IN honour of Youth Week, held annually during the first week of May, all three North Shore municipalities held awards ceremonies to recognize the achievements and community contributions of local youth.
On May 6, the City of North Vancouver, with the assistance of a selection committee, presented Civic Youth Awards for outstanding supporters of youth and to youth between the ages of 10 and 24 years of age in six categories.
Youth Centennial Scholarship ($1,000) Jazica Chan, Darya Julali, Sarah Lacroix, Emma McFarlane, Anahita Rahmatian
Youth Recognition Award Jamie Balansa, Lindsay De Fehr, Elizabeth Laboucan, Anahita Rahmatian, Savannah Snakeskin, Ryan Shore
Youth Community Enhancement Award Jazica Chan, Vishal Devani, Myles Kushneriuk, Emily Milne, Jess Neilson, Jessica Quibuyen, Sam Park, Gabrielle Williams
Random Acts of Kindness Award Emma Ashby, Anna-Angela Shishmanov, Matilda Tryggvesson, Lucas Wagorn
Outstanding Supporter of Youth Award Samin Haghighi, Jullian Kolstee
Outstanding Youth Team Award Africa Water Bank Ambassadors (Carson Graham Secondary School): Jasper Cattell, Sarah Duggan Lucas Giles, Sydney MacLennan, Emily Weemees
Senior Improv Team (Carson Graham Secondary School): Madeline Kang, Chloe Koehle, Joey Logelin, Sarah Norvell, Melissa Plisic, Jasmine Price, Anna-Angela Shishmanov, Chaira Soligo-Hudson, Nicole Spencer, Max Stickel
Cancer Awareness Club (Sutherland Secondary School): Catriona Campbell, Allison Harlow, Sarah Jordan, Jana Markovic, John Leung, Victoria Rodrigues, Sophia Stewart
Mosaic Multicultural Club (Sutherland Secondary School): Amit Dhuga, Beatrice Longno, John Leung, John Whea Kim, Qwilleran Lake, Soroush Mohammadi, Robroy Munro, Sophia Stewart
Youth Leadership Advisory Board (Family Services of the North Shore): Jane Bullock, Matthew Douglas, Savannah Duggan, Aga Duszynska, David Jung, Han-Gyeol (Hazel) Kang, Laura Luo, Chloe Noel, Samantha Smith, Renee Sun
The District of West Vancouver's Youth Appreciation Awards were held April 29 in the West Vancouver Seniors' Activity Centre. The awards were presented by Mayor Michael Smith and council and youth emcee, Hannah Robinovitch.
Youth Recognition Award Nathan Slater, Wesley Strong, Christian Fenn, Parker Wieck, Celine Chen, Jolee Tung, Heather Corbett, Rose Gallo, Vanessa Quimpo, Yasmine Johnson, Darien Nahanee, Brock Morford, Hao Yan
Youth Community Enhancement Award Margaret Berton, Sabrina Wang, Andrew Rowntree, Dorothy Rhee, Chae Ri Lee, Cherry Zhi, Anna
Yamaoka, Sara Choi, Minah Seo, Alexandra Fraser, Jonas Kwok, Briana Dunlop, Junbeom Yoo, Hweedong Yoo, Celine Jeon, Julie Jeon, Anisha Navaratnam, Carol Wu, Hannah Rahim
Outstanding Youth Team Service Award
. Nicole Compagna, Ryley Dewar, Anna Gouthro, Mary Heale, Samuel Ives, Zoe Leonard, Ryan McKenzie, Ben Morley-Senkler, Wesley Strong
. Emma Allan, Megan Allan, Sarah Moignard, Stefany Schulhof
. Sam Gray, Natasha Heavyside, Ryley Dewar, Arek Shredski, Alex Kyriazis, Emily Fedusiak, Duncan Lucas, Frannie Bradford, Kendall Lewis, Tara Tyab, Jillian Trach, Scott Panther, Blake Hendersen
. Adam Mitha, Justin Wong, Sailesh Suri, Jun Jeagal
. Babak Khorsand, Dikran Karakas, Sam Shahrokhi, Tiam Koukpari, Celine Chen, Samiya Hassan
. Alex Son, Ashley Kim, Celine Chen, Celine Jeon, Grace Geng, Hannah Robinovitch, Jenny Diemer, Jillian Trach, Julia Tikhonova, Julie Jeon, Samiya Hassan, Su Ji An
. Laura Essery, Kenya Chung, Eva Cai, Sara Choi, Emma Gallello, Celine Jeon, Faranak Ghorbaniz, Jackson Lees, Joshua Larsen, Julie Jeon, Kevin Hunt, Lara Sophie Boleslawsky, Madeleine Lamer, Rhys Mann, Sean Larsen, Kimberly Harrison, Jasmine Marshall, Blake Merilees, Ryan Ritson, Nicolette Tsavdaris
. Banfsheh Dereyat, Renee Sun, Kiana Ziafat, Kimia Ziafat, Yasaman Dereyat
. Jin Chun, Su Ji An, Stephanie Chang, Eric Wei
. Adam Chandani, David Chen, Madeline Turner, Mark Bakhet, Sean Kim, Toby Roper, Yichu Dai
. Mark Bakhet, Connor Hughes, James Guscott, Matthew Zwimpfer, Nicky Allen
. Ashleigh Kearns, Megan Steffens, Sophia Gupta
. Cayla Kaufman, Emma Rahemtulla, Gina Stylianides
The District of North Vancouver handed out awards to 71 recipients during its 2013 Civic Youth Awards event on May 6.
Youth Recognition Award Audrey MacKenzie, Bruce Bryant, Celeste Crowe, Christian Olsen, Claudia Gonzalez, Danny Vaughan, Jackson Spencer, Katelyn Foster, Rylee Walker, Sarah Bombay, Sarah Lacroix, Valentina Ramos, Dana Rossbacher, KC Rossbacher, Mark Anderson, Niyousha Bastani, Renee Sun
Outstanding Youth Friendly Business/Supporter of Youth Award Bean Around the World
- Parkgate, Rob Olson
Outstanding Youth Team Award
Play It Forward Productions Society:
Ali Pearce, Colin Weeks, Danny Vaughan, Eric Warner, Gabrielle Jolly, Kendra Perrin, Markus Gildemeister, Matt Giannakos
Parkgate Youth Services Preteen Dance Volunteer Team:
Blake Nargang, Bruce Proudfoot, Christian Olson, Dylan Robinson, Emma Clark, Gabriella Rivera, Julia Krakowska, Kaitlyn Wu, Katie Neal, Kendrew Suen, Mark Anderson, Mehrdaud Mehrtash, Nick Steward, Richard Leung, Sophie Grover
Argyle Social Justice 12 Class: Maya Azizi, Jun Bae, Tanner Benjafield, Elizabeth Benoy, Jessica Blanchard, Laura Bower, Nadine Coffin, Nicola Coulthard, Adam Crompton, Mitchell Crone, Marta Enemark, Rae Failing, Alexandra Foot, Saskia Foreman, Kasha Foster, Alex Lytviak, Jivan Matibag, Varya Molchanova, Jelayna Murdoch, Kendra Nimchuk, Chloe Noel, Gabriela Ramos, Lindsay Rideout, Jeanine Sinclair, Austin Studer, Tamara Tanaka, Laura Tranter, Melissa Vogl, Tegan Wahlgren, John Yoo
-Compiled by Christine Lyon
