Enhancing Community: Community Partner Award
The recipient of the community partner award excels as an effective collaborator with UCalgary Nursing, working toward a shared vision of the future involving a deep connection to place, the multiple communities of the Treaty 7 region, the City of Calgary and the world beyond tomorrow.
Through their work with students, faculty, staff or donors, their engagement strengthens connections to improve shared challenges and create opportunities. Their partnership has transformational potential, deepening community connection and elevating Calgary and Alberta.
Nomination Process
Nominations are welcomed from anyone within or outside the Faculty of Nursing. The nominee must agree to the nomination. A completed nomination form must be accompanied by one signed letter of reference and speak directly to the criteria. The letter may be from the nominator.
Only completed nominations will be accepted (see the nomination form for details). If your nomination is missing any of the supporting documentation, it will be returned to you for completion if there is time.
Use Criteria with Examples
We strongly encourage you to explicitly incorporate the criteria of the specific award with clear examples for each criteria when writing your letter of nomination or support. This not only assists you, as nominator, to highlight the important and relevant attributes of your nominee, it gives the selection committee very clear details about the qualifications of the candidate with examples of their achievements and enhances the overall nomination.
Tips and Templates
Criteria
Enhances the UCalgary Nursing community through tangible contributions to the creation of an engaged learning environment, effective collaboration and meaningful contributions to initiatives as leaders in addressing shared challenges
Is driven by a desire to make a difference and champions the values of UCalgary, the Faculty of Nursing and represents the institution in ways that elevate its profile locally, nationally or globally
Values and embraces engagement with our diverse and inclusive environment
Inspires others through their dedication to community service and partnership
Award Selection Process
The UCalgary Nursing Spark Awards Working Group will review all nominations and select the candidate they feel best exemplifies the criteria for the award. The number of nominations an individual receives may favourably impact the outcome. If the committee feels there is no clear choice, they may choose not to give an award in this category.
In the event a member of the committee is nominated for an award, the member will excuse himself/herself from deliberations for this award.
Additionally, no committee member may support a nomination with a letter of reference.
The UCalgary Nursing Spark Awards represent a shift from the previous internal awards programs - the Pursuit of Excellence and Covenant Health Faculty of Nursing Awards - and therefore previous recipients in similar categories may be nominated again.