Outstanding teachers: Got your 3M Teaching Fellowship? 

Front row, left to right: Olivia Rovinescu, Carole Dence, Janette Barrington. Back row, left to right: Joanne Locke, Youssef Shayan, Ollivier Dyens, Lorrie Blair, Meral Büyükkurt, Fred Szabo, Arshad Ahmad. Magnifying glass

Front row, left to right: Olivia Rovinescu, Carole Dence, Janette Barrington. Back row, left to right: Joanne Locke, Youssef Shayan, Ollivier Dyens, Lorrie Blair, Meral Büyükkurt, Fred Szabo, Arshad Ahmad.

Preparing a submission for a 3M Teaching Fellowship was the subject of a CTLS workshop held Oct. 3. Dyens, the new Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning, will be establishing a 3M Fellowship strategy in each of the Faculties to make sure that Concordia actively pursues the most prestigious teaching award in Canada.

Over its 23-year history, 228 3M Fellowships have been awarded, 10% to faculty at Quebec universities and four fellowships to Concordia, most recently in 1996. These statistics must change, said Provost David Graham, if Concordia is to build a national and international reputation for teaching excellence.

Nominees for the award must show they’ve had a major impact on student learning and played a unique role in educational leadership within their own university and beyond.

 

Concordia University