Award

Honorary Lifetime Member Award

The Honorary Lifetime Member (HLM) Award recognizes individuals who have provided significant service and demonstrated leadership in the advancement of second language education in Canada.

First presented in 2003, the HLM Award recognizes individuals from a variety of fields such as teaching, administration, politics, research, public service, and more.

HLM Award recipients must have contributed significantly to the advancement of language teaching and learning in Canada in any of the following areas:

  • Advocacy and promotion
  • Policy
  • Administration and leadership (school, ministry, or association context)
  • Professional development/resource development
  • Pre-service teacher education
  • Research and publication
  • Contributions in other areas

Recognition

Honorary Lifetime Member Award winners receive:

  • A lifetime membership to CASLT
  • A commemorative plaque
  • An invitation to CASLT’s Networking Day to receive the award
  • Recognition on CASLT’s website and in Réflexions magazine

Selection Procedure

CASLT’s Board of Directors selects an Honorary Lifetime Member Award recipient each year.

2021 Recipient

Léo-James Lévesque

Watch Léo-James Lévesque’s acceptance speech for the 2021 Honorary Lifetime Member Award at CASLT’s 2021 Annual General Meeting.

Past Honorary Lifetime Member Award Recipients

2021 – Léo-James Lévesque

2020 – Dr. Mary Grantham O’Brien

2019 – Dr. Brian North

2018 – Valerie Pike

2017 – Michael Salvatori

2016 – Fred Genesee

2015 – Richard Clément

2014 – Patsy Lightbown

2013 – David Little

2012 – Rose-Marie Lozier-Cool

2011 – Jim Cummins

2010 – Graham Fraser

2009 – Stuart Wachowicz

2008 – Claudette Tardif

2007 – Boyd Pelley

2006 – Dyane Adam

2005 – Vincent Bueti

2004 – Hilaire Lemoine

2003 – Keith McLeod

Borishlaw Bilash (CASLT Founder)

Marcel Bonneau (CASLT Founder)

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