Cameron receives teaching excellence award

Stan Cameron was honoured for his teaching excellence at Centennial College. Shown with him are his daughter Kayla (who made the trip from North Bay to be with her dad at the ceremony), wife Debbie, and daughter Carly.

A Caledon teacher has been praised by his peers for his outstanding contributions.

Long-time Caledon resident Stan Cameron received the Teaching Excellence Award recently at Centennial College, joined by family and friends.

Cameron was the recipient of the George Wicken Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence in 2007. The recipients are also selected as the recipients of the Board of Governors' Teaching Excellence Award, and reflects the commitment of Centennial College to the strategic goal of learning excellence.

Cameron teaches general education courses on a full time basis in the General Education Department of the School of Advancement and previously taught in the former School of Applied Arts Correctional Worker Program.

Cameron completed the Central Michigan University's Master of Education program. In addition to his shared passion and enthusiasm for subjects in the field of psychology, a defining characteristic of his teaching is his concern for the success of his students and their encouragement of continuous learning.

Cameron has been teaching at Centennial College in Scarborough for 27 years now.

Prior to this he worked with young offenders and adult offenders.

The award is named after George Wicken, who was the head of the English department at Centennial who died at 32 years of age. He was known as a caring, talented, funny and excellent teacher. This is the 22nd year for this award.

Cameron is a three-time nominee and this is his first time receiving the award.

There is a three-step process for one to win this award. A minimum of three people (students or graduates or colleagues) must nominate the teacher; once the teacher accepts the nomination they must complete a 500-word essay on the principles of teaching they value most, and then they must appear before a seven-person interview committee to answer questions.