Promotion Information
*NEW as of APRIL 2025*
Tenure and promotion application support for
Indigenous Faculty Members
The Office of the Vice-President Indigenous (OVPI) offers a support program specifically for Indigenous Scholars who are preparing their tenure and/or promotion applications.
Our Indigenous Faculty Success Coordinator, Naithan Lagace, is available to assist Indigenous Scholars with:
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Creating a timeline for the development of a tenure/promotion package. From initial development to the final stages, we can help create a framework for effective package development.
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Identifying and planning for acquiring content for packages, including letters of recommendation from students, community service partners, etc.
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Highlighting and articulating experiences within teaching, research, and community service dossiers sections of packages.
Naithan Lagace can be reached by email at naithan.lagace@umanitoba.ca or by phone at 204-599-0053.
GENERAL PROMOTION INFORMATION
Faculty Members interested in promotion please send your CV to DFMAwards@umanitoba.ca by December 13, 2024. Please take a few moments to update it first, and ensure it reflects your current activity in teaching, administrative service and scholarship/research. Our committee will review it in December and offer some initial feedback about the feasibility of your application.
FULL applications will be due in our department office in 2025:
- by April 14, 2025 (Senior and Associate Professors)
- by May 26, 2025 (Assistant Professors)
We are here to help ensure your application is successful by providing feedback and suggestions along the way, so please feel free to ask if you have any questions DFMAwards@umanitoba.ca
Please email a request for a full details on the package requirements. Some basic elements are:
- cover letter
- your CV and a University form (called Part A)
- for application at the Associate Professor level or higher, three people able to review your application and two "spares". They all need to be from outside Manitoba. Your referees don't need to know you well, just well enough for you to be able to nominate them as a potential reviewer. Ensure that they agree to do so.
- evaluations of your teaching from learners,
- significant contributions organized in your application binder into the three areas: research/scholarly activity (which could include quality improvement projects, care mapping, conference presentations, not exclusively peer-reviewed manuscripts), teaching, and service/administration to the University and community.
If you would like to discuss this further, please feel free to email me
Dr. Alexander G. Singer, MB, BAO, BCh, CCFP
Associate Professor
Director, Office of Research & Quality Improvement
Chair, Promotions and Awards Committee
Department of Family Medicine
Alexander.Singer@umanitoba.ca
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