External Teaching Awards

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3M National Teaching Fellowships (STLHE)

Sponsor: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada.
Description: To be invited to join the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, nominees must demonstrate: (1) Excellence in teaching over five recent years, principally (but not necessarily exclusively) at the undergraduate level; and (2) Commitment to educational leadership, innovative teaching practices and improving post-secondary teaching, with emphasis on contributions beyond the nominee’s discipline, job description, or profession. (3) Innovative teaching or educational leadership practices.
*Please note: These guidelines have been amended as of August, 2022. They had previously been modified in March 2013, 2016 and 2020. Any review of past nomination packages must take into account that criteria and guidelines have changed.
Value Description: New Fellows will be invited to attend the STLHE annual conference and a teaching and learning 3M Fellows Summit and will receive a two-year membership in the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Council of 3M National Fellows for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
External Deadline: November 15, 2022, by midnight Pacific Time

University of Alberta's 3M National Teaching Fellows

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Alan Blizzard Award (STLHE)

As of 2022, the Alan Blizzard Award has been retired.
The Alan Blizzard Award was established to encourage, identify, and publicly recognize those whose exemplary collaboration in teaching enhances student learning. The Award honours Dr. Alan Blizzard, STLHE President from 1987 to 1995, and his convictions about the effectiveness of collaboration in team teaching for student learning. The Award seeks to make visible and disseminate scholarship of teaching and learning, based on the values and practices of collaborative teaching.

The Alan Blizzard Award is a biennial award that recognizes and celebrates excellence in collaborative teaching and learning in post-secondary education. While educators are encouraged to cultivate collaborative approaches to student learning, they must also be encouraged and supported to engage in collaborative teaching.

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D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning (STLHE)

Note: The guidelines for the D2L Innovation in Teaching and Learning award have been amended for 2022. The events of the past two years have provided us with the opportunity to focus on celebrating collaboration and teams within the context of the D2L award. Please review the updated application process and expectations for submissions.

If you are an individual applicant focused on innovation, we refer you to the 3M National Teaching Fellowship offered through STLHE.

Sponsor: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and D2L (Desire2Learn).
Description: Established in 2012, the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, sponsored by D2L (Desire2Learn), celebrates and recognizes up to five post-secondary collaborative teams each year for their innovative approaches that promote student-centred teaching and learning.
Deadline: February 15, 2022
Value Description: Up to $3,000 to offset the registration and travel costs to attend the Annual STLHE conference. The team will be recognized at the Conference Awards Ceremony. Each member of the team will receive a certificate in recognition of their significant collaborative contributions to teaching and learning. The Team will present a poster at the STLHE Annual Conference. Award recipients are strongly encouraged to submit a paper about their collaborative project to CELT (Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching).

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Distinguished Academic Award (CAFA)

Sponsor: Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (CAFA).
Description: Recognizing an academic staff member, or group of staff members, who through their research and/or other scholarly, creative, or professional activities have made an outstanding contribution to the wider community beyond the university.
Deadline: April 29, 2022