BRUCE WILSON
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

The CAFCE Service Award recognizes members who have performed outstanding services to the association in the last year. I am pleased to announce that the 2008/2009 CAFCE Service Award goes to Bruce Wilson of The University of Guelph.

Bruce has been a member of the CAFCE Professional Development Committee since 2003 and has served as Chair of the committee since 2004. In this capacity Bruce has led the committee in creating, organizing, and facilitating CAFCE Professional Development events providing quality professional development opportunities for co-op practitioners across Canada.

Bruce is described as being masterful in keeping the Professional Development Committee focused and motivated through the challenges involved in delivering professional development events to members across Canada. He listens to, and values the contributions of the committee members, and has always taken on more than his share of logistical responsibilities in coordinating events and never complaining while doing so.

A prime example of his leadership was his commitment to bringing PD events to CAFCE members via web casts. In the initial stages of research the costs of doing so seemed prohibitive but Bruce was diligent in exploring all options to try to make the web cast a reality. His persistence led to CAFCE’s first ever web cast held in 2007 at the University of Waterloo and the one we are enjoying today courtesy of Simon Fraser University.

I’d ask all our members to join me in offering congratulations to Bruce. Thank you for your time and efforts on behalf of CAFCE!

Stefan Kerry
Chair, CAFCE Nominations and Awards Committee
Presented on November 5, 2009 at the CAFCE Annual General Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia