Established to recognize excellence and commitment to teaching and its importance to the academic experience of students at ɬÀï·¬.

The Presidents’ Prize is traditionally awarded annually at Fall Convocation in each of the following categories: Course Lecturer, Faculty Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor. 

Each award brings with it a $5,000 monetary award to be used at the discretion of the recipients.  

Eligibility 

  • Ranked academic staff who carry a full-time teaching load as defined by their Faculty, OR 
  • Course Lecturers who have been teaching at ɬÀï·¬ for a minimum of three years and a total of 12 credits.  
  • Candidates must have taught in the academic year for which the award is given. 
  • Candidates from any Faculty or School at ɬÀï·¬ are eligible.  

Call for nominations 

The nomination period for the 2025 Prize is now closed.

Nomination guidelines (2025)

Deadline: June 15, 2025
Questions? tap [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Teaching%20awards%20question) (Contact us).

Congratulations to the 2025 award recipients! 

Past recipients of the President's Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2024: , , , ,  
  • 2023: (Course Lecturer), (Faculty Lecturer), (Assistant Professor), (Associate Professor), (Full Professor) 
  • 2022: (Faculty Lecturer), (Assistant Professor), (Associate Professor), (Full Professor) 
  • 2021: (Course Lecturer), (Faculty Lecturer), (Assistant Professor), (Associate Professor), (Full Professor) 
  • 2020: (Course Lecturer), (Faculty Lecturer), (Assistant Professor), (Associate Professor), (Full Professor) 
  • 2019:  
  • 2018:  
  • 2017:  
  • 2016:  
  • 2015:  

 

Selection committee composition
  • President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic)
  • Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Planning)
  • *Previous recipient from the level of Course Lecturer, or representative from MCLIU
  • *Previous recipient from the rank of Faculty Lecturer
  • *Previous recipient from the rank of Assistant Professor
  • *Previous recipient from the rank of Associate Professor
  • *Previous recipient from the rank of Full Professor
  • Representative from SSMU
  • Representative from PGSS
  • Representative from MACES
  • Representative from MCSS

Header image: ɬÀï·¬ President Deep Saini presents Andrea Farran with the President’s Prize in Teaching, November 2023 (Owen Egan / Joni Dufour)