L. S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award

The Award was established in 1983 to honour Professor L. S. (Al) Rosen, the founding President of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. One award will be made each year at the CAAA Annual Conference, subject to there being a worthy winner.  

The Award will consist of a unique plaque to be presented at the Awards Luncheon at the Annual Conference of the CAAA. The Award winner will receive reimbursement from the CAAA for transportation and accommodation costs and conference registration fees to attend the CAAA Annual Conference.  

Purpose of the Award  

The L. S. Rosen Award is intended to recognize the contributions to accounting education of an educator and a nominee need not have made a major contribution to each general criterion.  

Nominations  

Any informed person or group, especially alumni, colleagues, departmental committees and provincial or national societies may submit nominations.  

Note: Current members of the CAAA Board, Committee Chairs, Editors, members of the L. S. Rosen, George Baxter and Haim Falk Awards Committees and members of the Nominations Committee are ineligible to receive this award.  

Nomination Procedure  

The nomination package must include  

• a curriculum vitae for the nominee;  
• a list of at least three persons considered to be thoroughly familiar with the nominee's career;  
• and a brief statement describing how the nominee meets the general award criteria.  

Those submitting nominations are encouraged to present information gathered from students, alumni, colleagues and professional organizations. The committee will undertake to obtain whatever additional information it may require to make a decision.  

General Criteria  

Contributions to Canadian accounting education over a sustained period of time through:  

• excellence in teaching
• publications (books, educational material, case studies, articles in magazines, etc.)  
• educational innovation  
• research guidance for graduate students  
• involvement in professional and academic societies and activities  

Award Committee  

The CAAA Nominations Committee will identify the Chair and the two members of the L. S. Rosen Award Committee annually. One of the three should have academic administration experience (for example, as a Department Chair or Dean). The makeup of the Committee should reflect geographic diversity to the extent possible.   

The chairperson and the two other members of the Committee will solicit and receive all nominations made for the L. S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award in the current and past year. It will review the nominations and accompanying materials which have been received, and will also undertake to obtain whatever additional information it may require in order to reach a decision.

L. S. Rosen Award Committee for 2010-2011  

• Duane Kennedy, University of Waterloo, Chair
• Joan Conrod, Dalhousie University
• Irene Gordon, Simon Fraser University 

Deadline  

Submit nominations no later than January 19, 2011 to the L. S. Rosen Award Committee Chair  (dkennedy@uwaterloo.ca) with a copy to the CAAA Executive Director by email (admin@caaa.ca) or mail to The CAAA, 3997 Chesswood Drive, Toronto ON M3J 2R8.  

Nomination Carryforward  

All nominations submitted for the first time, which do not receive the Award, will be brought forward and reconsidered the following year. In each case the nominator will be contacted to ensure that they are in agreement with this.