ASD-N Educators Receive National Inclusive Education Awards

Posted: February 17, 2015

  Six Anglophone North School District educators have been recognized recently by the New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL). At a ceremony hosted by the Honourable Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick and the patron of NBACL, Lorena Joseph, Lorraine Whalen and Julia Murray, Educational Assistants at Harcourt School, were presented with National Inclusive Education Awards. The NBACL press release following the ceremony stated, “From the Harcourt School, three educational assistants, Lorena Joseph, Lorraine Whalen and Julia Murray, whose team approach to inclusion is grounded not only in their dedication and love for the children they work with, but also in their professionalism and their continuous pursuit of education and support from other practitioners in the field.”     In addition, New Brunswick school district Inclusion Facilitators were recognized at the ceremony with a National Recognition Certificate. This included two ASD-N facilitators, Cynthia MacInnis and Janet Cooper, who have supported schools and teachers in building capacity for inclusive practices over the last two years in the district.      For more information regarding the ceremony, held in conjunction with National Inclusive Education Month, visit Awards Presentation .