Northrop Frye Award
Division : Division of the Vice-President and Provost
Type : Institutional Award
More Information : https://alumni.utoronto.ca/events-and-programs/awards/awex/northrop-frye-awards
Description
The Northrop Frye Award recognizes the excellence of an individual faculty member, an individual librarian / staff member or a team who have undertaken a teaching and learning project within the last five years that significantly enhanced the undergraduate student learning experience. This could include (but is not limited to):
- Curricular Innovations: the design and implementation of significant curricular changes with a lens towards improved student learning experiences.
- Co-Curricular Learning Opportunities: the design and implementation of a co-curricular opportunity that significantly enhanced students in-classroom learning experiences. For example, fostering opportunities for undergraduates to participate in cutting-edge research activities.
- Instructional / Pedagogical Innovations: the design and implementation of impactful teaching practices that promoted student learning.
This is not a humanities-focused award and nominations from across the University and from all departments and divisions are welcome and encouraged.
Please contact awards.provost@utoronto.ca for additional information.
Eligibility
- Nominations for the Awards of Excellence may be made by any member of the University of Toronto community. Past recipients of an Award of Excellence may still be nominated for a different Award, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. An individual may only be nominated for one (1) award in any given year. FACULTY Faculty members (individuals) holding continuing appointments are eligible for the Northrop Frye Award (Faculty). This includes tenure-stream, teaching-stream (continuing), and clinical faculty. STAFF / LIBRARIANS Staff / Librarians who are eligible for the Northrop Frye Award (Staff) should be one of the following: Advancement Professional, Confidential Staff, Professional Professional & Managerial Staff; Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, Librarian, Unionized (administrative or academic) staff, or a Casual employee, and Be in good standing and be in active status at the University at the time nominations close. TEAM Collaborative teams of faculty members and administrative staff are eligible for the Northrop Frye Award (Team). Teams can be comprised of 1) faculty-only 2) staff / librarians-only 3) a combination of faculty, librarians and staff members. Faculty members must hold continuing appointments (tenure-stream, teaching-stream (continuing) and clinical faculty). Staff / Librarians should be one of the following: Advancement Professional, Confidential Staff, Professional & Managerial Staff; Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, Librarian, Unionized (administrative or academic) staff, or a Casual employee, and Be in good standing and be in active status at the University at the time nominations close.