Departmental Award: Excellence in New Leadership

DESCRIPTION

This award recognizes leadership within the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

ELIGIBILITY

Any individual within the department who has assumed a leadership role in administration, education, or research is eligible.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will consider the following criteria:

  • New leadership (8 years or less) contribution to the administration of the central department, departmental division, or program.
  • Educational leadership
  • Leadership in research

SELECTION CATEGORIES

One award winner will be selected from each of the following categories:

  • Fully Affiliated Sites
  • Community Affiliated Sites
  • Community Sites
  • HPEs Fully Affiliated Sites
  • HPEs Community Affiliated Sites

NOMINATION

Nominations can be made by any faculty or staff member of the DFCM, including self- nomination. The nominations will be considered by the DFCM Central Awards Committee. The nominator is responsible for the collection and submission of the award nomination package and informing the nominee of their nomination.

Nominations for a DFCM Award of Excellence must include the following:

  1. Completed nomination form that includes the supporting signature of a teaching site Chief, DFCM Program Director, Division Head or Supervisor.
  2. Two letters of support indicating why this individual is being nominated in the selected category. Letters that are the most helpful address the criteria for the award and present evidence supporting the nominee’s excellence in those criteria.
  3. CV.
  4. Additional material documenting evidence of excellence may be submitted.

Please submit the completed nomination form and corresponding award application documentation in a single PDF file by February 15, 2020 to:

DFCM Central Awards Committee

c/o: Laura Surdianu, Faculty Development
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

500 University Avenue, 5th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7

TEL: 416-978-7565                        
FAX: 416-978-3912               
dfcm.awards@utoronto.ca