LIFETIME CONTRIBUTORS

Through our Honourary Lifetime Contributor Award, BC TEAL seeks to recognize professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of English as an Additional Language.

Lifetime Contributors are individuals who have been members in good standing with BC TEAL for over 10 years and who have set a positive example for other members as well as the students that have been served by their contributions.

Nominations Procedure

Nominations for Lifetime Contributors occur every 2 years and selection is announced at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). A Call for Nominations, including requirements for nomination submissions, is issued in the BC TEAL Newsletter or sent via email to the BC TEAL Membership prior to the Annual Conference and AGM. Any BC TEAL member may nominate an individual to become an Honourary Lifetime Contributor.

Submissions are reviewed and a nominee is selected by the BC TEAL Executive Board of Directors. A plaque is awarded to the recipient along with a letter from the President of BC TEAL. Recipients of the Lifetime Contributor Award are published in the TEAL Newsletter following the AGM.

Recent Award Recipients:

  • Scott Roy Douglas, 2019
  • Michael Galli, 2017
  • Shawna Williams, 2017
  • Eilidh Singh, 2015

CURRENT LIFETIME CONTRIBUTORS

The following Lifetime Contributors of BC TEAL are honoured for their numerous and invaluable contributions to the ESL profession in British Columbia and farther afield.

  • Barbara Buckley
  • Brian Wilson
  • Carol May
  • Catherine Eddy
  • Charles Chadwick
  • Christina Stechishin
  • Debbie Binnie Smith
  • Dennie Rothschild
  • Doris Collins
  • Eilidh Singh
  • Elaine Clemons
  • Ernie Hall
  • Ethne Erskine Cullen
  • Jean N. Benetti
  • Jennifer Pearson Terell
  • Joan Acosta
  • Josanna Monik Savoie
  • Kelly Nicholson
  • Lee Gunderson
  • Lillian Butovsky
  • Maggie Warbey
  • Marc Davison
  • Mary Ashworth
  • Mary Finocchiaro
  • Mary Selman
  • Maureen Sawkins
  • May Sun
  • Michael Galli
  • Naomi Katz
  • Nick Collins
  • Patricia Wakefield
  • Robert Lewis
  • Robin Russell
  • Rose Marie Watson
  • Sandra Venables
  • Sarah ter Keurs
  • Scott Roy Douglas
  • Shawna Williams
  • Sylvia Helmer
  • Tess Chang
  • Virginia Christopher