Annual Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards (2011-2012 Deadline - CLOSED)
The Faculty of Medicine will award up to 3 graduate faculty teaching awards annually. The purpose is to honour and celebrate outstanding contributions to graduate education by full time faculty in the Faculty of Medicine who teach in doctoral stream or professional graduate programs. The award will consist of a framed certificate and formal recognition at the Faculty of Medicine Education Achievement Celebration on April 30, 2012, and a cash prize.
Categories (one award in each category):
1. Sustained contribution (more than 5 years) to excellence in graduate teaching
This award recognizes sustained contribution(s) to any aspect of graduate teaching including a course, curriculum development, graduate program administration, graduate student supervision or academic role modeling. This individual should demonstrate regular support of their Graduate Departmental activities including participation in seminars, annual scientific days and significant contribution to service on student committees including thesis examinations.
2. Graduate student mentorship
This award recognizes sustained (more than 5 years) contribution to graduate student mentorship exemplified by but not limited to: major contribution to graduate student learning; enthusiastic and empathic critical appraisal of students’ work; timely assessment of students' research programs including program advisory committee meetings and prompt turnaround of written work; and, careful attention to a critical path laid out for students' research.
3. Early career excellence
This award recognizes outstanding contribution to the training and experience of graduate students, as evidenced by excellence in teaching, supervision or mentorship and dedication to students. This award is restricted to Faculty in the early stages of their career within 5 years of their initial SGS appointment.
Eligibility
The nominee must hold a full time primary appointment in the Faculty of Medicine and be either an associate or full member of the School of Graduate Studies. Contributions to teaching in either the doctoral (thesis MSc or PhD) or professional graduate programs will be considered.
Deadline
Applications will be received by the Graduate Departments by Friday, December 9, 2011, by electronic submission via e-mail to debbie.chau@utoronto.ca. Please note, Graduate Departments will set an earlier deadline for their graduate students to ensure nomination(s) be submitted by the deadline.
Nomination
Candidates for these awards must be nominated by a Graduate Department through a student (or recent graduate)-initiated process. Graduate Departments are asked to set their own internal deadline to collect electronic submissions to forward to Graduate Affairs Office by December 9, 2011. Please note: Each Graduate Department may only nominate ONE faculty member per award category.
Nomination items must be sent as Word (.doc) or Adobe (.pdf) documents, and can be scanned. Letters of support should be addressed to Dr. Avrum I. Gotlieb, Acting Vice Dean, Graduate Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and emailed to Debbie.
The required documents are:
o Nomination Form.
o Letters of nomination from 2 students or recent graduates.
o Letter of support from the Chair of the Graduate Department.
o Abridged CV (max 10 pages) which includes a full description of the contribution to graduate teaching and accomplishments relevant to the award eligibility criteria, including:
o a list of students supervised (dates, thesis title)
o relevant graduate teaching
o relevant teaching awards
OPTIONAL:
o Additional letters of support (faculty/students).
If the nomination is submitted as one combined document, it must be arranged in the above order.
Adjudication
The Faculty of Medicine Graduate Student and Faculty Teaching Awards Committee.
Contact Email: debbie.chau@utoronto.ca