Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award
The Larissa Allen Employee Experience Staff Award is in recognition of Larissa Allen, former assistant vice-president, human resources. This award recognizes one individual who has improved employee wellbeing at TMU by engaging and supporting employees in ways that had a significant positive impact on the experience of staff and/or faculty.
The recipient receives a certificate and a one-time monetary award of $2,000 (subject to applicable deductions).
Key criteria: Employee wellbeing; people first
Nomination guidelines
- Staff employees (e.g. Senior Administrator or Director, MAC, CUPE 233 or OPSEU) with at least two years of service as of the nomination deadline, employed on a career or term basis.
- TFA members and associate members are not eligible for these awards.
- Nominees do not need to be formal leaders.
- Individuals can only be nominated for one individual award per year; however the Selection Committee may choose to reassign a nomination to a different award category, based on best fit with the criteria.
- Nominations are only valid for the year in which they are submitted and must be based on achievements within the past academic year.
- Employees who receive this award may not receive the same award for the following two academic years (e.g. 2021-2022 recipients cannot receive the same award until 2042-2025. They are ineligible for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024).
Faculty, staff or students can submit nominations.
- Please contact the award administrator if you have more than one nominator.
- Students should contact the Dean or Senior Director’s Office for assistance in submitting a nomination.
The award recognizes extraordinary contributions in one or more of the following areas:
- Employee involvement – creates opportunities for employees to share ideas, improve on existing processes or services, and provide feedback on new ideas, priorities or goals
- Learning opportunities – provides employees with access to opportunities to develop new skills
- Positive and healthy work environment – promotes workplace well-being and the importance of work-life balance; demonstrates and supports equity, diversity and inclusion for all employees; celebrates individual and team successes
- Improved employee experience - goes “above and beyond” to improve services, operations, or projects that contribute toward a positive daily employee experience
- Obtain the nominee's consent.
- Complete the nomination package as described below.
- Submit the nomination package via the Online Nomination Portal on the Recognition Website.
- Nominee will receive a confirmation email with a link to provide online consent. This step must be completed before the deadline.
A completed nomination includes:
- Citation (100 words maximum) – highlight why the nominee deserves this award and any notable achievements. This citation will be included in related university communications if the nominee or team is selected.
- (google doc) Nomination Form (external link) (two pages maximum) - questions detailed on the form
- Completed by the nominator;
- Bullet points are strongly encouraged;
- Please save the completed form as a PDF and upload to portal.
- (google doc) Support Form (external link) (one-page maximum) - questions detailed on the form
- Completed by an individual other than the nominator or members of the Executive or Selection Committee;
- Bullet points are strongly encouraged;
- Please save the completed form as a PDF and upload to portal.
- Supporting Materials (three pages maximum) – include description of initiatives, examples of work or results, etc.
Visit Tips for Preparing a Strong Nomination Package for more assistance.
The selection committee’s mandate is to select high-quality candidates, whose achievements meet or exceed the award criteria and help advance TMU’s values. Members (or their delegates) include:
- Vice-President, Administration and Operations (Co-Chair)
- Chief Human Resources Officer (Co-Chair)
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
- Vice-Provost, Students
- Assistant Vice-President, University Relations
All nominations are reviewed, with priority consideration given to nominees who have not received a TMU award in the past. The committee also considers a diversity of recipients in making its determinations.
An award will not be given if the committee determines there is no suitable candidate.
Nomination deadline: November 5 at noon
Recipient notified by: January 28, 2025
Award presentation: Toronto Met Awards Gala
Recognition Team
recognition@torontomu.ca
Celebration details
This award is celebrated at the Toronto Met Awards Gala.