2018 Medal Winners | francais

The 2018 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Prairies and Northwest Territories)

is awarded to

Thana Rahim

winner citation

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2018 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Prairies and Northwest Territories) is awarded to Thana Rahim, Ecole St. Patrick High School, in recognition of for her innovation in promoting physics in Canada's north, bringing physics into the Yellowknife community, and her ability to encourage so many students in pursuing careers in science and engineering. announcement

Thana Rahim started working at Ecole St.Patrick High School as a Physics teacher in August of 2006. Since that time, she has taught a variety of Science and Mathematics courses from grades 9-12. She is presently serving as Department Head for Science. Mrs. Rahim's Physics 30 classes have been successful in achieving the highest Physics diploma exam marks the the NWT for the last five years. She has been chosen to mark Physics diploma exams on three separate occasions and this year she was the NWT representative on the committee charged with creating Physics 30 Field testing material. Thana has been the recipient of the Science Teaching Award by the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists. She was nominated by students for the Thank You For Making A Difference contest. In 2012, she won the Strong Mind, Strong North, Inspired Teaching Changing Lives Award sponsored by the NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Currently she is organizing the Innovation 150, Power of Ideas Tour presentation to be held at St. Pat's this coming March. nominator citation

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