Dean's Service Award

Any TFA faculty member is eligible. Chairs and Directors are not eligible as a significant portion of their job is service related. If a member of the Faculty Award Committee (FAC) is nominated or applies, they should either withdraw the nomination/application or step down from the Selection Committee and be replaced. Faculty who receive an award (Teaching, SRC or Service) may not receive another award in any category for the following two years (e.g. 2022-2023 recipient receiving an award in Winter 2023 would not be eligible to apply for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 awards.).

The number of annual awards per Faculty, listed below, is based on the number of faculty in a Faculty.

Interested faculty may apply for the award or faculty may be nominated for the award.

For each awards cycle, applications/nominations are based on submission of an application/nomination form and assessed based on achievements reported in the previous academic year’s Faculty Annual Report. (e.g. For the 2024-2025 awards cycle, applications/nominations are assessed based on achievements reported in the May 2024 annual report.)

Excellence should be demonstrated in at least one of the following:

1. Exceptional service to the Department/School, Faculty or University.
2. Promotion of the reputation of the Department/School, Faculty or University to the broader community and/or the profession through service effort.

Faculty award recipients must achieve a minimum standard performance in all three faculty duties (teaching, SRC and service). This ensures that excellence in one area is not being facilitated by under-performance in others.

1. Obtain the nominee’s permission (if applicable).
2. Complete the nomination  package as described below.
3. Submit the nomination package via the Online Nomination Portal on the Recognition website.
4. Nominee will receive a confirmation email with a link to provide online consent before the deadline. This step must be completed before the deadline.

The submission must include:

• Citation (100 words maximum) – highlight why the nominee deserves this award and any notable achievements. This citation will be included in related university communication should the nominee or team be selected.
• Supporting Statement (500 word maximum) - supports the nomination/application based on exceptional service to the Department/School, Faculty or University and/or any ways in which the service may have impacted the reputation of that unit, the broader community or the profession.
• Annual Report from the previous academic year. Only those attachments directly related to the award being sought should be attached for the purposes of the application/nomination.
• Two Letters of Support (one page maximum each) demonstrating how the applicant/nominee has demonstrated excellence in at least one of the areas noted in the statement.
• Updated CV in Common or OCGS format - this requirement is submitted after the initial application/nomination process. Applicants/nominees will be prompted by email to submit this portion.

Each Faculty will strike a Faculty Award Committee to evaluate applications/nominations for the recognition awards governed by Appendix G of the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association collective agreement.

Five members are elected by and from the members of the Faculty. There may be no more than one member from each department on the FAC. In a Faculty with fewer than five departments, the Faculty may, however, choose to reduce the size of the committee to include one member from each department.

Nomination deadline: November 5 at noon
Recipient notified by: December 18, 2024
Award presentation: Toronto Met Awards Gala