June 11, 2025

Nominate an exceptional educator for a UCalgary Teaching Award

All staff, faculty, students and postdocs are encouraged to nominate someone for a UCalgary Teaching Award

Emcee Joelle Tomlinson announces the 2024 Teaching Award recipients at the 2024 Celebration of Teaching event Adrian Shellard

Educators who have a lasting impact on teaching and learning are found throughout UCalgary, not just in the classroom. It’s the support staff researching and implementing the latest educational technology. It’s curators who teach through art in galleries. It’s educators who are furthering Indigenous Ways of Knowing on the land. And it’s those who ensure our students have the best start with work-integrated learning.

Teaching and learning is not one role or even one team, it’s a network of like-minded educators across our university campus who bring their skills and expertise to making the University of Calgary a leader in student experience.

The Teaching Awards recognize exceptional educators from across the university

Adrian Shellard

Nominations for 2025 have opened

Nominations are now open for the 2025 University of Calgary Teaching Awards. This is your chance to nominate outstanding individuals and groups in teaching and learning.

Educators at the University of Calgary are leaders, exemplifying Ahead of Tomorrow through creativity, care and excellence, whether in inclusive classroom approaches, advancing new ideas in pedagogy, or supporting our students behind-the-scenes.

UCalgary Teaching Awards honour exceptional contributions by our campus community to teaching and learning across 15 categories including role-specific awards for faculty positions, non-academic staff, and awards open to all UCalgary employees.

Award categories

The award categories, including group and individual awards, are:

Nominations close on September 24, 2025

The deadline for nominations is Wednesday September 24, 2025. Students, staff, faculty, and postdocs are encouraged to nominate an amazing educator in their network.

The Teaching Awards recognize the contributions of educators who, through their dedication and expertise, help our students thrive at UCalgary and set them up to enter the world as globally engaged citizens.