Celebration of Learning – Past Award Winners

Literacy Champion Award

The Literacy Champion Award recognizes a member of our community who has shown leadership in the field of literacy and lifelong learning and whose dedication has inspired others.

Allison Giggey

Allison Giggey is a Teacher-Librarian at Queen Charlotte Intermediate School and President of the PEI Teacher-Librarians’ Association.

Learner Achievement Award

The Learner Achievement award recognizes someone who has applied hard work and dedication to learning in one of the PEI Literacy Alliance’s programs.

Vickey Peters and Santanna Herney

Vickey and Santanna, a dynamic mother-daughter duo, are both incredibly hard-working and inspiring graduates from our Essential Employment Skills program.

Master Packaging Scholarship Award

This $1500 scholarship award is sponsored by Master Packaging and is available to students who have completed a GED to achieve their high school equivalency, and who are now entering first or second year of any full-time post-secondary program.

Matt Perry

Matt Perry showed great determination and dedication at every turn in his learning journey. He is currently working toward his Bachelor of Integrated Studies at UPEI.

Educator Distinction Award

The Educator Distinction award goes to an educator who excels in meeting learners where they are at, seeing the best in people and supporting them to build the confidence they need to succeed.

Phil Davison

Phil has over 25 years of experience working at home and abroad in the areas of community development, adult literacy, policy creation and evaluation, and more.

Adult Learner Bursary Awards

Each year, we award $750 bursaries to adults who are working toward a grade 12 certificate or grade 12 equivalency (GED).

2023 Bursary Recipients:
Hailee Francis
Maya Kent
Makayla Leveque
Raya Russell
Robyn Blanchard