Canadian wins â¹6.5 crore Global Teacher Prize
Maggie MacDonnell, a Canadian who teaches Inuit students at a school in Salluit, Quebec, has won a $1 million (over â¹6.5 crore) Global Teacher Prize at a ceremony in Dubai. MacDonnell, who has been teaching for the past six years in the village with high suicide rates, was praised for changing the lives of her students and transforming her community.