Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards

Teaching Awards

Guidelines for Teaching Awards nominations 

Academic Librarianship Awards

Guidelines for Academic Librarianship Awards nominations

Deadline for receipt of nominations:  March 7, 2025

PROGRAM

• Each year OCUFA recognizes outstanding teachers and academic librarians in Ontario universities through its Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards.
• Since 1973 OCUFA has presented 463 awards.
• The recipients are selected by the OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards Committee.
• Maximum 3 awards are presented.

CATEGORIES

• Teaching, in the context of the OCUFA awards, embraces virtually all levels of instruction – graduate and undergraduate teaching, continuing education and faculty development. Similarly, proficiency in teaching may extend well beyond the    classroom, the laboratory or the faculty member’s office. Activities such as course design, curriculum development, organization of teaching programs and other significant forms of leadership are often important contributions to the instructional process. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for the OCUFA Teaching Awards.

•  Academic librarianship, in the context of the OCUFA Awards, embraces all aspects of librarianship that contribute to the scholarly achievement of all members of the university community. Activities such as development and delivery of services, provision of educational materials, collection development and management and other contributions to academic librarianship are important to the intellectual functioning of the university. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for an OCUFA Academic Librarianship Award.

NOMINATIONS

• Nominations are invited from individuals, informal groups of faculty or students, or both, and such organizations as local faculty associations, faculty or college councils, university committees concerned with teaching and learning, librarians, local student councils, departments, alumni, etc.

• Guidelines to assist in organizing a nomination should be consulted by prospective nominators and are available on request from your Faculty Association Office, the Provincial Office of OCUFA, or the OCUFA website (www.ocufa.on.ca).
   

PROCEDURE

• Deadline for receipt of nominations: March 7, 2025

• We request that all submissions be submitted through our online submission portal, which will open when we send out call for nominations.

• Inquiries to: 416-979-2117