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The 2019 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut)

is awarded to

Andrea Venditti

"Winning the 2019 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics Award is an unbelievable honour. Teaching is my calling and physics is my passion, so to be acknowledged for both is a proud moment that helps validate my efforts to share those passions with my students." winner citation

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2019 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut) is awarded to Andrea Venditti, Rosemere High School, in recognition of for her innovative efforts in bringing physics to the very young, her ability to build bridges between students young and old, and her outstanding efforts in getting students to perform in physics competitions and activities outside of class. announcement

“All students can learn – I believe in teaching the WHY to bring meaning/purpose to their learning process.”
Andrea Venditti (Rosemere High School) takes pride making physics accessible to all students.
Andrea facilitates physic-based experiences within her small community, introducing science within other curricular or extra curricular venues that children and young adults are already engaged in.
Within her classrooms, she leads students through exploring STEM using everyday items, like toys, to demonstrate concepts and encourage dialogue amongst the student teams. The most meaningful outcomes of these lessons are the engagement felt by the students and the seriousness of the discussions that occur.
In recognition of the diverse learning needs of a classroom, her commitment to learning spans to outside the classroom. Andrea ensures her materials are available in all medias, for her students or others within the school to access and absorb.
As a result of mentoring relationships that she has built over the years, and her role within the community, many former students volunteer their time to return as guest speakers within her class rooms.
Andrea is an educator with over 15 years of experience. She received the 2011 AMGEN award for Science Teaching Excellence (Quebec) and the 2015 Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence – Certificate of Achievement. 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 Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia. 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