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