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 currently closed.
Nominations for spring cycle awards will open in mid-March 2026.
Medical Education & Teaching Awards Database
Ivy Oandasan Leadership Award of Merit for Outstanding Contributions in Advancing IPE
This award honours excellence in interprofessional education. It recognizes a leader either community-based, hospital-based or university-based whose unique and innovative contribution has had a significant impact on interprofessional education at the University of Toronto.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: No
Jana Lazor Emerging Leader in Faculty Development Award
This award recognizes an emerging leader who demonstrates excellence and dedication to faculty development within health professions education at the University of Toronto. The recipient’s approach to faculty development should be marked by innovation, creativity, and compassionate leadership, as well as by the enthusiasm they bring to every teaching and learning encounter. By cultivating psychologically safe and inclusive spaces, they ensure that every voice is heard and valued. Their efforts help others enhance their effectiveness as educators, contributing to a culture of excellence in health professions education.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: No
Mid-Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship
This award recognizes sustained (between 8 to 15 years of all graduate memberships as of December of application year) contribution to graduate student mentorship, teaching and supervision.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education
Recognizes University of Toronto MD Program faculty and administrative staff members for their commitment to diversity and health equity in undergraduate medical education.
Type: Individual or Group
Financial prize: Yes
Norman Rosenblum Award for Excellence in Mentorship in the MD/PhD Program
Recognizes faculty members, residents, or members of administrative staff who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to mentorship and role modeling for MD/PhD students in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes
RCPSC Duncan Graham Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education
Recognizes any individual, whether physician or not, for outstanding contributions to medical education.
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. You can download a preview of the nomination form here.
- 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:
2018
- Susan Lieff, Department of Psychiatry
RCPSC James H. Graham Award of Merit
Recognizes a person whose outstanding career achievements reflect the aims and objectives of the Royal College. The recipient of this award does not need to be a physician.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: No
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. You can download a preview of the nomination form here.
- 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
RCPSC Royal College AMS Donald Richards Wilson Award for CanMEDS Integration
Recognizes a medical educator or a leader of a team, program or department who has demonstrated excellence at integrating the CanMEDS Roles into a Royal College or other health-related training program.
Type: Individual or Group
Financial prize: No
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. You can download a preview of the nomination form here.
- 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
RCPSC Royal College Award for Early-Career Leadership
Recognizes new Royal College Fellows (with seven or fewer years of post-training full-time practice) who have shown outstanding leadership, initiative, service and/or innovation in Medical education and/or continuing professional development (CPD).
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. You can download a preview of the nomination form here.
- 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
Robert Sheppard Award For Health Equity and Social Justice
Recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members and medical residents/fellows involved in the development and/or implementation of activities, programs or research related to social justice and health equity in faculty development or postgraduate medical education.
Type: Individual
Financial prize: Yes