A Nova Scotia native has won the biggest teaching prize in the world, a million dollars.
Maggie MacDonnell won a million dollars in the “Global Teacher Prize” in Dubai as the best teacher in the world. MacDonnell won for her philosophy promoting hope and acts of kindness in Salluit, a remote community in northern Quebec. MacDonnell established a fitness centre for youth and adults and ran a community kitchen, among other things. She plans to set up youth programs with her prize.
Prime Minister Trudeau sent a videotaped message saying she had done extraordinary things in exceptional circumstances and has shown enormous heart, will; and imagination.