People for Education, April 2026
Excerpt: "The Kidder-Pascal Awards for Systems Change and Innovation in Education celebrate visionary leadership, bold ideas, and transformative action that advance the promise of public education in Canada.
Named in honour of Annie Kidder and Charles Pascal— two of Canada’s most influential champions for public education—the awards recognize people and organizations who are reshaping education so that it can deliver on that promise.
People for Education’s 5-year initiative, The Education Promise, is based on the belief that public education is one of Canada’s greatest, but underappreciated assets, and that public schools can be an upstream policy solution to a range of challenges Canada is facing. But that working differently and together across the country and across sectors is critical for education to realize its promise.
Annie and Charles’ lifelong commitment to public education are aligned with the goals of The Education Promise, and these Awards seek to celebrate leaders and organizations who strive to transform public education so that learners are equipped with the creativity, empathy, and critical thinking necessary to navigate and improve a complex, polarized world."
