Saturday April 30
Three Black community leaders were among nineteen exceptional women and girls honoured by the government of Ontario, at the 2016 Leading Women Leading Girls Building Communities awards, hosted by popular Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi. Toni Francis, Suzan Lavertu and Paula Whitelock were on hand at a the Bronson Centre to receive their well deserved awards for their tireless volunteer work and community engagement.
This 2016 recipients from were:
- Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
- Noémie Pound
- Bonnie Campbell
- Suzan Richards Lavertu
- Gloria Bae
- Erenia Hernandez-Oliver
- Maria Luisa Vasquez
- Maureen Boyd
- Paula Agulnik
- Anne Dawson
- Tiffany Glover
- Diane Holmes
- Christine Leadman
- Donna Brouse
- Katherine Godding
- Callia Bouse
- Paula Whitelocke
- Toni Francis
- Elaine Larsen
Source: Yasir Naqvi MPP : http://www.yasirnaqvi.onmpp.ca/
Other photo credit: Sarah Onyango