Brittany Murphy is a born and raised Londoner who works as the Criminal Justice Peer Mentor at the Youth Justice Centre located within Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a youth-serving non-profit organization. Brittany brings with her invaluable lived experience as a former Crown Ward of the Children’s Aid Society of London-Middlesex, as well as a [...]
My Journey Through Life and the Law Beverley’s judicial career began in April 1981 when she was appointed to the Vancouver County Court. In September 1981, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She was elevated to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in December 1985, and was appointed Chief Justice [...]
The Women’s Canadian Club, London first established our yearly Emerging Leaders Award for Grade 10 and 11 students in 2015. We are pleased to offer this award to four students whose activities demonstrate leadership in both school and community. The students are chosen by the Civic section of the Student Services Dept. of their [...]
AL DAY - Executive Director of the N’Amerind Friendship Centre - Indigenous Relationship with the Crown/Canada Al is of the Anowal (Turtle) Clan and his On^yota a:ka (Oneida) name is Lutahawit. Currently, he sits as Shonuhses, one of nine traditional Chiefs of the On^yota a:ka Lotiyaneshu (Oneida Nation Council of Chiefs). He has been [...]
Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes Shirleyan English grew up in Northern Ontario where her father worked for the Ontario Northland Railway. She attended high school in North Bay and while there, volunteered for the government-run Farmerette program when she was 16 years old, spending a memorable summer working on a [...]
Music for the Most Wonderful Time of Year SOPHISTICATED LADIES is a talented trio of Female Musicians from London entertaining with the classics in music, including many songs from The American Song Book. They also offer soft jazz for Easy Listening. They have performed at Michael’s on the Thames, Olive R Twist, many of [...]
Maryam Al-SABAWI is a grade 11 student at St Andre Besette Catholic school. She was a friend of Yumnah’s. (Yumnah Afzaal) She is a founder of YCCI - the youth coalition combatting Islamophobia. Maryam and her friends have been busy organizing many different events and projects that are meant to honour their friend Yumnah [...]
Sharing her Knowledge and Love of Weather Julie Atchison is the Meteorologist on CTV London News at 6 p.m. and CTV London News at 11 p.m. Since her career in journalism began, Julie has covered news, entertainment, sports and weather. Originally from Peterborough, Julie graduated from Broadcast Journalism at Fanshawe College, and she has [...]
Chinese Canadian Pioneers, Heroes and Game Changers Arlene Chan has written seven books about the history, culture, and traditions of the Chinese in Canada, some shortlisted for the Ontario Speaker’s Book Award, Heritage Toronto Book Award, Silver Birch Award, and Red Cedar Award. Her work has been recognized with the Heritage Toronto Special Achievement Award, [...]
Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario: How our Volunteers Help us Build Community Renee is the Manager of Volunteer Services with Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario, which serves six counties in southern Ontario; Brant, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford and Perth. She has three diplomas; Broadcasting, Public Relations, and Volunteer management. Her first experience with Habitat [...]