Committed to making the next generation one of responsible eco-citizens

Marie-Lyne Binet, a Cycle 1 science and technology teacher at Mont-Sainte-Anne high school, has a true passion for ecology and biology. Thanks to her commitment, both at school and in the community, hundreds of young people now see the world of science from a new perspective and are following in her footsteps… off the beaten track. “Being a scientist does not mean being cooped up in a laboratory surrounded by test tubes. Being a scientist is, instead, being out in the field so as to get a better understanding of nature’s biodiversity and grasp the impact of human activity on the environment,” asserts the finalist, who never thinks twice about investing enormous effort into taking her students on real expeditions outside the school walls.
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Committed to passing on to students the desire and means to excel

Affectionately nicknamed “the hyperactive artist” by her colleagues, Isabelle Soucy is the type of teacher who sees getting involved in the education of teenagers not as a simple work task, but rather as a privilege. The visual arts teacher at Transcontinental high school in Pohénégamook has a passion for young people, their energy and all their contradictions and seizes every opportunity to offer them a living environment that is at once enjoyable and formative. The school committee on health, the cultural committee, social and educational activities, Isabelle Soucy’s fellow teachers would say that she is present everywhere. According to her however, she is simply part of the wonderful world of teaching.
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Committed to transmitting her love of music through a hundred and one projects

To locate the classroom belonging to Julie Lévesque, a teacher at Roger-Comtois high school, you don’t need a map or to ask for directions. All you have to do is follow the sound of the music bursting from the room. And if it stops, it’s probably because the teacher has allowed herself to be swept away by her extraordinary energy, taking advantage of a lull between two scales to pass on her passion for music or to prepare her students for one of the hundred and one projects (shows, trips, cultural outings and galas) she concocts for the youngsters to whom she is dedicated heart and soul.
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Committed to making physical activity appealing and accessible to all students

Not a school year goes by when Josée Alain, a physical education and fine arts teacher at Saint-Charles high school, doesn’t organize original activities for her students to encourage them to get active. Her most recent project: to cycle all the way across Canada… on a stationary bicycle. When you add this to coaching the football and basketball teams, as well as all her other special projects, you get a teacher with a strong conviction that you can achieve academic success thanks to a healthy mind and healthy body.
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Committed to enabling young people to bring their dreams to life

Nathalie Ringuette has no idea what half-measures are. The teacher at Vanier high school never does things by halves and one day chose to don her missionary cloak and set out to conquer young people with the goal of convincing them to live out their ambitions. From the planning and hosting of lectures by well-known figures such as Paul Arcand, Nathalie Simard, General Roméo Dallaire and Julie Payette, to a fund-raiser for the Gilles Kègle foundation, the organisation of various celebrations, and the drawing up with a group of students of a manifesto on children’s rights as well as steps for introducing it in the Québec National Assembly, Nathalie Ringuette’s involvement has no bounds.
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Committed to giving young people the opportunity to build their self-confidence

Thanks to the steadfast commitment of Marcel Julien, dozens of students at the Séminaire Saint-François have discovered an ability to express themselves through words and to give concrete form to their ideas by means of a collective work that this year will be published for the twelfth time. The librarian, who has almost 35 years of experience, believes that the project he initiated in 1997 when he established the Éditions du Rêve éveillé has undeniably had a significant impact on all the students who have participated in the project. In choosing to go out and meet young people, Marcel Julien has helped them to realise the importance of dreams and above all that they have what it takes to bring them to life.
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