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CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

2024 Awards

The Awards Committee of the CSEA/SCÉA is delighted to announce the following Award Recipients, celebrated at the Award Ceremony held on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Le Comité des Prix du CSEA/SCÉA est ravi d’annoncer les lauréats suivants, célébré lors de la cérémonie de remise des prix tenue le samedi 29 june 2024 à Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The presentation can be downloaded here.

National Awards / Prix nationaux

The Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year (K – 8) /
Prix Ronita deBlois de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (de la maternelle à la 8 année)
Andrea Daly

Canadian Art Educator of the Year (Grades 9-12) /
Prix de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (de la 9 à 12 année)
Lynda Hattin

Canadian Art Educator of the Year (Higher Education) /
Prix de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (enseignement supérieur)
Richard Lachapelle
Lorrie Blair

CSEA/SCÉA Community Art Education Award /
Prix d’excellence de l’éducation artistique communautaire de la SCÉA/CSEA
Art Canada Institute

Master’s Thesis Award /
La bourse du mémoire de maître de la SCÉA/CSEA
Mariela Rojas Farias

Doctoral Dissertation Award /
La bourse de dissertation de la SCÉA/CSEA
Matthew Isherwood

Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Awards /
Prix provincial/territorial affilié de la SCÉA/SCEA

British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique
Nicole Porter

Alberta
Arantxa Ledda

Saskatchewan
Bridget Osika

Manitoba
Allison Moore

Ontario
Emily Burgis

Quebec / Québec
Marion Miller

New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
Mariecke Leavitt

Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-écosse
Dave Drapak

Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard
LiliAnne Webster

Newfoundland & Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Anne Pickard

Yukon Territory / Territoire du Yukon
Rhoda Merkel

Nunavut Territory / Territoire du Nunavut
Margaret Lawrence

2022 Awards

The Awards Committee of the CSEA/SCÉA is delighted to announce the following Award Recipients, celebrated at the Award Ceremony held on Saturday, October 15, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Le Comité des Prix du CSEA/SCÉA est ravi d’annoncer les lauréats suivants, célébré lors de la cérémonie de remise des prix tenue le samedi 15 octobre 2022 à Ottawa, Ontario.

The presentation can be found below the list as a slide show.

National Awards / Prix nationaux

The Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year (K – 8) /
Prix Ronita deBlois de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (de la maternelle à la 8 année)
Miranda Blazey

Canadian Art Educator of the Year (Grades 9-12) /
Prix de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (de la 9 à 12 année)
Maria Pisichko-Derkacz

Canadian Art Educator of the Year (Higher Education) /
Prix de l’éducateur.trice en arts visuels canadien.ne de l’année (enseignement supérieur)
Michael Wilson

CSEA/SCÉA Community Art Education Award /
Prix d’excellence de l’éducation artistique communautaire de la SCÉA/CSEA
Nicole Bauberger

Master’s Thesis Award /
La bourse du mémoire de maître de la SCÉA/CSEA
Zoe Compton

Doctoral Dissertation Award /
La bourse de dissertation de la SCÉA/CSEA
Jennifer Wicks

CSEA/SCÉA Lifetime Achievement Award /
Prix d’excellence pour l’ensemble de ses réalisations
Dr. Rita L. Irwin

Provincial/Territorial Affiliate Awards /
Prix provincial/territorial affilié de la SCÉA/SCEA

British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique
Sandrine Han

Alberta
Christine Teplitsky

Saskatchewan
Laura Kuz

Manitoba
Stacey Abramson

Ontario
Michèle Kleinschuck

Quebec / Québec
Mélissa Nadeau

New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
Christina Thomson

Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-écosse
Anna Whalen

Newfoundland & Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Colleen Kearley Dwyer

Yukon Territory / Territoire du Yukon
Helen O’Connor

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2021 Awards

2021 PROVINCIAL AFFILIATE AWARD winners:

BC Affiliate Award (BCATA) – Meghan Parker

Alberta Affiliate Award (FACATA) – Jan Brown, B.Ed., M.Ed.

Saskatchewan Affiliate Award (SAEC) – Karon Guttormson Murray

Manitoba Affiliate Award (MAAE) – Katya Adamov Ferguson

Ontario Affiliate Award (OAEA) – Jane Dewar

Quebec Affiliate Award (AQÉSAP) – Karine Poirier

New Brunswick Affiliate Award (NBVAEA) – Jean Rooney

Nova Scotia Affiliate Award (NSATA) – Robin Jensen

Prince Edward Island Affiliate Award (PEI Teachers’ Art Assn.) – Vicki Allen Cook

Newfoundland and Labrador – David Trainor

Yukon Affiliate Award  – Heather Von Steinhagen

2021 NATIONAL ART EDUCATION AWARD winners:

Masters Thesis Award – Jeannie K. Kim

Dissertation Award – Dr. Holly Tsun Haggerty

Community Art Education Award – Amanda McKenzie

Ronita deBlois Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8) – Neeru Sekhon

Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12) – Ann Donald

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education) – Dr. Kathy Browning

Sincere thank you to our sponsors

Hal McGee in memory of Ronita deBlois
Mary Blatherwick

2018 Awards

CSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2018 SLIDESHOW

Left to right: Joanna Black (Conference Chair); Peter Vietgen (President); Dana Kletke (on behalf of MAWA, Community Art Education Award); Dawn Knight (MB Affiliate Award); Michael Emme (Canadian Art Educator of the Year—Higher Education); Cheryl Tanouye (AB Affiliate Award); Beckie DiLeo (Canadian Art Educator of the Year – Grades 9-12); Heather Pastro (BC Affiliate Award); Bettina Forget (Master’s Thesis Award); Carla Bates (Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award – Grades K-8).

Missing:  Tony Caputo (ON Affiliate Award); Marie-Claude Vezeau (QC Affiliate Award); Adda Mihailescu (NB Affiliate Award); Natalie LeBlanc (Doctoral Dissertation Award).

Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)

Sponsored by Harold McGee in memory of Ronita deBlois

Carla Bates

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12)
Sponsored by Artists Emporium

Beckie DiLeo

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

Michael Emme

Community Art Education Award
Sponsored by Mary Blatherwick

MAWA Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art

Affiliate Awards

AB – Cheryl Tanouye

MB – Dawn Knight

PQ – Marie-Claude Vezeau

NB – Adda Mihailescu

ON – Tony Caputo

BC – Heather Pastro

Dissertation Award Recipient

Natalie LeBlanc (University of British Columbia)

Masters Thesis Award Recipient

Bettina Forget (Concordia University)

Sincere thank you to our sponsors

Hal McGee in memory of Ronita deBlois
Artists Emporium
Mary Blatherwick

2016 Awards

CSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2016 SLIDESHOW

Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)

Beryl Cohen

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12),

co-sponsored by Artists Emporium and Colart

Matthew Varey

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

co-sponsored by CSEA/SCÉA and UMBRA:

Robert Dalton

Community Art Education Award

Sponsored by Mary Blatherwick

Art City. Winnipeg MB

Affiliate Awards

AB – Brad Burns

SK – Ann Donald

MB – Nancy Litchfield Hutchison

PQ – Anne Deslauriers

NB – Michael McEwing

ON – Tim Kamino

BC –Dónal O’Donoghue

Dissertation Award Recipient

Adrienne Boulton-Funke (UBC)

Dustin Garnet (Concordia University)

Masters Thesis Award Recipient

Genevieve Cloutier (University of Ottawa)

2014 Awards

pdfCSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2014 SLIDESHOW

Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)

Rhian Brynjolson (MB)

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12),

sponsored by Wallack’s

Barbara Sunday (BC)

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

co-sponsored by CSEA/SCÉA and UMBRA:

Mary Blatherwick (NB) – community impact

Irene Naested (AB) – classroom impact

Donal O’Donoghue (BC) – research impact

Affiliate Awards

AB – Donna Kaminski

SK –  Kathy Bradshaw

MB – Maria Derkacz 

ON – Brian Leichnitz

PQ –  Julie Morin

NB – Rolene Betts

NS – Elizabeth Lalonde 

PEI – Linda Shaw Packard

Dissertation Award Recipient

BC – Heidi May

2013 Awards

pdfCSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2013 SLIDESHOW

Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)

Peter Gorham
Nackawic Elementary, Nackawic, New Brunswick

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12)

sponsored by Brault & Bouthillier
Sandy Stewart
Rothesay Netherwood School, Rothesay, New Brunswick

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

co-sponsored by CSEA/SCÉA and UMBRA:

jan jagodzinski
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Affiliate Awards

BC: Melanie Stokes
Gleneagle Secondary, Coquitlam, BC

AB: Tammy Watt
Sir John A. Macdonald School, Calgary, AB

NB: Heidi Stoddart
Anglophone School District South, NB

NS: Paul Syme
Horton High School, Wolfville, NS

PQ: Guylaine Goyer
École secondaire Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, PQ

2012 Awards

pdfCSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2012 SLIDESHOW

Ronita deBlois Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)

Ann Rallison (MB)

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12),

sponsored by Wallack’s
Tom Roberts (MB)

Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

co-sponsored by UMBRA and the CSEA/SCÉA

Boyd White (PQ)

Affiliate Awards

BC: Regan Rasmussen, Victoria, BC
AB: Mary Ann Dobson, Edmonton, AB
SK: Peter Purdue, Saskatoon, SK
MB: Christina Kowalec, Winnipeg, MB
ON: Hilary Inwood, Toronto, ON
NB: Theresa MacKnight, Saint Andrews, NB

Previous Award Winners

CSEA AWARD RECIPIENTS 2011 SLIDESHOW

2011 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

2011 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award, (K-8)

Cynthia Lewis, Nova Scotia

2011 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12)

sponsored by Artists Emporium and ColArt USA
Bonnie Hill, New Brunswick

2011 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education)

