Award Semi-Finalists

2024 Award Semi-Finalists

FUNDRAISING
IMPACT
VOLUNTEER
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH
YOUTH ADVANCEMENT
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE

20+ Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • CanadaHelps
  • Canadian Cancer Society
  • Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
  • Circle of Care, Sinai Health
  • Covenant House Toronto
  • EMBERS
  • Goodwill Industries of Alberta
  • Indigenous Friends Association
  • Lookout Housing and Health Society
  • Milton Community Resource Centre
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • Play Forever
  • Pleo – Parents’ Lifeline
  • Project SHARE
  • SafeLink Alberta Society
  • Toronto Humane Society
  • VHA Home Healthcare
  • WorkLink Employment Society

Individual

Semi-Finalists

  • Angela Bradley (Community Living Toronto)
  • Christopher Buchner (Toronto Humane Society)
  • Dr. Narine Dat Sookram (Quick Response)
  • Gabrielle Guillon (Canadian Cancer Society)
  • Maryam Shafaei (Empowering Moms and Children Organization)
  • Molara Awosedo (Greater Toronto Airport Authority)
  • Nita Goswami (Downtown East Community Church & Family Services)
  • Robin Fraser (Covenant House Toronto)
  • Shereen Rampersad (Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP))
  • Siu Mee Cheng (Street Haven at the Crossroads)
  • Vivian Richard (Downtown East Community Church & Family Services)

Under 20 Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development
  • East Scarborough Storefront- A project of Makeway
  • Ontario Schools Cricket Association
  • Options Mississauga Print & Office Services
  • Proset Autism / Autisme Proset
  • SARI Therapeutic Riding
  • Toronto Centre for Community Learning & Development (locally known as Centre of Learning & Development)
  • Volunteer Toronto
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL

20+ Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Alzheimer Society of B.C.
  • Community Living Oshawa/Clarington
  • Community Living Toronto
  • Foothills Academy Society
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank
  • ROOTA
  • Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
  • Run For Newmarket
  • Shepherd’s Care Foundation
  • Toronto Humane Society

Individual

Semi-Finalists

  • Faune Lang (Food4Kids Waterloo Region)
  • Kathleen Gurski (Foothills Academy Society)
  • Katrina Bradley (Calgary Counselling Centre)
  • Laurie Boswick (Proset Autism/Autisme Proset)
  • Neil M. Leslie (Serenity Renewal for Families (Corporation))
  • Paavneet Manchanda (Indigenous Friends Association)
  • Sarah Thatcher (The Veritas Foundation)
  • Tina Blatchford (Children’s Aid Foundation of Halton)

Under 20 Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Armagh
  • Hannan Foundation Canada Inc.
  • Mary’s Meals Canada
  • Niagara Children’s Centre
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH

20+ Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • BC Municipal Safety Association
  • Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS)
  • Circle of Care
  • Community Development Council Durham
  • Community Living South Huron
  • Creative Options Regina
  • Goodwill Industries of Alberta
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • SafeLink Alberta Society
  • Shepherd’s Care Foundation
  • Ve’ahavta

Individual

Semi-Finalists

  • Alejandra Zibes (Umbrella Multicultural Health Coop)
  • Lauren Wheeler (Alberta Museums Association)
  • Metta VanderVliet (Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
  • Sasha Lovell (Federation of Black Canadians)
  • Shanade Thomas (Feed Ontario)
  • Shannon MacKinnon (Calgary Counselling Centre)

Under 20 Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Actsafe Safety Association
  • Advanced Gerontological Education (A.G.E.)
  • AGATA Resource Centre Inc.
  • Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
  • Home Suite Hope
  • LearnSphere Canada
  • Level Justice
  • O3 On Our Own (Les Maisons Transitionnelles O3)
  • Peel Children’s Aid Foundation
  • Project READ Literacy Network
  • Safe N Sound Grey Bruce
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

20+ Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Covenant House Toronto
  • DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
  • Foothills Academy Society
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank
  • Immigrant outreach society
  • It Takes A Village Community Outreach and Advocacy
  • McCormick Care Group
  • Peace Arch Hospice Society
  • Power To Be
  • The Stop Community Food Centre
  • Toronto Humane Society
  • Wisteria Community Association

