Awards Database
Medical Education and Teaching Awards
About
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine is home to some of the world’s foremost medical educators and education researchers and scholars. We are proud of the passion, commitment and innovation that our faculty members bring to their diverse roles, and we celebrate their achievements in a number of ways.
Our Faculty offers over 50 internal awards to recognize significant contributions to medical education across the medical education continuum. We also nominate outstanding faculty and staff members for prestigious institutional, provincial, national and international awards. We recognize award recipients annually at the Education Achievement Celebration, an evening ceremony hosted by the Vice Dean, Medical Education.
How to use this database
Use the database below to find education-focused awards offered at the Faculty, University, national, and international levels. More than one filter can be applied in each of the criteria below.
If you are unsure about the suitability of a given candidate for an award, please book a consultation with the Research, Awards & Honours Officer in the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education. This database is updated regularly. Where there is any discrepancy between the database information and the linked award criteria, refer to the award criteria.
When to submit nominations
Nominations for most awards occur in two cycles: Fall (opens in mid-September) and Spring (opens in mid-March). You can filter by cycle below. To receive the call for nominations, sign up to our medical education awards mailing list.
Nominations are now open for Spring-cycle awards.
Select the "Spring" filter under "Awards Cycle" below to explore available awards. The deadline to submit a nomination is May 22, 2026. Submit a nomination here.
Medical Education & Teaching Awards Database
AFMC John Ruedy Awards for Innovation In Medical Education
Recognizes innovation in learning aids or other teaching aids deemed by the medical community and medical education as valuable including advances in technology such as apps, websites, artificial intelligence, robots, avatars, games, etc. which are considered to be new additions to the educational toolkit for undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing medical education.
Type: Individual or Group
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
2022
- Dr. Paula Ravitz, University of Toronto
2020
- Dr. Kathy Boutis, University of Toronto
AFMC May Cohen Equity, Diversity and Gender Award
Recognizes the outstanding effort or achievements of an individual(s), program(s), department(s), or faculty in improving the equity diversity, gender, and inclusivity environment in academic medicine in Canada.
Type: Individual or group
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
2025
- Umberin Najeeb, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
2024
- Ayelet Kuper, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
2019
- Sharon Straus, Professor, Department of Medicine
AFMC Mentorship Award
Recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates an exemplary and sustained commitment to providing outstanding mentorship, guidance, and inspiration to colleagues within Canadian faculties of medicine. Exceptional faculty clinicians or health researchers with an MD or another health professional degree who has demonstrated through dedicated service, a substantial contribution to mentorship within their faculty of medicine, are eligible.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
- N/A
AFMC President’s Award for Exemplary National Leadership in Academic Medicine
Recognizes individuals for their excellence and exemplary national leadership in advancing the AFMC’s vision for academic medicine in either research or education. Nominees should be faculty members of a Canadian Faculty of Medicine with highly distinguished accomplishments and who have had an extraordinary impact at the national level related to their leadership. Nominees should have achieved pre-eminence in medical education, biomedical or health services research.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
- N/A
AFMC Scientist Award
Recognizes an individual in Canada who has provided an exceptional research training environment for undergraduate students, medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and post-doctoral scholars. Nominations are open to health researchers who hold a PhD (and who are not a licensed healthcare practitioner/provider) at a Canadian medical or health science Faculty.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
- N/A
AFMC Wellness Award
Recognizes an individual in Canada who has shown dedication to the promotion and advancement of the wellness of physicians, medical students, residents, fellows, and/or researchers, graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars. Nominations are open to faculty clinicians, medical students, residents, or graduate students associated with a Canadian Faculty of Medicine.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
2024
- Dr. Treena Wilkie, University of Toronto
AFMC Young Educators Award
Recognizes the outstanding effort or achievements of an individual within their first seven years as a faculty member who produced change within their Faculty of Medicine or the general medical community. Exceptional faculty members (clinicians and/or researchers) who demonstrate vision, innovation, and leadership in their faculty of medicine are eligible.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Process:
- As this is an external award, candidates are first adjudicated at the faculty level to select the official nominee that will be put forward on behalf of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
- The first stage of the adjudication requires a simpler version of the official nomination package.
- If chosen as the official Temerty nominee, the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education will support the nominee to develop their full nomination package.
- Please direct any questions to medicine.awards@utoronto.ca rather than to the organization offering the award.
Recent Temerty recipients:
2023
- Dr. Deanna Chaukos, University of Toronto
2021
- Dr. Catharine Walsh, University of Toronto
2020
- Dr. Meredith Giuliani, University of Toronto
2019
- Dr. Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram, University of Toronto
Award of Merit for Excellence - Interprofessional Education Teaching
This award is for excellence in IPE teaching over a two-year period.
Type: Individual or Group
Financial prize: No
Award of Merit for Outstanding Role Modeling of Interprofessional Collaboration for Patient-Centred Care to Learners
This award honours an outstanding health-care team that demonstrates collaboration among different health-care professionals to support excellence in the delivery of patient-centred care.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: No
Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education
Recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows. The Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy category recognizes contributions such continuous or long-term excellence in instruction, career counseling, promotion of collegiality, role model, service as Program Director.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes