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2022 M-B Award -
Donor Relations and Marketing Equity Working Group Team
The team (comprised of Adam Hess, Alpa Patel, Lyndsay Nugent, Monika Go, Nayeon Kim and Samra Habib) is recognized for their collaborative commitment and consultative approach to representing the communities we serve, setting and embodying a future model, and driving forward a future of philanthropy built in solidarity with our communities and each other. Their direction and […]
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2022 M-B Award -
Ronni Gorman
Ronni is commended for her leadership and mentorship in building the capacity of residents and stakeholders in place-based investments in both Regent Park and York Region. Ronni built a strong rapport within the community sector and achieved many successes over the past year. She was instrumental in the design, implementation, and support to launch the […]
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2022 M-B Award -
Paul Chamberlain
Paul is recognized for the design, development, and co-leadership on the Black-focused Employment Social Enterprise Idea Accelerator, which is an initiative making the Toronto Enterprise Fund more accessible to organizations led by and serving the Black community. Paul reached out to Black leaders to understand barriers Black social entrepreneurs were facing, and how best to […]
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2022 Team Achievement Award - Greater Toronto
Rural Employment Initiative
(3 members – Manjula Gopal, Neil Harris, Tetyana Maksymenko.) The Rural Employment Initiative (REI) team is a unique team that was created and developed at the Newcomer Centre of Peel 6 years ago to streamline immigrant settlement by assisting rural communities in developing and implementing newcomer attraction and retention strategies and facilitating the movement of […]
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2022 Team Achievement Award - Greater Toronto
The Collective
(5 members – Cynthia Downey, Karen Hoffmann-Zak, Kary McIntosh, Shiva Maleki, Song Sha.) Each member of The Collective at the Times Change Women’s Employment Service plays an important role of leader, responsible for making critical decisions and strategically prioritizing the agency’s future goals as well as the double-duty honour of being front line workers (counsellors, […]
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2022 Team Achievement Award - Greater Toronto
Culturally Competent Recovery College
(36 members – Alan Lam, Cecilia Yung, Cici Ho, Clara Lee, Derek Du, Elsa Chu, Emillie Nguyen, Erica Wan, Hearan Jin, Jade Zhang, Jason Wong, John Huang, Joseph Shan, Julia Mo, Katie Chen, Kim Nguyen, Kitty Wong, Kyeong Won, Linda Wen, Liping Peng, Mei Cai, Michael Wong, Mony Mok, Moshe Sakal, Na Young Suh, Quoc […]
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2022 Team Achievement Award - Greater Toronto
Food Systems initiative frontline team
(3 team members – Clarence Snow, Desrene Cole, Krystyne Gunnis) At a time when The East Scarborough Storefront (The Storefront) was forced to close their doors to the physical building due to COVID19, the Food Systems team’s exceptional efforts to stay connected to local residents throughout this challenging time surfaced an existing food insecurity in […]
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2022 Team Achievement Award - Greater Toronto
Ensuring Service Continuity to Vulnerable Adults
Because the organization services adults with developmental disabilities, it was crucial that the programs and support services offered continued without interruption when the community was hit by several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure that this vulnerable population group continued to be supported. Because the imposed upon restrictions were unprecedented, the organization […]
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2022 Leadership Award - Greater Toronto
Lori MacLead
Lori began her journey with Yellow Brick House as a volunteer and since joining their staff team over a decade ago, she has managed the properties at three locations, ensuring the grass gets cut, the plumbing works, security cameras are running, walls are repaired and painted, furniture is moved, and appliances are repaired. Lori builds […]
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2022 Leadership Award - Greater Toronto
Deborah Jules
For close to 20 years, Deb Jules has served as manager of the Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre Drop-In and has been responsible for a growth in service that now has over 300 service users a day. Deb works with her staff, volunteers, placement students and program facilitators to continually improve the service user experience and […]
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