Toronto (January 20, 2021): Dancing Damsels Inc. invited nominations for the “Toronto International Women’s Day (IWD) Women Achiever Awards 2021” to recognize women who have made a strong impact in the community during this pandemic and breaking barrier in their field of work.
Nominations are open in categories like Arts, Business, Education, Science and Technology, Performing Arts, Health, Public Service, Media, Volunteerism, Sports and more. In addition, there will be a Lifetime Achievement Award” to recognize contributions over the whole of a career and a “Rising Star Award” to recognize an emerging leader or talent.
Nominees should be Citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada with a minimum of 5 years of service in the concerned field. Nomination forms for the “Toronto IWD Women Achiever 2021” are available online at their website: www.ddshows.com.
Nominations are accepted until 15th of February 2021.
Dancing Damsels has been hosting this IWD Women Achiever Awards for the past seven years to honor trailblazers in the community. Past awardees include Dr. Roberta Bondar (first neurologist in space), Hon. Hazel McCallion (past Mayor of Mississauga), Kathleen Wynne (Past Premier of Ontario), Hon. Dr. Asha Seth (past Senator), Esmeralda Enrique (performing artiste), Ann Buller (past President of Centennial College), and Kehkashan Basu (Environmental activist and youth leader) among others.
Commenting on the IWD 2021 Awards, Managing Director of Dancing Damsels Mary Ashok said, “The COVID-19 continues to affect families worldwide and the economic impacts have a greater effect on gender. There is higher rate of unemployment, domestic abuse and disproportionate burden carried by women during this pandemic. IWD celebrations is a great forum not only to speak about the impacts of COVID-19 but also to celebrate the tremendous efforts by women to overcome these burdens. These celebrations are important to drive change and shape the future for women and young girls. Therefore, Dancing Damsels is moving ahead with the IWD celebrations and the DD Women Achiever awards 2021 by transitioning to digital platform”.
The award reception will take place virtually on March 7, 2021 from 7pm to 9pm through the organizations’ Facebook page @tidfcanada. The event will feature an awards ceremony and keynote speech on the theme Women in Leadership – Achieving Equal Future in this COVID-19 World”.
Dancing Damsels is a Toronto based federally incorporated not for profit organization that promotes multiculturalism, women empowerment, Seniors Care and community development through the
performing arts. They also organize the Toronto International Dance Festival (TIDF) annually providing a
professional platform for community based and professional dancers to promote multicultural arts.
Toronto International Women’s Day – DD Women Achievers 2021 Awards
Date: Sunday March 07, 2021. 7pm – 9pm
LIVE Stream: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalWomensDayCanada
Website: www.ddshows.com
Contact: iwdaward@gmail.com
Report by: Jaison Mathew (CMN News)
