Each year, the Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa (APTPUO) honours one of its members as the Part-Time Professor of the Year. The Part-Time Professor of the Year Award was created in 1996 to recognize the contribution of the APTPUO members to university education and their teaching excellence. The award is sponsored by the Alumni Relations Office and the APTPUO.
It consists of a $2500 prize as well as a commemorative plate, which is conferred during the ceremony. The laureate is also mentioned at the convocation ceremony in the winter term.
Click here to see past recipients of the Part-Time Professor Award.
ELIGIBILITY
All members of the APTPUO are eligible to apply.
Exceptions:
- Current Board members of the Association;
- Former recipients of the Part-Time Professor of the Year Award are not eligible.
SELECTION CRITERIA
This award is to recognize the excellence in teaching of part-time professors.
The Selection Committee’s decision is based on the following criteria:
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness;
- Leadership in teaching;
- Strong ability to engage and motivate students;
- Minimum of 3 years recent teaching experience and more than 5 completed APTPUO contracts.
NOMINATIONS
With the exception of Selection Committee members, any member of the university community may nominate a candidate, including the candidate themselves.
Nominations must be accompanied with a letter outlining the candidate’s exceptional contributions to university teaching.
Students may also nominate candidates in which cases the nominees have the possibility of completing their file to be considered for selection.
SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE
Nominations or applications must be submitted by email to the APTPUO Office (info@aptpuo.ca) no later than January 20 of each year.
CANDIDATE’S FILE
Requirements:
- A table of contents;
- A cover letter outlining the teaching philosophy;
- An up-to-date CV including courses taught at the University of Ottawa;
- Two (2) to three (3) letters of support from current or former students. These letters must be submitted separately by email to the Association;
- Student evaluations from the last two (2) years. Please attach these as an appendix;
- A maximum of 30 pages (not including student evaluations).
Optional:
- Two (2) letters of support from part-time colleagues, full-time professors, teaching assistants or department/faculty director;
- Any other relevant documents supporting the selection criteria.
Evidence of excellence in teaching may include but not limited to the following:
- Examples of best teaching practices and pedagogical methods;
- Descriptions of teaching strategies developed to improved student learning;
- Personal initiatives that go beyond the norm in classroom teaching, such as mentoring, advising, consultations outside of class, innovative approaches to courses and curricula, special projects, etc.;
- Descriptions and examples of teaching materials;
- Examples or demonstrations of teaching creativity and innovation;
- Professional development initiatives to improve teaching skills; or
- Student comments.
Past recipients of the Part-Time Professor of the Year Award
2024 Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo
2023 Valerie P. Noftle
2022 Rylee Oram
2021 Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr and Yves Laberge
2020 Guergana Mileva
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2019 Saba Alvi
2018 Andrew Sowinski
2017 Julie Delorme
2016 Richard Clayman
2015 Natalie Dimitra Montgomery
2014 Fadi Malek
2013 Édith-Anne Pageot
2012 Rami Abielmona
2011 Jean-Philippe Daoust
2008 John Rakos
2007 André Lachance
2006 Shelley Rabinovitch
2005 Shelley Jordan
2004 Pierre Sabourin
2003 Joseph Khoury
2002 Steven J. Desjardins
2001 Darene Toal-Sullivan
2000 Peggy J. Kleinplatz
1999 Michael Wilson
1998 Félix Quinet
1997 Daniel Lavoie
1996 M. Weixuan Li