主席Joy Bowen-Eyre向Catherine McLeod颁发奖项

CBE理事会于2017年4月4日向Catherine McLeod颁发了最新的传承奖。

Cathy在约翰·韦尔学校就读，并于1975年从E.P. Scarlett高中毕业。高中毕业后，她获得了华盛顿特区盖洛迪特大学的文学学士学位和加利福尼亚州立大学洛杉矶分校的公共管理硕士学位。

她目前担任加利福尼亚州立大学硕士生院的国内国际聋人和重听者服务主任，并在听觉和聋人世界中产生了重大影响。

1969年，Cathy McLeod是CBE中的第一批重度听力障碍学生之一，她父母为她争取到与听力正常的学生一起上学的权利。对CBE来说，或者说对20世纪60年代和70年代的任何学区来说，接纳聋人学生进入常规课程无疑是未知和不适应的领域。

作为约翰·韦尔学校的学生，Cathy参加了常规课程并参加了所有课程。在那个时候，没有任何支持或辅助技术的帮助，她依靠老师和同学的耐心帮助她。

在E.P. Scarlett高中，Cathy有机会参加各种各样的活动，包括加入女子篮球队。当时，学校教职员工之间进行了很多讨论，是否可以让一个聋人参加球队——“如果她没听到哨子怎么办？”然而，一些聪明过时代的教职员工认为，让她参加是重要的。事实上，有很多有趣的时刻，她没有听到哨声，却拿着球继续朝球场上走。

毕业后，Cathy前往世界上唯一的聋人大学盖洛迪特大学继续学业。此后，她曾担任与聋人权益倡导相关的多个职位。她被认为是聋人和听觉社区中的典范。

从盖洛迪特大学毕业后，她搬到洛杉矶，担任1985年洛杉矶聋人奥运会（现改称残奥会）的助理游戏总监。该委员会设法获得了1984年洛杉矶奥运会使用的许多场地。

在此之后的13年里，Cathy在一个名为Greater Los Angeles for the Deaf（GLAD）的非营利组织工作，负责员工安置、人力资源服务和倡导计划。

Cathy还是美国特殊教育计划办公室一项联邦拨款的主任和首席研究员。该计划的主要目标是通过增加对该特定人群的高等教育项目的准入，并关注该人群的保留、毅力和毕业率，以支持聋人和重听者在美国范围内的高等教育成功。

“Cathy是我们希望学生成为的优秀示范，她不仅在学术上取得成功，还在品格和个人发展方面取得了成果，”CBE理事会主席Joy Bowen-Eyre说。“像Cathy这样坚持不懈、挑战界限并帮助我们看到可能性的学生将确保我们的学校系统和社会不断发展，变得更具包容性。”

尽管她不再住在卡尔加里，但她的工作对世界各地的聋人学生产生了影响，因为她致力于为所有聋人和重听者提供无障碍的环境。

祝贺Catherine！

关于传承奖

自2002年以来，CBE理事会通过CBE的慈善组织EducationMatters管理的杰出校友计划，表彰了许多杰出的CBE校友。在过去的14年中，获奖者包括奥运选手、慈善家、政治家、医生和其他在阿尔伯塔人民生活中产生影响并充分体现CBE成果的人士。 CBE杰出校友奖是EducationMatters成立新兴领导者基金的催化剂。通过该基金，支持学生领导机会、公民参与项目和高等教育奖学金等项目。

CBE传承奖是对校友成就的新视角。在CBE，成功是高度个人化的，每个学生都在定义自己的最佳学习方式，我们的教师致力于发掘每个学生独特的才华和天赋。我们要表彰那些继续这项工作、利用其独特才华使我们的世界变得更美好的前学生，他们是我们的传承。

可以全年投递传承奖的提名。

Chair Joy Bowen-Eyre presents the award to Catherine McLeod

The CBE Board of Trustees presented its most recent Legacy Award to Catherine McLeod on April 4, 2017.

Cathy attended John Ware School and graduated from Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School in 1975. After high school graduation, she went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University, Los Angeles.

She is currently the Director at the NCOD California State University, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services - Northridge, and has made a significant impact in both the hearing and deaf worlds.

In 1969, Cathy McLeod was one of the first profoundly deaf students to attend the CBE in a fully integrated program. Her parents fought hard for the right for her to attend school with hearing students.  Accepting a deaf student into the regular program was certainly uncharted and uncomfortable territory for the CBE, or any school district in the 1960s and 70s.

As a student at John Ware School, Cathy joined the regular program and attended all classes. With no supports or assistive technologies in place, she relied on the patience of her teachers and fellow students to help her.

At Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School, Cathy was able to have a range of experiences including joining the girls’ basketball team. At that time, much discussion between school staff occurred as to whether someone who was deaf could be on a team - "what if she didn't hear the whistle?" However, some staff members, who were wise beyond the times, believed that it was important that she be included. And, in fact, there were many funny moments when she did not, in fact, hear the whistle and carried on down the court with the ball.

After graduation, Cathy went on to Gallaudett University - the only deaf university in the world. Since that time, she has had a variety of positions related to advocacy for the deaf. She is considered to be a strong role model within the deaf and hearing community.

Upon graduation from Gallaudet, she moved to Los Angeles and volunteered as the Assistant Games Director for the 1985 World Games for the Deaf (now known as Deaflympics) in Los Angeles. The committee were able to secure many of the sites used in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

For 13 years, Cathy worked for a non-profit organization called Greater Los Angeles for the Deaf (GLAD) overseeing employee placement, human services and advocacy programs.

Cathy was also the Director and Principal Investigator of a federal grant from the Office of Special Education Program in the United States. The primary goal of this program was to support post-secondary success for deaf and hard of hearing individuals across the United States by increasing access to postsecondary programs, with a focus on retention, persistence and graduation rates for this targeted population.

“Cathy is an excellent example of the type of graduate we want our students to be – one who exemplifies the results of not only academic success, but of character and personal development,” said Joy Bowen-Eyre, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “Students like Cathy, who persevere, push boundaries and help show us what is possible will ensure that our school system and society continue to evolve and become more inclusive."

While she no longer lives in Calgary, her work has impacted the lives of deaf students around the world as she focuses on accessibility for all deaf and hard of hearing people.

Congratulations, Catherine!

About the Legacy Award

Since 2002, the CBE Board of Trustees have recognized significant CBE alumni through the Distinguished Alumni Program administered by EducationMatters, the CBE's charitable trust. In the past 14 years, recipients have included Olympians, philanthropists, politicians, doctors and others who have made an impact on the lives of Albertans, and who exemplify the CBE Results. The CBE Distinguished Alumni Awards were the catalyst for the creation of EducationMatters' Emerging Leaders fund. Student leadership opportunities, civic engagement initiatives and post-secondary student awards are among the projects supported through this fund.

The CBE Legacy Award is a fresh take on recognizing the achievements of our alumni. Success at the CBE is highly personal, with each student defining how they learn best and our teachers working to recognize the unique talents and gifts of each student. We want to acknowledge the individuals who continue this work, who use their unique talents to make our world better, the former students who are our legacy.

Nominations for the Legacy Award are accepted year round.