2006 Certificate of Achievement Recipients
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 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 $1,000 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.
| Educator | Setting | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 School | Saskatoon, 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