CICan’s Awards of Excellence recognize people and institutions in ten distinct categories celebrating excellence and leadership. Each acknowledges individual, or collective achievements, that contribute to making colleges and institutes such dynamic learning institutions.
Awards of Excellence Categories
The Program Excellence Award
The Program Excellence Award recognizes a program that is innovative, portable, sustainable, and effective.
The Leadership Excellence Award for Students
The Leadership Excellence Award for Students recognizes an individual student that has made an exceptional contribution within their institution and within the communities it serves. The nominee must be currently enrolled in a program at a CICan member institution.
The Leadership Excellence Award for Non-Managerial Staff
The Leadership Excellence Award for Non-Managerial Staff recognizes an individual or a team who has made an exceptional contribution within their institution and within the communities it serves. The nominee or team must be currently employed by the institution and play a non-managerial role.
The Leadership Excellence Award for Managerial Staff
The Leadership Excellence Award for Managerial Staff recognizes an individual or a team who has made an exceptional contribution within their institution and within the communities it serves. The nominee or team must be currently employed by the institution and play a managerial role.
The Leadership Excellence Award for Faculty
The Leadership Excellence Award for Faculty recognizes an individual or a team who has exhibited consistent excellence in teaching and has had a significant impact on the personal and academic growth of students. The nominee or team must be currently employed by the institution.
The Indigenous Education Excellence Award
The Indigenous Education Excellence Award recognizes a college or institute that has a demonstrated commitment to Indigenous education through innovative approaches and dedicated structures, curriculum, holistic support services and community partnerships that contribute to learner success, as well as socio-economic development and reconciliation within communities. This award recognizes institutional, rather than individual achievements. To be eligible for this award, your institution must not have received the “Gold” award within the past 3 years or since 2020.
The Excellence in Sustainable Development Award
The Excellence in Sustainable Development Award recognizes a college or an institute that has shown leadership in the implementation and advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals for the benefit of their learners and community, and contribute to the peace and prosperity of the world, now and into the future. This award recognizes institutional, rather than individual achievements. To be eligible for this award, your institution must not have received the “Gold” award within the past 3 years or since 2020
The Excellence in Global Engagement Award
The Excellence in Global Engagement Award recognizes a college or institute (NOT an individual or team) that has, through their initiatives, demonstrated innovation, creativity, and leadership in the internationalization of their institution. This award recognizes institutional, rather than individual achievements. To be eligible for this award, your institution must not have received the “Gold” award within the past 3 years or since 2020
The Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
The Excellence in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award recognizes a college or institute that has demonstrated leadership in advancing and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion for its students, faculty, staff, and community. This award recognizes institutional, rather than individual achievements. Areas of focus can include but is not limited to administration and human resources, curriculum design and content, policies and procedures, stakeholder management, communication and outreach programs. To be eligible for this award, your institution must not have received the “Gold” award within the past 3 years or since 2020
The Applied Research and Innovation Excellence Award
The Applied Research and Innovation Excellence Award recognizes a college or institute that has improved the productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and community partners through the development of new and improved products, processes and services and has provided students and graduates with real-world innovation experience. This award recognizes institutional, rather than individual achievements. To be eligible for this award, your institution must not have received the “Gold” award within the past 3 years or since 2020Awards Selection Committees
Each nomination is reviewed by an independent selection committee with representation from across CICan member institutions. Peer reviewers participate on a voluntary basis and a reviewer cannot sit on more than one selection committee. Every nomination is reviewed independently from one another and a nomination will not be reviewed by someone from the same institution as the nominee.
For more information on the Awards of Excellence please contact Julie Trohon, Program Officer, Member Relations, jtrohon@collegesinstitutes.ca.
CICan and TD Insurance
TD Insurance is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of the CICan Awards of Excellence Program. TD Insurance will give an award of $1,000 to each Gold level Award of Excellence recipient.
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