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Joseph and Rosalie Segal donated $12 million to Vancouver General Hospital for its new mental health initiative.
Soon Kim, founder and president, Newgen Group, donated a one-bedroom condo worth $179,900 at the Ridge Resort at Harrison Highlands to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
The RBC Foundation has committed $50,000 to the Alzheimer Society of BC to support the Dementia Education program in providing dementia education workshops to people diagnosed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and their family caregivers.
Macdonald Realty donated $20,492.50 to the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada.
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd. and MSA Ford hosted three Drive One 4 UR School/Community fundraising events and donated $6,000 each to the Twisters Gymnastics Club, St. John Brebeuf drama troupe and École Mission Secondary’s Dry Grad program.
CIBC celebrated its 50th branch anniversary in Vancouver by donating $7,500 to InspireHealth cancer care centre.
The Minerva Foundation for BC Women honoured Lyn Anglin, president and CEO of Geoscience BC, Eira Thomas, executive chair and director of Stornoway Diamond Corp., and Barbara Caelles, geologist with Caelles Geological Consultants, for their impact on the natural resources industry.
Clyde Hertzman, director of the Human Early Learning Partnership and a professor at the University of British Columbia was named Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year at the 2010 Canadian Health Research Awards.
John Grieve of Fasken Martineau was named the Best Lawyers’ 2011 Vancouver Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Lawyer of the Year.
Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence for HIV/AIDS, received the 2010 Prix Galien Canada Award for his role in the development and expansion of the life-saving highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection.
Spring Advertising won bronze in the interactive category at the 2010 CLIO Healthcare Awards for its work on the Health Sciences Association of BC’s www.stopthewait.ca interactive website.
Norman Keevil, chair of the board of Teck Resources Ltd., was honoured with the Fraser Institute’s T. Patrick Boyle Founder’s Award for excellence and accomplishment in the promotion of economic freedom and free-market ideas.
Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards winners included: Corvus Energy Ltd. (New Business of the Year Award); Joshua Huen, Dr. Battery (Young Entrepreneur Award); Nancy Schick Skinner, notary public (Outstanding Customer Service Award); Dillon Consulting Ltd. (Outstanding Workplace Award); PAVAC Industries Inc. (Innovation Award); Novex Delivery Solutions (Business Leadership Award); HyperCube Technologies Corp. (Business of the Year 1-25); Hayden Diamond Bit Industries Ltd. (Business of the Year 26-75); Ocean Fisheries Ltd. (Business of the Year 76+); Progressive Construction Ltd. (Hall of Fame Award); and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (Global Newsmaker of the Year Award).
Flight Centre was named a national winner of the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 program by Waterstone Human Capital.