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Volunteer Heritage Language Teachers' Night and Annual
General Meeting
The Volunteer Heritage Language Teachers' Night and Annual
General Meeting was held on Monday, May 12, 2008 at the Travelodge South Albert. MLAR takes pride in hosting this night to honor
and recognize its volunteer teachers who have committed themselves
to the teaching of heritage languages and whose invaluable services
have made a difference to the community.
Congratulations to the following teachers who received awards
for 2008:
Pictured (Indu Jaiswal, Neelu Sachdev, Inderjit Kamboz, Tito Roman, Dr. Shakeel Akhtar)
Long Service Award winner –
Inderjit Kamboz
– Punjabi Language Teacher
Pictured: Sudha Srinivas, Durga Chilka, Indu Jaiswal, Guest Hon. Laura Ross, MLA)
New Teacher Award winner –
Durga Chilka
– I.C.A.Hindi School
Pictured: (Yolanda Szeto, Raphael Hwang)
Award for New Teachers winner –
Yolanda Szeto – Cantonese LanguageTeacher
An honorary life membership plaque was given to Dr. Shakeel Akhtar, SOHL President, for his Contribution to the heritage language community
Pictured: (Senthil Damodharan, Indu Jaiswal, Ved Arora, Dr. Shakeel Akhtar)
Recognition plaque given to two former
MLAR Office Coordinators:
Severa Malanio, long time MLAR Office Coordinator until September 2006
Pictured: (Raphael Hwang, Jeanette Pageot, Nasim Ahmed)
Jeanette Pageot, in recognition of her contribution to MLAR as Office Coordinator until March 2008.
Pictured: (Ved Arora, Indu Jaiswal)
Previous Award Recipients and Past Presidents of MLAR
Click here for the list
For information regarding the event, please contact the MLAR
office at 757-3171 or mlar@accesscomm.ca
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