Eligibility
To be eligible for this award the candidate must have contributed significantly over a period of several years to the mentoring and fostering of polar early career researchers in Canada.
We encourage nomination packages from a variety of backgrounds, including academia, industry, professionals, community members, Elders, educators, public servants, and anyone else that has made a meaningful impact on polar early career researchers.
Those nominating a mentor must be members of APECS Canada or the Arctic Net Student Association. Mentors are not required to be mentoring current members of either association.
Nomination
To be considered, all mentors must be nominated by current/former students, peers, and/or colleagues. Self-nomination will not be accepted.
To nominate a mentor you must provide a letter that includes:
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The mentor's name and position.
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A description of how the mentor has fostered early career polar researchers (max 1000 words).
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The mentor's curriculum vitae / resumé.
Each nomination letter must be supported by at least 3 other letters of support (max 500 words). Nomination and support letters should be submitted directly to the Award Committee Chair (dhalle@uwaterloo.ca).
If a nominated mentor does not receive the award in the year of submission, they will automatically be considered for the following two years (three year total). After this, a mentor's nomination will need to be re-submitted.
Review, Criteria, and Decision
Review: All nominations under consideration will be reviewed by the Award Committee made up of 3-6 members of APECS and the ArcticNet Student Association.
Criteria: Each of the below categories will be ranked for each mentor:
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Meaningful engagement with early career researchers
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Originality and variety of support/mentoring (i.e., individuals, groups, use of mentorship tools.
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Impact of the support/mentoring.
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Variety of mentees the mentor has supported (ie., early career researchers, scientific community, local community).
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Engagement with northern communities (i.e., activities done beyond the research project).
Decision: The final decision will be made by consensus of the Award Committee.
Award Presentation
Each year the Mentor Award will be presented at the ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. If the recipient is not in attendance, they may nominate someone to receive it in their place.
The Chair will coordinate with the ArcticNet Student Association for the presentation ceremony.
Award Committee 2023
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Danielle Hallé , University of Waterloo
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Shelby Patrick, University of Toronto
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Galina Jonat , Carleton University
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Carol-Anne Villeneuve, Université de Montréal
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Caila Kucheravy, University of Manitoba