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George Egan graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1970 and 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts and Education. Following graduation, he served as an executive assistant to the Premier of Prince Edward Island and later a provincial cabinet minister in Nova Scotia, before moving to the Nova Scotia Department of Social Services. In the social and academic fields, he served as the administrator of a day care, a residential centre, executive director of a local theatre, and worked with the Diocese of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island. He has served on boards of directors with hospitals and homes for special care. For a time, he managed the family business before teaching full time.
Since 1989, Mr. Egan has been a teacher of English, history and political science, at Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School, Yarmouth, NS. Since 1992, he has written the various war related stage and movie dialogues and scripts of 440 Productions.
Since 2000, he has twice been nominated for both the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence and the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History.
On April 18th, 2005, he was honoured with a Nova Scotia Award for Teaching Excellence during Education Week 2005 (April 17-23) for exceptional contributions to the theme "History: Look in your own backyard". The award was presented at the Pier 21 National Historic Site in Halifax NS.
In 2005 he was again nominated for the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History. The GGA annually salutes history teachers in the classrooms of our nation who have inspired and challenged students to explore Canada's past. Nominees must demonstrate that they have excelled in the teaching of Canadian History or Social Studies. The award recognizes excellence in the teaching of Canadian history.
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