Sample Philosophy Statements and Dossiers

Dossiers and philosophy statements allow educators, and those who support education, to reflect on and document their practice.

The following dossiers and philosophy statements are examples for creating a personalized document. They are intended as helpful guides and are not prescriptive for formatting, length or style.

Please refer to the Award category for specific criteria.

Teaching Dossiers

Leslie Reid
2014 Promotion to Teaching Professor
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Reed Ferber
2016 Promotion to Professor
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Aubrey Hanson
2019 Tenure and Promotion to Assistant Professor
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David Keegan
2020 Promotion to Professor
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Nomination Dossiers

Sally St. George
2017 University of Calgary Teaching Award
Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
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Erin Quinn and Stephanie Bartlett
2019 Team Teaching Award
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Meredith Brockway
2020 Sessional Instructors
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Chelsea Klinke
2020 Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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David Pattison
2020 Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
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Erin Sullivan
2020 Full Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
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Houston Peschl
2020 Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
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Jean-François Richer
2020 Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
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Man-Wai Chu
2020 Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
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Miwa Takeuchi
2021 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
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Mindi Summers
2021 Award for Experiential Learning
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Simon Spanswick
2021 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
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Carol Ing
2021 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Carol A. Gibbons Kroeker
2021 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri
2023 Award for Inclusive Excellence
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Philosophy statements

Don Kline
2000 Award for 3M National Teaching Fellowship
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Sylvain P. Coderre
2012 Killam Leadership in Teaching Award (Historical)
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Heather Addy
2014 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
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Carmen Braden
2014 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Tracey Clancy and Rita Lisella
2014 Award for Team Teaching
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Jeff Dunn
2014 Award for Graduate Supervision
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Ken MacMillan
2014 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
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Nancy Moules
2014 Award for Graduate Supervision
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Soren Boysen and Serge Chalhoub
2015 Award for Team Teaching
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Susanne Cote
2015 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Kyla Flanagan
2015 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
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Ken MacMillan
2015 Award for Educational Leadership (Informal role)
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Adam McCrimmon
2015 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
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Sarah Anderson
2016 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Heather Jamniczky
2016 Award for Full-time Academic Staff
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Gordon Campbell Teskey
2016 McCaig-Killam Teaching Award
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Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio
2017 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Senior Instructor)
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Jessica Ayala
2017 Award for Teaching in Online Environments
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Anne Marie Dorland
2017 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Taryn M. Graham
2017 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Don MacMillan
2017 Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
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Mike Paget
2017 Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
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Roots of Resilience
2017 Award for Educational Leadership (Group)
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Sally St. George
2017 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Professor)
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Katherine Mueller
2017 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Raymond J. Turner
2017 Award for Graduate Supervision
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Fabiola Aparicio-Ting
2018 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Instructor)
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Isabelle Barrette-Ng
2018 Award for Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal Role)
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Marina Fischer
2018 Award for Continuing and Professional Education
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Aubrey Hanson
2018 Award for Teaching in Online Environments
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Health Champions Committee
2018 Award for Educational Leadership (Group)
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Jalal Kawash
2018 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Teaching Professor)
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Rajeev Nair
2018 Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
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Colby Regel
2018 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Maria Soos-Gonczol
2018 Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
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Mehrnoosh Tahani
2018 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Naor Cohen
2019 Award for Non-Academic Staff (Individual)
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Colleen Kawalilak
2019 Award for Graduate Supervision
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Annette Tézli
2019 Award for Experiential Learning Initiatives
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Samantha Thrift
2019 Award for Full-time Academic Staff (Instructors)
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Kim Clarke
2020 Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
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Greg Tweedie
2020 Award for Teaching in Online Environments
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Anna Pletnyova
2020 Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Polly L. Knowlton Cockett
2021 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Catherine Heggerud
2021 Award for Work-Integrated Learning
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Nadine Hoffman
2021 Award for Librarians, Archivists and Curators
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Carol Ing
2021 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Steven Nunoda
2021 Award for Non-Academic Staff
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Soroush Sabbaghan
2021 Award for Teaching in Online Environments
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Nickie Nikolaou
2021 Award for Education Leadership
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Mike Potter, Laleh Behjat, Kartik Murari, Seyed (Yani) Jazayeri, Geoff Messier, Rushi Vyas, Robyn Paul, Monique Sullivan, Kat Dornian, Jason Long
2021 Award for Team Teaching
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Mindi Summers
2021 Award for Experiential Learning
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Kathryn Blair
2022 Award for Graduate Assistants (Teaching)
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Lauren DeDieu
2022 Award for Full-time Academic Staff (Instructor)
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Craig Jenne
2022 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Associate Professor)
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Aubrey Hanson and Erin Spring
2022 Award for Indigenous Ways of Knowing Teaching
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Regine King and Patrina Duhaney
2022 Award for Team Teaching
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Victoria Fast
2022 Award for Experiential Learning
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Lorelli Nowell
2022 Award for Educational Leadership
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Jane Slessor
2022 Award for Session Instructors
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Jeff Turner
2022 Award for Sessional Instructors
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Christine Walsh
2022 Award for Graduate Supervision
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Morgan Vanek
2022 Award for Full-Time Academic Staff (Assistant Professor)
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