Teacher wins $1M global prize for work in northern Quebec

A Canadian woman has won a global teaching prize worth $1 million US for her work in Salluit, an Inuit community in northern Quebec.

​Maggie MacDonnell, who grew up in Nova Scotia, beat out 20,000 other nominees for the 2017 Global Teaching Prize, which has become one of the most-coveted and high-profile awards for teaching excellence.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/world-best-teacher-quebec-salluit-maggie-macdonnell-1.4031806