After initial screening of entries by the school boards and the IDI jury, the Selection and Hosting Committee of the contest will evaluate top ten essays and artworks to select the winners in each category. The committee will also act as the honorary hosting committee of the award dinner on February 18th, 2015, hence the name Selection and Hosting Committee.
HOSTING AND SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Alison Syme, Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Visual Studies, UTM
Bonnie Crombie, Mayor, City of Mississauga
Burhan Kuruscu, Chair of the Board of Directors, Intercultural Dialogue Institute GTA
Chief Jennifer Evans, Peel Regional Police
David Szwarc, Chief Executive Officer, Region of Peel
Deep Saini, Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga
Elaine Moore, Peel Regional Councillor (Brampton)
Emil Kolb, Chair, Region of Peel
George Carlson, Peel Regional Councillor (Mississauga)
Holger Syme, Professor and Chair, Depratment of English and Drama, UTM
Humphrey Mitchell, Executive Director, Peel Children’s Centre
Jagmeet Singh, MPP, Bramalea-Gore-Malton
Janet McDougald, Chair, Peel District School Board
Jeff Zabudsky, President, Sheridan College
Kyle Seeback, MP Brampton West
Lynn Petrushchak, Executive Director, Dixie Bloor Neighborhood Centre
Marolyn Morrison, Former Mayor, Town of Caledon
Rav Bains, Executive Director of Peel Children’s Aid Society
Sandy Milakovic, Former Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association
Shelley White, President and CEO, United Way of Peel
Stuart Keeler, Director, Mississauga Art Gallery
Tony Pontes, Director of Education, Peel District School Board
