Criteria – Status of Women Award of Distinction
Areas of distinguished leadership
Organizational leadership
Has led, or lent distinguished service to, an organization in such a way as to forward the situation of academic women, for example, in achieving political, legislative, or collective bargaining gains.
Collective bargaining leadership
Through collective bargaining, has advanced the situation of academic women
Policy leadership
Has developed or implemented policy, whether for a faculty association, OCUFA, or government, that advances the situation of academic women
Educational/raising awareness leadership
Has initiated educational or public awareness programs that benefit academic women
Scholarly leadership
Whose teaching, research, or publishing has advanced the situation of academic women
Criteria
Impact: The extent to which the nominee’s leadership has advanced the situation of academic women
Service: The time and effort the nominee has devoted to advancing the situation of academic women
Originality: How “pioneering” the nominee’s achievement was/is
Collegiality: The nominee’s record of working with others to advance the situation of academic women
Exemplariness: To what extent the nominee is a role model/mentor for academic women