Life Membership Award

Award Background

The Life Membership Award recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes of BCCPAC by a parent/guardian/caregiver who has been involved in a member PAC or DPAC, and with BCCPAC.

Award Criteria

The Life Membership Award will honor an individual who has provided service to the Society and whose contribution is considered to have been innovative and of significant lasting importance for furthering the inclusion and support of parent/guardian/caregivers in BC’s public education system and the improvement of education for children in BC.

The recipient is a person who:

• Has been actively involved in BCCPAC for at least 5 years, contributing to the purposes of BCCPAC.
• Has served for at least one year on the BCCPAC Board of Directors or has served the organization in some other equivalent way.
• Is not currently serving on the Board.
• Has been recommended for Life Membership by at least six BCCPAC members in good standing.
• Has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the purposes of BCCPAC, and whose service to the Society is considered to have been innovative and of significant lasting importance to the inclusion and support of parent/guardian/caregivers in BC’s public education system and the improvement of education for children in BC.

Outstanding contributions shall be considered to be by someone who has:

• Promoted the involvement of parent/guardian/caregivers in BC’s public education system in a positive, effective, and long-lasting way.
• Actively contributed to the work of BCCPAC and significant advancement of its purposes as a Society.
• Demonstrated ability to influence change in education by leading, supporting, and mentoring
  parent/guardian/caregivers.
• Shared their expertise with a broad range of parent/guardian/caregivers through the development of resources, programs, and educational opportunities for parent/guardian/caregivers.

Nomination Period Opens: February 1, 2025

Award Nomination Form: Life Membership Award Nomination Form

Nomination Period Closes: March 31, 2025