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PEOPLE

Bill Peters manager of Research Communications and Media Services at St. Boniface General Hospital, has been chosen to host the 2010 Health and Science Communications Association Media Festival in Boston. The HeSCA Media Festival is the premier international forum for health and science media, showcasing individuals and organizations worldwide. Peters won the association’s highest honour for creative design in 2008, and has been promoting Winnipeg as a location for a World Congress of Biomedical Communications.

Darryl Friesen will be joining the music department of Providence College part-time this fall. Friesen will be teaching piano. He was grand prizewinner of the 2003 CBC Arts Encounters Young Performers Competition, a finalist in the International Stepping Stone Competition (2004) and Canadian Music Competition (2001) and received the Lawrence Genser Memorial Scholarship (2002) at the University of Manitoba School of Music. Friesen lives in Winnipeg where he maintains a studio and works at the U of M’s Faculty of Music.

COMPANIES

TDS and Perlov Stewart LLP

announce that as of June 1, their practices have been merged under the name Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP. All Perlov Stewart LLP lawyers, I. David Perlov, Allan L. V. Stewart, Peter A. Sim and Gerald S. Ashcroft, are joining TDS.

Variety Club of Manitoba, Tent 58, Inc.

is officially registered as, and will be known as, Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba, Inc. Under the direction of Variety International all tents (charters) have made a similar name change, reflecting their city or region.

Broadview Networks

has been named to PROFIT Magazine’s ranking of the 100 fastest-growing companies in Canada. Companies are named to the list based on five-year revenue growth. Broadview Networks grew over 605 per cent in the last five years. Broadview Networks is a system integrator focused on creating and maintaining essential IT infrastructures.

AWARDS

Thrive Nutrition and Wellness

won the 2010 Rising Star Award presented by the Canadian Health Food Association at its recent annual conference. The award recognizes a newly established natural product supplier or retailer for overall excellence within the first three years of its operation. Thrive, which opened in late 2008, is the only health store in Winnipeg with a certified nutritionist on staff. Daniel Madrid opened Thrive after completing a Bachelor of Science in human nutritional sciences at the University of Manitoba.

Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Inc.

has announced its inductees for 2010. The six individuals judged to have made a significant and lasting contribution to agriculture in Manitoba during their lifetime are: John Cameron (Cam) Brown of Winnipeg; Anton (posthumously) and Adeline Chorney of East Selkirk; Doug Fletcher (posthumously) formerly of Carman; Hugh Jameson of Brandon; Jacob Schulz (posthumously) formerly of Grandview.

Kildonan Place Shopping Centre

was awarded the Ivanhoe Cambridge Central Region 2009/10 Community Spirit Award for its “Count the Stars for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights” project. The project, which raised funds and awareness for the museum, was chosen by Ivanhoe Cambridge executives as an outstanding initiative designed to improve the quality of life in the mall’s trade area. Kildonan Place is owned and managed by Ivanhoe Cambridge, a Canadian-based global property owner, manager, developer and investor, focusing on high quality shopping centres.

BOARDS

Versatech Industries Inc.

has announced its board of directors for 2010-2011: James Kirk, chair; Margaret Fair, vice chair; Jackie Markstrom, secretary; Shannon Safonovs, treasurer; Rudolph Danzinger, past chair; David Burpee; Paul MacDonald; Al Moon; Mark Weise; Bud Simmons; Alan Phillipson. Versatech Industries Inc. is in contract manufacturing, recycling paper stocks and document destruction. It provides meaningful employment and other supported activities for over 240 people with intellectual disabilities.

Manitoba ASCD

has announced its 2010-2011 board of directors: Barb Isaak, assistant superintendent (River East-Transcona School Division), president; Lorraine de Monyé, vice-principal of Linden Christian School, president elect; Tom Code, principal of Joseph Teres School (River East-Transcona) past president; Jayesh Maniar, vice principal of General Wolfe School (Winnipeg School Division), treasurer; Brad Burns, principal of École Van Walleghem School (Pembina Trails School Division), secretary; Jerome Cranston, professor at the Faculty of Education (University of Manitoba), student chapter coordinator.