User:Anomag/Adriano Magnifico

Adriano Magnifico, born in 1960 on May 29 in Winnipeg, started his teaching career in 1982 at St. Boniface Diocesan High School in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. In 1990, he earned a positiion with River East Collegiate and plyed his trade as an English teacher for 16 years until a move to Windsor Park Collegiate in 2005. It was in 1995 that Magnifico led, with the help of an energetic teaching team, a career/partnership program for senior high students that would go on to earn numerous awards and earn a reputation as one of Canada's outstanding partnership programs. The Career Internship Program or CIP (pronounced SIP) was funded during its initiation by Human Resources Development Canada as a Youth Internship Program (YIP). One of its major sponsors, The Logistics Institute in Toronto, ON, played a pivotal role in securing initial funding and in helping to shape the vision and scope of the program. Since 2009, CIP's mandate has been to deliver academic programming in both the humanities and sciences; explore students' personal passions and career aspirations; help students build networks with professional persons in businesses and professional associations; volunteer with not-for-profit organizations; and participate in internships with organizations that wish to contribute to the education of youth. Since 1995, CIP has educated over 1200 students and worked with over 700 businesses and volunteer centres. The program was recognized with 1997 and 1998 Conference Board of Canada Partners in Education Awards, a 2000 Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Innovation and Technology Award, the 2006 Canadian Council on Learning Work and Learning Award, a 2007 Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Dare to Discover Award, and six Business Plan Awards from the Women's Enterprise Centre. The single constant in CIP over the years has been Mr. Magnifico, whose vision continues to drive the program forward, build new partnership activities, and influence the delivery of other partnership programs in high schools throughout Canada. He has earned two Prime Minster's Teaching Award nominations duirng his tenure as the CIP Head, and was most recently honoured as the 2009 Anita Chapman Award recipient for innovative partnership programming in the Louis Riel School Division. The CIP program head has spoken from coast to coast in Canada about CIP and its unique pedagogical format and programming. He continues to lead the program at Windsor Park Collegiate as both CIP English Instructor and Program Head.