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Awards and Scholarships
Donald C. Savage Award
Background
The Donald C. Savage Award was established in 1997 in honour of Donald C. Savage, Executive Director of CAUT 1972-1997, and was instituted to honour and to recognize outstanding achievements in the promotion of collective bargaining in Canadian universities and colleges.
Criteria
The criteria used by the Committee for its nomination to CAUT Council:
- Candidates need not be a member of the academic community but the results of their contribution(s) must have benefitted the cause of collective bargaining in the post-secondary sector;
- Candidates' achievement(s) may include but are not limited to the following: organizational leadership, policy implementation, legislation, publication, educational initiatives, or dedicated service;
- The outstanding quality of the contribution may derive from the result of a single project or activity, or the accumulation of efforts through consistent involvement over a long period of time in supporting the cause of collective bargaining in the post-secondary sector; and
- Candidates' contributions which have had national implications for the collective bargaining process may have been focused locally (in a single university or college), provincially, regionally, nationally, or a combination of these.
The number and frequency of awards will be as the Committee and CAUT Council deem appropriate.
Recommendations
Recommendations should include the following:
- a letter giving a detailed statement describing specifically the contributions and achievements of the candidate as they relate to distinguished contributions to the advancement of collective bargaining in the post-secondary sector;
- a full curriculum vitae; and
- letters of support.
The Committee may gather additional information as it feels necessary to assist in its decision making.
Faculty associations, collective bargaining committees, or any other interested parties are invited to submit recommendations for the Donald C. Savage Award.
Recommendations should be addressed to: Chair, CAUT Collective Bargaining and Economic Benefits Committee, c/o Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2705 Queensview Drive, Ottawa, ON K2B 8K2.
Recipients
2012 — Mike Dawes (Western)2010 — Chris Ferns (Mount Saint Vincent)
2009 — Doug Lorimer (Wilfrid Laurier)
2009 — Joyce Lorimer (Wilfrid Laurier)
2009 — Victor Catano (Saint Mary's)
2002 — Peter Hemingway (Regina)
1999 — Gordon Unger (Alberta)
1998 — Charles Bigelow (Manitoba)
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