Dr. Harold Pearse, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

2011 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Sharon Richards, British Columbia

Theron Lund, Alberta

Monique Martin, Saskatchewan

Tuula Kilgour, Ontario

Donna Livingston, Nova Scotia


2010 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

2010 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)
sponsored by Artists Emporium and ColArt
Tami Dowler-Coltman (AB)

2010 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12)
sponsored by School Speciality
Sharron Forest (ON)

2010 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education Level)
sponsored by Artists Emporium and ColArt USA
Cathy Mullen (PQ)

2010 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Bill MacDonald, British Columbia
(Managing Director, Artists for Kids Trust, North Vancouver School District, Vancouver, BC)

Britt Petracek, Alberta
(High School Art Teacher, Jasper Place High School, Edmonton, AB)

Ann Stinner, Manitoba
(Retired Art Education Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB)

Cyrel Troster, Ontario
(Principal of Additional Qualifications, Visual Art Summer Programme (2010), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON)

Michael Mesheau, New Brunswick
(High School Art Teacher, Fredericton High School, Fredericton, NB)


2009 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

2009 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (K-8)
sponsored by School Specialty
Andrea Bell (MB)

2009 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (9-12)
sponsored by School Specialty
Sharon Erksine (PQ)

2009 Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award (Higher Education Level)
sponsored by Artists Emporium and ColArt USA
Sharon McCoubrey (BC)

2009 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners
Joanna Black, Manitoba Affiliate Award Winner
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba)

Peter Vietgen, Ontario Affiliate Award Winner
(Art Education Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Brock University)


2008 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

sponsored by School Specialty

Lynda Faulks, Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award, K-12 Level
(High School Art Teacher, Duncan, BC)

Kit Grauer, Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award, Higher Education
(Professor, UBC Vancouver)

2008 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Mike McElgunn, British Columbia Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher, Coquitlam, BC)

Teresa Reeves, Ontario Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher, ON)


2007 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

Graeme Chalmers, Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award
(Professor, UBC Vancouver)

Sponsored by School Specialty
2007 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners
Robert Dalton, British Columbia Affiliate Award
(Professor, University of Victoria)

Marot Roi, Ontario Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher)

John Murray, New Brunswick Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher)

Dorrie Brown, Newfoundland/Labrador Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher, Community Worker)


2006 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

Dr. Rita Irwin, Canadian Art Educator of the Year Award
(Professor, UBC Vancouver)

2006 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Wendy Long, British Columbia Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher, White Rock/Surrey, BC)

Carol MacDonnell, Alberta Affiliate Award
(Retired Instructor, University of Calgary, AB)

Cheryl Zubrack, Manitoba Affiliate Award
(Art Consultant, Winnipeg School Division; Instructor, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education)

Mary Intven-Wallace, Ontario Affiliate Award
(High School Art Teacher, London; Instructor and Program Developer, Museum London; Instructor, Univ. Western Ontario)


2005 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Bill Zuk, British Columbia Affiliate Award
(Professor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC)

Raffaella Montemurro, Alberta Affiliate Award
(Elementary Teacher, Virginia Parks Art Core Elementary School, Edmonton, AB)

Fiona Blaikie, Ontario Affiliate Award
(Associate Professor, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON)

Justin Kuang Hsin Chen

Dawn Short

Virginia Crawford


2003 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners, Sanford-Grumbacher Scholarship

Nicole Anderson (Moncton, NB)

Sun-young Park (West Vancouver, BC)

Mei Yu (Burnaby, BC)


2002 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners, Sanford-Grumbacher Scholarship

Amber Phelps Bondaroff

Atessa Marashi

Sylvia Dauner


2001 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners, Sanford-Grumbacher Scholarship

Pascal Yu (Calgary, AB)

Terri Chalk (Moncton, NB)

Martha Jane Beardsworth (Riverview, NB)

1998 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners,

Sponsored by Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Janice Keys (BC)

Cynthia Lewis (NS)

Maria Pasichko (MB)


1998 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

Sponsored by Brault & Bouthillier

Colleen Kennedy (BC)

Roxanne Sigmar (MB)

1998 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winners

Sponsored by SAX

Janice Keys (BC)

Lise Bjarnason (MB)

1998 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winners

Ronita Chandler de Bois (NS)

Daryl Mytron (BC)

1998 CSEA/SCÉA National Art Scholarship Winners

Sponsored by Sanford-Berol Prismacolor

Jae-Hong Ahn
(Harry Ainley High School, Edmonton, AB)

Michael Kruzeniski
(Dr. Marin LeBoldus School, Regina, SK)

Nicole Koshure
(Sentinel Secondary School, West Vancouver, BC)


1996 CSEA/SCÉA Affiliate Award Winner

Margaret Scarr (BC)


1995 CSEA/SCÉA Award Winner,

Sponsored by Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Margaret Scarr (BC)

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