ETFO Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award Application

ETFO Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award Application 2025-2026
PROCEDURES

The application must be received by ETFO no later than February 1, 2026.
1. Applications are processed by the ETFO Awards Committee. The committee’s recommendations are taken forward to the ETFO provincial Executive for consideration. You can expect to hear regarding the disposition of the award after June 30, 2026.
2. Application forms, in their entirety, will be shared with ETFO staff and members of the ETFO Awards Committee who are ETFO members.
3. Materials submitted to the Awards Committee in support of an application become the property of the Awards Committee and will not be returned.
4. ETFO will not accept incomplete applications or applications outside this submission form. Please include as much detail as possible in your responses.
5. If your submission does not adhere to procedures and criteria as noted in this application, if attachments are password-protected, or encumber committee consideration, the submission will be automatically deleted and removed from committee consideration.
6. This form contains mandatory fields that must be addressed to enable the form to be submitted.
7. Preference will be given to those who have not previously received this award.
Please make sure to read the application carefully and in full and fill it out completely.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the ETFO Awards Committee at awards@etfo.org.
CRITERIA

The Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award - Women’s Program

The Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award - Women’s Program is an incentive award for active ETFO women members or group of women members to produce innovative educational materials related to science and technology. A project may include science and technological projects related to education for children and/or teachers. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President.

Candidates for the Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award - Women’s Program must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:
Applying for more than one award in any given year results in disqualification. Please confirm your understanding of this.*

CONFIRM
If this project requires approval by your employer, please confirm that such approval has been received.*

CONFIRM
Please confirm you or the person(s) you are nominating are active ETFO member(s) in good standing.*

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ETFO Membership # (if known)
OCT/CECE Membership #*
Individual Being Nominated *

First NameLast Name
Email of Applicant*
Email of Nominee*
Home Address of Nominee*

Street Address

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ETFO Local*
Please choose your Local
Years Employed by a School Board
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Work Telephone

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Cell Phone

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Has the nominee previously applied for this ETFO award?

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Which year?
Please enter the year of the application
Has the nominee ever received another ETFO award?*

YesNo
Which ETFO Award and When
Is this a group application?

YesNo
If you have answered yes, please be aware that an ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form will need to be completed by each member of the group.

This link will open the form - ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form.

A link to the form will also be included in your confirmation email. Please send this link to the members of your group.

The application will not be considered complete without a completed form from each member listed in the next section.
Group Members
Has anyone else in the group been given an award?

YesNo
Which ETFO Award and When
1) Explain the specific purpose of the project.
2) Describe the target audience for the project.
3) Explain how your project is aligned with the Ontario curriculum.
4) Describe how your project may be integrated into other areas of the curriculum (if applicable).
5) Federation involvement (local, regional, provincial and/or national levels – include years) for each member being nominated.
6) Professional involvement (curriculum writing teams, workshop presentations, leadership activities) for each member being nominated.
7) Please upload any attachments here. Please note - links/html, google docs and password-protected PDFs will not be accepted.

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CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. As this award is for women applicants, self-identification is mandatory. Please confirm your status.
Self-Identification*

First NationsMétisInuitperson with a disabilitytwo-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, +racializedwoman
If you identify as racialized, please specify (e.g.Black, East Asian, Mixed Race)
What term describes the nominee's gender, if known?
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STATEMENT BY NOMINEE(S)/REPRESENTATIVE OF NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP - I have read the criteria and procedures of this award and if chosen as the successful candidate, agree to abide by them. To the best of my knowledge, all information on this application form is correct. By signing this document, I consent to my name being published in ETFO publications and being included in ETFO media releases if I am the member applying. I further consent that my contact information may be provided to local media upon request and for no other purpose.

* Please note nominees being nomionated by others will be contacted individually for their concent.
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ETFO Women Who Develop Special Projects in Science and Technology Award Application 2025-2026

PROCEDURES

CRITERIA