Division : Division of the Vice-President and Provost
Type : Institutional Award
More Information : https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-of-toronto-global-educator-award/
Description
The University of Toronto Global Educator Award recognizes faculty members who embody the University’s global mission and profile. They are effective teachers who demonstrate intercultural/global fluency—the ability to successfully operate and communicate within different cultural contexts—through pedagogies that reflect a diversity of perspectives and invite engagement from all students. One award of $3,000 will be offered annually. Award recipients will be honoured at the annual Excellence in Teaching Reception to be held each fall.
Eligibility
- 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.