NSTU Awards

Honourary Member

NSTU Operational Procedures Excerpt

Section VI – General

28. Awards

Standing Order 14 of the NSTU Constitution confers authority to the Provincial Executive to grant Life Membership Awards, Special Awards and Local Service Awards. Article I (6) of the NSTU By-Laws creates a category of membership called an Honourary Member and confers authority to the Annual Council to grant this membership.

A. Honourary Member

1. Purpose
   To confer membership status on an individual (with the rights as set out in By-Law Article I 6 (b)) 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
   1. Any person who has given meritorious service to education, the profession, or the NSTU.

   2. 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
   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 Member will be awarded an appropriate certificate, at the opening session of the Annual Council and details will be published in an edition of The Teacher.
   

Reference: October 2004; amended January 2008; February 2008; April 2008; September 2008; January 2013; February 2022; June 2022