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 2014 Zonta Speaker Event Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Best-Selling Author Dr. Abuelaish was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp. He received his elementary, preparatory and secondary education in the refugee camp schools. Abuelaish received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, Egypt and then a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of London. From 1997-2002 completed a residency in OB/Gyn at the Soroka University hospital in Beer Sheva, Israel, followed by a subspecialty in fetal medicine in Italy and Belgium; then a Master in Public health (Health Policy and Management) from Harvard University. He has written the best-selling book titled I Shall Not Hate. He founded the “Daughters for Life Foundation” in memory of three of his daughters, who were killed by Israeli tank fire during the Gaza War. The organization provides scholarship awards to encourage young women to pursue their studies at universities in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Canada. Dr. Abuelaish was the first Palestinian doctor to receive a staff position at an Israeli hospital, where he treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients. Immediately before the war he was a researcher at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv and already an important figure in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The death of his children strengthened his resolve to promote reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. He is currently Associate Professor of Global Health at the University of Toronto. In February 2013, he attended the Karachi Literature Festival in Pakistan where he narrated the events surrounding the death of his daughters killed in the Israeli airstrike. According to The Express Tribune, “there was hardly anyone in the audience who did not choke or wipe away a silent tear while listening to Palestinian doctor and author Izzeldin Abuelaish…” Honours and Awards
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April 14, 2013 featured the President of Native Women’s Association of Canada Twenty-one years ago on February 14th, the first annual march was held to honour the missing or murdered Aboriginal women in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. The Zonta Club of Sault Ste. Marie and Area is concerned about the continuing issue of the over 600 missing Aboriginal women in Canada. As a result, Zonta is bringing Michele Audette, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, spoke to our community on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Algoma’s Water Tower Inn.“What better day than February 14th to announce our upcoming Speaker event in April! We are aware that Aboriginal women in all parts of Canada face shockingly high rates of violence. This is a human rights issue that must be addressed,” states local Zonta President, Gayle Manley. “We are excited to bring Michele Audette, a strong voice for Aboriginal women in Canada, to raise awareness of this intolerable issue for our community. We want to know what each of us can do to stand with our Aboriginal sisters against the violence.”The Zonta Club of Sault Ste. Marie Area is part of an international service organization of women which seeks to advance the status of women worldwide by improving the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local levels through service and advocacy.
On May 6, 2012 we hosted the speaker event: This event was a very successful ‘Speaker Event’ fundraiser. One of our Canadian icons, Margaret Trudeau, spoke openly and honestly about living with bi-polar disease and how this illness resulted in her hurting the people she loved. This event included a book sale and book signing of Ms. Trudeau’s book, ‘Changing My Mind’. With the help of sponsors, who covered Ms. Trudeau’s speaking expenses, we were able to raise close to $7,000 for our service projects. We could not have done this without our sponsors! This fundraiser was also a huge marketing opportunity for our club. One of our biggest challenges was to educate the community about who and what Zonta is. Multiple media venues picked up on our event and free publicity resulted from this. With the combined support of our sponsors, the committed hard work of our members and the positive response of our community, this ‘Speaker Event’ gave the Zonta Club of Sault Ste Marie huge visability and exposure.
Gayle Manley, Margaret Trudeau, Speaker Event Chair, Heather Edwards
Speaker: Cpl. Mike Duquay, Club President, JoAnn Atkinson and Past-President, Hilda Odom On November 2, 2011, we hosted the ‘Speaker Event’:
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