UBC Engineering announces the short list of secondary school teachers nominated for the inaugural McEwen Family Teacher Award.
Created to highlight the contributions high school teachers make to students and communities through their mentorship, the award celebrates those who go above and beyond teaching the curriculum to ensure their students succeed not just academically but personally. Students currently enrolled in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science who attended secondary school in B.C. or elsewhere in Canada are eligible to nominate an influential teacher.
The winning teacher will receive $5,000 to spend on school enrichment activities, programs or development. The winning teacher will also be asked to nominate a current high school student to receive a $5,000 scholarship to attend UBC. The UBC Engineering student who nominated the winning teacher will receive $250 in recognition of his or her efforts.
The award was established through a $36,750 donation by Vancouver biomedical engineer Jim McEwen (BASc ’71, PhD ‘75).
The finalists for the 2011 McEwen Family Teacher Award are:
- Todd Ablett, Electronics/Engineering, Gladstone Secondary School
- Brad Epp, Mathematics, South Kamloops Secondary School
- Weily Lin, Mathematics, West Vancouver Secondary School
- Rob Olson, Counseling/Tech, Balmoral Junior Secondary School
- Douglas Park, Biology/Video Production, Hugh Boyd Secondary School
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