Yes, you may, providing the candidate is eligible for each of the awards they are being nominated for. For eligibility requirements, click on each award on the main page.

This is solely up to you as the nominator.

Self-nominations are not accepted. Packages that contain a nomination letter written by the nominee, or a package submitted or compiled by the nominee constitute a self-nomination.  

Yes, there is. Individual and team nominations are accepted for the D.R. Campbell Merit Award.

Yes, you may re-submit a nomination package providing all relevant information has been updated including the candidate's most recent accomplishments.

There will be two Selection Committees, one for the Principal's Service Excellence Awards and one for the D.R. Campbell Merit Award and Patrick Phillips Award for Staff Service. These Selection Committees will be made up of representatives from the various constituencies including faculty, staff and students. A call for participation on the Selection Committee will be sent out on an annual basis near the end of the year and the committee will be finalized in March the following year.  

For more details about the Selection Committee, please see the following page or contact:
Human Resource Services at humanresources@utsc.utoronto.ca for the Principal's Service Excellence Awards
Tracy Torres-Mo at tracy.torres@utoronto.ca for both the D.R. Campbell Merit Award and Patrick Phillips Award for Staff Service

The awards may not be presented every year and is dependent on the submissions received.

No, there are no monetary components to the awards. All winners are recognized with a framed certificate and celebrated at the annual Celebration of Distinguished Services.

Winners of the Principal's Service Excellence Awards will not be eligible for future awards in the Distinguished, Accomplished and Emerging categories. Past award recipients of the Inclusive Excellence Service Award are eligible for nomination again after four (4) years. 

Individuals are open to endorse more than one person for the Principal's Service Excellence Awards. 

For the Principal's Service Excellence Awards, contact Human Resource Services at humanresources@utsc.utoronto.ca. For the Patrick Phillips and/or D.R. Campbell, contact Tracy Torres-Mo at tracy.torres@utoronto.ca.

The Celebration of Distinguished Services ceremony takes place annually in the spring/summer.  The health, safety and well-being of our community members is very important to us, therefore, due to our current circumstances with COVID, the celebrations have been postponed.  

Due to our current circumstances, the Awards Planning Committee decided to extend the nomination periods for the Principal’s Service Excellence Awards, D.R. Campbell Merit Award, and Patrick Phillips Award for Staff Service. Members of our community reached out to express disappointment that they were unable to meet the deadline of March 13th, due to shifting priorities. Since the awards celebration is also postponed, this provides an opportunity for our community to continue acknowledging their colleagues during this time. 

To allow for those who were unable to submit their nomination packages before the initial nomination deadline, we have opened up the nomination period again with a new deadline of June 21st, 2020, 5:00 PM. Those who submitted nominations prior to March 13th may also update their packages to include their nominee’s most recent accomplishments. 

Faculty and staff can recognize their colleagues for their contributions and service through the True Blue Recognition Program. True Blue informal recognitions highlight the practices of exemplary faculty and staff who make invaluable contributions to the University every day. For more information about the True Blue Recognition Program, please visit their website here.