Press releases from Learning for a Cause

Canadian Educator Michael Ernest Sweet Wins 2009 NCTE Teaching Award
Nov 20, 2009
Leading Canadian Educator Michael Ernest Sweet wins a 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Teaching Award for founding The Learning for a Cause Student Press in Montreal, Quebec.

Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award Seeks Authors To Submit Books!
Oct 14, 2009
The Pearson Prize - A premier Canadian teen choice award for small press and self-published authors - is seeking submissions for it's 2010 competition. Authors can submit their books for free and have their work taught in a high school classroom.

Montreal Educator Takes Canada's Top Award for Teaching
Oct 13, 2009
Montreal Teacher Michael Ernest Sweet is a 2009 Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence Laureate in Recognition of his Founding a Student Press.

The Pearson Prize Announces 2009 Teen Book Award Winner
May 13, 2009
100 Montreal high school students select the Pearson Prize Book Award winner - The Wranglers and the New Order of the Pyramid by Eric Nail is the 2009 Award Recipient. Runners-up Misfit McCabe by LK Gardner-Griffie and Jack Said by Simon Phillips.

125 Montreal and NYC Students Set to Launch Book with Actor Martin Sheen and Astronaut Marc Garneau
May 04, 2009
125 Montreal and New York high school writers are set to release a new anthology with guest writer Emmy-award-winner Martin Sheen. The anthology, a publication of the award-winning project Learning for a Cause, explores the idea of being human.

Pearson Prize - Teen Choice Book Award Announced
Nov 22, 2008
A New Book Award was Announced in Montrea. The Pearson Prize - Teen Choice Award is a way for high school students to get books to read and review and an opportunity for an author to win an award all in one and all for FREE!

Canadian Educator MICHAEL ERNEST SWEET Honoured for Founding Non-Profit
Nov 17, 2008
Windsor Nova Scotia native and now resident of Montreal, Canadian educator Michael Ernest Sweet inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame - Wall of Fame - and the International Who's Who as one of public education's top 1000.

MARTIN SHEEN Joins Montreal High School Writing Project
Nov 17, 2008
Emmy award-winning actor Martin Sheen has joined Lester B. Pearson High School's Learning for a Cause Writing Project . Sheen is set to write the foreword to the project's 2009 Anthology titled "Raising Humanity" - an exploration of humanity.