Michael Ernest Sweet

Michael Ernest Sweet is a Canadian educator and photographer.
In 2003, Sweet founded the educational non-profit Learning for a Cause which published and promoted young writers and their sociopolitical work until 2010 when the initiative was taken over by Youth Fusion Quebec. The organization received endorsements and support from noted celebrities such as Candy Spelling, Martin Sheen, David Suzuki, Justin Trudeau, Farley Mowat, Roberta Bondar, Max Keeping, Alex Colville and others.
Sweet and his innovative teaching have been widely recognized in such publications as the Montreal Gazette, Canadian Teacher Magazine and 34th Parallel. CTV News Ottawa, in a 2008 interview, called Michael Sweet a "visionary teacher". In 2008 Concordia University's The Journal featured him as one of their Great Grads. and in 2009 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognized Sweet's contributions to education with a National Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence.
Michael Sweet is also a regular contributor to Canadian Teacher Magazine and CJAD Montreal News Talk Radio.
In recognition of exceptional service to education, Sweet was appointed to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in 2008. He has also been inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame - Wall of Fame - in the United States and awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for "significant contributions to Canadian education and the arts."

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