Overview
The ISUP Staff Award for Community Development recognizes staff who have demonstrated outstanding initiative and leadership toward developing community at the university. This award can recognize community building initiatives with students across UTM and or the wider university. It can also recognize staff who have promoted and enhanced partnerships and collaboration between ISUP and units or Departments from the broader university community.
Priority is given to community development initiatives that have occurred in the past 18 months. Community-building initiatives that have occurred longer than 18 months are eligible but the focus will be on what has occurred with those initiatives most recently.
Eligibility
All staff with a minimum of one year of service at ISUP and who are currently employed at ISUP at the time of the award presentation are eligible. ISUP staff teams are also eligible in situations where collaborations between multiple staff members occurred.
Any ISUP staff or faculty member in ISUP or a unit / Department with whom ISUP is partnering is eligible to nominate an ISUP staff member/team for an award.
Selection Criteria
Nominees for this award will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Promoted, strengthened, or initiated collaborations between RGASC/ISUP and students or other units and departments in the past 18 months.
- Displayed commitment to community building in either the UTM or broader University of Toronto community.
- Strengthened ISUP’s position and visibility at UTM by fostering relationships and collaborations with students, other units, and departments.
Nomination Process
A nomination package must be submitted via this nomination form before January 17th of the current academic year to qualify for this award.
The nomination package must include the following:
- A detailed statement from the nominator specifying how the nominee(s) meets the award criteria. The statement should include the following:
- A description of the community building initiative that the staff member(s) undertook in the past 18 months (200 words max.).
- A description of how the staff member(s) demonstrated leadership in building community (200 words max.).
- A description of the impact the initiative has had both on ISUP and on the wider university community (200 words max.).
- A letter of endorsement (maximum 1 page in length) from someone to whom the nominee(s) report (i.e., a supervisor, a manager, team lead). In situations where a team is nominated, only one letter of endorsement is required for the team.
The ISUP Awards Committee will determine the recipient, based on the criteria outlined, and announce the winner before April 30th of the current academic year.
