Three Lakehead Profs in Running for TVO's Best Lecturer Competition 2010

Sponsored by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, TVO's Best Lecturer Competition is quickly becoming a favourite annual event for universities, colleges, lecturers, and students across Ontario. Now in its fifth year, the Best Lecturer Competition was created to recognize the best and brightest lecturers at Ontario's colleges and universities. It invites students and alumni to nominate professors whose love of learning has helped stimulate imaginations, open eyes, and push boundaries in institutions of higher learning across the province. It focuses on capturing the art of lecture on camera, and in doing so, introduces audiences to professors who excel at offering their students a blend of knowledge, clarity, stimulation, and wisdom.

At the close of the October 12 nomination period, TVO received more than 970 nomination submissions from students boasting their best lecturers. Lakehead University's nominees are Drs. Paul Driben (Department of Anthropology), Syed Serajul Islam (Department of Political Science), and J.M. Richardson (Department of English). Find out what students said about these professors when nominating them.

Twenty semi-finalists will be announced on December 7, and then a panel of judges will choose 10 finalists to deliver complete lectures on Big Ideas beginning March 6, 2010. Viewers can then grade each of the finalists and cast their vote for Ontario's 2010 Best Lecturer. Voting begins on March 6, 2010 and closes on April 11, 2010. The winner will be announced on April 17, 2010.