2006 Certificate of Achievement Recipients
Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence
About the Awards:
The Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence are designed to honour the overall accomplishments of a single teacher or a team of up to three teachers. The awards recognize the efforts of outstanding educators in all disciplines at both the elementary and secondary levels who better equip their students with the skills needed to meet the challenges of a 21st century society and economy.
Certificates of Achievement:
Certificates of Achievement are issued to the next 50 top-ranked nominees (individuals or teams). A financial award of $1,000 is provided to the recipient's school or teaching institution to fund, under the recipient's direction, professional development, equipment (such as computers, software, and audio-visual and laboratory equipment), resource materials, website development, teaching aids, or other tools to improve teaching and student learning.
| Teacher | School | School Location |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Balish | Lockeport Regional High School | Lockeport, Nova Scotia |
| Briar Ballou | Handsworth Secondary School | North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Darlene Bantock | Bramalea Secondary School | Brampton, Ontario |
| Linda Beaven | Summerland Secondary School | Summerland, British Columbia |
| Ahmed Bensaada | École secondaire La Dauversière | Montréal, Québec |
| Mario Blouin | École secondaire catholique de Hearst | Hearst, Ontario |
| Glen Brocklebank | Victor Sammurtok School | Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut |
| Brent Cameron | SelfDesign Learning Community | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| David Case | McNally High School | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Gloria Chalupovitsch | Merton School | Côte Saint-Luc, Québec |
| James Robert Chambers | La Salle Secondary School | Kingston, Ontario |
| Sharon Conrad | Brookswood Secondary School | Langley, British Columbia |
| James Cornish | Gander Academy | Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| James Robert Cram | Ladysmith Secondary School | Ladysmith, British Columbia |
| Heather Csikos | National Sport School | Calgary, Alberta |
| Ross Davies | Crestwood Secondary School | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Robert Dmytruk | Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts | Edmonton, Alberta |
| David Drapak | Sackville High School | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia |
| Sandy Feigel | Henry Wise Wood High School | Calgary, Alberta |
| Catherine Feron | Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School | London, Ontario |
| Kathleen Forsythe | SelfDesign Learning Community | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Shane Thomas Grundy | Meyokumin School | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Margaret Harris | Onoway Junior-Senior High School | Onoway, Alberta |
| James Hay | The Sterling Hall School | Toronto, Ontario |
| Christopher Heard | Rites of Passage | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Don Hutchinson | Montgomery Middle School | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Jennifer Johnson-George | Prince of Wales School | Calgary, Alberta |
| Dianne Kehoe | Richmond Academy | Louisdale, Nova Scotia |
| Theodora Kourtelessi-Stathopoulos | Fine Arts Core Education (FACE) School | Montréal, Québec |
| Daniel Kunanec | Don Mills Collegiate Institute | Toronto, Ontario |
| Anne Lawton | Cookshire Elementary School | Cookshire, Québec |
| Marie-France Lessard | École du Tournesol | Thetford Mines, Québec |
| Christina MacDonald | San Josef Elementary | Holberg, British Columbia |
| Catherine B. Mackay | Victoria Park Elementary School | Toronto, Ontario |
| Brian W.A. MacKinnon | RB Russell Vocational High School | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| John C. MacLellan | Catholic Central High School | London, Ontario |
| Lavonah Madden | H.M. MacDonald Elementary School | Antigonish County, Nova Scotia |
| Michael Maser | SelfDesign Learning Community | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Robert Miller | Mother Teresa High School | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Bernhard Joseph Neuhofer | Major Pratt School | Russell, Manitoba |
| Loretta Polischuk | Viscount Central School | Viscount, Saskatchewan |
| John Robinson | St. John's-Ravenscourt School | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Darwin Roscoe | Hunting Hills High School | Red Deer, Alberta |
| David Sheridan | Thousand Islands Secondary School | Brockville, Ontario |
| Joan Simpson | Rites of Passage | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Linette Smith | Eastglen High School | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Frances Soanes | Rites of Passage | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Antonio Vendramin | Frost Road Elementary | Surrey, British Columbia |
| Jessica Webb | St. Paul's Junior High | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Janet Williams | MacKenzie Secondary School | MacKenzie, British Columbia |
| Ron Williamson | John McCrae Secondary School | Nepean, Ontario |
| Ryan Christopher Wiltshire | Roncalli Central High School | Port Saunders, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Christopher Williams | Milliken Mills High School | Unionville, Ontario |
| Taralyne Wilson | École Massey School | Regina, Saskatchewan |
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