Mehregon Winning the 7th NEPMCC Annual Awards NEPMCC, the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada hosted its 7th annual awards ceremony on Friday, October 28, at 6 pm, in the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, at the main legislative building at Queen’s Park. This was the 7th time that it was held in the Lieutenant Governor’s suite and the 4th time by the current Governor, the Honorable David C. Onley. Each escorted to the stand by a Civil Officer, 32 recipients of the 2011 award received their recognition from the Lieutenant
Governor, the honorable David C. Onley and the President of NEPMCC, Mr. Thomas
Saras, including the President and Editor-in-Chief for Mehregon Magazine, Mr.
Fardad Fereshteh Housh. The recipients include
10 individuals for the ‘Distinguished Services’ they offered to Canadian
communities, 5 Journalists for ‘Professional Excellence’, 14 newspapers for
excellence in editorial and/or visual presentation, 2 magazines and 1 TV
station for best and informative concept. These individuals are (by category): Distinguished Services Individuals Ms. Dionisio, Ma-Anne / “Culture and Performing Arts / Filipino
Journalists Newspapers Community Mr. Behul, Julius / Kanadsky Slovak Newspaper / Slovak Magazines
NEPMCC, founded 26 years ago in 1985, is the only national Ethnic Press and Media organization in the Country. The aim of this organization is to record and to be a source of history of the vitality and dynamism of the Canadian Press and Media in the non official languages, and their influence and contributions during a period of enormous changes of the Canadian society. It particularly focuses on changes which affected the large segment of the Canadian population of other descent than English or French. The role of THE NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA is to represent the members of the foreign languages publications of Canada, on the Federal and Provincial levels and to take a stand on fundamental questions such as the national unity, equality among Canadians, the respect of human rights, social justice and social acceptability for every citizen or Canadian resident, as well as the preservation and respect of the cultural heritage of all Canadians and finally an input in the development of the Canadian Foreign policy. For the last twenty six years the ethnic press and its member organizations have shown considerable development as well as linguistic and ideological diversity, as educated immigrants from various parts of the world arrive in Canada every single day. As Canada becomes more open and willing to accept an inclusive for all policy, the ethnic press and its members will be great influences in shaping the “just society”, by bringing changes and new ideas to education and the socioeconomic affairs of the Canadian society.
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