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Canadian Education Association: "October 25, 2005
Professor Clermont Gauthier and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante are the recipients of the 2005 CEA Whitworth Award for Education Research

In Calgary, on October 11, 2005, CEA presented the 2005 CEA-Whitworth Award for Education Research to Professor Clermont Gauthier and to the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE).

The Selection Committee, comprised of education researchers and other leaders in the field – including Dr. John Willinsky, the recipient of the 2004 Whitworth Award – was unanimous in its decision to present the Award to Dr. Gauthier and the CRIFPE.

Clermont Gauthier is full professor of psycho-pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at Laval University. He holds the Canada Research Chair in the Study of Teacher Training and is a member of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante. With over two hundred written works, many of which have been translated into English, Spanish and Portuguese, and contributions to more than two hundred and fifty conferences, Clermont Gautier’s contribution to education through research is recognized in Europe, Brazil, Mexico and several African countries as well as in Canada.

The Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE) includes 95 full-time, associate and international researchers. It promotes collaborative research practices and methods that examine complex questions at many levels. It develops new avenues of research on teaching and teacher education. Four Canada Research Chairs are officially attached to the CRIFPE - Professor Claude Lessard, Canada Research Chair on Occupations in Education, Professor Thierry Karsenti, Canada Research Chair in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education, Pro"