National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada Conseil national de la presse et des medias ethniques du Canada

 Thomas S. Saras with Panagiotis Karousos

“Canada’s Other Voices”

Office of the President - October 14, 2014

Lieuftenant Governor to Honour Award Winners
From the NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA

The Honourable  Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 29th Lieuftenant Governor of Ontario, will present certificates and the medal of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada. Recipients include 15 publishers/editors, 9 journalists, 12 individuals and 3 directors of electronic media, who made significant long term contribution to the ethnic press and communities of Canada.
The ceremony will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014 in the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite at Queen’s Park. Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Lieuftenant Governor’s Suite
Ontario Legislative Building
West entrance (Media I.D will be required and must arrive by 5:30)
Queen’s Park Toronto

Directions: Filming and photos can be taken during the ceremony.

 AWARD Recipients -  “HONOURIS CAUSA”

Category: “Distinguished Services to Communities”   

1. JOLLIFFE, ERIC (Humanities/Public Service/Community)  Chief, York

Regional Police

2. SLOLY,  PETER (Public Service/Human Rights/ Equality) Deputy

Chief  Toronto Police

Individuals: “For Services Rendered to their Community”

3. ESANANDA,  ESA PARA (Humanities/ Culture/Education) (Sri Lankan)

4. FAZI, HASSAN SAYED, DR. (Humanities/ Education/Community) (Afghani)

5. GEKAS, GEORGE  Dr. (Community Service/ Education/Arts) (Greek)

6. HAUSMAN, ROBERTO                      Charles) (Humanities/Culture/Education) (Uruguay)

7. KANDAVANAM, VINAYAGAR  Dr.  (Community/Arts/Letters) (Tamil)

8. MAYE,  MARGARET  (Humanities/Philanthropy/Arts) Polish)

9. SRITHARAN,  NATHAN (Humanities/ Community/Arts) (South Asian)

10. TISSENBAUM,  SIMONE (Leader of Tomorrow/Humanities) (Student)

11. TOWHID, NOMAN  (Community Service Education) (Bangladeshi)

12. VIEIRA, EDUARDO (Community Service/Journalism) (Portuguese)

Category:  Journalists

(For Life Time Services rendered to Journalism)

1. AMIR  MAHIM (For his dedication to Media and His service to Community)

 (Iranian)

2. ESTEVES  ANTONIO (For his talent and contribution to integration into Canadian Society of the Portuguese communities in Canada) (Portuguese)

3. ISLAM   SARIFUL (For His dedication and talents in support of the media) (Bangladeshi)  

4. KARATSIKIS, KONSTANTINOS (Life Time Achievements) (Greek)

5. KUITENBROUWER PETER (For his services to media community and the cause of equality) (National Post)

6. KUMOR  ANDREZEJ (For his enthusiasm and efforts to inform the Polish Canadian Communities (Polish)

  7. NISHANTHA  DON (For His dedication to Free Press and Democracy) (Sri Lankan)

  8. TARUC, MARIVEL (For Her Dedication to Media. Her Services to all Canadians) (CBC‐ Pilipino)

  9. SARKER   BIDYUT  (For his dedication to respect of Human Rights and His services to Bengali Canadian Communities.)  (Bengali) Category: Newspapers

“For Best Editorial / Free Expression / Long years of Service / Concept and Visual

Presentation”

1. AFGHAN  POST (Ahmad Shah Hotaki) (Afghani)

2.ARABIA  NEWS (Alseyet Nasser ) (Arabic)

3. EL ENTRO (Susana  Donan) (Latino)  

4. “GHANAIAN NEWS” (Emmanuel Ayiku) (Ghanaian)  

5. “LATVIJA AMERIKA”  (Vita, Gaike) ( Latvian)

6. “Lo Specchio” (Sergio Tagliavini) (Italian)

7. “OBSERVATORUL” (Dumitru Popescu) (Romanian)

8. “PHILIPPINE REPORTER” Hermie Garcia (Filipino)  

9. “SRI LANKA REPORTER” (Srimal Abeyewardene) (Sri Lankan)    

10. “TZTA  ETHIOPIAN” (Teshom WoLdamanuel) (Ethiopian)

11. “URDU POST” (Rafiq, Ahmed –Deputy Editor) (Urdu)

12.“UTHAYAN” (Logan Logendralingam) (Tamil)

MAGAZINES:

1. ETC & TAL  Magazine ISA MELO (Brazilian)

2. AFTEH   magazine SHEMIRANIE  KHOSRO (Iranian)            

3. PLANET AFRICA Magazine  MOSES A. MAWA (African Media)

ELECTRONIC MEDIA:

1. Enzo Di Mauro (Italicus.Ca Video Magazine), (Italian)

2. GALIATSOS PETER (VIDEOGRAPHER) (Greek)

3. Paulton  McKenzie Johnson (Caribbean Headlines News (Caribbean)

We thankfully acknowledge financial support received from the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration of Ontario and the Toronto Dominion (TD) Banking Group, towards this project.

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