Program partners
The Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence and for Teaching Excellence in STEM are administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada on behalf of the Prime Minister in partnership with Indigenous Services Canada.
Selection process
The program has recruited over 100 volunteer regional evaluators from teachers' federations, parent-teacher associations, post-secondary institutions, and provincial and territorial education ministries.
The program also has a National Advisory Committee (NAC) comprised of national level education organizations. NAC provides an oversight and advisory function. Committee organizations include:
- Canadian Association of Principals
- Canadian Education Association
- Canadian Home and School Federation
- Canadian School Boards Association
- Canadian Teachers' Federation
- Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
- Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones
- Indigenous Services Canada
- Ingenium — Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
- MediaSmarts
- The Conference Board of Canada
Regional evaluators and National Advisory Committee members are all volunteers who give their valuable time and expertise at no cost to the program. The PMA program could not function without the generous support of our volunteer evaluators and committee members.
Regional evaluator organizations
Learning institutions
- Brock University
- Laurentian University
- Nipissing University
- Ontario Tech University
- Queen's University
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Ottawa
- Université de Montréal
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivieres (french only)
- Université de Saint-Boniface
- Upper Canada College
- York University
Government
Provincial/territorial
- Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
National, Provincial and Territorial Organizations
National
Alberta
- Alberta Teachers' Association
- Calgary Academy
- Calgary Board of Education
- Calgary Catholic School District
- Fort McMurray Catholic School District
- Parkland School Division
British Columbia
- Canadian Parents for French – BC & Yukon
- Central Okanagan Public Schools
- Cousteau School
- Greater Victoria School District
- Richmond School District
- Surfrider
- Surrey School District
- Vancouver School Board
Manitoba
- Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba (French Only)
- Louis Riel School Division
- Manitoba Association of Parent Councils
- Manitoba School Boards Association
- Park West School Division
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
- Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education
- Halifax Region Centre for Education
- Nova Scotia Teachers Union
Ontario
- Avon Maitland District School Board
- Branksome Hall
- Crescent School
- Code Breaker Inc.
- Durham District School Board
- Greater Essex County District School Board
- Halton District School Board
- Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
- Lambton Kent District School Board
- London Children's Museum
- Near North District School Board
- Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
- Ontario Science Centre
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
- Peel District School Board
- Richmond Hill Montessori Private School
- Science Teachers Association of Ontario
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
- Toronto District School Board
- York Region District School Board
Prince Edward Island
Québec
- Association québécoise des enseignantes et des enseignants du primaire (French only)
- Commission scolaire Western Québec
- English Montreal School Board
- Lester B. Pearson School Board