clinical trials happening in our region, as well as the cancer foundation’s nationally recognized coaching program available to cancer patients. – May 2017
Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala enjoys record-breaking year back on Lemieux Island Environmental benefit honours Sen. Murray Sinclair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Gregory Sanders, chair of the Cancer Champions Breakfast and of its beneficiary, the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, with his wife, Tani, and their son Ethan, at the fundraising breakfast.
From left, Dr. Rachel Goodwin, Dr. Susan Dent, Dr. Stéphanie Brûlé and Dr. Moira Rushton-Marovac.
From left, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson with Linda Eagen, president and CEO of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, and former board chair Walter Robinson, senior director of government and stakeholder affairs for Purdue Pharma.
Dr. Hartley Stern, president of the Canadian Medical Protective Association and chair of the Cancer Champions Campaign, addresses the crowd at the Cancer Champions Breakfast.
There’s no room at the Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala for fairweather friends. That’s because it’s the kind of outdoor gala where one happily attends, rain or shine; it’s just that much fun. And this year’s environmental benefit was no different, despite some scattered rain. Some 450 attendees of the $250-a-ticket gala returned to Lemieux Island in the middle of the scenic Ottawa River. Options for getting there included walking, biking or car shuttle. Once there, the crowd raised a record $265,000 for the Ottawa Riverkeeper, a citizen-based action group that protects and promotes the ecological health and diversity of the Ottawa River and its tributaries. With the forecast looking iffy, gala-goers got updates from organizers throughout the day, including a revised dress code of “riverside cozy.” That meant stilettos were out and Blundstones were in. Surprisingly, many women pulled off the "rain boot look" quite nicely. Seen were Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and such city councillors as David Chernushenko, Tobi Nussbaum, a bow-tie wearing Tim Tierney and Michael Qaqish, as well as Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, Environment Minister and Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Treasury Board President Scott Brison. Journalist Evan Solomon was back to host the evening while the lovely Kathleen Edwards, who is an acclaimed musician and Ottawa Riverkeeper ambassador,
performed for the crowd. Senator Murray Sinclair, co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was this year’s honourary Riverkeeper. Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown and executive director Patrick Nadeau presented him with a hand-carved canoe paddle, similar to the ones given in previous years to prime ministerial wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, former sergeant at arms-turnedambassador Kevin Vickers, Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz and his predecessor, Mark Carney. – May 2017
Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown with Sen. Murray Sinclair, 2017 Honourary Riverkeeper, and the non-profit organization’s executive director, Patrick Nadeau, at this year’s gala.
From left, Whitney Fox with her husband, Telesat president Long-time supporter Gary Zed, with his daughter, and CEO Dan Goldberg, and Lindsay Taub with her husband, Olivia Zed. Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify.
From right, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke at Lemieux Island with Shopify senior vice-president of engineering Jean-Michel Lemieux (no relation to the island) and his wife, Nadine Martel.
Well-known journalist Evan Solomon was back to host the 2017 Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala.
Ottawa Business Journal obj.ca GIVING GUIDE 2017
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