Agnes Macphail Award

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March 19: Attend the Agnes Macphail Award presentation

March 12, 2023March 16, 2023 Streeter staff 0 Comment Agnes Macphail Award, East York Civic Centre, Shakhlo Sharipova

The public is welcome to attend the 2023 Agnes Macphail award ceremony on March 19 at 2 p.m. at the East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave.

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DAILY UPDATES 

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Agnes Macphail Award, armed robbery, backyard hens, band, Brad Bradford, child pornography, Greenwood Station, libraries, Opera House, road closures, robbery, sexual assault, snowstorm, Sole Power Entertainment, spitting, stabbing, theft, Toronto Police, Ukraine

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

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Leaside Daily Updates

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Agnes Macphail Award, arrests, assault, automated speed enforcement, bands, Bayview Avenue, BikeMatch, break and enter, break-ins, CampTO, cannabis, car thefts, Christmas tree, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, crane, dog poop, first-degree murder, flooding, Food Basics, gun control, gunshots, Islamic Society of Toronto, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Heritage Preservation Society, Leaside Hockey Association, libraries, Loblaw Companies, Loblaws, logo, maps, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, McSorley’s, Metro, New Year's, outdoor recreation, Overlea Boulevard, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, Phamilyeats, pollinator gardens, poppies, power outage, raccoons, ravines, recycling, Redway Road, road closure, road work, Rob Oliphant, robbery, SafeTO, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, speed bumps, speeding, stabbing, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, testing, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Organization, Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, Thorncliffe Park Drive, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto District School Board, toy drive, Traffic Services, vaccination rate, vaccine, Valu-Mart, washrooms, wind, Youth Leaders of East York

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.

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*FEATURED VIEWS 

Kathleen Wynne on girls, women and politics

November 28, 2020November 29, 2020 Streeter staff Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Karen Fraser, Kathleen Wynne, misogyny

Former premier Kathleen Wynne recalls her experiences showing misogyny still exists and how much further we have to go to achieve equality.

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NEWS 

Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner

March 29, 2019March 30, 2019 Rodger Burnside Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Brad Bradford, Carol Burtin Fripp, Coxwell Avenue, East York Civic Centre, Jennifer Story, John Tory, Karen Fraser, Kathleen Wynne, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Rima Berns-McGown, Rob Oliphant

Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.

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NEWS 

Leaside community activist eulogized in Parliament

February 5, 2019February 15, 2019 Rodger Burnside Agnes Macphail Award, Edna Beange, Leaside Garden Society, Rob Oliphant

Leaside and East York lost one of their most prominent citizens with the death of Edna Beange, 98, on Jan 7.

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NEWS 

Remember your roots, Agnes Macphail Award-winner advises

March 27, 2018March 29, 2018 Brandon Wong Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Carol Burtin Fripp, East York Civic Centre, East York Learning Experience, Janet Davis, Kathleen Wynne, Leaside Property Owners Association, Lorna Krawchuk, Rob Oliphant

“If you don’t have ceremonies like this, then people forget,” Agnes Macphail Award-winner Burtin Fripp told the audience Saturday at the East York Civic Centre.

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*FEATURED NEWS 

Now it’s Burtin Fripp’s turn as Agnes Macphail Award winner

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 Streeter staff Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Alan Redway, Carol Burtin Fripp, Geoff Kettel, Harry Goldhar, Norman Crone, Toronto and East York Community Council

Toronto and East York Community Council accepted the recommendation from the Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee on Feb. 5 to name Carol Burtin Fripp as the award winner.

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NEWS 

‘I wasn’t expecting this at all’

April 9, 2016October 31, 2017 Philip Alves Agnes Macphail Award, Patrick Rocca

Real estate broker Patrick Rocca was the 2016 recipient of the Agnes Macphail Award at the East York Civic Centre.

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NEWS 

Thorncliffe volunteer honoured

April 16, 2012 Town Crier staff Agnes Macphail Award, Alice Carriman, awards, fundraising, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, Thorncliffe Park, volunteer

Alice Carriman wins Agnes Macphail Award

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NEWS 

Callling all East York Heros

November 3, 2010 Town Crier staff Agnes Macphail Award

Agnes Macphail recognition committee is looking for the area’s best

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NEWS 

Volunteer judged East York’s best

April 15, 2010 Town Crier staff Agnes Macphail Award, Pashby

The many years of hard work and volunteerism Bill Pashby has devoted to the East York community was recognized when the Leasider was awarded this year’s Agnes Macphail Award.

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NEWS 

Wanted: Outstanding East Yorker

February 3, 2010 Town Crier staff Agnes Macphail Award

The East York community wants to recognize the true heroes among us.

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