Proposals are invited from all appointed faculty members, with applications from teaching-stream faculty particularly encouraged. Librarians and staff working on aspects of curriculum and pedagogy are eligible to apply as partners.

Proposals are invited from all appointed faculty members. Librarians and staff are eligible to apply as collaborators.

Proposals are invited from all appointed faculty members. Librarians and staff are eligible to apply as collaborators

Proposals are invited from all appointed faculty members. Librarians and staff are eligible to apply as collaborators.

Nominee must be a physician who demonstrates exceptional and sustained contributions to medical education at the University of Toronto, including contributions to undergraduate, postgraduate and/or continuing professional development and faculty development. An individual can only be awarded the Charles Mickle Fellowship award once. Criteria: 1. Leadership and Administrative Roles in Medical Education 2. Evidence of Impact 3. Teaching Activities and Contributions in Medical Education 4. Scholarship and Research Activities in Medical Education 5. Innovation in Teaching

The awards are open to MDs and Rehabilitation Sciences (OSOT, PT, SLP) faculty members who: Are clinical teachers of Health Professions learners including MD program students, Postgraduate (PGME) resident trainees or Rehabilitation Science Students within the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine; Teach and practice primarily in the community environment, including University of Toronto Community Affiliate Hospitals or community-based office, clinic, private practice, or primary/secondary school setting (not associated with Full Affiliates of the Faculty of Medicine) Are faculty appointed within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. The following criteria will be considered in reviewing each nominee: Use of innovative or creative teaching methods and demonstrated ability to lead learners to think critically. Excellent communication skills, good rapport with learners, and encouraging learners to have interest and enthusiasm for the subject area. Strong evidence of mentorship, serving as an effective and positive role model and fostering interdisciplinary skills and connections. These awards recognizes sustained (normally 10 years) excellence in community-based teaching and education, and may include mentorship, the integration of scholarship in teaching, interprofessional collaboration, etc.

The awards are open to MDs and Rehabilitation Sciences (OSOT, PT, SLP) faculty members who: Are clinical teachers of Health Professions learners including MD program students, Postgraduate (PGME) resident trainees or Rehabilitation Science Students within the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine; Teach and practice primarily in the community environment, including University of Toronto Community Affiliate Hospitals or community-based office, clinic, private practice, or primary/secondary school setting (not associated with Full Affiliates of the Faculty of Medicine) Are faculty appointed within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. The following criteria will be considered in reviewing each nominee: Use of innovative or creative teaching methods and demonstrated ability to lead learners to think critically. Excellent communication skills, good rapport with learners, and encouraging learners to have interest and enthusiasm for the subject area. Strong evidence of mentorship, serving as an effective and positive role model and fostering interdisciplinary skills and connections. This award recognizes excellence in teaching and education at a community-based office, clinic, private practice, primary/secondary school, or community hospital.

The awards are open to MDs and Rehabilitation Sciences (OSOT, PT, SLP) faculty members who: Are clinical teachers of Health Professions learners including MD program students, Postgraduate (PGME) resident trainees or Rehabilitation Science Students within the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine; Teach and practice primarily in the community environment, including University of Toronto Community Affiliate Hospitals or community-based office, clinic, private practice, or primary/secondary school setting (not associated with Full Affiliates of the Faculty of Medicine) Are faculty appointed within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. The following criteria will be considered in reviewing each nominee: Use of innovative or creative teaching methods and demonstrated ability to lead learners to think critically. Excellent communication skills, good rapport with learners, and encouraging learners to have interest and enthusiasm for the subject area. Strong evidence of mentorship, serving as an effective and positive role model and fostering interdisciplinary skills and connections. This award recognizes excellence in teaching and education at a community-based physician office/clinic.

The awards are open to MDs and Rehabilitation Sciences (OSOT, PT, SLP) faculty members who: Are clinical teachers of Health Professions learners including MD program students, Postgraduate (PGME) resident trainees or Rehabilitation Science Students within the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine; Teach and practice primarily in the community environment, including University of Toronto Community Affiliate Hospitals or community-based office, clinic, private practice, or primary/secondary school setting (not associated with Full Affiliates of the Faculty of Medicine); and are faculty appointed within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. The following criteria will be considered in reviewing each nominee: Use of innovative or creative teaching methods and demonstrated ability to lead learners to think critically. Excellent communication skills, good rapport with learners, and encouraging learners to have interest and enthusiasm for the subject area. Strong evidence of mentorship, serving as an effective and positive role model and fostering interdisciplinary skills and connections. This award recognizes excellence in teaching and education at a community hospital.

These awards are open to faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows; develop, organize and administer training programs; develop innovative approaches to teaching, research, and evaluation; or serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees. This includes any Temerty Faculty of Medicine faculty members and clinical/academic staff that contribute to post-graduate medical education. A previous winner may be nominated for an award in the same category only after a lapse of 3 years. A previous winner may be nominated for an award in a different category from a previous award at any time. Criteria: Continuous or long-term excellence in instruction, career counseling, promotion of collegiality, role model, service as Program Director Mentoring and/or advocating for postgraduate medical trainees

These awards are open to faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows; develop, organize and administer training programs; develop innovative approaches to teaching, research, and evaluation; or serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees. This includes any Temerty Faculty of Medicine faculty members and clinical/academic staff that contribute to post-graduate medical education. A previous winner may be nominated for an award in the same category only after a lapse of 3 years. A previous winner may be nominated for an award in a different category from a previous award at any time. Criteria: Leadership and organization skills. Course/curriculum development and/or development of evaluation tools. Development of new instructional methods/modules. Restructuring of teaching/evaluation component, workshops, CanMEDS roles.

