Medical Education & Teaching Awards

Recognizes excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level. The Fellowship is open to any individual currently teaching at a Canadian university or college, regardless of discipline, program, level, or term of appointment.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: Yes

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Philosophy of educational leadership statement (written by Nominee)

  3. Nomination letter (written by colleague or former learner)

  4. Complete CV 

  5. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  6. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes outstanding contributions to medical education made by gifted teachers. The nominee must hold the rank of Assistant Professor or higher in either a tenure or nontenure track. 

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes significant national impact on medical education, above and beyond one’s own institution. This may be a broad impact across the medical education continuum or an in-depth impact in a particular area, such as undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, or interprofessional education.

Type: Individual or team of two

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Celebrates the contributions of the administration within a faculty of medicine where efforts and work have contributed to national discourse and the betterment of Canadian Academic Medicine.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: Letter not required but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes excellence in faculty development by an individual faculty member in a Canadian Faculty of Medicine.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required but Chair must endorse the nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes individuals, groups of people or organizations whose professional accomplishments reflect the principles of social accountability as defined in the Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools.

Type: Individual or Group

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes excellence in clinical teaching by an individual faculty member in a Faculty of Medicine in Canada.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes outstanding and continuous contributions to support work related to the health of Indigenous peoples or Indigenous medical education by an emerging leader (first 5-10 years of practice). Nominations are open to Indigenous, faculty members, staff members, and, or practicing physicians.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes the outstanding dedication of an individual or faculty member towards the dismantling of anti-Indigenous racism and the advancement of cultural safety, advocacy, health equity and wellness of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. Nominations are open to Indigenous faculty members and staff.

Type: Individual

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award. 

Recognizes innovation in learning aids or other teaching aids deemed by the medical community and medical education as valuable including advances in technology such as apps, websites, artificial intelligence, robots, avatars, games, etc. which are considered to be new additions to the educational toolkit for undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing medical education.

Type: Individual or Group

Financial prize: Yes

Chair letter required: No letter required, but Chair must endorse nominee

Learner support required: No

Process:

• As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
• The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package. You will be asked to provide:

  1. Nominee name, appointment, and contact details

  2. Short-form responses explaining how the nominee demonstrates the criteria of the award

  3. Complete CV 

  4. Teaching Dossier/CPA Dossier (optional) 

  5. Confirmation that the Department Chair endorses the nominee (no letter required)

  6. The name of two supporters that would be willing to provide letters of support if the nomination proceeds as the official Temerty nominee

• If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package. 
• Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.