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Agnes Warda and June Girvan receive Mayor’s City Builder Award
JUNE 27, 2018
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
MAYOR JIM WATSON, KNOXDALE-MERIVALE WARD COUNCILLOR KEITH EGLI AND RIDEAU-VANIER WARD COUNCILLOR MATHIEU FLEURY PRESENTED THE MAYOR’S CITY BUILDER AWARD TO AGNES WARDA AND JUNE GIRVAN AT CITY COUNCIL TODAY. MS. WARDA WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER DEDICATION TO HER COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WHILE MS. GIRVAN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER SERVICE TO CHILDREN, YOUTH AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
AGNES WARDA HAS BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN TRANSFORMING THE GLENS NEIGHBOURHOOD. SHE MOVED TO THE AREA IN 1998, STARTED WORKING WITH THE GLENS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN 2002 AND HAS BEEN PRESIDENT SINCE 2004. HER COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY HAS HELPED MAKE THE GLENS A VIBRANT, GREEN, FAMILY-FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD. MS. WARDA WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE KNOXDALE-MERIVALE COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH SHE CHAIRS.
IN HER ROLES, MS. WARDA HAD CONTRIBUTED TO CITY PLANS SUCH AS THE GREENBELT MASTER PLAN AND THE CITY’S OFFICIAL PLAN AND HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES RANGING FROM TRANSPORTATION AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT TO COMMUNITY POLICING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. SHE HAS ALSO WORKED WITH BOTH THE QUALITY CARE ALLIANCE, OTTAWA CHAPTER AND THE CANADIAN POLISH CONGRESS TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER HOME CARE FOR SENIORS.
THE MAYOR’S CITY BUILDER AWARD IS A CIVIC HONOUR CREATED TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUP OR ORGANIZATION THAT HAS, THROUGH OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERISM OR EXEMPLARY ACTION, DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE. THIS MAY INCLUDE LIFELONG SERVICE, OUTSTANDING ACTS OF KINDNESS, INSPIRING CHARITABLE WORK, COMMUNITY BUILDING OR OTHER EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENTS.
