By Staff
December 11th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
We are coming to the close of Canada’s sesquicentennial – our 150th anniversary as a country,
Both the federal, provincial and municipal governments’ have poured a tonne of money into this celebration.
When the Gazette’s political columnist Ray Rivers was touring a Canadian Armed Forces training base in Ukraine he was able to hand out Canada 150 pins to the troops serving in Ukraine.
Burlington MPP Eleanor McMahon announced last week the names of the Burlington150 Award recipients at a special reception held at Crossroads Centre in Burlington.
McMahon said the 150 residents “embody the qualities and values that make our province great and who have dedicated their time and talent towards community service in Burlington.
The recipients contribute to:
• Celebrating diversity/inclusion
• Building community/capacity
• Protecting the heritage of Burlington
• Protecting the environment
• Promoting a healthy community
In July 2017, residents of Burlington were asked to nominate suitable candidates through an application process organized by MPP McMahon’s Constituency Office.
Photographs of some of the recipients are shown below.
Awarded were:
Woman
Sue Aiken
Michelle Bennett
Michelle Bennett an advocate for community gardens.
Cheryl De Lugt
Dorothy Borovich
Rishia Burke
Lana Biro
Susan Busby
Karen Candy
Charlene Cheng
Angie Crichton
Cheryl De Lugt
Kristin Demeny
Mary Dilly
Amy D’Souza
Jody Dugas
Erin Dunham
Elaine Evenson
Tanya Ferro
Jasmina Garbus
Stephanie Geosits
Judy Goodings
Shirley Heathfield
Janine Hersey
Becky Hewis
Frances Hillier
Beverley Jacobs
Paulene Jodry
Candice Keem
Lisette Kingo
Marina Lloyd
Jean Longfield
Lisa Lunski
Heather MacLeod
Diane Miller
Colleen Mulholland
Colleen Mulholland
Mary Nichol
Sandy O’Reilly
Gwen Piller
Dorothy Pocock
Connie Price
Sara Rams
Fareen Samji
Chloe Schleichkorn
Amy Schnurr
Peggi Shepherd DeGroote
Janice Skafel
Sheila Slattery-Ford
Joanna Sparrow
Hanadi Subhi Almasri
Bonnie Sylvia
Patricia Vollick
Carole Ward
Carole Ward on the left.
Jessica Wesolowski
Pam West
Darlene Wierski-Devoe
Men
Don Allan
Andy Barber
Rob Bennett
Angelo Bentivegna
Angelo Bentivegna
Kale Black
Rev. Bill Bond
Rick Burgess
Colin Campbell
John Chisholm
Stephen Clarke
Casey Cosgrove
John Creary
John Doyle
Ron Foxcroft
Gil Garbus
David Goodings
Brian Hansell
Alan Harrington
Dr. James Henry
Fergie Holland
Bill Hughes
Cam Jackson
Cam Jackson
Rainer Noack
David Johnson
Ron Kirk
Craig Kowalchuk
Doug Leggat
Bryce Leggatt
Marcus Logan
Matthew MacPherson
Ken Maitland
Ted Michaels
James Morrison
Walter Mulkewich
Rainer Noack
Fred Norman
Angelo Paletta
Dr. Bob Peeling
Bob Pring
Bill Reid
Karmel Sakran, chair of Halton Learning Foundation
Karmel Sakran
John Searles
Don Smith
Jonathan Smith
Murray Sutherland
Jim Sweetlove
John Thorpe
Dave Tourchin
Jack Van der Laan
Peter John Van Dyk
Mike Vencel
Scott Wallace
George Wright
Dan Wynnyk
Griffin Gervais second from the left.
Rory Nisan on the left.
Youth
Janna Abdelaziz
Sara Ahmed
Aiman Akmal
Madeleine Barbeau
Sarah Bennett
Kennedy Boyd
Charlotte Brooks
Sean Clarke
Hannah Doherty
Autumn Finley
Victoria Finley
Jerry Gao
Griffin Gervais
Grace Hellam
Luke Hellam
Emma Jackson
Riya Karumanchi
Megan Lee
Jacob Lightfoot
Tianmi Liu
Aidan MacMillan
Carina McDonald
Thomas McDonald
Brianna Moore
Rory Nisan
Shawn Patrick
Sean Reynolds
Pranetr Ranjit
Kate Smith
Keri-Lynn and Maddie Smith
Phoenix Smith
Ayden Soares
Aleksandra Sorbovski
Jessica Sumner
Abbey Syer
Luis Tavares
Noor Toeama
Gershon Tsirulnikov
David Vandenberg
Olivia Walker-Edwards
Emma Ward
Taylor Ward
Connor Withers
Grace Aleta Workman-Porecki
