Palestine refugee girl’s story receives international award August 2012 Jerusalem When Israeli bulldozers arrived to demolish her home, 14-year-old Palestine refugee Salha Hamadin called on her pet Hantush to take her somewhere far away until they finished. Hantush, a flying lamb, took Salha on an adventure to Spain, where she met with the Barcelona football team’s Lionel Messi, who then returned with Salha to her community and promised to fix their football field. Messi then offered … [Read more...]
2012 MARTY Awards! Tickets are going fast!
May 26, 2012 by
Tickets going fast for 2012 MARTYS! May 31st at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga Join us as we roll out the red carpet for the city's top artists at the 2012 MARTY Awards! Come out and network with the "who's who" of the local arts world at this fabulous event! The MARTYS will take place on Thursday, May 31, 2012at the Living Arts Centre located at 4141 Living Arts Drive in Mississauga. Produced by the Mississauga Arts Council, the event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with … [Read more...]
Wangari Maathai Award 2012
May 12, 2012 by
Wangari Maathai Award 2012 Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. Wangari Maathai obtained a degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964). She subsequently earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1966). She pursued doctoral studies in Germany and the University of Nairobi, obtaining a Ph.D. … [Read more...]
L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science
March 29, 2012 by
The 14th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science © Julian Dufort for the L'Oréal Corporation Foundation UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Chairman of the L’Oréal Foundation Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones will present the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards to five exceptional women scientists during a ceremony at the Organization’s Headquarters on Thursday, 29 March. The winners of this year’s awards are: Professor Jill Farrant, Research Chair … [Read more...]
Celebrating PMO (Canada) Taking Action – Awards Program to recognize Canada’s Volunteers!
January 7, 2011 by
PRIME MINISTER of CANADA Stephen Harper PM announces new awards program to recognize Canada’s volunteers January 7, 2011 Welland, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced a new volunteer awards program to recognize the outstanding contributions of Canadians who volunteer their time, energy and talents to helping others, as well as local business leaders and individuals from not-for-profit organizations that make a difference in their communities. “Our Government … [Read more...]
Sarah Thomson Taking Action @ GLASS SLIPPER AWARDS!
December 30, 2010 by
WOMAN of ACTION Sarah Thomson WOMAN of ACTION: https://851.5b0.myftpupload.com/?p=6212 For all the Women of our World that may have not known, our WOMAN of ACTION, Sarah Thomson is the Founder of WOMEN'S POST, a successful women's ezine that has been supporting women for more than a decade now. It is our pleasure to share with the Women of our World one of Sarah's favorite Annual Activities, the Glass Slipper Award. If You know of a woman that You deem worthy for this Award, … [Read more...]
Killam Awards 2010 – December 14, 2010
December 12, 2010 by
Governor General to Honour Laureates of the 2010 Killam Prizes OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2010 Killam Prizes to five accomplished Canadian researchers during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on : Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 6 p.m. The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam Program, announced the names of the 2010 laureates earlier this year: Professor Ellen Bialystok, York … [Read more...]
United Nations Invites Nominations for 2011 Public Service Awards – Take Action, make Nomination!
November 22, 2010 by
Press Release Note No. 6287 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Note to Correspondents United Nations Invites Nominations for 2011 Public Service Awards as Competition Adds Gender, Anti-corruption Categories The United Nations is calling for nominations for its Public Service Awards 2011, an international competition designed to promote and support innovations and public service delivery worldwide. Open to all public organizations at the … [Read more...]
WOMAN of ACTION – Susan Burton
November 8, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is doing something a little different here, sharing an awesome interview done with The WOMEN'S EYE...as we are Gifting this Feature to Susan Burton, our choice of CNN Hero of the Year, 2010. Help us Celebrate the Life of this yet another amazing, selfless, resilient, thoughtful and active woman. Her NONPROFIT Foundation, 'A New Way of Life', is helping women Rise Above many Challenges, overcoming the struggle of building lives from 'SCRATCH', completely re-entering … [Read more...]
