ALUMNA RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER ’S A W ARD FOR TEACHING
EX CELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
and travelling. It was by happenstance
that I ended up in Japan with a teaching
contract. I remember before leaving
saying I would be all right as long as I
didn’t have to work with young children!
FAMOUS LAST WORDS!!! It was there
that I found my passion and calling to
education. I haven’t looked back!
ON MAY 12, ALUMNA LINDSAY
STUART'S (B.ED. 2009; M.ED.
2015) WORK WITH CHILDREN AS
A TEACHER IN REGINA PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE
PRIME MINISTER’S AWARDS FOR
TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
Stuart found her passion in the very field
she had never wanted to work in: Early
Childhood Education.
She graduated from the U of R with a B.Ed.
in 2009 (Pre-K – 3). This was her second
degree; her first was a U of R degree in
Human Justice (2000), which followed a
Diploma in Criminology from Mount Royal
University in Calgary. Then, in 2015, she
graduated from the U of R with her M.Ed.
The title of her project was "Relational
Reverberations: A Narrative Inquiry Into the
Interconnected Lives of Children, Families
and Teachers."
Background:
From her initial educational choices
(Criminology and Human Justice), it is clear
that the B.Ed. after degree was not her
first choice. Stuart says she actually never
wanted to be a teacher. She explains,
I grew up in a family of teachers and
saw firsthand how rewarding, but yet,
personally draining and all con