Individuals or groups may be nominated for this award. Nominees must either hold a faculty appointment with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and have taught or held a leadership position in the MD program, or be staff members in the MD Program. Nominees should demonstrate outstanding effort in improving the equity environment in the MD Program at the University of Toronto through significant contributions to some of the following: 1. Outreach, partnership, mentorship, recruitment and/or admission activities. 2. Teaching and/or curriculum initiatives that contribute to undergraduate medical education student learning. 3. Teaching, curriculum and/or extra-curricular initiatives. 4. Research initiatives that contribute to health equity knowledge mobilization related to undergraduate medical education 5. Faculty or staff development initiatives that foster and enable health equity teaching by MD Program faculty

Nominees must have held a faculty appointment with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for a minimum of 10 years The award considers teaching performance in the undergraduate medical (MD) program only. Teaching performance in Arts & Science, graduate, and post-graduate medical programs will not be considered. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in the same category as the previous award only after a lapse of five years. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in a different category from a previous award at any time. Commitment and enthusiasm to excellence in curriculum development and coordination Accessibility to students and staff Excellence in teaching as evidenced by consistent, above-average student testimonials and course/component/theme evaluations 2. Design and implementation Course is well organized, and the resources are appropriate Integrated appropriately with other courses and programs Originality and experimentation in course / program design Presentation of subject matter to stimulate learning 3. Quality improvement and evaluation: Established process of curricular review and updates, i.e., what is the curricular review process, when was it last reviewed, who was part of this process, and how often is it completed. Data-driven assessment practices Regular course/program evaluations. Formal student evaluations and other reviews of the course/program for a minimum of 3 years are required in consideration for this award (data will be provided directly from the Office of Assessment and Evaluation).

Nominees must have held a faculty appointment with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for a minimum of 10 years The award considers teaching performance in the undergraduate medical (MD) program only. Teaching performance in Arts & Science, graduate, and post-graduate medical programs will not be considered. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in the same category as the previous award only after a lapse of five years. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in a different category from a previous award at any time. Nominees will be evaluated along the following criteria for development and use of educational innovations: Effectiveness: evidence of widespread use of the educational innovative learning object by the target group of users. Information gleaned from 3 years of course evaluations is required (data will be provided directly from the Office of Assessment and Evaluation). Adoption of the innovative educational technology by other learning institutions would be further evidence of its effectiveness. Uniqueness and originality in the development, materials, presentation and application of the educational innovation. Creativity and innovation in the design of the educational innovation. Appropriateness of the educational innovation for the teaching context. Relevance to goals of the curriculum, appropriate level, appropriate detail, accuracy Clarity in the comprehensibility and logical arrangement. Elegance in technical, conceptual and design senses. Evidence of research in the design and use of the educational innovation to align with best practices of medical education.

Nominees must have held a faculty appointment with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for a minimum of 10 years. The award considers teaching performance in the undergraduate medical (MD) program only. Teaching performance in Arts & Science, graduate, and post-graduate medical programs will not be considered. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in the same category as the previous award only after a lapse of five years. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in a different category from a previous award at any time.

Nominees must have held a faculty appointment with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine for a minimum of 10 years. The award considers teaching performance in the undergraduate medical (MD) program only. Teaching performance in Arts & Science, graduate, and post-graduate medical programs will not be considered. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in the same category as the previous award only after a lapse of five years. A previous winner may be nominated for an Aikins Award in a different category from a previous award at any time.

This award has been established for full-time Full, Associate, and Assistant Professors (tenure and teaching streams), part-time Professors and CLTAs, and Sessional Instructors.

Teaching-Stream and Tenure-Stream faculty members in continuing appointments as of September 1, 2021. Note this includes pre-tenure and pre-continuing status faculty. The Selection Committee will assess nominees based on the extent to which they embody the traits of a global educator, as evidenced through their modeling of intercultural excellence, including the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives. There should be clear evidence (e.g. excerpts from course syllabi, representative teaching materials – this might include sample assignment instructions, study guides, selected lecture slides, descriptions of in-class or community-based activities, screencasts from online course pages, sample course communications, etc.) of ongoing contributions and impact at the level of course design and delivery in the following areas: 1. Interactional Diversity: The instructor enhances intergroup interaction (i.e. across domestic/international students and among international students) for the purposes of developing global/intercultural fluency, a critical 21st century skill for global citizens and future professionals. The instructor empowers and equips University of Toronto students with the skills and experiences to communicate confidently across cultures in both academic, professional, and informal social settings. 2. Addressing Barriers to Inclusive Classrooms: The instructor creates the conditions for a global learning environment that engages and welcomes participation from diverse perspectives. The instructor acknowledges students’ varying cultural and linguistic contexts, through curricular and pedagogical innovations that facilitate the fuller participation of all students with the course content and with each other.

Nominee must not have received this award in the past 3 years. Doctoral students cannot nominate or support a nomination of their supervisor or supervisor committee members.

The Access Programs University Fund (APUF) is a Provostial fund, launched in 2019, that supports initiatives at the University of Toronto to help students who might not otherwise access post-secondary education. Open to collaborations between faculty and staff.