CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics
The CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics, introduced in 2010, is intended to recognize excellence in teaching physics in Canadian high schools or CEGEPs and to encourage and promote physics at the high school/CEGEP level in Canada. The award has been sponsored at the national level by the CAP and the CAP Foundation, TRIUMF, Perimeter Institute, the Institute of Particle Physics, SNOLabs and the Canadian Light Source, and at the regional level by Engineers and Geoscientists of BC.
Awards are given annually in each of five regions in Canada: BC/Yukon, Prairies/NWT, Ontario, Quebec/Nunavut, and Atlantic Canada.
The award includes two free years as a CAP member teacher and an educational grant that can be used to support teacher professional development or purchase computer software, equipment or books for the classroom. Winning teachers will also have the opportunity to participate in a one-week training program at a Canadian research institution. Read about the experiences of the 2022 winners selected to participate in the 2023 CERN HS Teachers in this article: Physics in Canada 79(1) p 16 (2023).
For further information about this program, please use the following links:
Eligibility Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
Nomination Procedures
Past Winners by Year
Please direct questions and comments to programs@cap.ca.
Although the CAP’s nomination system currently has an English-only interface, nominations may be submitted in either English or French. The CAP is committed to ensuring that applications submitted in either official language are treated equitably. Furthermore, the CAP commits to ensuring that those evaluating awards will have a thorough understanding of the impact of bias to take it into account while reviewing nominations.
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