NEWS RELEASE
COUNTY OF SIMCOE
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The County of Simcoe honoured residents, businesses, and organizations during the 5th annual Newcomer Recognition Awards on Oct. 26, 2017.
The awards ceremony recognized community leaders and champions who purposefully take action to enhance the lives of newcomers in Simcoe County.
“These Awards are a great way to recognize individuals who work to connect and improve the lives of newcomers transitioning to our communities,” said Warden Gerry Marshall. “Recent data indicates that our immigrant population has grown to almost 62,000 residents, representing 13 per cent of our regional population. This growth validates the increasing importance of community programs and partnerships focused on assisting newcomers, our communities and our businesses to adapt and embrace our emerging diversity.”
Award recipients were nominated by their peers in 10 categories through an open nomination process. Nomination forms were reviewed by the Simcoe County Newcomer Recognition Awards Steering Committee.
We congratulate the following award recipients:
- Marvin Patani - Immigrant Youth
- Manpreet Singh Saini - Immigrant Artist
- CR Systems - Culturally Diverse Workforce
- CONTACT’s bradford WORKS - Welcoming Work Environment
- Georgian College – Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Department - Multiculturalism through Education (School)
- Yongzhong Liao - Immigrant Mentor
- Kunal Patel - Immigrant Entrepreneur
- Michael Agema - Multiculturalism through Education (Educator)
- Bridge Translations – Marketing and Outreach
- Gayle Hall - Community Champion
- Ranjit Sandhu - Community Champion
The Newcomer Recognition Awards were developed as a priority of the Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership. This year’s awards ceremony was sponsored by Paul Sadlon Motors (Diamond Sponsor); Tangle Creek Golf and Country Club, CTV Barrie, and Barrie Public Library (Silver Sponsors); Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board, Clearview Township; Springwater Township, Town of Collingwood, Social Enterprise Canada and Georgian College (Bronze Sponsors); and many $100 sponsors.
The County of Simcoe is composed of 16 member municipalities and provides crucial public services to County residents in addition to providing paramedic and social services to the separated cities of Barrie and Orillia. Visit our website.
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