Strong professors inspire, as well as instruct, their students, and they have to balance two important roles: teaching and research. In assessing the calibre of faculty, Maclean's looks at the success of full-time professors at winning national awards from more than 40 awards programs. In addition, Maclean's examines the success of faculty in securing peer-adjudicated research grants from each of the three major federal granting agencies.
Faculty Awards
The five-year tally (2007-2011) of the number of full-time professors, per 1,000, who have won national awards.
| Ratio | ||
| 1 | Queen's | 9.7 |
| 2 | Toronto | 9.4 |
| 3 | McGill | 8.8 |
| 4 | UBC | 7.4 |
| 5 | Alberta | 7.3 |
| 6 | Ottawa | 5.6 |
| *7 | McMaster | 5.5 |
| *7 | Montreal | 5.5 |
| 9 | Dalhousie | 4.6 |
| 10 | Calgary | 3.3 |
| 11 | Western | 3.2 |
| 12 | Laval | 2.3 |
| 13 | Manitoba | 2 |
| *14 | Saskatchewan | 1.8 |
| *14 | Sherbrooke | 1.8 |
* Indicates a tie.
