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CAME Rising Star
Certificate of Excellence
Purpose
This award is intended to recognize outstanding postgraduate learner who have demonstrated a commitment and/or passion for medical education. This could be education research, curriculum or workshop development, leadership, advocacy, etc., that has had a positive impact for the health professions education community.
Award
This award is intended to recognize an individual learner or a group of learners. For group nominations, the submission must clearly identify each individual being nominated and the specific contribution(s) made by each person. The submission should explain how the contributions of the individual members collectively contributed to the achievement being recognized.
Criteria and Consideration
Each Department of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto is eligible to nominate one resident or fellow. Applicants must be registered postgraduate learners at the University of Toronto for the current academic year. A previous winner cannot be nominated.
Nomination Process
Each nomination package must have 1 copy of the following:
- Nomination letter from Program Director outlining the specific contributions of the learner in the area of education (Letter to be a maximum of two pages)
- Nomination letter should be addressed to Dr. Susanna Talarico, UofT’s CAME Representative
- Curriculum Vitae
- A high-resolution photo of the applicant
- Nomination package must be submitted electronically in a PDF format
Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed and ranked by the Postgraduate Awards Committee. All applicants will be notified of the outcome.
If you have any questions, please contact Arlene McKinley
Incomplete applications will be discarded without consideration.
Additional award information can be found at:
Current & Past Award Recipients
Please see below a list of award recipients.
| YEAR | RECIPIENTS |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Nikhita Singhal |
| 2025 | Victoria Reedman |
| 2024 | Justin Lam |
| 2023 | Victor Do |
| 2022 | Susan Armstrong |