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Award Winners

Below you will find a list of Award Winners with the NL Teachers’ Association. Click on the award title to view a list of the recipients for that award.

NLTA AWARDS

•  Allan Bishop Award
•  Bancroft Award
•  Barnes Award
•  Patricia Cowan Award

•  President’s Award
•  Special Recognition Award
•  Roy C. Hill Award

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ALLAN BISHOP AWARD
This award is presented in recognition of outstanding service to the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association at the provincial level. It is open to any active or life members of the NLTA and nominations for this award may come from branches or special interest councils.
2022 Sharon Peach 2000 Beverley Butler
2010 Edward Moore 1996 Ken Penney
2009 Dana Burridge 1995 C. Lloyd Buffett
2008 William Gerard Chaisson 1993 Joe Rousseau
2007 E. Winston Carter 1992 Chris Amos
2005 Clement “Ted” Murphy 1991 Ray Goulding
BANCROFT AWARD
The Bancroft award was established in 1980 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association. The award recognizes outstanding service at the branch level of the NLTA for the betterment of education and professionalism for teachers.
2027 *To be announced 2003 Marilyn Bennett, Margaret Dunphy, Dolly Brace
2026 *To be announced 2002 Thomas Kendell, Patrick Pittman
2025 *To be announced 2001 Charles Dillon
2024 Craig Hicks, Krista Houlihan, Gord King 2000 Barry Pearce, Randy Smith
2023 Sandy Crowley, Maureen Doyle-Gillingham,
Trevor Lodge		 1999 Robert Eddy, David Wicks
2022 Tracey Payne, Joe Santos 1998 Bill Cooze
2021 Stephen Drover 1997 Florence Hurley
2020 Natalie Jackson 1996 Cyril Boone
2019 Janice House, Paul Sheppard 1995 Richard Parsons
2018 Donna Reddick 1994 Bridget Kelly
2017 Christina Cox 1993 Colin Morris, William Kelly
2016 Peter McCormack, Katherine Rowsell, Jamie Jenkins 1992 Michael Kelly, Jeannette Pottier
2015 Rick Duffy, Jean Murphy 1991 Fred Denty, Paul Peckford
2014 Alice Bridgeman, Linda Chaisson, Tina Matthews 1990 Rudy Porter
2013 Brenda Beresford, Callista Burridge,
Glenn MacArthur		 1989 Alonzo Bessey
2012 Sandra Quigley 1988 Gladys Costella
2011 Joseph Lafitte 1987 Gordon Day
2010 Stella Johnson, Sharon Penney 1986 Derek Hounsell, Arleigh Paddle, Don Blackmore
2009 Clarence Mercer 1985 Beverley Butler, Matthew Pike, Samuel Walters
2008 Leo Freeborn 1984 Roy Bannister, Tony Fennell, Chesley Hollett
2007 Frank Crews 1983 Hubert Barnes, Edward Hancock, George E. Martin
2006 Fred Wood, Douglas Parsons 1982 Duncan Ford, Dennis Madden, Nelson Larson
2005 Madonna Boone, Diane Curtis 1981 Stanley Dawe, Maxwell Rideout, Harris Thistle
2004 Bill Chaisson 1980 Job Halfyard, Fred Martin, Christopher Stratton
BARNES AWARD
The Barnes Award was established in 1987 to recognize outstanding service to the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association in the field of Professional Development by teachers involved in Special Interest Councils and Curriculum Development Committees.
2027 *To be announced 2007 Christopher Cooper
2026 *To be announced 2006 Mary Dinn
2025 *To be announced 2005 Raymond Brushett
2024 *To be announced 2004 Wayne Hallett
2023 Patrick Wells 2003 Victor May
2022 Émile Sopkowe 2002 Geoffrey Booth
2021 Megan Roome 2001 Brian Vardy
2020 Terri L. Decker 2000 Nathaniel Sheppard
2019 Heather Godden 1999 Arlene McCann (Luke)
2018 Boyd Perry 1997 Malcolm Wells
