Share: Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History

[Pat Elliott <pat.elliott@ROGERS.COM>]

Canadian Teachers,
Please share this call for nominees for a Canadian teacher award.
Pat Elliott
Teacher-Librarian Specialist
Barrie, Ontario Canada
pat.elliott@rogers.com

The 2002 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian
History
January 29, 2002

The search is on!  We are looking for outstanding teachers of Canadian
history for the 2002 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Canadian History and we hope you can help us spread the word.

Funded by Canada's National History Society (CNHS), publisher of The Beaver
Magazine, the program is designed to promote Canadian history and make
Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past.

The purpose of the award is two-fold.  Firstly, it celebrates and rewards
the efforts of outstanding educators who contribute to making Canadian
history accessible to all students. New this year, six recipients will be
awarded $2,500, a medal and a trip for two to Ottawa. Each recipient's
school receives a cash prize of $1000.

Secondly, the Award encourages and promotes the sharing of great history
teaching ideas.  The CNHS invites nominees to submit a brief description of
their submission or area of specialisation for posting on its Web site:
www.historysociety.ca .  As well, selected finalist lesson plans are posted
and published in a newsletter.  Students, parents, teachers and
administrators can source information as specific as the history of Gaspé
fishing or as precious as student-documented native tales.  The Award
program truly offers something for everyone.

This year, the nomination poster Government in Canada features an
organizational chart of federal and provincial parliament. They will be
mailed to all schools across the country.  Interested parties can call
1-800-861-1008 for details.

We would appreciate any promotion you could provide in your newsletter.  I
have enclosed advertisements that can be run now through to the deadline of
April 30, 2002.

The Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History is
sponsored by the Hudson's Bay History Foundation and Bell Canada.

The program is managed by The Company for Education Communications Inc.
(CoEd).

Please call if you have any questions, comments or nomination suggestions.

Regards,

Jeffrey Mitchell, Project Coordinator
1-800-861-1008  ccmail@sympatico.ca     www.historysociety.ca

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to:
listserv@listserv.syr.edu   In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
4) SET LM_NET MAIL  * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv.
For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml
 See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors:
    http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=