Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2017-10-17
Invested on: 2018-06-05
Sydney Adam Goldenberg, M.S.M.
Kyle Hill, M.S.M.
Toronto, Ontario
Mark W. Podlasly, M.S.M.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sydney Adam Goldenberg, Kyle Hill and Mark W. Podlasly founded Teach For Canada to recruit teachers for northern First Nations communities and to develop culturally-appropriate training programs. In addidtion, they have coordinated visits to a large number of Ontario’s isolated Indigenous communities for prospective teachers. Careful matching of teachers to vacant positions has resulted in long-term contracts and increased student attendance, engagement and achievement.