Sponsored by the Beaumier Churcott Foundation

The Beaumier Award for High School/CÉGEP Chemistry Teachers is presented in recognition of excellence in teaching chemistry at the high school or CÉGEP level and to encourage and promote chemistry at the high school and Cégep level in Canada.

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The 2024 winner of the Beaumier Award for High School/CÉGEP Chemistry Teachers are:

 

Jennifer Winters
Amos Comenius Memorial School, NL
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Jennifer Winters completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2001 and Bachelor of Education at St. Thomas University (Fredericton, NB) in 2002. She was immediately offered a position to teach senior high science and math in the predominantly Inuit, remote community of Hopedale (Northern Labrador) at Amos Comenius Memorial School. Jennifer is still teaching there today. Through discussions with her students, members of the community, and her love of exploring nature, she has been able to tie traditional Inuit knowledge to subjects such as Chemistry, Earth Systems, Biology, and Math. Her continued belief is that the best way to engage students is through the discussion of topics that relate to their everyday lives. Once students begin to see the value in acquiring knowledge about their own environments, specifically through a scientific lens, they begin to be engaged in the curriculum that is still necessary for the prerequisite knowledge that is used to pursue more advanced topics in science.

Past Winners

2023

Yann Brouillette

Dawson College
Society: CIC
2022

Isabella Liu

University of Toronto Schools
Society: CIC
2019

François Raymond

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Society: CIC
2018

Jailson Lima

Vanier College
Society: CIC
2017

Michael Jansen

Crescent School
Society: CIC
2016

Michael C. Ng

Paul Kane High School, St. Albert, Alta.
Society: CIC
2015

Yvonne Clifford

Jacob Hespeler Secondary School, Cambridge, Ont.
Society: CIC
2014

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury

University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, Ont.
Society: CIC
2013

Gyro Inman

Earl of March Secondary School, Kanata, Ont.
Society: CIC