Dr. Harry Paikin Award of Merit

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About the Award

​The Dr. Harry Paikin Award of Merit was awarded to an Active or Retired Public School Trustee for outstanding service as a public school trustee from 1987 to 2025. Dr. Harry Paikin served as a trustee for the Board of Education for the City of Hamilton from 1944 until his death in 1985. This award was initiated in Dr. Paikin’s memory in 1987 by his colleagues and friends who appreciated his visions of learning and life. During his 41 years of service on the board, Dr. Paikin was known as a dedicated supporter of learning and is remembered for his love of poetry and oration.

Learning’s achieved through head, hand and heart,
And the greatest of these is heart.
Learning is not to be exploited or hoarded,
It must by all be ably afforded.
Learning’s not meant to feed the fires of strife
Linked only to peace can it build a happy life.

– from Hall of Learning by Dr. Harry Paikin

Recipients

  • Cathy Abraham, Trustee, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB
    Shelley Laskin, Trustee, Toronto DSB
    Dr. Elizabeth Sinclair, Trustee, York Region DSB

  • Arlene Morell,  Trustee, Thames Valley DSB

  • Doreen Dewar, Trustee, Rainbow DSB

  • Judith Brown, Trustee, Limestone DSB

  • Colleen Schenk, Trustee, Avon Maitland DSB

    Ted Martin, Retired Trustee, Waterloo Region DSB

  • Gerri Gershon, Toronto DSB

    Jan Johnstone, Bluewater DSB

     

     

  • Janet I. McDougald, Peel DSB

  • Roy Wilfong​, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB

  • Howard Goodman, Toronto DSB

  • Helen M. Brown, Limestone DSB

  • Peter Adams-Luchowski​, York Region DSB

  • John Hendry, Waterloo Region DSB

  • Dalton Clark, DSB of Niagara​

  • Beth Cooper, Greater Essex County DSB

  • Lynn Graham, Ottawa-Carleton DSB​

  • Jennifer Waterston​, Upper Grand DSB​

  • Ethel Gardiner, Halton DSB

    ​Dave Parry, Limestone DSB

     

  • Bob Willsher, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB​

  • Doris Monahan, Trillium Lakelands DSB​

  • Joyce Bennett​, Thames Valley DSB

  • Cheryl Murdoch, Trillium Lakelands DSB

    Walter Gowing, Waterloo Region DSB​

  • Mae Waese​, North York Board of Education

  • Fiona Nelson, ​Toronto District School Board

  • Bill Brock, London Board of Education

  • Elizabeth Witmer, Waterloo County Board of Education

  • Roy Edwards, Simcoe County Board of Education

  • Edwin Woodbridge, Essex County Board of Education

  • Arthur J. Charbonneau, Renfrew County Board of Education

  • Arlene Wright, Grey County Board of Education

  • Twyla Hendry, Waterloo County Board of Education

  • Sam J. McLeod, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry County Board of Education

  • May Parkinson, London Board of Education

    Arnold Townsend, Dufferin County Board of Education

  • Clare Farrow, Etobicoke Board of Education

  • Dr. Taylor Evans, Wellington County Board of Education