The University of Toronto Mississauga is committed to supporting excellence in teaching. One of the benefits is to enhance the undergraduate and graduate learning experience, but also hopefully inspire UTM's teaching community to strive for outstanding achievements in pedagogy and be recognized for the work they do.
This page aims to provide resources to ensure faculty members are aware of the available Teaching Awards at UTM, UofT and beyond.
UTM-specific Teaching Awards
| Award | Career Stage | Deadline | Submission prep | Notes | Contact |
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| E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award for Senior Faculty | Nominees for the E.A. Robinson award must have taught at UTM for at least 5 years and should be at least two years post-promotion. | Early summer | Spring (April-May) |
Divisional Teaching Award, Educational Leadership | Rong Wu, Internal Competitions & Events Coordinator (UTM) |
| UTM Teaching Excellence Award for Junior Faculty | Nominees for this division must be pre-promotion or within two years of promotion. | Early summer | Spring (April-May) |
Divisional Teaching Award, Early Career Teaching Award | Rong Wu, Internal Competitions & Events Coordinator (UTM) |
| UTM Cleo Leland Boyd Teaching Excellence Award for Sessional Faculty | Individuals must have two (2) or more terms (H or Y) of experience working as a course instructor at UTM to be eligible for this award. | Early summer | Spring (April-May) |
Divisional Teaching Award, Non-Continuing Teaching Appointment |
Rong Wu, Internal Competitions & Events Coordinator (UTM) |
Reference
Teaching Awards & Grants Database
UofT Teaching Awards
| Award | Career Stage | Deadline | Submission prep | Notes | Contact |
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| Early Career Teaching Award | Nominees must have completed two years of teaching at UofT in their current continuing-stream appointment. | Late January | October-November |
Early Career Teaching Award; often awarded to recipients at Assistant-Professor rank. Up to four awards of $3,000 each will be offered annually. |
Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education |
| Northrop Frye Award of Excellence | Award recognizes the excellence of a faculty member/librarian/staff member or a team who have undertaken a teaching and learning project within the last five years that significantly enhanced the undergraduate student learning experience. | Late January | October-November |
Nominations from across all UofT and from all departments and divisions are welcome/ encouraged. Recipients will be invited to attend the University’s Excellence in Teaching Reception and receive a prize of $1500. |
Provost Awards |
| School of Graduate Studies Supervision Awards |
JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award: Nominees must be active graduate faculty members at UofT, having supervised doctoral students (PhD, EdD, DMA, SJD) for a minimum of 15 years |
Late May/Early April 2023 | February-March |
Each year, SGS selects two recipients for the JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award. Each Award recipient receives an SGS Supervision Award certificate, an SGS Travel or Conference Grant (up to $5000) for a current student to support their research travel or conference presentation. Award winners have their names inscribed on a plaque housed at the School of Graduate Studies. |
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| School of Graduate Studies Supervision Awards |
Early Career Supervision Award: |
Late May/Early April 2023 | February-March |
Each year, SGS selects two recipients for SGS Early Career Supervision Awards. Each Award recipient receives an SGS Supervision Award certificate, an SGS Travel or Conference Grant (up to $5000) for a current student to support their research travel or conference presentation. Award winners have their names inscribed on a plaque housed at the School of Graduate Studies. |
Stacey Kwan, Graduate Awards Officer in SGS |
| University Teaching Fellowship | TBA | Program is currently paused | |||
| Global Educator Award | Teaching-Stream and Tenure-Stream faculty members in continuing appointments as of September 1, 2020. Note this includes pre-tenure and pre-continuing status faculty. | TBA | TBA |
Recognizes faculty members who embody UofT’s global mission and profile, who are effective teachers that demonstrate intercultural/global fluency through pedagogies that reflect a diversity of perspectives and invite engagement from all students. One award of $3,000 will be offered annually. Award recipients will be honoured at the annual Excellence in Teaching Reception to be held each fall. |
Michelle Beaton, Director, International Relations, Office of the Vice-President International (UTSG) |
| President’s Teaching Award (PTA) |
PTA is the highest honour for teaching at UofT, and recognizes sustained and ongoing excellence in three interrelated areas:
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Mid- to late-March 21 | November-December | Winners of the PTA receive an annual professional development allowance of $10,000 per year over five years. In addition, recipients of a President’s Teaching Award are also designated by the University as a member of the Teaching Academy for a minimum period of five years. |
Provost Awards |
Reference
Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation website
External Teaching Awards
| Award | Career Stage | Deadline | Submission prep | Notes | Contact |
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| Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Awards | Teaching, in the context of the OCUFA awards, embraces all levels of instruction – graduate and undergraduate teaching, continuing education and faculty development. | Late April | January-February |
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CTSI consultation |
| OCUFA Academic Librarianship Awards |
Academic librarianship, in the context of the OCUFA Awards, embraces all aspects of librarianship that contribute to the scholarly achievement of all members of the university community. |
Late April | January-February |
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| D2L Innovation in Teaching and Learning Award | D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, sponsored by D2L (Desire2Learn), celebrates and recognizes up to five post-secondary collaborative teams each year for their innovative approaches that promote student-centred teaching and learning. | Mid-February | November-December |
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CTSI consultation |
| 3M National Teaching Fellowship |
Three equally weighted criteria:
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Late November | August-September |
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CTSI consultation |
Reference
Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation website