Category Archives: 2016 Honorees

I have always believed in the mantra ‘lift as you climb’ and feel honoured to be able to support others along their journey to success!

It has been an amazing journey to spend more than three decades working shoulder-to-shoulder with my father, the late Herbert H. Carnegie.

Avril’s ultimate goal is one day to become a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) and be the first black female immigrant CWO in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

“When we give back to others, we help ourselves.”

Her accomplishments are many, for example, “In celebration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary, she hosted the past Prime Minister of Canada, the Hon Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller – a historical milestone for the ...

“In 2008, she was one of the first female in history, to be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (IIHF).”

“I am an ordinary woman like you, a woman who has not been afraid to extend a hand to help other women and people of all walks of life.  I am there when I am needed, and at a time ...

Her theatre credits include: ‘Sophisticated Ladies, Ain’t Misbehavin’, ‘The Who’s Tommy and her Dora Mavor Moore’ & Toronto Theatre Critics Award winning role of Caroline Thibodeaux in the musical ‘Caroline or Change’.

Best advice to next generation : “Also, be fearless! Fear is a lie- just a series of pessimistic hypothetical. It’s not real.”

Best advice to the next generation  “howdy and tenky no bruk no square.” This means that it takes nothing from you to have good manners.