Awards Offered

L.B. Daniels Award

LeRoi B. Daniels is a founding member of TC² and an author of the model of critical thinking that forms the conceptual foundation of the Consortium’s work. TC² created this award to honour Dr. Daniels’ contribution to the understanding and implementation of critical thinking throughout his career. An individual or an organization exhibiting exemplary service in critical thinking can obtain the L.B. Daniels Award. Recipients have selflessly dedicated themselves to the promotion of critical thinking, often volunteering hours and days of their own time to help other teachers and schools improve children’s thinking skills and to raise levels of academic performance by engaging students in thought provoking activities that challenge the mind and promote active learning. Award recipients are recognized at the Consortium’s Annual General Meeting in June of each year.

Recipients

2001 Ecole Sperling School, Burnaby, British Columbia
2003 Roland Case, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
2006 Branksome Hall, Toronto, Ontario
2006 P.K. Singh, Principal, Vivek Secondary School, Chandigarh, India
2009 Garfield Gini-Newman, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Class ACT Award

Certificate of Achievement in Critical Thinking

The Critical Thinking Consortium established the Certificate of Achievement in Critical Thinking (the Class ACT Award) to recognize individual educators who show a commitment to embedding critical thinking into their own practice and who have demonstrated notable success in furthering critical thinking with their students or colleagues. TC² partner representatives, facilitators or other senior members of the TC² team, nominate Class ACT recipients. Adjudication for successful nominees takes place prior to the Consortium’s Annual General Meeting in June, when the award recipients are recognized.

To nominate a candidate please send or fax a completed nomination form, with a copy of a sample lesson, student work or other evidence of the scope and success of the individual’s efforts, to the TC² administrator.

Recipients

2005 Jamie Sadler, New Westminster School District (SD#40)
2005 Christine Zucht, New Westminster School District (SD#40)