Four women from Burnaby are among the contenders for Women of Distinction Awards with the YWCA’s Metro Vancouver branch.
Burnaby’s nominees for this year the 37th year of the awards, are Antonia Beck, executive director of Burnaby Neighbourhood House (nominated in the community champion category); Joelle Bradley, a Royal Columbian Hospital doctor (health and wellness category); Theresa Burley, Canada research chair and equity in research lead at SFU (education, training and development); and Minerva CEO Tina Strehlke (non-profit).
There are eight other award categories, and nominees are also eligible for the Connecting the Community Award, YWCA Metro Vancouver said.
For that award, nominees are expected to pick a YWCA program area they’re interested in and use social media to promote votes for that issue between March 4 and April 24. The nominee with the most votes will win the award and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to their selected program area.
Winners will be announced at an awards dinner on May 11. Tickets can be bought for $285 (earlybird) or $315 (regular) online at ywcavan.org/tickets.
There have been more than 320 award recipients and 1,875 nominees since the awards began in 1984, according to YWCA.
