Honourary Membership Award
The Honourary Membership Award is conferred on an individual who might otherwise have no membership eligibility and has given meritorious service to education, the profession, or the NSTU. The service must have been dedicated, long-standing service that benefited the members of the NSTU and therefore, the teaching profession and public education. Upon approval of the Provincial Executive, the President of the Union shall move a motion, seconded by the First Vice-President, that the Annual Council confer the award upon the nominee.
NSTU Honourary Members
An Honourary Member is a person upon whom the honour has been conferred by a resolution of Council.
Honourary Members
| Mr. Ronald Morrison | Mr. Jim MacKay |
| Mr. W. Ronald MacPherson | Mr. Wayne Noseworthy |
| Mr. Greg O'Keefe | Mr. Bill Redden |
| Mr. Les Walker | Ms. Margaret Swan |
Deceased
| Mr. H. H. Blois | Justice V. P. Pothier | Dr. Florence Wall |
| Mr. Fred Phelan | Dr. M. V. Marshall | Mr. Rod Fredericks |
| Dr. M. M. Coady | Sir Ronald Gould | Dr. Tom Parker |
| Mr. C. L. Filmore | Mrs. Gene Morison Hicks | Mr. Cecil Durling |
| Dr. J. P. McCarthy | Dr. H. D. Hicks | Dr. T. L. Sullivan |
| Dr. Ian Forsythe | Dr. H. P. Moffatt | Hon. Robert L. Stanfield |
| Sister Rose Catherine | Rev. Dr. Malcolm MacLellan | Mr. Arthur Conrad |
| Mr. John Oliver | Ms. Margaret Graham | Dr. Norman Fergusson |
| Mr. Murray Fahie | Mr. Gerald McCarthy | Mr. L. Emmet Currie |
| Mr. Earle Tubrett |
Guidebook excerpt
Honourary Membership Award
1. Purpose:
To confer membership status on an individual [with the rights set out in By-law 10(f)] who might otherwise have no membership eligibility and who is a person that the Union wants to bestow an honour upon in recognition of a significant contribution to education, the profession or the NSTU.
2. Criteria:
(a) Any person who has given meritorious service to education, the profession, or the NSTU.
(b) The service must have been dedicated, long-standing service that benefited the members of the NSTU and, therefore, the teaching profession and public education.
3. Nominations & Selection:
(a) Nominations are made by the Table Officers to the Provincial Executive of the Union. Upon approval of the Provincial Executive, the President of the Union shall move a motion, seconded by the First Vice-President, that the Annual Council confer the award upon the nominee.
4. Presentation of Award:
The Honourary Membership Award, which consists of an appropriate certificate, is given at the opening session of the Annual Council and published in an edition of The Teacher.