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Rewarding Teaching

The CTSI staff is happy to review nomination files or assist with the compilation of teaching award dossiers for internal and external teaching awards.

If you would like to meet with a CTSI staff member regarding an awards nomination, please contact ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca or 416-946-3139.


There are a number of awards that recognize excellence in teaching at the University of Toronto. Most of these awards are division-specific.
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Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences
Dr. Carin Wittnich, Department of Surgery

2013 President's Teaching Award

Congratulations to the newest members of U of T's Teaching Academy
Christopher Perumalla, Department of Physiology and Division of Teaching Laboratories (DLT), Faculty of Medicine
Lawrence Sawchuk, Department of Anthropology, UTSC
Alissa Trotz, Women & Gender Studies Institute and Caribbean Studies Program, Faculty of Arts & Science

Visit the Provost's website for more information.

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Teaching Excellence Awards 2012
Professor Tarek Abdelrahman, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award
Associate Professor Evan Bentz, Civil Engineering, Faculty Teaching Award
Assistant Professor Jason Anderson, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Early Career Teaching Award
Assistant Professor Timothy Chan, Materials & Industrial Engineering, Early Career Teaching Award
Aaron Persad, Materials & Industrial Engineering, Teaching Assistant Award

www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Five_Engineers_Recognized_for_Teaching_Excellence.htm



Masters of Information (MISC) candidates Outstanding Instructor Award
Dr. Keren Dali, Faculty of Information

OISE Teaching Award Winners 2012-2013
Award for Excellence in Initial Teacher Education
Jill Goodreau, Instructor, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

Award for Excellence in Continuing Education
Michael Morosin, AQ Instructor

David E. Hunt Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
John Portelli, Professor, Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Rob Simon, Assistant Professor, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning


2013 3M Teaching Fellowship
June Larkin, Women and Gender Studies and Equity Studies

2013 Awards of Excellence
Faculty Award
Suzanne Akbari, Centre for Medieval Studies

Northrop Frye Award (Individual)
Greg Evans, Department of Chemical Engineering

Northrop Frye Award (Departmental)
Research Excursions Program (399), Faculty of Arts and Science

Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award
Salvatore Bancheri, Department of Italian Studies
Carl-Georg Bank, Department of Earth Science



TEACHING AWARDS & GRANTS

Assembling Award Nomination Dossiers
The CSTI staff is happy to review nomination files or assist with the compilation of teaching award dossiers for internal and external teaching awards, such as the President’s Teaching Award, the 3M Teaching Fellowship, the Alan Blizzard award and the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA). CTSI also administers the TATP Teaching Excellence Award. For more information, contact ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca.  

President's Teaching Award

The university-wide President's Teaching Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching, research in teaching, and the integration of teaching and research. We encourage nominations of colleagues whose achievements are truly outstanding for this very special form of recognition by the University of Toronto. Winners of the President's Teaching Award will become members of the Teaching Academy.

Please visit the Office of the Vice-President & Provost's WEBSITE for more information on this award.








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