Award Finalists

2023 Award Finalists

BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Blue Door Support Services
  • Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch
  • Canuck Place Children’s Hospice
  • Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
  • DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
  • Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)
  • Let’s Talk Science
  • London Cross Cultural Learner Centre
  • Lookout Housing and Health Society
  • Milton Community Resource Centre (MCRC)
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP)
  • Woodview Mental Health & Autism Services
  • YWCA Metro Vancouver

Individual

Finalists
  • Angela Carter (Roots Community Services Inc)
  • Darryl De Dios (Volunteer Alberta)
  • Iman Bukhari (Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation)
  • Kimberly Cato (Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapist (OSRP))
  • Louie Di Palma (Ontario Chamber of Commerce)
  • Patrick Newton Bondo (The Outreach Social Care Foundation)
  • Rosanna Chowdhury (York University)
  • Sarah Robinson (Toronto Cares Initiative)
  • Sathya Thillainathan (Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS))
  • Shauna Bookal (Inclusion in Canadian Sports Network (ICSN))

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
  • Kello Inclusive
  • New Westminster Family Place
  • Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada
  • Toronto Cares Initiative
  • Women CyberSecurity Society (WCS2)
  • Work Wellness Institute
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Niagara Children’s Centre
  • Thrive Group
  • WoodGreen Community Services
  • Yellow Brick House

Individual

Finalists
  • Alanna Elias (Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW))
  • Cathy Steeves (United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo (FMWB))
  • Emily Katherine Tingey (Alzheimer Society of Muskoka)
  • George Sheen (Volunteer Connect York Region)
  • Pavneet Kaur Manchanda (Indigenous Friends Association)
  • Sara Brown (Northwest Territories Association of Communities)
  • Shannon Caskey (The Darling Home for Kids)

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • Fertility Matters Canada (FMC)
  • Melanoma Canada
  • North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network
  • The Heart of Hastings Hospice
  • United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories
  • Canuck Place Children’s Hospice
  • Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank
  • Ilitaqsiniq
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • SafeLink Alberta Society (Formerly HIV Community Link)
  • Ve’ahavta
  • YW Calgary

Individual

Finalists
  • Catherine Gordon (Canuck Place Children’s Hospice)
  • Freya Struthers (WaterAid Canada)
  • Jannies Le (Armagh)
  • Lindsay Jennings (Rittenhouse)

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • AGATA Resource Centre. Inc.
  • BC Museums Association
  • Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
  • Oshawa – Durham Rape Crisis Centre
  • WaterAid Canada
  • Work Wellness Institute
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Buddy Services Centre for Seniors
  • Calgary Humane Society
  • Digital Moment
  • Findhelp | 211
  • MLSE LaunchPad
  • Shelter Movers
  • TakingITGlobal
  • Trinity Village
  • Venture for Canada

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • La Cantine pour tous
  • Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy
  • Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Foothills Country Hospice Society
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank
  • Let’s Talk Science
  • Lookout Housing and Health Society
  • Ottawa Food Bank
  • Play Forever
  • Yellow Brick House

Individual

Finalists
  • Ashley Thorne (Children’s Health Foundation)
  • Dorothy Mok (York Region Educational Services)
  • Emil Yim (Strathcona Place Society)
  • Kitty Lo (Chinese Community Policing Centre)
  • Kristi Ballenthin (Humane Society Hastings Prince Edward)
  • Lais Silva Gomes (Access Pro Bono Society of BC)
  • Laura Lafantaisie (Hospice Care Ottawa)
  • Lindsay Baker (Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (and BC SPCA))
  • Mishal Husain (Milton Community Resource Centre)
  • Nancy Wells (Kelowna General Hospital Foundation)
  • Roxci Bevis (Derby Reach/Brae Island Parks Association)
  • Sai Ananya Gandikota (Phoenix Jewel of the East (Lions Club))

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • FYOU (Forgive You): The Forgiveness Project
  • GlobalMedic
  • LGBT YouthLine
  • Moving Forward Family Services
  • Ontario Schools Cricket Association
  • Volunteer MBC
  • Wings of Hope for Africa
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – YOUTH ADVANCEMENT
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO ADVANCING YOUTH IN THE WORKPLACE

20+ Staff

Finalists
  • Bandology
  • Creative Options Regina
  • Digital Moment
  • Living Lakes Canada
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • Plan International Canada
  • Student Energy
  • United for Literacy
  • WinSport
  • YMCA BC

Individual

Finalists
  • Bridget Ofosu-Andam (Developing Communities Everywhere Organization)
  • Chloe Chang (The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada)
  • Irene Kessie (Rise In STEM)
  • Maya Al Bash (YMCA Greater Toronto Area (GTA))
  • Michelle Mungar Lumley (WinSport)

Under 20 Staff

Finalists
  • BASIC EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS OF TORONTO (B.E.S.T.)
  • Broad Reach Canada
  • Bully-Free Foundation Canada
  • Fresh Roots
  • Future North
  • I-Think
  • JACS Toronto
  • Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank
  • Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre
  • United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo
  • VIBE Arts
  • Weston Frontlines Centre
  • Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada
MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL IMPACT – STAFF
&
MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL IMPACT – VOLUNTEER

Staff

Finalists
  • Andrea Paquette (Stigma-Free Society)
  • Angela Carter (Roots Community Services Inc)
  • Colleen Fitzpatrick (Rotary Centre for the Arts Kelwona)
  • Dani Miller (Community Forests International)
  • Dara Dillon (The Inclusivity Institute for Better Data (IIBD))
  • Dave Page (The Children’s Book Bank)
  • Elder Whapahcheaph (Glenda) (Atira Women’s Resource Society)
  • Hailey Coleman (The Lung Association, Manitoba)
  • Kayla Siefried (The Compost Education Centre)
  • Lindsay Van Dekerkhove (GOOD TO BE GOOD)
  • Melody Pender (Southern Gulf Islands Community Resource Centre Society (SGICRC) and SGINH)
  • Sandra McCormack (The Denise House)
  • Sara Brown (Northwest Territories Association of Communities)
  • Sonny Wong (Toronto Metropolitan University)
  • Taya Rtichsheva (U Multicultural Inc)

Volunteer

Finalists
  • Amber Craig (Breaking Free Foundation)
  • Ashid Bahl (For the Love of Children Society of Alberta)
  • Brian Huston (The Unison Fund)
  • Cecilia Ching Yee Leung (Chinese Community Policing Centre)
  • Cheryl Young (Fibromyalgia Well Spring Foundation)
  • Clare Mallow (Kelowna General Hospital Foundation)
  • Cole Taylor (A Greener Future)
  • Deane Collinson (Fred Victor)
  • James Larsen (March of Dimes Canada and After Stroke BC)
  • Laetitia Satam (Kids Help Phone)
  • Mandy Urbach (Huntington Society of Canada)
  • Marian Pinsky (ChangeMakers)
  • Marie Nancy (Greater Vancouver Food Bank)
  • Olaitan Onyebuoha (Black Business & Professional Network Inc. New Brunswick)