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The 2017 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut)

is awarded to

Luc Tremblay

"Receiving such a prize is a source of incredible motivation for me. I thank the CAP for giving me this honour and I hope to continue helping others discover this amazing science for a long time." winner quote

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2017 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut) is awarded to Luc Tremblay, Collège Mérici, in recognition of his innovative work on physics course materials that have influenced physics students and teachers worldwide. announcement

Luc Tremblay, who has been teaching physics since 1994, won the Honourable Mention of the Association qu�b�coise de p�dagogie coll�giale in 2011 and the Award of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Science in 2014. The course notes that he posted online are read all around the world and are used in other educational institutions, including universities. With his hybrid approach made of traditional methods and conceptual issues, Mr. Tremblay has also introduced a problem-centered approach in a science integration course. He has also been the coordinator of the natural sciences program for nine years and participated twice, as an expert, to the work of the Commission d��valuation de l�enseignement coll�gial. He is also involved in his college students' life, in sport activities like cosom hockey, in cultural activities such as the improvisation league or in scientific activities like the guidance of students in science competitions, the chess club or the demonstration of the law of gravity with pumpkins at Halloween. Luc Tremblay won the Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics for all these reasons. nominator citation

ABOUT the Award
The CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics, which was 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 is sponsored by the CAP, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, TRIUMF, the Institute of Particle Physics, and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. medal description

ABOUT the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)

The Canadian Association of Physicists, founded in 1945, is a professional association representing over 1600 individual physicists and physics students in Canada, the U.S. and overseas, as well as a number of Corporate, Institutional, and Departmental Members. In addition to its learned activities, the CAP, through its charitable arm - the CAP Foundation, also undertakes a number of activities intended to encourage students to pursue a career in physics. cap description

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For more information, please contact: Mrs. Francine Ford, Executive Director Canadian Association of Physicists Tel: 613-562-5614 E-mail: execdir@cap.ca www.cap.ca