

Department of Logistics and Operations Management

For: La gestion des achats et de l’approvisionnement

Teaching Innovation Award – Chenelière Éducation

For the best teaching innovation implemented during the year by a faculty member.

The winner is:

Yves Plourde

Associate Professor

Department of Management

For: Leadership climatique : Développer des acteurs de changement à travers une approche holistique de l’expérience éducative

Teaching

The award winners are recognized by their peers and students as excellent teachers, for constantly striving to improve their teaching performance, create an environment conducive to students’ intellectual development and instill in them the desire to excel and work hard.

The winners are:

Award for Teaching Excellence for a Lecturer

Joseph Khoury

Lecturer

Award for Teaching Excellence for a Full-time Lecturer

Fatiha Kacher

Full-time Lecturer

Department of Decision Sciences

Michel Mainville
Full-time Lecturer
Department of Information Technologies

Award for Teaching Excellence for an Assistant Professor

Sara Pérez-Lauzon

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Resources Management

Award for Teaching Excellence for an Associate Professor

Julie Paquette

Associate Professor

Department of Logistics and Operations Management

Research

Young Researcher Award

For excellence in scientific and professional publications by a career-track assistant professor or guest professor over the past three years.

The winner is:

Caroline Le Pennec

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Economics

Research Award for Associate Professors

For excellence in scientific and professional publications by an associate professor over the past three years.

The winner is:

Jean-François Harvey

Associate Professor

Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Research Impact Award

For outstanding results in a research project by a career-track professor over the past three years.

The winner is:

David Ardia

Professor

Department of Decision Sciences

Contribution to the School’s renown

Esdras Minville Award

For the remarkable contribution made by a professor to HEC Montréal’s renown, through their activities and achievements in the academic, professional, and public spheres over the past five years.

The winner is: