Overview
This award recognizes excellent work ISUP staff (individuals or teams) have done. This award intends to highlight specific work that staff have completed within the past 18 months. The award will be given to staff who have developed practices, projects, or initiatives that have enhanced learning, support, and the UTM experience.
In line with ISUP’s commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), nominations for projects or initiatives that have removed barriers and built new opportunities for those who traditionally have been under-represented (e.g., visible/racialized minorities, members of Indigenous communities, disabled people, 2SLGBTQ+) are encouraged.
Examples of practices, events, policies, programs, or other activities that ISUP Staff may have led or helped develop may include the following:
- An initiative or program that embeds a commitment to the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- A tool or practice that provides support for faculty, students, staff members at UTM.
- An initiative or action designed to revise or create procedures, policies, or practices to enhance teaching and learning at UTM.
- An initiative or program that helps students, staff, or instructors from under-represented groups feel included.
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.
Note: projects or initiatives that are focused on building community among staff, faculty, students, or other units and departments should apply to ISUP’s Staff Award for Community Development.
Selection Criteria
Nominees for this award will be evaluated according to some or all of the following criteria:
- Took a lead role in developing or reforming existing practices, activities, or programs.
- Showed leadership in promoting equity, diversity, or inclusion.
- Enhanced teaching and learning on campus.
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 project or 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 to enhance EDI and/or teaching and learning at UTM (200 words max.)
- A description of the impact the initiative or project has had both on ISUP and on the wider university (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.
