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 Excellence:
Certificates of Excellence are awarded to the 15 top-ranked nominees (individuals or teams), with at least one award designated for each of the following six regions: British Columbia; Prairies; Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec; and Atlantic Canada.  A financial award of $5000 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 audiovisual and laboratory equipment), resource materials, website development, teaching aids, or other tools to improve teaching and student learning.

2006 CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS

Lorraine M. Baron
Mount Boucherie Secondary School
Kelowna, British Columbia

Jerry Berridge
Unionville High School
Unionville, Ontario *

Kimberley Campbell
Polson Elementary School
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Gayle Corbin
Central Public School
Renfrew, Ontario

Stéphane Côté
École Lalande
Roxboro, Quebec

Sandra Marie Haley
Memorial Composite High School
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Sheila Hetherington
Unionville High School
Unionville, Ontario *

Danys Lachance
École St-Eustache
St. Eustache, Manitoba

Andrew Lum
North Delta Secondary School
Delta, British Columbia

Duncan McIntyre
Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Whitby, Ontario

Coleen McKellar
Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School
Brandon, Manitoba

Maryam Moayeri
West Vancouver Secondary School
West Vancouver, British Columbia

Mary-Ellen Perley-Waugh
McNally High School
Edmonton, Alberta

Kamla Rambaran
McMurrich Junior Public School
Toronto, Ontario

David Sisler
Laura Secord Secondary School
St. Catharines, Ontario

Linda Urban
Louie Norwegian
Jean Marie River, Northwest Territories *

George Urban
Louie Norwegian
Jean Marie River, Northwest Territories *


* = Teams

For more information regarding the 2006 Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence – Certificate of Excellence recipients, please visit the program website at www.pma-ppm.gc.ca.


Certificates of Achievement:

Certificates of Achievement are issued to the next 50 top-ranked nominees (individuals or teams). A financial award of $1000 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 audiovisual and laboratory equipment), resource materials, website development, teaching aids, or other tools to improve teaching and student learning.

2006 CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS

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, Quebec

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, Quebec

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, Quebec

Daniel Kunanec
Don Mills Collegiate Institute
Toronto, Ontario

Anne Lawton
Cookshire Elementary School
Cookshire, Quebec

Marie-France Lessard
École du Tournesol
Thetford Mines, Quebec

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


* = Teams

For more information regarding the 2006 Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence – Certificate of Achievement recipients, please visit the program website at www.pma-ppm.gc.ca.