Awards
| 2021 | Teaching Prize, UL |
| 2020 | CMC Microsystems Success Story |
| 2019 | NSERC/Huawei Industrial Research Chair |
| 2017 | UL Summa Research Award |
| 2017 | OSA Fellow |
| 2017 | IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award |
| 2015 | Canada Research Chair |
| 2015 | Elected, Board of Governors, Photonics Society, IEEE |
| 2013 | IEEE Canada J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award |
| 2012 | UL Graduate Supervision Award |
| 2010 | IEEE Fellow |
| 2009 | Graduate Supervision Award, SYTACom Research Network |
![[Translate to English:] 2010 IEEE fellow](/fileadmin/user_upload/autres_images/2010_ieee_fellow.jpg "[Translate to English:] 2010 IEEE fellow")
![[Translate to English:] Leslie Rusch receives 2017 Fessenden Award from Witold Kinsner](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_e-032117-awards-ceremony-awards-recipient-photo-jcr053_e47cf12aa1.jpg "[Translate to English:] Leslie Rusch receives 2017 Fessenden Award from Witold Kinsner")
![[Translate to English:] JM Ham plaque recreated, Sept 2017](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/3/csm_Leslie_Rusch__JM_Ham_plaque_recreated_Sept1_2017_f04bc07691.jpg "[Translate to English:] JM Ham plaque recreated, Sept 2017")
