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Glentel Inc. raised $701,228 during the first year of a multi-year partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society, British Columbia & Yukon.
The West Coast Fishing Club’s annual Fishing for Kids fundraising tournament raised $527,000 for the Canucks Autism Network and BC Children’s Hospital. NHL star Willie Mitchell, who reeled in the winning fish, donated his prize money back to the charity. Other fundraising participants included Vancouver Canucks owners Paolo and Francesco Aquilini, GM Mike Gillis and special adviser Stan Smyl.
Roper Greyell LLP donated $150,000 to support the UBC Law building project.
Telus staff raised $48,096 through a employee charitable giving program to support the United Way.
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd. and Metro Ford raised $6,000 through a Drive One 4 UR Team fundraising event in support of the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club.
The B.C. chapter of the International Facilities Management Association raised $3,240 at a charity golf event in support of Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver.
Soup Sisters, a non-profit organization that provides homemade soup to women and children fleeing domestic violence, launched its Vancouver chapter with an event benefitting the Kate Booth House women’s shelter. More than 50 volunteers gathered at Quince boutique food shop to cook under the guidance of Andrea Carlson, executive chef, Bishop’s Restaurant.
The Vancouver Aquarium (VA) sent four of its veterinary technicians to Louisiana in response to an urgent call to help save sea turtles along that state’s oil-ridden coast: Chelsea DeColle, veterinary technician, animal health department; Shanie Fradette, veterinary technician and marine mammal rescue assistant, marine mammal rescue centre; Kate Cooper, veterinary technician and marine mammal rescue assistant, marine mammal rescue centre; and Lindsaye Akhurst, veterinary technician and manager, marine mammal rescue centre, and board member, Oiled Wildlife Society of British Columbia.
The B.C. chapter of Architecture Canada’s 2010 Advocacy Awards were presented to several architects, emerging practitioners and members of the general public in the advocacy of architecture in Metro Vancouver and B.C. Community Award recipientsincluded: Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Gordon Price, director, The City Program, and Michael Stevenson, chancellor; and West Vancouver Museum’s Darrin Morrison, director and curator, Kiriko Watanabe, assistant curator, and Isaac Vanderhorst, museum educator. Trevor Duncan Boddy, architecture critic, received the Professional Award. The Emerging Practitioner Award went to Steven Cox, founding principal and design director, Cause+Affect.
Global BC was inducted into the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards Hall of Fame by the Burnaby Board of Trade in conjunction with the City of Burnaby.
Bernard Crespi, professor of evolutionary biology at SFU, was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s Academy of Science’s division of life sciences for his contributions to understanding the evolution of social behaviour in many fields of evolutionary biology.