2017 Kellie Baker 1996 Victoria Pennell
2016 Robert Matthews 1995 Sandra Shepherd
2015 David Gill 1994 Georgina Hedges
2014 Bruce King 1993 Wayne Penney
2013 William Tucker 1992 Frank Shapleigh
2012 Trent Langdon 1991 Francis Reid
2011 David Constantine 1990 Sr. Rosalita Furey
2010 Jim Hibbs 1989 Calvin Patey
2009 Cynthia Wheeler 1988 John Sutherland
2008 Keith Adey 1987 Rita C. Janes
PATRICIA COWAN AWARD
The Patricia Cowan Award was established in 2007 to recognize individuals or groups outside the K-12 school system for their outstanding support and promotion of education either through their role as advocates or through a relationship with the NLTA resulting in a positive impact on teaching and learning.
2023 Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe 2013 Boyd Summers
2021 Susan Rose 2011 Paul Johnson
2019 Randy Earle 2009 Dr. David Dibbon
2017 Geralyn Costello 2007 Denise Pike
2015 Kathy LeGrow
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD
The President’s Award is presented to one person whom the President feels is a strong supporter of the Association during the President’s term of office.
2023 Derek Drover 2007 Dana Burridge
2021 Craig Hicks 2005 Marilyn Bennett
2019 Jeffrey Blundon 2003 Bill Chaisson
2017 Jeanne Williams 2001 Leo Freeborn
2015 Rick Duffy 1999 David Wicks
2013 Paula Smith 1991 Fred Denty
2009 Paul Pinsent
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
The Special Recognition Award was instituted in 1990 by belairdirect to recognize the 100th Anniversary of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association. The award is presented annually to an active NLTA member who has made a major contribution to the cultural, social and/or community life of Newfoundland and Labrador.
2026 *To be announced 2008 Elizabeth Murphy
2025 *To be announced 2007 S. Nicole Burt
2024 Petra Snook 2006 Philip Wood
2023 Wendy Jo Parsons-Clements 2005 Myrtle Guinchard
2022 Anne Whelan 2004 Rudy Porter
2021 James Feltham 2002 Paul LeBlanc, Rex Hillier
2019 Alice Bridgeman 2001 Nelson Larson
2018 Karen Skinner 2000 Harold Mullowney
2017 Deborah Green 1999 Sheila Lee
2016 Robert Parsons 1998 Joseph Keating
2015 Jordan Stringer 1997 Thomas Maddox
2014 John Adams 1996 Wayne Hallett
2013 Clarence White 1995 Robert Keefe
2012 Derrick Sheppard 1994 Sid Woolfrey
2011 Eleanor Cameron-Stockley 1993 John S. R. Gosse
2010 Sam Synard 1992 Ernest Condon
2009 Kathleen & John Hicks 1991 Felix Collins
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ROY C. HILL AWARD (formerly Hilroy Fellowship)
1999 Geoffrey Booth 1984 Francis LeCointre, Wayne Williams
1998 Barry Pearce, Patrick Wells 1983 Robert Kelly
1997 Patricia Mercer, Sheila Flynn-Healey, H. Jack Reid 1982 Linda Doody
1996 Thomas Graham 1981 Emerson & Donna Coish
1995 Douglas G. Mason 1980 Georgina Hedges
1994 Ray Brushett 1979 Loran Young
1993 Thomas F. McGrath, Jack Rose 1978 George Mayo, T. Manning, J. Burden, Sr. J. Kennedy
1992 Barbara Redden, Janice Knuckey, Patricia Hawksley 1977 R. M. Cardona
1991 Robert Cooper 1976 Horace Davis
1990 Len Hynes 1975 Ruth Davis
1989 Anne Ferncase 1974 Jesse Fudge
1988 C. George Brown 1973 Wilson D. Riche, Gary A. Woodill
1987 Carol Fitzpatrick 1972 Joseph LeClair
1986 William Raymond, David Rideout 1971 Winston Ruby
1985 Francis G. Hollohan, Marina Delaney, Paula Gillis, James O’ Gorman, Mary Snook, Loretta Sjoen, Gail Skinner, Francis LeCointre 1970 William G. Dixon