{"id":6174,"date":"2012-10-17T13:19:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/press_release\/thirty-eight-cybf-volunteers-to-be-awarded-with-queen-elizabeth-ii-diamond-jubilee-medals\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:19:33","slug":"thirty-eight-cybf-volunteers-to-be-awarded-with-queen-elizabeth-ii-diamond-jubilee-medals","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/press_release\/thirty-eight-cybf-volunteers-to-be-awarded-with-queen-elizabeth-ii-diamond-jubilee-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-eight CYBF volunteers to be awarded with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thirty-eight CYBF volunteers to be awarded with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><em>Medal recipients announced during Small Business Week<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><strong><em> as part of CYBF\u2019s Chairman\u2019s Awards for Outstanding Volunteers <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TORONTO, ON (October 17, 2012) \u2013 The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) will present thirty-eight Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals to outstanding volunteers, including business mentors, whose expertise and dedication have played an instrumental role in helping launch young and emerging entrepreneurs\u2019 careers and businesses in communities across Canada. The medals are being presented as a special presentation for this year\u2019s CYBF Chairman\u2019s Awards Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes during Small Business Week<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, an annual celebration of Canadian Entrepreneurship, with the medals being presented at recognition ceremonies across Canada in conjunction with the Chairman\u2019s Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honoured to have a diverse group of inspirational volunteers helping to carry out our mission to champion and mobilize young and emerging Canadian entrepreneurs,\u201d said John Risley, Chairman, CYBF Board of Directors. \u201cOur volunteer business mentors are the key to our entrepreneurs\u2019 success, providing invaluable business advice, support and encouragement that fuels their passion and ability to make their dreams a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to have the opportunity to recognize their support with these prestigious medals,\u201d notes Risley. \u201cWe sincerely hope the recipients will serve as inspiration for a new generation of volunteers and mentors, because we couldn\u2019t accomplish what we do without the involvement of these individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a tangible way for Canada to honour Her Majesty for her service to this country. At the same time, it serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The medals are presented on behalf of His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and the Diamond Jubilee Medal recipients nominated by CYBF are (by province):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>British Columbia: <\/strong>Sharon Barnes, David R. Bell, Rodger Darbey, Fi Dastoor, Ryan C. Fuller, Shannan Schimmelmann, Martin Thomas, Steven Walker-Duncan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alberta: <\/strong>Wayne S. Chiu, Cindy Priebe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saskatchewan: <\/strong>Frank Grolle, Rod Newlove<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manitoba: <\/strong>Alec Leflour, Lindy C. Norris, Wayne Edwin George Scarrow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ontario: <\/strong>Jean Chow, David R. Hands, Joshua Adam Howard, Rajan Krishnamachari, John N. Mayes, Lisa Patel, Salpie Stepanian, John Francis Stevenson, Raymond Shane Wali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qu\u00e9bec: <\/strong>Marcel Bergeron, Normand Chevrier, Marie Legault Gaudet, Gis\u00e8le Lacasse, Marie-Mich\u00e8le Lessard, Daniel Luquette, Fannie Pelletier, Normand Pinard, Yvon Turcot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Brunswick: <\/strong>Nicola MacNaughton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nova Scotia: <\/strong>Thomas Boyd, Terry Hickey, Kevin Schwenker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prince Edward Island: <\/strong>Rupert Sweetapple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gg.ca\/document.aspx?id=14019&amp;lan=eng%20%E2%80%8B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Governor General of Canada\u2019s website<\/a>.&nbsp;For more about mentoring with CYBF, visit cybf.ca\/mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-30-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canadian Youth Business Foundation \u2013<em>Canada\u2019s Entrepreneur Gateway<\/em><\/strong><br>\nThe Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the \u2018go to\u2019 place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national organization, we are dedicated to growing Canada\u2019s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-39, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business. CYBF is the founder of the G20 Young Entrepreneur Summit (G20 YES) and founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs\u2019 Alliance (G20 YEA). <a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/\">www.cybf.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><em> Small Business Week is a registered trademark of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information please contact:<\/strong><br>\nLesley Wilmot<br>\nDirector, Marketing and Communications, CYBF<br>\n(416) 408-2923, ext. 2203<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:lwilmot@cybf.ca\">lwilmot@cybf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-eight CYBF volunteers to be awarded with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals Medal recipients announced during Small Business Week\u00ae as part of CYBF\u2019s Chairman\u2019s Awards for Outstanding Volunteers TORONTO, ON (October 17, 2012) \u2013 The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) will present thirty-eight Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals to outstanding volunteers, including business [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","press_category":[],"class_list":["post-6174","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"press_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_category?post=6174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}