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校委会向两届奥运会选手Monique Sullivan颁发CBE传承奖

卡尔加里教育委员会校委会于11月6日向两届奥运会选手Monique Sullivan颁发了2018-2019学年的第一项传承奖。

Monique目前是卡尔加里大学舒利克工程学院的机械工程研究生。在这个角色中，她致力于推动工程和教育领域的变革。

Monique的目标是通过积极招募和激励更多的女性进入工程领域来打破性别失衡。她还希望找到更具包容性和吸引力的教授工程的方式，以吸引更广泛的观众。

作为她的外展努力的一部分，她参观高中，举办活动，与潜在学生会面，以增进对工程的理解，激发他人的热情。

Monique还拥有其他一些值得一提的才华。你可能在2012年的伦敦奥运会或2016年的里约奥运会上见过她，在那里她代表加拿大参加了五个不同的自行车比赛项目。Monique还在2015年的泛美运动会上创造了历史，成为第一位在多伦多赢得三枚金牌的加拿大自行车选手。

尽管她取得了所有的成功，但她也经历了一些失望。在15岁时，还没有从威廉·阿伯哈特中学毕业之前，她参加了加拿大锦标赛上面向17至18岁的青少年自行车项目。她在50次试验赛中获得了第二名，但由于年龄不符合要求而被剥夺了奖牌。但她坚持了下来。

Monique是一个非常专注的个体。在建立自己的运动生涯的同时，她还在卡尔加里大学攻读机械工程学士学位。由于训练、比赛和旅行的原因，Monique花了九年时间才获得学位。

Monique还回馈社区。几年来，她一直是一个叫做Classroom Champions的项目的运动员导师。

Classroom Champions是一个致力于将贫困学生与世界级导师联系起来，让孩子们能够取得成功的项目。作为一名运动员导师，她与加拿大各地2-6年级的学生合作。她帮助学生建立目标设定、毅力和公民参与等社交情感技能。尽管她不再是运动员导师，但她仍然会在有机会时与阿尔伯塔省各地的小学和初中学生交谈。

Monique还支持加拿大国家队运动员，并指导和支持即将退役的运动员过渡出竞技。

最后，她还是Monique Sullivan发展基金奖的创始人，该基金筹集资金并提供每年奖学金，以支持加拿大发展型自行车选手。

无论是通过她的工作、她的志愿服务还是她的运动生涯，Monique都体现了CBE在学术上取得成功、公民意识、品格和个人发展等方面的成果，同时也支持他人达到他们的最高潜力。

每个传承奖都是独特的。Monique的奖中包括由她的校友Arianne Tubman完成的艺术作品。她完成了这个奖项上的刮板狼作品，作为她艺术30课程的一部分。她现在正在完成她在不列颠哥伦比亚大学的美术学士学位。

祝贺Monique Sullivan。

关于CBE传承奖

卡尔加里教育委员会传承奖庆祝卡尔加里的公共教育以及为我们社区做出贡献的个人。在城市的每一个角落、整个国家甚至全球范围内，我们的校友都产生了持久的影响。

公共教育在我们的社区、我们的国家和我们的世界中产生了巨大的影响。传承奖的获得者体现了公共教育系统的工作，并代表了CBE的传承：为生活、工作和激励终身学习准备学生。
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Trustees present Monique Sullivan with the CBE Legacy Award

The first Legacy Award of the 2018-19 school year was presented to two-time Olympian Monique Sullivan by the Calgary Board of Education Board of Trustees on Nov. 6.

Monique is currently a mechanical engineering graduate student at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. In this role, she has committed herself to driving the needle of change in the fields of engineering and education.

Monique aims to disrupt the gender imbalance in engineering by actively recruiting and inspiring more women to enter the field. She also wants to find ways to teach engineering that are more inclusive and engaging for a broader audience.

As part of her outreach efforts, she visits high schools, hosts events and meets with potential students to enhance understanding of engineering, and to spark a passion in others.

Monique has a few other talents that might be worth mentioning. You may have seen her in the London Olympics in 2012, or Rio in 2016, where she represented Canada in five separate cycling events. Monique also made history in 2015 as the first Canadian cyclist to win three gold medals at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. 

Despite all her success, she’s also had her disappointments. At age 15, before graduating from William Aberhart High School, she competed in a junior cycling category meant for ages 17-18 at the Canadian championships. She finished second in the 50-time trial, but had the medal taken back --- because she wasn’t age-eligible. But she persevered.

Monique is an incredibly dedicated individual. While building her athletic career, she was also working on her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the U of C. Due to training, competitions and travel, it took Monique nine years to earn her degree.

Monique also gives back to her community. For several years, she was an athlete mentor with a program called Classroom Champions.

Classroom Champions is a program that strives to connect underserved students with world-class mentors so that children can achieve success. As an athlete mentor, she worked with students in Grades 2-6 throughout Canada. She helped students build social-emotional skills like goal setting, perseverance and civic engagement. While she is no longer an athlete mentor, she still speaks to elementary and junior high school students from across Alberta whenever she gets the chance. 

Monique also supports current Canadian National Team athletes, and guides and supports retiring athletes as they transition out of competition. Finally, she is the founder of the Monique Sullivan Development Fund Award, which raises funds and provides annual scholarships to support Canadian development cyclists.

Whether it’s through her work, her volunteerism or her athletic career, Monique embodies the CBE’s results of academic success, citizenship, character and personal development, while also supporting others to reach their highest potential.

Each Legacy award is unique. Monique’s includes artwork by fellow William Aberhart graduate Arianne Tubman. She completed the scratchboard wolf featured on this award as part of her Art 30 requirement. She is now completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia.

Congratulations, Monique Sullivan.

About the CBE Legacy Award

The CBE Legacy Award celebrates public education in Calgary, and the individuals who have contributed to our communities. In every corner of the city, across the country and beyond, our alumni have made a lasting impact.

Public education makes a difference in our communities, our country and our world. Legacy Award recipients embody the work of the public education system and represent the legacy of the CBE: preparing students for life, work and inspiring life-long learning.
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