The IPAC Pierre De Celles Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Administration

Awarded for Excellence in the Teaching of Public Administration. The bronze sculpture, a creation of Quebec artist Hugues Soucy, is awarded to the winner at a plenary session of the IPAC Conference.

In its ongoing efforts to promote excellence in the teaching of public administration studies, IPAC created an annual award to honour the memory of a dean in the field, Professor Pierre De Celles. He taught for many years at the École nationale d'administration publique and was its Director General. Prof. De Celles was a member of the Board of Directors of IPAC, and acted as Treasurer and President-Elect.

This award recognizes outstanding accomplishment that is worthy of emulation. Aiming to foster innovation, IPAC's Pierre De Celles award encourages and recognizes exceptionally effective and creative teachers. It is sponsored by the IPAC Endowment Fund.

Nomination Criteria

IPAC’s Pierre De Celles Award for Teaching Excellence

IPAC’s Pierre De Celle Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration recognises and encourages the best teachers in Canada.

IPAC is calling for nominations of post-secondary teachers in the field of
public administration who have demonstrated their:

consistent concern for improvement of the courses, both in terms of content and delivery
interest in applying recent and most effective teaching principles to the field of public administration
interest in various aspects of public administration at all orders of government
contribution to the improvement of quality of education in his/her department or faculty, by the introduction of innovative teaching concepts, tools and new media in his/her courses
experience in teaching a wide variety of students (e.g. young and mature students, civil servants, local/regional/national and international programs)

We are looking for those people who bring knowledge, experience and passion to their students; these are the teachers who coach and inspire the next generation of public sector professionals and academics.

Your nomination package must contain:

A completed and signed nomination form
Maximum three letters of support

Student evaluations, letters and other testimonials would be highly appreciated.

Please send your nominations to Wendy Feldman, Director of Research:
wfeldman@ipac.ca

Nomination Deadline extended: June 7, 2010

The winner will be announced at the Annual Conference (August)

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