Call for nominations – The 2025 DeCelles Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Administration

CAPPA is excited to open the call for nominations for the DeCelles award for excellence in teaching Public Administration. This award is aimed at excellent mid- or late-career post-secondary teachers in the field of public administration and recognizes the outstanding skill, accomplishment, innovation, and commitment of an exceptionally creative and effective teacher who is worthy of emulation.

The award honours the memory of Professor Pierre DeCelles, who taught for many years at the École nationale d’administration publique, was recognized for his teaching there, and was ENAP’s Director General.

Nomination

Directors of programs that are members of CAPPA are invited to nominate a faculty member in their program by providing a letter about how the nominee meets the criteria for the award, the nominee’s most recent curriculum vitae, and any other materials that are supportive of the nomination, such as a maximum of three letters of support, and/or student evaluations.

Criteria for the Award

Criteria for the award include quality of the nominee’s own teaching; the diversity of the nominee’s teaching, for example with different types and levels of students; innovation in teaching; and contribution to the overall educational experience in the nominee’s department, faculty, or university. The nominator should apply these criteria taking into account the program(s) with which the nominee is affiliated.

Awards Committee

Nominations will be reviewed by a committee consisting of Professors Ian Roberge (York University), Justin Longo (University of Regina) and Audrey L’Espérence (ENAP). Questions about the criteria or process should be addressed to Professor Roberge.

Deadline and Submission of Nominations

The deadline for submission of nominations is 12 p.m. Monday, March 31, 2025. Nomination materials should be emailed in one PDF file to Professor Roberge iroberge@yorku.ca.

Announcement of Recipient

The awards committee intends to announce the recipient of the award by April 30, 2025.

Recognition

The recipient of the award will receive a certificate  and will be publicly celebrated at the next CAPPA conference.

Previous Recipients

A list of previous recipients of the DeCelles Award can be found on the CAPPA website by following this link.