Recognizing Excellence
Our education system owes its excellence to the outstanding contributions made by dedicated men and women across the province every single day.
At OPSBA, we strive to recognize those responsible for such contributions with our robust awards program that highlights trustees, educators and education workers, students, and community members for a variety of merits.
2025-26 OPSBA Awards
Know an amazing trustee, teacher, education worker, student or community member who deserves to be recognized for making a difference in their local school or community? Our 2025-26 Awards Program, fully refreshed for the new school year, is coming soon! Stay tuned to this space or review the new awards below. An archive of historical OPSBA Awards is also available below.
Award Categories
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Alumni Award (Trustee)
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Student Success Champion Award (Trustee)
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Emerging Leader Award (Trustee)
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Good Governance Award (Board of Trustees)
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Student Achievement Pathways Award (Student)
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Outstanding Service Award (School Board Staff and Volunteers)
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Ontario Public Student Trustee Leadership Scholarship
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Healthy Democracy Student Leadership Award
Historical Awards
In early 2025, OPSBA reviewed its Awards program to ensure it continues to reflect the Association’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities. As part of this process, some long-standing awards were retired to make way for the above new forms of recognition.
We honour the legacy of these awards and the many outstanding individuals and groups who received them over the years. To celebrate their contributions, you can view recipients of OPSBA’s historical awards by clicking the link for each award below.
Achievement Award and Award of Excellence
Bernardine Yackman Memorial Award
Dr. Harry Paikin Award of Merit