Maggie MacDonnell

Maggie MacDonnell is a Canadian educator and development practitioner who became the third recipient of the teaching prize award Global Teacher Prize, a $1 million award from Varkey Foundation.[3] The prize was presented by the prime minister and vice president of the UAE, and the ruler of Emirate of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Maggie is teaching students at Salluit village, where temperature often drops as low as −13 °C to −25 °C in winter.[4][5]

Maggie MacDonnell
Born
Nova Scotia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Educator, Development petitioner[1]
Years active2011–present
AwardsGlobal Teacher Prize (2017)[2]

Biography

Maggie was born and raised in Nova Scotia of eastern Canada,[6] and has completed master's degree from a Canadian university. She works with Congolese refugees for their rehabilitation and Tanzanian HIV/AIDS activists to counsel socially affected patients. In an isolated area of Arctic Canada, Maggie teaches student "especially girls" at higher secondary level and boys aged between 13 and 18.[7] Before serving as a teacher, the country's isolated area was claimed to had been suffered with social inequality. She according to the News media restored the "act of kindness" to some extent which brought improvements in Canadian students where she teaches.[8][9]

Social events

Maggie was initially working in Sub-Saharan Africa before traveling to Salluit where she teaches students for over six years. She conducted several social awareness programs aimed to educate young people who were the victims of depression, alcoholism and drug addiction. Before her arrival to the Inuit village, there was a drop recorded in its education system. She ran programs for young women at school level that prompted up to 500% of raise in enrollment of girls at Inuit schools.[10]

Recognition

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017.[11]

References
  1. Afp, Ap (2017-03-20). "Canadian teacher wins $1m global prize in Dubai". Arab News. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. Telegram, The (2019-04-22). "Global educational award winner to address teachers in St. John's". The Telegram. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. "Canadian school teacher wins $1M global teacher prize beating out thousands of applicants". CBS News. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. "Maggie MacDonnell". Varkey Foundation. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  5. Wang, Amy X. (2017-07-20). "How to be a better teacher, according to Global Teacher Prize winner Maggie MacDonnell". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. John, Merlin (2017-07-26). "Top teacher stands up for indigenous people". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  7. Clarke, Kelly (2017-03-20). "Maggie MacDonnell: The teacher who made kids do-gooders". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  8. "Maggie MacDonnell feels 'disbelief' after Global Teacher Prize win". BBC News. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  9. "Canadian wins $1m Global Teacher Prize for work with Inuit students". the Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  10. Crowcroft, Orlando (2017-03-19). "Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins $1m prize for work in remote Arctic communities". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  11. Jones, Hettie (1993). "How She Recognized Her Last Fling When She Found It". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 13 (2): 93. doi:10.2307/3346727. ISSN 0160-9009.
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