Teaching Awards
Award Categories
Creative Teaching Award
The Creative Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching that challenges, stimulates critical thinking in students and fosters scholarship in nursing. This award is peer-nominated.
2011 Recipients: Erica Cambly, Sean Clarke
Early Career Teaching Award
The Early Career Teaching Award recognizes consistent outstanding performance in teaching. This award is peer-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Jennifer Macauley
Entry-Year Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award
The Entry-Year Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award recognizes:
- Excellence in clinical teaching as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
Awarded to a clinical instructor directly engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a clinical placement in the entry year. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipients: Shannon Abbaterusso, Esther Kelly, Cara Russon
2011 Recipients: Jason Ross, Claire Steer
Excellence in Educational Leadership
The Excellence in Educational Leadership recognizes excellence in coordinating and/or implementing curriculum, courses, projects and/or programs. This award is peer-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Maureen Barry
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
The Excellence in Online Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching using virtual modalities as demonstrated by the ability to stimulate student engagement, innovation, enthusiasm and critical thinking in online courses or online components of courses. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipients: Amy Bender, Kathy Trip
2011 Recipient: Willi Kirenko
Excellence in Precepting: Undergraduate Award
The Excellence in Precepting: Undergraduate Award recognizes:
- Excellence in precepting in NUR 461 or NUR 470 as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modeling
- Exceptional approach to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills.
This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Jim Donovan
Excellence in Precepting: Graduate Award
The Excellence in Precepting: Graduate Award recognizes:
- Excellence in precepting as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipients: Sherri Adams, Tracey DasGupta
2011 Recipient: Lianne Jeffs
Mentoring Award
The Mentoring Award recognizes an outstanding contribution to enhance both student and faculty experience beyond usual activities through mentoring, availability for questions and consultations, and collegial involvement in scholarly activities. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2011 Recipient: Francine Wynn
Senior-Year Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award
The Senior-Year Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award recognizes:
- Excellence in clinical teaching as demonstrated by outstanding professionalism and role modelling
- Exceptional approaches to clinical learning that is supportive, respectful, creative, enthusiastic, evidence-based and student-centred
- Effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and problem solving skills
Awarded to a clinical instructor directly engaged in supervising undergraduate students during a clinical placement in the senior year. This award is both peer- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Jim Smith
2011 Recipient: Alix Duck
Sensitivity to Equity & Diversity Award
The Sensitivity to Equity & Diversity Award recognizes exceptional sensitivity to equity and diversity that enhances classroom teaching, curriculum design and the student experience. This award is peer-nominated.
2011 Recipients: Joanna Louis, Pam Walker
Teaching Assistant Award
The Teaching Assistant Award recognizes effectiveness in bridging the gap between instructor and students; for example, through the support of students preparing papers and through the provision of constructive feedback through grading. The award is both course instructor- and student-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Stacey Johnson
2011 Recipient: Maki Iwase
Teaching Excellence Award
The Teaching Excellence Award recognizes excellence in teaching as demonstrated by superlative communication skills, master of subject area, the ability to stimulate enthusiasm and critical/analytical thinking in students, and the development of innovative teaching approaches. This award is student-nominated.
2012 Recipient: Jordana McMurray
2011 Recipients: Denise Gastaldo, Karima Velji