Celebrating the 2023 CharityVillage Award Winners
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On November 29, at the CharityVillage Conference & Awards, we announced this year’s winners in a variety of categories, including fundraising, workplace mental health, and diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as outstanding individual impact. Just in time for the holidays, we’re excited to introduce you to some of our 2023 award winners. Join us to celebrate exceptional achievements in the Canadian nonprofit sector in this episode of CharityVillage Connects!
Meet Our Guests
- Shannon Caskey, Director of Development, The Darling Home for Kids - Best Fundraising Professional
- Lorenda Calvert, Programs Manager, BC Museums Association - Best Nonprofit Employer - Workplace Mental Health (Under 20 Staff)
- Ambreen Ahmad, Managing Director, Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy - Best Technological Innovation (Under 20 Staff)
- Jared Ross, Board President, Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy – Best Technological Innovation (Under 20 Staff)
- Lais Gomes, Volunteer Manager, Access Pro Bono Society of BC - Best Volunteer Management Professional
- Kat Vriesema-Magnuson, Director of Experiential Learning Programs, Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society – Best Nonprofit Employer - Youth Advancement (Under 20 Staff)
- Irene Duah-Kessie, Founder and Executive Director, Rise in STEM – Best Individual Contribution to Advancing Youth in the Workplace
- Taya Rtichsheva, Executive Director, U Multicultural Channel – Most Outstanding Impact - Staff
- Cecilia Ching Yee Leung, Volunteer, Chinese Community Policing Centre – Most Outstanding Impact - Volunteer
- Misha Goforth, Manager of Social Research & Development, Pride at Work Canada / Fierté au travail Canada - Best Nonprofit Employer - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Under 20 Staff)
- Tammy Webster, Director of Equity, Let’s Talk Science - Best Volunteer Program (20+ Staff)
- Isabel Deslauriers, Director of Youth & Volunteer Experience, Let’s Talk Science – Best Volunteer Program (20+ Staff)
About your Host
Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.
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