Mark W. Podlasly

  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Medal

    • Awarded on: October 17, 2017
    • Invested on: September 12, 2019

    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 Podlasly founded Teach For Canada to recruit teachers for northern First Nations communities and to develop culturally appropriate training programs. In addition, 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.