About Us - STAO Awards
STAO/APSO is proud to recognize and honour members
who make significant contributions to quality Science and Technology
education.
Each year, members of STAO/APSO may nominate their colleagues for
one of the following six STAO/APSO Awards:
- STAO/APSO Life Member Award
- Irwin Talesnick Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science
- Jack Bell Award For Leadership in Science Education
- STAO/APSO Emeritus Award
- STAO/APSO Merit Award
- STAO/APSO Service Award
To download a PDF document containing the complete terms of reference
for each award, click
here.
How to Nominate a Colleague
Download the Initial Nomination Package in either PDF or Word
format.
Complete it and return to the Chair of the Awards Committee in one
of the following ways:
- email: Gerrie Storr
- fax: 1-800-754-1654
- mail: STAO/APSO Awards Committee
Box 771, 900 Lorne Ave.
Dresden ON, N0P 1M0
Nomination packages received after September 1st, 2009 will not
be considered by the committee.
Upon approval of the STAO/APSO Awards Committee, the nominator will
be required to complete a more detailed Secondary
Nomination Package.
Previous Winners
Jack Bell Award for Leadership In Science Education
1987 |
Jack Bell |
1988 |
Dene Webber |
1989 |
Jim Agban |
1990 |
Don Garratt |
1991 |
Michael Harrison |
1992 |
Valerie Stief |
1994 |
Peter Williams
Denis Cooke |
1995 |
Al White |
1996 |
Alan Slater
Paul Weese |
1997 |
John Petit
Reg Friesen |
1998 |
Mars Bloch |
1999 |
John Percy |
2001 |
Keith Clark
Denis McGowan |
2005 |
Joanne Harris
Malisa Mezenberg |
2007 |
Bill Andrews |
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Excellence in Teaching Award
| 1980 |
Elgin Wolfe |
1981 |
Gordon McKye
Jack Wright |
1982 |
Gerry Connolly |
1983 |
Jim Calvin |
1984 |
Stanley Shapiro |
1985 |
Janice Palmer |
1986 |
Art Geddis |
1987 |
Bob Sanders
Ed James |
1988 |
Douglas Wrigglesworth |
1989 |
Bob Giza
Bill Konrad |
1990 |
Anne Maher |
1992 |
David Cournyea |
(This award was replaced by the “Irwin Talsenick Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science”) |
Irwin Talesnick Award for Excellence In the Teaching of Science
1993 Irwin Talesnick
1996 Douglas De La Mater
1999 Roxanne Le Blanc-Lemieux |
1994 Hugh McDonald
1997 Barry Allum
2002 Philip Gebhardt |
STAO/APSO Emeritus Award |
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Murray Lang |
Bill Andrews |
Don Garratt |
Peter Williams |
Paul Trudel |
Grant Pilkey |
David Gregory |
Ross Haley |
Bessel Vanden-Hazel |
Doug Jolley |
Bill Sorenson |
Keith Clark |
Bert Stahlke |
David Joyce |
John Petit |
Douglas Wrigglesworth |
Raymond Bowers |
Stanley Kosior |
Wayne Bilbrough |
Bill Konrad |
Arthur Prudham |
Allan Smith |
Don Ursino |
Frank Mustoe |
STAO/APSO Life Member Award |
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Lincoln Steele |
Donald Ivey |
Irwin Talesnick |
Dene Webber |
Graham Orpwood |
Donald Galbraith |
Rick Carter |
Gerry Connolly |
T. Elgin Wolfe |
Murray Lang |
Jim Agban |
Ed Thompson |
Douglas Wrigglesworth |
George Huff |
Ian Mackellar |
Terry Price |
Ross Haley |
Joanne Harris |
Dan Eberwein |
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STAO/APSO Service Award
Lew Brubaker
Reg Friesen
Craig Johnson
Gord Phillips
Joe Scholz
Don Ursino
Jim Braun
Doug Jones
Jan Thor
Susan MacGregor
Aileen Vachon-White
Stan Kosior
Mark Kolohon
Gino Ferri
Derek Totten |
Chem 13 News
Don Garratt
Terry Osmar
Don Plumb
Ed Thompson
John Henry
Tina Smajda
