Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Community Awards 2017

This weekend, I had the pleasure of recognizing 17 deserving women and girls in Ottawa Centre for their leadership in improving the lives of others in our community, at my annual Leading Women, Leading Girls Building Communities Award ceremony.

In its 12th year, Ontario’s Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Awards have recognized more than 1195 exceptional women and girls across the province who have demonstrated leadership and improved the lives of others through their work, activism or volunteer activities.

This year’s recipients from Ottawa Centre are:

Alana Couvrette
Carol Anne Meehan
Carol Campbell
Deborah Lynn Morrison
Divya Massilamani
Dr. Kevser Taymaz
Ingrid Neubert
Felisa Lorenti
Dr. Monia Mazigh
Fatouma Ali-Ismail
Katrice Bent (Leading Girl)
Lindsay Amundsen
Mary Anne Carter
Karen Ergus
Maria McClintock
Dr. Ana Margarita Rodrigues (Ottawa South Recipient)
Cynthia Torrico (Ottawa South Recipient)

These extraordinary women and girls have demonstrated outstanding leadership by fostering positive changes within our community.

I thank each and every one of them for continuing to be an
inspiration to us all. I’m proud to represent such an engaged community.