Employee Awards 2018
Distinguished Award Nomination Information
Distinguished Staff Award
Awarded to Staff who demonstrate:
- excellence in performing the duties and responsibilities of the position
- contributions to the University beyond the scope of one's position
- demonstrated commitment to the University
- being a role model for peers and colleagues
- a focus on development
- demonstrated support for a respectful, healthy work environment
Guidelines for Distinguished Staff Award Nomination Form
Distinguished Faculty Award
For more information or to nominate a faculty member for the Distinguished Faculty Award (credit), please visit mru.ca/DFA.
Distinguished Administrator/Manager Award
Awarded to Administrators or Managers who demonstrate:
- excellence in performing the duties and responsibilities of the position
- interaction beyond the work unit
- demonstrated support for a respectful, healthy work environment
- being a role model for peers and colleagues
- demonstrated commitment to the University
- a focus on development
Guidelines for Distinguished Administrator/Manager Award Nomination Form
Distinguished Teaching Award (credit-free)
Awarded to Credit-Free Faculty who demonstrate:
- professional abilities and performance
- commitment to Mount Royal University
- service to the community
- commitment to lifelong learning
Guidelines for Distinguished Teaching Award (credit-free) Nomination Form
Effective Team Award
Awarded to groups of employees who collaborate from different University departments towards the following:
- work is “beyond the call of duty”, or beyond regular workload
- the team’s accomplishment(s) benefits the University community, and/or enhances the University’s image, and/or builds a sense of University community
- the team’s accomplishment(s) is consistent with the University’s vision and/or mandate
- the outcome of the work adds to the general well-being, satisfaction and happiness of employees
- the work of the group has been accomplished through a collaborative and cooperative process
Guidelines for Effective Team Award Nomination Form
Mount Royal celebrates 2017 honourees:
- Tara Grams
- Charmene Brewer
- Angela Waldie
Distinguished Administrator/Manager:
- Dr. Paul Varella
Distinguished Faculty
- Dr. Mary-Lee Mulholland
- Dr. Lynn Moorman
- Dr. Brett McCollum
- Dr. Leah Hamilton
- Heather Dirks
- Joe Kadi
- Heather MacLeod
Distinguished Teaching Award (Non-Credit)
- Jean-Louis Bleau
- Adam Czarnecki
Effective Team
- Aviation Tragedy
- Senior Midwives Tutor Training Program (SMTTP)
Employee Awards program 2017 [pdf]
Employee Awards is a special time for the Mount Royal community — a time when we pause to honour our peers.
Employee Recognition Archive
In honour and recognition of past Distinguished Employee Award winners, long service and retirement recipients, an online archive has been compiled. The archive is current up to and including the year 2015. Please visit the archive.
Employee Recognition Archive [pdf]
Employee Awards Program 2016 [pdf]
2016 Employee Awards Videos
Tom Buchanan - Distinguished Administrator Award
Craig Baskett - Distinguished Staff Award
Pam Jonnson - Distinguished Staff Award
Linda Walker - Distinguished Staff Award
Cari Merkley - Distinguished Faculty Award
Kevin O'Connor - Distinguished Faculty Award
Irene Shankar - Distinguished Faculty Award
Elizabeth Szojka - Distinguished Teaching Award