1. Honours

2. Criteria

i) significant long-term contribution to the development or growth of the University or of its parts;

ii)  significant participation in the collegium through mentorship, service  and/or governance;

iii) sustained impact over time on the University’s teaching mission;

iv) recognition as a scholar.

i)  includes sustained and continuing  contributions to the field or fields of scholarship involved;

ii)   the work is of excellent quality;

iii)   the work has made a major impact on the discipline or field of study involved;

iv)  the work is recognized within and appreciated beyond the University; 

v)   the nominee will have an international reputation in the field of study involved.

Members of any committee under the purview of Senate which has policy or adjudicative responsibility for these honours, such as the Senate Executive Committee and the  Senate Committee on Awards, are not eligible for nomination to either University Professor or Distinguished Research Professor during the academic year(s) in which they sit on those committees.

3. Relationship to the tenure stream

There is no implied relationship between honorific professorships and the ranking of the tenure stream of the University.

4. Procedures for Nomination

 i)  Nominations for the University Professors will be solicited regularly by the Senate Committee on Awards from all Faculties of the University. 

 ii)  Nominations may be made by all tenured faculty members, who shall provide a complete nomination file, including the nominee’s c.v., a detailed letter of nomination explaining how the candidate's achievements conform to the general criteria, along with letters of support from those in a position to comment on the nominee’s achievements and contributions.

 iii)  The Committee shall, in confidence, provide a complete copy of the file to the Dean of the nominee’s home Faculty and shall invite the Dean to provide a confidential letter of commentary on the nomination.

 iv)  Nominators will be advised of a decision after the deliberations.  Files of those not selected will be held until the Committee’s next deliberations on the University Professorship.  Nominators may choose to re-nominate the individual and may submit supplementary material.

4.2

Distinguished Research Professor   

i)  The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies shall be responsible for requesting appropriate documentation and setting clear procedures at the time nominations for Distinguished Research Professorships are solicited.

ii)  Communications between the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Senate Committee on Awards shall be maintained by the appointment of up to two delegates or nominees from the Senate Committee on Awards (who are members of the Faculty of Graduate Studies) to serve as members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies on matters dealing with the nomination and selection of Distinguished Research Professorships.

 iii)  When the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies is considering a nomination for a Distinguished Research Professor, it shall invite to relevant meetings, the Dean of the nominee's home faculty, the Vice-President Research and Innovation, and the Vice President Academic & Provost to serve as full members of the committee for the meetings they attend.