Backgrounder: Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education

About the Awards:

The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education are designed to honour the overall accomplishments of a single educator or a team of up to three educators. The awards recognize the efforts of outstanding early childhood educators who excel at fostering the early development and socialization of the children in their care, and at helping build the foundation children need to meet life’s challenges.

Certificates of Excellence:

Certificates of Excellence are awarded to the 10 top-ranked nominees (individuals or teams), with at least one award designated for each of the following regions: British Columbia; Prairies; Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec; and Atlantic Canada. In addition, one of the Certificates of Excellence is designated for the top-ranked Aboriginal early childhood educator. A financial award of $5000 is provided directly to the recipient to fund professional development, equipment, resource materials or other tools to improve developmental programming and children’s experiences related to the educator’s work.

2006 CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS

Patti Brotzell-Close
Playcare Children's Services Inc.
Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Natalie Lucas
Valhalla Children's Centre
South Slocan, British Columbia

Sylvie Michaud
Garderie Gavroche
Québec, Quebec

Susan Middlemiss
St. Margaret's School
Victoria, British Columbia

Patricia Monaghan
The Magic Ladybug Learning Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Angela Roy
North Okanagan Childcare Society
Vernon, British Columbia

Gail King-Seegers*
Toronto Aboriginal Head Start
Toronto, Ontario

Lillian Spurr
Inlet Montessori School
Port Moody, British Columbia

Beverley Superle
Mount Seymour Preschool
North Vancouver, British Columbia

Fabi Tempio-Hillier
Sensory Garden Child Development Centre Inc.
Caledon, Ontario

*  Aboriginal educator

For more information regarding the 2006 Prime Minister’s Awards for Early Childhood Education – 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 15 top-ranked nominees (individuals or teams). At least one of the Certificates of Achievement is awarded annually to an Aboriginal early childhood educator. A financial award of $1000 is provided directly to the recipient to fund professional development, equipment, resource materials or other tools to improve developmental programming and children’s experiences related to the educator’s work.

2006 CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS

Catherine Burnett
Early Discoveries Pre-school & Kid's Club
West Vancouver, British Columbia

Donna Byrnes
Charlemagne Nursery School
Orleans, Ontario

Lori Carpenter
Portage Ukrainian Nursery School Inc.
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Laurel Clark
Vincent Massey Community School / Princess Alexandra Community SchoolSaskatoon, Saskatchewan

Shelley Cressman
Tisdale RECplex Daycare Centre Inc.
Tisdale, Saskatchewan

Ellen Elizabeth James
Advantage Preschool
Burnaby, British Columbia

Jacqueline Macdonald
McGivney Child Care Inc.
Markham, Ontario

Anne Miller
Souris Kindergarten
Souris, Prince Edward Island

Lakshmi Narain
Oak Park Co-operative Children's Centre Inc.
London, Ontario

Sherry Page*
Nutsumaat Lelum, Chemainus First Nation
Ladysmith, British Columbia

Jo-Anne Palanuk
SISTARS Child Care Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dawn Roussel
Early Childhood Education Centre - University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

Eleanor Szakacs
Canadian Mothercraft Society - BCE Place
Toronto, Ontario

Patricia Thériault
Centre préscolaire de la Baie Sainte-Marie
Pointe-de-l’Église, Nova Scotia

Neermala Tulsie
Lynnmour
Creative Child Care Centre
North Vancouver, British Columbia

*  Aboriginal educator

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

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