Teaching awards celebrate teaching that has lasting, positive effects on students and deepens student learning. Nominate an instructor or colleague and honour their approach to teaching excellence.
External teaching awards
Visit our External Awards page to learn more about each of the five major external teaching awards and to find out how we can help you submit a nomination.
Prestigious external teaching awards honour excellence in teaching and leadership and raise the profile of excellence in teaching at Waterloo. External awards also offer recipients the unique opportunity to contribute to broad educational change through participation in cross-disciplinary educational conferences and forums.
Support
Contact Maris Weiss for more information about the Distinguished Teacher Awards and the Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. For support for external teaching award nominations, contact Alisa Sivak.
More resources
Writing Winning Nominations Reflections on successful academic award nominations by Cathy Matthews and Andrea Buchholz (PDF)
Effective Letters for Teaching Award Nominations, A CTE Blog post by Trevor Holmes
Nomination Package Guidelines, Guidelines for Nomination (Faculty) Coordinators