CWLC Announces 2010 Achievement Award Winners
The CWLC announced its 2010 Achievement Award winners at a reception on Thursday, February 24, at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa.
Hosted by CWLC chief executive officer, Peter Dudding, the 2010 CWLC Achievement Awards recognized the contributions of youth, individuals and groups in various sectors of the Canadian child protection system that have led to significant achievements towards the goals of child protection services in Canada.
“The CWLC firmly believes that it is the remarkable dedication of the many staff, foster parents, researchers, advocates and youth, who make the difference for the children and families that we all serve,” said Dudding. “We would also like to thank RBC for their generosity in funding the RBC Youth Achievement Award. RBC and CWLC share a common purpose: the health and wellbeing of children and youth across Canada and we are extremely pleased to partner with them on our premier award.”
The RBC Youth Achievement Award offers a new education bursary of $2,000 in addition to travel and accommodations for the youth and a chaperone to attend the awards ceremony. Representing RBC and presenting the award and bursary to the winner was Jeff Boyd, RBC Regional President of Ontario North and East.
This year’s winners of CWLC’s five (5) awards are:
- Advocacy Award: Camil Picard, nominated by Centre de jeunesse de la Montérégie
- Foster Parent Award: Anne Gagné and Gilles Tremblay, nominated by Centre jeunesse de Montréal – Institut universitaire
- Children’s Services Award: John Gotowiec, nominated by Pacific Community Resources Society
- Research and Program Excellence Award: Dr. Lil Tonmyr, nominated by the Public Health Agency of Canada
- RBC Youth Achievement Award: Sheila, a 17-year old youth nominated by the Ministry of Children & Family Development, Vancouver Coastal Region Youth Engagement Team
The evening’s keynote address was given by Dr. Ian Manion, executive director of the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario).
The evening also featured a video presentation by Kinark Child and Family Services (www.SpeakingofKidsMentalHealth.ca), whose youth group recently won a YouTube competition about “Changing the View” of the stigma surrounding child and youth mental health launched by Children’s Mental Health Ontario.
Photos of the event can be found on the CWLC website under Events/Achievement Awards
