Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

The award is open to any UBC Graduate Teaching Assistant who acts or has acted in this position at UBC Vancouver during the current and/or preceding academic year (2023-24 and/or 2022-23).

Submission deadline (FoM internal): likely March 2025 

Nominations are encouraged from faculty supervisors (professors, senior laboratory instructors) of the Graduate Teaching Assistant nominee, from colleagues working closely with the nominee, and from the students who attended the nominee’s class or laboratory. TAs can also self-nominate for the award. Nominations are to be submitted to their Unit (Program or Department) for review. Each Unit shall forward one nomination package to the Dean’s office for consideration. If the TA work is performed in a Department other than the GTA’s “home” Department (where they are registered), the nomination package should be submitted to the Department in which the work is performed, and the home Department should be notified of the nomination.

Nomination Deadlines

• Individual nomination packages must be submitted to the Director or Head of the Unit by March 1 , 2024.
• The units must submit their one nomination package through the Online Submission Portal to the Dean of Medicine’s Office by March 8, 2024.
• Following adjudication, the Dean’s Office will select one winner and notify the Provost Office by March 22, 2024.

Note to self-nominees

• The contact information for Heads’ and Directors’ Offices can be found by consulting the UBC Faculty and Staff Directory, or the Department/School website, or the Dean’s Office.
• The nomination package should be submitted to the Department in which the Teaching Assistant work is performed. If this differs from the “home” department in which the GTA is registered, the home Department should be notified of the nomination.

FoM-Specific Nomination Package Guidelines                 

Complete details of this award are available on the UBC Provost and VP Academic website. At FoM, we are recommending to:

• Submit the application package as one single PDF (Last name, First name_ unit name)
• The nomination package should have the following order:

1. Table of Contents
2. Nomination letter (if applicable) (max 2 pages)
3. Candidate’s statement (max 2 pages)
4. Summary of teaching responsibilities and contributions (max 2 pages)
5. Feedback or letter of support from students, colleagues, and/or supervisors (max 10 pages)
6. Any supporting material as an appendix (if applicable) (max 10 pages)

Complete details of this award are available on the UBC Provost and VP Academic website.

In case of submission-related queries, please contact med.gradpostdoc@ubc.ca

The Graduate and Postdoctoral Education office forms a committee comprising graduate program directors/ graduate advisors, senior instructors, previous Killam teaching award winners including teaching assistant winners from the Faculty. The application packages will be evaluated based on the Effective Teaching Criteria outlined in the Guidelines for Preparing the Killam GTA Nomination Submissions. The final decision is made on the recommendation of Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.

Complete details of this award are available on the UBC Provost and VP Academic website. For any concerns or queries, please reach out to us at med.gradpostdoc@ubc.ca.

Academic Year	Student’s Name	Program / Department
2023-24	Hallie Dau	Population and Public Health
2022-23	Leena Alkhammash	Cellular and Physiological Sciences
2021-22	Todd Kamensek	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
2020-21	Natasha Orr	Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2019-20	Laura Bulk	Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy