TORONTO — Skills Ontario and the Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE) announced the recipient of the 2020 Dick Hopkins Award of Excellence in Technological Education is Mario Blouin from the Conseil Scolaire Catholique de District Des Grandes Rivieres.
Dick Hopkins, a technology educator at Napanee and Sydenham high schools and Queens University’s Faculty of Education, passed away suddenly in October 2002. In his honour, Skills Ontario and the OCTE grant an annual award of excellence to outstanding technology educators.
Recipients are technological educators or administrators who endorse community-based projects, promote skilled trade and technology careers and uphold quality teaching with enthusiasm for technological education, states a Skills Ontario release.
Blouin taught technology education for 32 years prior to his retirement in June 2019. Along with his experience as a professional welder, he became an expert in robotics and design, communications, animation, machining and manufacturing.
Blouin has also led many conference workshops, symposiums and formal discussions with university teacher certification programs.
“As a testament to his enthusiastic, compassionate and goal-oriented teaching style, many of Mario’s students have proceeded to become successful journeypersons and business owners,” states the June 9 release. “Evidently, Mario’s passion for fostering the growth of strong skill sets in youth go beyond the classroom and extend into the community.”
The 2020 Dick Hopkins Award will be presented jointly from Skills Ontario and OCTE at the OCTE Awards Gala on Nov. 23 at the Hilton Mississauga Meadowvale in Mississauga, Ont.
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