External Teaching Awards

Please note that the 2026 3M National Fellowship awards will be paused.

Internal Deadline: TBD
Send the electronic submission to Alicia Kemp (ahitchc2@uwo.ca) in the Office of the Vice-Provost (Academic Programs).

STLHE Deadline: TBD

In 1986, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada partnered to recognize exceptional contributions to teaching and learning in Canadian post-secondary education.

Awards are open to any individual currently teaching at a Canadian university or college regardless of discipline or level of appointment. The selection committee will look for independent evidence that the nominee's teaching is very highly regarded both by peers and students, as well as evidence that the nominee has played a leadership role in the improvement of university teaching and learning beyond his or her own courses at the candidate's institution and perhaps beyond. A letter of support from the Provost must accompany nomination documentation.

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STLHE Deadline: TBC

This award recognizes innovative approaches that promote student-centered teaching and learning at the post-secondary level. The award is open to instructors, both nationally and internationally, who are currently teaching at a post-secondary institution, regardless of discipline, level, or term of appointment; however applications will only be accepted in English or French. Candidates need not be members of STLHE to apply.

Award winners (up to five per year) receive the following:

• Up to $3,000.00 to offset the registration and travel costs to attend the Annual STLHE conference and an Award Recipients retreat the day before the conference
• Certificate of Recognition

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OCUFA Deadline: March 6, 2026

Each year OCUFA recognizes outstanding teachers and academic librarians in Ontario universities through its Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards. Since 1973, OCUFA has presented 432 awards. The recipients are selected by the OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards Committee. Approximately 7 awards are presented.

Categories

• Teaching, in the context of the OCUFA awards, embraces virtually all levels of instruction – graduate and undergraduate teaching, continuing education, and faculty development. Similarly, proficiency in teaching may extend well beyond the classroom, the laboratory, or the faculty member’s office. Activities such as course design, curriculum development, organization of teaching programs, and other significant forms of leadership are often important contributions to the instructional process. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for the OCUFA Teaching Awards.
• Academic librarianship, in the context of the OCUFA Awards, embraces all aspects of librarianship that contribute to the scholarly achievement of all members of the university community. Activities such as development and delivery of services, provision of educational materials, collection development and management, and other contributions to academic librarianship are important to the intellectual functioning of the university. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for an OCUFA Academic Librarianship Award.

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The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes educatiors who excel at unlocking the potential of Ontario's young people. Selected by students as an example of teaching excellence, this award recognizes educators who engage their students in the process of learning and discovery by helping them to develop the thinking and learning skills that form the foundation of a high quality educational experience.

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