John Olson
Douglas Bannister
John Wilson
Nigel Bunce
Joe Engemen
Judy Wood
Joe Slezak
Earl Shieff |
Phil Eastman
Joel Gorenkoff
Olga Panowyck
Jurgen Schneider
Verna Lister
Marca Williamson
Nadine Wright
Elizabeth Dunning
David Cash
Gino DiPasquale
Tom Olien
Irwin Talesnick
Ross Haley
Catherine Little |
Peter Chin
Cathy Nevins
Keith Gibbons
Malcolm Bull
Lynda Bachynski
Sandra Boswell
Bob Giza
Perry DiSanto
Douglas Hayhoe
Faye Posmituk
Dan Eberwein
Meg O’Mahony
Marietta Bloch
Greg Finn |
STAO/APSO Merit Award
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Derek Totten
Linda Fex |
STAO Pre-service Award of Excellence |
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JosieGalloro |
Jackie Hancox |
Jeffery Molson |
Julie Mulhall |
Don Galbraith Pre-Service Teacher Award of Excellence |
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2003 |
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Daniel Arscott |
Christie Arthurs |
Krista Anita Barclay |
Katherine Bitzer |
Jane Brunette |
Haydee Davis-Spinks |
Esther deGroot |
Jennifer Cottam |
Andrew Holmes |
Heather Howell |
Pauline Lee |
Dana Reaume |
Katherine Simmons |
Cheryl Slessor |
Marc Veno |
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2004 |
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Quinn Beilhartz |
Katie Cain |
Michelle Cook |
Laune Farquharson |
Kyle Guembel |
Harry Hergash |
Paul Kelba |
Aileen Lee |
Catherine Munroe |
Lauren Reid |
Jason Rowbottom |
Jennifer Sommerville |
John Van Dyk |
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2005 |
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Ben Basu |
Amanda Brownlee |
Jocelyn Cooke |
Yun Cheng |
Emily Cole |
Ezequial Doiny |
Robert Finn |
Kelli Hazzard |
Andrea Hook |
Julian Jarosh |
Andris Krumins |
Kristine Leach |
Sean McCarthy |
Colin McLaughlin |
Emily McReelis |
Sheila Merkley |
Kathryn Moddle |
Jane Petrovich |
Jeff Szpirglas |
Jon Stirtan |
Swati Trivedi |
Kara Ann Whitley |
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| 2006 |
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| Scott Cates |
Ansen Avey |
Natalie Bontes |
Alexa Borovillos |
| Teresa Cicco |
Tonya Coplen |
Katharine Dixon |
Karen Dockeray |
| Katherine Fleddereus |
Lisa Gomes |
Tobey Gullick |
Andrew Hare |
| Emily Hawksby |
Brent Kahara |
Mandi Kofira |
Lisa Lefort |
| Peter Matheos |
Emily Mcclary |
Amy Ouchterlony |
Alexis Paluch |
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| 2007 |
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| Julie Domitrek |
Alana-Rae Saunders |
Shannon Henley |
Cindy Komarechk |
| Nelson Wood |
Allan Bowers |
Megan Enns |
Robb Mackay |
| David Klieman |
Alexander Geukjian |
Christina Swistun |
Jennifer Wade |
| Robert Bender |
Charmaine Condy |
Susan Miller |
Heather Schell |
| Leah Gibbons |
Dionne Saul-Hamilton |
Christina Paraskevopoulos |
Jennifer Dale |
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| 2008 |
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| Laura Beares |
Marcus Kumala |
Rebecca Bowman |
Pamela Core |
| Gina Dimopolous |
Stephen Gambicourt |
Amanda Greaves |
Sara Hammel |
| Justin Hawn |
Carolyn Houlgate |
Jennifer Jaeger-Rodych |
Ashley Knight |
| Marcius Kumala |
Iika Milne |
Jennifer Morrill |
Ms. Michael Oatway |
| Tanya Pulfer |
Mary Robinson |
Sarah Ross |
Erin Lea Sommerville |
| Ashley Tamlin |
Annette Vezina |
Victoria Wappel |
Julie Waslynka |
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