  {"id":354650,"date":"2024-05-22T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/?p=354650"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:45:25","slug":"two-york-faculty-members-receive-ministers-award-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2024\/05\/22\/two-york-faculty-members-receive-ministers-award-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Two York faculty members receive Minister\u2019s Award of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professors<strong> Pina D\u2019Agostino<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Maxwell<\/strong> have each been recognized with the government of Ontario\u2019s 2022-23 Minister\u2019s Award of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which is given to people within the province\u2019s post-secondary institutions and career colleges who demonstrate dedication and achievement in their respective fields.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients of the Minister's Award of Excellence are selected based on their accomplishments in teaching excellence, research innovation, student engagement and community partnerships. The award aims to not only recognize individual excellence, but how winners have made an impact in shaping the future of Ontario's education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Giuseppina (Pina) D'Agostino\" class=\"wp-image-349731\" style=\"width:282px;height:353px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1-320x400.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2024\/02\/Giuseppina-Pina-DAgostino-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giuseppina (Pina) D'Agostino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This year, the minister received over 480 nominations. In their award category \u2013 Innovation and Entrepreneurship \u2013 D\u2019Agostino and Maxwell represented two of the three total winners, demonstrating their, and York\u2019s, leadership in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, D\u2019Agostino was recognized \u2013 as noted by the award committee \u2013  for her \u201ctrack record of founding leading-edge initiatives \u2026 that [have] supported countless startups across the province.\u201d Notable examples are D\u2019Agostino\u2019s founding and directing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/ip-innovation-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IP Innovation Clinic<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osgoode.yorku.ca\/programs\/juris-doctor\/jd-academic-program\/clinical-and-intensive-programs\/intellectual-property-law-technology-intensive-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intellectual Property Law &amp; Technology Intensive Program<\/a>, as well as being the founding director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IP Osgoode<\/a>. Through these initiatives, she has helped to provide vital support to hundreds of innovators and startups in Ontario and across Canada, helping advance knowledge and the application of intellectual property (IP) and offsetting over $2 million via pro bono assistance while helping to train the next generation of IP practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019Agostino is also the inaugural co-director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/cais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Artificial Intelligence &amp; Society<\/a> and played a critical role in <a href=\"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2023\/04\/28\/york-led-318m-project-to-create-transformational-change-in-inclusive-tech-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">securing ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ\u2019s historic $318-million<\/a> Canada First Research Excellence Fund award for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/connected-minds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy and Just Society<\/a> project, where she served as its co-principal investigator and was named its inaugural vice-director. As of March 1, she has also been promoted to director of Connected Minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister's Awards of Excellence additionally recognized Maxwell \u2013 a Bergeron Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship \u2013 for his dedication to transforming student educational experiences and driving economic development through pioneering initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Maxwell\" class=\"wp-image-316771\" style=\"width:291px;height:290px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Maxwell-738_0-1920x1282-1-edited.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Maxwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Those initiatives have included the establishment of the living lab, which fosters collaboration between academia and industry through strategic partnerships. Among collaborations overseen by Maxwell is the prototyping, testing and deployment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2022\/06\/24\/york-university-becomes-a-living-lab-for-next-gen-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SARIT micro-mobility electric vehicle on campus<\/a>. The SARIT vehicles are a flagship project for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mtec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manufacturing, Technology &amp; Entrepreneurship Centre<\/a>, which has provided students with invaluable opportunities to engage directly with industry leaders and work on cutting-edge technologies poised to impact mobility and the growing electric vehicle industry. Maxwell has also helped secure multidisciplinary research funding from York and the Ontario Research Fund to explore the social impact of the SARIT and enhance its safety and ride experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the director of the Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science &amp; Technology (BEST) Lab at Lassonde, he has also been instrumental in supporting entrepreneurial ventures, enhancing university research commercialization and revolutionizing educational paradigms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a professor, Maxwell was also recognized for his efforts to link sustainability, experiential learning and community with innovative pedagogical methods \u2013 including weekend hackathons, multidisciplinary entrepreneurship certificates and intense, three-week, experiential international visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information about the Minister\u2019s Awards of Excellence can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/minister-colleges-and-universities-awards-excellence\" target=\"_blank\" 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