Individual

Semi-Finalists

  • Anukrati Nigam (PEGASUS Institute)
  • Elsie Decena (Immigrant Service Society of BC)
  • Faye Ying (GLOCAL Foundation of Canada)
  • Hope Lovell (Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex)
  • Leah Gagnier (BFM Foundation Canada)
  • Maryam Shafaei (Empowering Moms and Children Organization)
  • Natalie Ayers (Ve’ahavta)
  • Rima Awasthi (Downtown East Community Church & Family Services)
  • Samantha McLean (Orillia Public Library)
  • Tara Gilroy Scott (Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada)
  • Terry Power (SARI Therapeutic Riding)

Under 20 Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Evergreen
  • Food Stash Foundation
  • GLOCAL Foundation of Canada
  • ONE TO ONE Literacy Society
  • PEGASUS Institute
  • Play Forever
  • ROOTA
  • Safe City Mississauga
  • The Endometriosis Network Canada
  • The Hub Hamilton
  • The Riverwood Conservancy
  • Toronto Cares Initiative
  • West Island Cancer Wellness Centre
BEST NONPROFIT EMPLOYER – YOUTH ADVANCEMENT
&
BEST INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO ADVANCING YOUTH IN THE WORKPLACE

20+ Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Building Up
  • COYED concern organization
  • CTS Youth Society
  • Embark Sustainability Society
  • Federation of Black Canadians
  • Music For Every Child
  • Operation Springboard
  • Pinnguaq Association
  • Scouts Canada
  • St. Leonard’s Community Services London & Region
  • Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services

Individual

Semi-Finalists

  • Ashley Sheppard (The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Hasan-Ali Abidi (Play Forever)
  • Pablo Listingart (ComIT)
  • Serena Li (Chinese Community Policing Centre)
  • Siobhan Pearce (Community Living Ajax-Pickering and Whitby)

Under 20 Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Cassie + Friends Society
  • Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development
  • CityHive
  • Code Youth
  • DC Coding Association
  • Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
  • GLOCAL Foundation of Canada
  • Green Venture
  • Grocer 4 Good Ability Development Program
  • Lived Experience and Recovery Network
  • PEGASUS Institute
  • Play Forever
  • Social Planning Council Oxford
  • The Hammer Band
  • U Multicultural Inc.
MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL IMPACT – STAFF
&
MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL IMPACT – VOLUNTEER

Staff

Semi-Finalists

  • Abhiudai Mishra (AMS of UBC Vancouver)
  • Anukrati Nigam (PEGASUS Institute)
  • Bridgette Singh (The Jasper Place Wellness Centre)
  • Cathy Stefanelli (Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services)
  • Erin Waddington (Feed Ontario)
  • Lee Clark (Covenant House)
  • Leigh Zachary Bursey (Connections for Seniors)
  • Lindsay Van Dekerkhove (GOOD TO BE GOOD)
  • Michael Ableman (Sole Food Street Farms / Cultivate Canada Society)
  • Michelle Schmidt (ACT – Autism Community Training)
  • Moshe Hammer (The Hammer Band)
  • Nancy Romic (Shifra Homes)
  • Philippe Manning (Proset Autism / Autisme Proset)
  • Sandra McCormack (The Denise House)
  • Sheila Matano (BC Lung Foundation)
  • Shelan Markus (Level Justice)
  • Siu Mee Cheng (Street Haven at the Crossroads)
  • Tracy DiMarco (I Challenge Diabetes)
  • Trina Pollard (Actsafe Safety Association)
  • Vicky Huang (GLOCAL Foundation of Canada)

Volunteer

Semi-Finalists

  • Adam Cantor (Hillel Lodge)
  • Agnes Chen (Starlings Community INC)
  • Alejandro Vasquez Coronado (The Winged Foundation)
  • Aline Nzeyimana (Wings of Hope for Africa)
  • David Aiken (The Riverwood Conservancy)
  • David Yang (DC Coding Association)
  • Dawna MacArthur (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara)
  • Evelyn Goay (Unison at Kerby Centre)
  • Kenzie Curby (AACT – Autism Community Training)
  • Lateef Johar Baloch (Project Neutral)
  • Lois Tuffin (Volunteer Peterborough)
  • Maria Guardado (Toronto Foundation for Youth Involvement in Politics)
  • Martha McGroarty (Stella’s Place)
  • Meenu Mathew (Grand River Hospital Foundation)
  • Richard Boadway (Otesha Consulting)
  • Roz Morrison (The Institute of Southern Georgian Bay)
  • Stephen Rowland (SARI Therapeutic Riding)
  • Tanya Phillipps (Canadian Black Standard)
  • Trish Barbato (Menopause Foundation of Canada)
  • Yunjian Ma (GLOCAL Foundation of Canada)