Creative Minds Viamonde Awards Ceremony – March 27, 2018

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On Tuesday March 27th, 2018, IDI GTA partnered with Conseil Scolaire Viamonde to host the 2nd Annual Creative Minds Youth Contest’s awards ceremony. The Master of Ceremony for the evening was Serge Paul, Community Liaison Officer at Conseil scolaire Viamonde, who kept attendees well entertained. The Land Acknowledgement was given by Sylvie Gravel, who spoke of the importance of the theme: Empathy – Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes.

IDI’s National Director, Ahmet Tamirci, gave the welcome speech on IDI’s behalf, highlighting two goals of IDI: a platform on which to engage in good dialogue and to work with youth in different ways. The Creative Minds contests represent meeting points. Director of education for Conseil Scolaire Viamonde, Martin Bertrand, gave his welcome speech on behalf of the school board and highlighted the quality of the exceptional art, essay, and video works.

 Mario Hinse was the keynote for the evening. He is from COPA, an organization that is dedicated to working with and preventing violence against children and vulnerable societies. Speaking on the topic of empathy, he advised that just because we empathize with a person, doesn’t mean we necessarily understand everything about them and their lives. He also highlighted the importance of youth voices, even though sometimes they’re not heard as much as they should be.

Finally, the students were presented with their awards by Jean Grenier Godard, Executive Director of Alliance Française; Gabrielle Fortin, Executive Director for Français pour l’avenir; and Hugues Kamga Wambo, Principle of École secondaire Jeunes sans frontières.

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