Introduction
The Principal’s Service Excellence Awards are the newly revamped Principal's Staff Awards which were established in 2016 to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of administrative staff who consistently demonstrate excellent performance in support of UTSC strategic priorities and objectives.
At UTSC, we all have leadership roles that support the strategic direction for the campus. No matter our location within, or our relationship to, the institution, we are the key to UTSC’s success: as a member of the grounds crew who thoughtfully and appropriately respond in a snow storm to the needs of our diverse community of individuals with different abilities; as an administrative assistant who supports a faculty member who enriches our curriculum with a variety of intellectual perspectives and knowledge systems; as a director who makes access to a UTSC education possible for talented students who may otherwise not be able to avail themselves of such an opportunity.
Selection Committee
| PRINCIPAL'S SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSITION | |
| Positions | # of Seats Available |
| Co-chairs selected from the list below: | 2 |
| Administrative Staff Representative | 3 |
| Faculty Representative | 2 |
For more information and to submit an application, please visit the Selection Committee page.
Nomination Deadline: The 2023 Awards Process is now closed. Stay tuned regarding the timeline for the 2024 awards process..
Principal's Service Excellence Awards Overview
Distinguished Service Excellence AwardThe Distinguished Service Excellence Award recognizes employees in managerial roles who have demonstrated sustained exceptional leadership competencies over a period of time, resulting in continuing high quality outcomes in their areas of responsibility that make a measurable, demonstrable impact beyond their particular units. Nomination Deadline: The 2023 Awards Process is now closed. Stay tuned regarding the timeline for the 2024 awards process. Note that winners of this award will not be eligible for future awards in this category. |
Accomplished Service Excellence AwardThe Accomplished Service Excellence Award recognizes employees in managerial roles who have demonstrated exceptional leadership competencies, resulting in continuing high quality outcomes in their areas of responsibility that make a measurable, demonstrable impact beyond their particular units. Nomination Deadline: The 2023 Awards Process is now closed. Stay tuned regarding the timeline for the 2024 awards process. Note that winners of this award will not be eligible for future awards in this category. |
Emerging Leader Excellence AwardAn emerging leader demonstrates capacity and core competencies that mobilizes their team to embrace a shared vision and to enhance quality of services they provide in support of the University’s mission and UTSC’s strategic plan of inclusive excellence. The individual’s actions should make a measurable, demonstrable impact within UTSC and/or the broader University community. Nomination Deadline: The 2023 Awards Process is now closed. Stay tuned regarding the timeline for the 2024 awards process. Note that winners of this award will not be eligible for future awards in this category. |
Inclusive Excellence Service AwardThe Inclusive Excellence Service Award, previously known as the Leadership in Service Excellence Award, recognizes staff members who, as individuals or as a team, have demonstrated consistent commitment to supporting the vision and values of the campus through their dedication to duty and the quality of service that they provide to the UTSC community, thereby enabling faculty, staff and/or students to experience an excellent, inclusive, healthy working and learning environment. Nomination Deadline: The 2023 Awards Process is now closed. Stay tuned regarding the timeline for the 2024 awards process. Past award recipients of the Inclusive Excellence Service Award are eligible for nomination after 4 years. |
Past Award RecipientsCongratulations to our award recipients! A list of current and past award recipients can be found below. To all honourees, on behalf of the entire UTSC community, please accept our best wishes, gratitude and appreciation for the excellence and leadership which you demonstrate every day. To view previous virtual programming for the Celebration of Distinguished Services, please visit the following pages:
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Principal's Service Excellence Award Recipients
The Accomplished Service Excellence Award (formerly the Principal's Accomplished Leader Excellence Award and Principal's Accomplished Leader Award) recognizes employees in managerial roles who have demonstrated sustained exceptional leadership competencies over a period of time, resulting in continuing high quality outcomes in their areas of responsibility that make a measurable, demonstrable impact beyond their particular units. For information about selection criteria and the nomination process, and who to contact with questions, please see the UTSC Principal's Staff Awards page.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Holly Yuen |
| 2020- 21 | Susan Soikie |
| 2019-20 | Tina Doyle |
| 2018-19 | Varsha Patel |
| 2017-18 | Christine Arsenault |
| 2016-17 | Shelby Verboven |
| 2015-16 | Colleen Reid |
The Emerging Leader Excellence Award (formerly the Principal's Emerging Leader Award) is awarded to an emerging leader who demonstrates capacity and core competencies that mobilizes their team to embrace a shared vision and to enhance quality of services they provide in support of the University’s mission and UTSC’s strategic plan of inclusive excellence. The individual’s actions should make a measurable, demonstrable impact within UTSC and/or the broader University community. For information about selection criteria and the nomination process, and who to contact with questions, please see the UTSC Principal's Staff Awards page.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Celeste Richards |
| 2019-20 | Adon Irani and Jennifer Davies |
| 2018-19 | Nadia Rosemond and Ravneet Kaur |
| 2017-18 | Katie Boomgaardt and Marg Lacy |
| 2016-17 | Bill Chau |
| 2015-16 | Naureen Nizam |
The Inclusive Service Excellence Award (formerly the Principal’s Leadership in Service Excellence Award) is awarded to staff members who have demonstrated consistent commitment to supporting the vision and values of the campus through their individual dedication to duty and the quality of service that they provide to the UTSC community, thereby enabling faculty, staff and/or students to experience an excellent, inclusive, healthy working and learning environment. For information about selection criteria and the nomination process, and who to contact with questions, please see the UTSC Principal's Staff Awards page.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Cherilyn Scobie Edwards |
| 2021-22 | Information and Instructional Technology Services (IITS) Team |
| 2021-22 | International Student Centre (ISC) Team |
| 2020-21 | Manaal Hussain |
| 2019-20 | Denise Lopes and Manjot Bining |
| 2018-19 | Elsa Kiosses and Marishka Pereira |
The Principal's Long Service Award is no longer being awarded as of 2018.
The Principal’s Long Service Award is awarded to an administrative staff member who has served at UTSC for over ten years and has demonstrated consistent commitment to supporting the teaching and research mission, supporting colleagues and departmental teams, supporting equity and diversity and is recognized by peers, academic faculty and students as a valuable contributor to the UTSC experience.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Ruth Louden |
| 2016-17 | Ken Jones & Tracy Rockbrune |
| 2015-16 | Gail Copland |