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2009 City of Vancouver
Youth Recognition Awards

Mayor, City Councillors, City staff and the City’s Youth Outreach Team recognized the contributions of the youth community in seven categories.

2009 CoV Youth Award Recipients:

Outstanding Youth 13 -18:
Audrey Nishiyama
Helen Xu
Kaity MacDonald
Mark Clayton
Hailey Froese
Paul Lao
Ryan Thom
Yvonne Chung
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Outstanding Youth 19 -24:
Eric Ming
Hawa Mire
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Outstanding Adult Ally:
Cass Thompson
Fin Gareau
Rebecca Jules
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Outstanding Youth Group
ACTION Active Community Team in our Neighborhood
SLAM Summer Leadership and Mentoring Program
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Outstanding Youth Program:
3Bs Lord Byng
NASCARZ
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Outstanding Youth Organization:
Children of the Street Society
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SPECIAL THEME RECOGNITION
The Red Fox Program
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2009 City of Vancouver Youth Awards Background
The C.o.V. Youth Awards is an initiative of the City of Vancouver’s Youth Outreach Team where youth, adults, programs and organizations are awarded for their contributions to Vancouver. This celebration brings together the youth community in a ceremony that showcases best practices of youth engagement and the amazing work of youth in their local communities.

For full list of recipients, please click here for CoV 2009 Award Recipients



the 2008 C.o.V. Youth Awards

At a special Youth Awards Ceremony held on the evening of May 2nd at the Italian Cultural Centre, the City of Vancouver recognized the contributions of youth, adults, organizations and programs in promoting meaningful youth participation in the life of the city.

Mayor Sam Sullivan, City Councillors, City staff and members of the Youth Outreach Team presented 2008 C.o.V. Youth Awards to the following:

  • Outstanding Youth Organization:
    Leave Out Violence Everywhere (LOVE-BC)
  • Outstanding Youth Program:
    Connecting Learning through Art, Broadway Youth Resource Centre (BYRC)
    Roundhouse Youth Theatre Project
    Illusrated Journeys, La Boussole
    Marpole-Oakridge Senior Youth Council
  • Outstanding Adult Ally:
    Alison Emond , Youth Housing Registry worker at Broadway Youth Resource Centre
    Tanya Findlater, Youth Programs Coordinator at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
  • Outstanding Youth 19-24:
    Jennifer Sarkar, My Circle Youth Program
    Max Paquin , Leave Out Violence BC
    Tyler Cuddahy YouthCO. Aids Society
  • Outstanding Youth 13-18:
    Amanda Cheong , Eric Hamber Secondary
    Betty Yiting Yan, University Hill Secondary
    Cassandra Fong, BC Leo's Club
    CB Light, Leave Out Violence Everywhere - BC
    Crystal Guss, Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
    Daniel Jun , Point Grey Secondary, BC Cancer Society
    Michael Thejomayen, University Hill Secondary School
    Jimmy Nguyen , MY Circle Youth Program
    Steven Cain Kiwassa Neighbourhood House