The achievements of young people on the North Shore were recognized in the first week of May by the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, and the City of West Vancouver.
At awards ceremonies in each municipality, young people were lauded for their contributions to their communities in categories such as teamwork, volunteerism, and community service. Businesses and individuals who had supported young people were also recognized.
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City of North Vancouver
Youth recognition award for outstanding achievement or development:
Shayan Behnia-tehrani, Michelle Cristobal, Sara Eftekhar, Sumin Ashley Lee, Kathleen Le Sage, Sepand Moalej, Greta Rutka, Vita Sackville-Hii, Zach Smith, Grace Takeda, Nik Termansen, Thomas Vigor, Frederick Weaver, David Balun, Arian Ebrahimy, Adrian Heieis, George Hill, Grace Hwang, Karim Kadi, Prabhjot Singh, Sogol Khadivi, Carly Millard, Briana Mussatto, Cody Perrin, Aidan Prem, Max Reilly, Ross Ryken, Naomi Reuveny
and
Ella Adkins, Terry-Dayne Beasley, Ursula Biehl, Leah Newson, Eric Warner (all five students are members of Carson Grahams global initiatives and leadership program)
Random act of kindness award:
Chris Vanderkooy
Youth Centennial Scholarships awards:
Elizabeth Hughes, Bani Li, Serina McIsaac, Sharon Oceguera, Roya Rahmanian
Outstanding supporter of youth:
Margaret Bingham, Cynthia Bunbury, Christopher Campbell, Stephen Garland, Janice Hilliard
Outstanding youth friendly business award:
Neptune Bulk Terminals
City of West Vancouver
Youth Community Enhancement Award:
Johnnie Stuart Allan, Andrea Armstrong, Margaret Berton, Turner Douglas Arthur Brown, Sophie Chappell, Stephanie Eggerston, Leili Ghaemi, Clay Hamilton, Rachel Christina Hirst, Celine Jeon, Julie Jeon, Jenna MacDonald, Lexi MacDonald, Tatiana Mawani, Lucy Moger, Hilary Rejto, Dorothy Rhee, Anna Nicole Robertson, Maia Robinson, Minah Seo, Lauren Taaffe, Julia Tikhonova, Nicolette Tsavdaris, Ilyana Lenae Sophia Voth, Sabrina Wang, Yi Tao Wang, Jenelle Weidner, Henry Yan
Outstanding Youth Team Service Award:
Melissa Godin, Hannah-Rose Radford, Natasha Virani; Stephanie Chang, Angelica Noh, Emily Wei, Su Ji An; Kirsten Bradford, Ryley Dewar, Sam Gray, Sarah Gregson, Natasha Heavyside, Blake Henderson, Jillian Trach, Tara Tyab, Arek Sredzki, Alex Kyriazis, Duncan Lewis, Scott Panther; Cindy Choi, David Chuang, Clover Kang, Ariel Shao, Steven Zhang, Graham Brown, Weizhen Jeff Li; Mark Bakhet, Florence Belanger-Jones, Adam Chandani, Noojan Mazaheri; Dikran Karakas, Babak Khorsand, Emma Lian, Sam Shahrokhi, Lucy Zhao, Minyi Zhu, Nicole Compagna, Jamie Heale, Mike Heale, Sam Ives, Brigitte Matheusik, Ben Morley-Senkler, Vivian Morley-Senkler; Nicole Cheung, Rachel Ingram, Portia Spencer, Danielle Windt; Lara-Sophie Boleslawsky, Rachel Dyck, Faranak Ghorbani, Christine Grigorian, Lauren Hamilton, Kevin Hunt, Celine Jeon, Julie Jeon, Katie Kwan, Madeleine Lamer, Lily Landy, Sean Larsen, Joshua Larsen, Jackson Lees, Rhys Mann, Hilary Rejto, Amir Rose, Minah Seo; Su Ji An, Celine Chen, Jenny Diemer, Grace Geng, Samiya Hassan, Rufina Ip, Celine Jeon, Julie Jeon, Ashley Kim, Mariela Moen, Hannah Robinovitch, Alex Son, Julia Tikhonova, Jillian Trach, Sierra Webb
District of North Vancouver
Youth Recognition Award:
Emily Luba, Zoe Luba, Faraz Borghei, Katie Neal,Hailley Loughlin, Paris Robichaud, Eden Sterling, Sharon Oceguera, Asha Diaz, Mieka Halliday-Gunn
Youth Community Enhancement Award
Kaitlin Ho, Ellahi Musani, George Hill, Tamo Campos
Outstanding Youth Team Award
North Vancouver Outdoor School Alumni Society Genny Bailey, Emma Leonard, Katharine Olson, Atena Amiry, Jacilyn Edgar, Jason Bigelow, Meghan Brommeland, Brendan Brooks, Aleicia Sharp, Ning Yan. Lesley Zirk, Alexander Kalewska, David Dovell, Trenton Galozo
Seylynn Committee Jessie Ewing, Samantha Gove, Andrew Berry, Jake Swift, Emily Matick, Genevieve Fleming, Julian Gricksch, Grehana Ortiz, Carter Sheehan, Jessica Wemyss, Emily Castellanos
Neonology Initiative John K Yoo, Bruno Souza, Behdad Mahichi, Hyman Shu
Outstanding Supporter of Youth:
Maggie Mason, Chris Dufficy, Stephen Tresidder
compiled by Jen St. Denis
