Faculty of Arts Awards and Celebration of Excellence: Nominate by Dec. 17

The Career Achievement Award Recognizes outstanding contributions made over the person’s career in one or more of the following categories: 

• Research/creation
• Teaching and learning,
• Academic leadership and community engagement
• Alumni
• Staff

For non-academic staff, this award can also be in any of the areas above for their exceptional contributions towards innovation/initiative, support, leadership, engagement and support of others, and communication.

• Nominee must have a distinguished track record of achievements.
• Examples include: 
  • contributed to positive and lasting change in their workplace or community
  • spearheaded an initiative that benefited their colleagues and peers
  • their work has contributed greatly to the advancement of their field
  • contributed to the improvement of post-secondary education
  • leadership has had a positive and lasting impact beyond the University
• Describe the impact of the nominee’s achievements and career on the Faculty, their discipline, their department, or the broader community.
• The package will be assessed according to the following weighting:
  • 70% statements and CV/resume
  • 25% EDIA statement
  • 5% Alignment with Strategic Plan priority

The Creativity Award recognizes excellence in artistic achievement through exhibitions, publications, presentations, or performances. 

This award recognizes single works or a body of work that has received recognition from peers and/or other audiences.

• Describe the artistic achievement and how it has highlighted the nominee’s strengths and abilities as an artist.
• The package will be assessed according to the following weighting:
  • 70% statement and CV/resume
  • 25% EDIA statement
  • 5% Alignment with Strategic Plan priority

The Impact Award can be awarded to any academic or non-academic staff member whose:

1. creative/scholarly output or teaching has contributed to changes in understanding, attitudes, or values specifically within the discipline or role and beyond; or
2. community-engaged research has led to a change in thinking, behaviours, practices, and policies and has contributed to lasting changes in the lives of communities and/or individuals.
3. recognizes a new idea, method, theory, or finding that has the potential to make a meaningful change in social, cultural, economic, operational or environmental condition of individuals or communities (academic and non-academic).

• Evidence of the sustained impact and influence of nominee’s contributions.
• Demonstrated changes in understanding, attitudes, or values specifically within the discipline or beyond.
• Demonstrate how the new idea, method, theory, finding, or initiative, has the potential to make a meaningful change in the condition of individuals or communities.
• The package will be assessed according to the following weighting:
  • 70% statement and CV/resume
  • 25% EDIA statement
  • 5% Alignment with Strategic Plan priority

The Leadership/Mentorship Award recognizes outstanding mentorship of colleagues, undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, or community.

This award may go to an individual or team who has shown outstanding leadership within and/or external to the university and to their discipline or role through the following activities, which can include but are not limited to:

• appointments/elections to positions of influence in the university, national/international associations and/or public focused groups;
• leadership on editorial or advisory boards; expert positions within formal structures (organizations) or informal (communities).

• Proven record of strong mentorship.
• Describe the activities and initiatives that the nominee is involved with that led to a significant contribution to the Faculty and/or broader community.
• The package will be assessed according to the following weighting:
  • 70% statement and CV/resume
  • 25% EDIA statement
  • 5% Alignment with Strategic Plan priority

The Teaching and Learning Award identifies teaching excellence as critically important to our faculty.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to student learning by individual academic staff and non-academic staff. 

There are many ways in which individuals demonstrate teaching excellence including but not limited to: 

• course design
• assessment and feedback
• supporting student engagement 
• respect and inclusion
• self-reflection and growth
• curriculum development
• initiative and contributions.

• Describe the activities and initiatives that the nominee is involved with that have led to a significant contribution to teaching and learning
• The package will be assessed according to the following weighting:
  • 70% statements and CV/resume
  • 25% EDIA statement
  • 5% Alignment with Strategic Plan priority