canadian palestinian professional foundation gala - 2016

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CPPF

PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION CANADIAN PALESTINIAN

Celebrating Palestinian Art

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Program

Welcome Everyone!

It was almost four years ago when we all celebrated the establishment of the Canadian Palestinian Professional Foundation. Today we celebrate this great achievement of the preservation of Palestinian culture and our heritage with you. We are happy to see so many familiar face, and new ones too!

We’d like to thank the Palestinian community and our friends from around the world for their continued and unwavering support.Our mission is to provide a social, cultural and intellectual environment conducive to lifelong learning, strong networking and high quality local and interna-tional education scholarships. These scholarships are available to Palestinian students worldwide and are funded through various UN and Canadian government programs, private donations and our CPPF’s fundraising activities.

Our foundation’s goals are to assist Palestinian students in Canadian and other educational institutions, to avail themselves of various educational opportuni-ties by o�ering them scholarships for undergraduate, post graduate studies and professional development.

We strive to promote and strengthen the sense of community among Canadian Palestinian professionals by encouraging them to share their experience among themselves and create strong connections as well as establishing long lasting cultural and professional ties with Palestine. With our partnership with the UNRWA we are able to sponsor Palestinian students. Last year we sponsored twenty one students from the west bank and Gaza strip, we wish them all every success and looking forward to sponsor many more.

The UNRWA will be presenting us with a short list of students to choose from and award them our scholarship through the UNRWA scholarship program, our goal this year is to sponsor six to eight students from Palestine.Our heartfelt and sincere thank you goes to our wonderful and hardworking CPPF-ex-ecutives for their dedication and commitment to the foundation and for their volunteer spirit and countless hours of hard work.

Last but not least, we would like to thank our wonderful CPPF members, sponsors, donors, and volunteers. Thank you for believing in the CPPF mission and your continuous support to help our students achieve their academic goals through your �nancial charity.

Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to celebrate our fourth year anniversary. With your help and support, we can build a brighter future for such top-talented Palestinian students and their families.

Dr. Tarek Khalifeh

6-7 Social hour7-8 Welcoming remarks and CPPF Update, Remarks by o�cial, Dabkeh ( Daughters of CPPF )

Remarks by o�cial, Presentation Hanthala by Daughters of CPPF, Presentation Jomana Al Hussieni, By Daughters of CPPF, Honouring Dr. George Awad Dabkeh by Daughters of CPPF

8-9 Dinner, Remarks by o�cials, Outstanding achievement awardPresentation Ismail shamout by Daughters of CPPF

9-9:30 Magic show9:30-9:45 Honouring CPPF sponsors9:45-10 Closing silent auction, Dabkeh

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Program

Welcome Everyone!

It was almost four years ago when we all celebrated the establishment of the Canadian Palestinian Professional Foundation. Today we celebrate this great achievement of the preservation of Palestinian culture and our heritage with you. We are happy to see so many familiar face, and new ones too!

We’d like to thank the Palestinian community and our friends from around the world for their continued and unwavering support.Our mission is to provide a social, cultural and intellectual environment conducive to lifelong learning, strong networking and high quality local and interna-tional education scholarships. These scholarships are available to Palestinian students worldwide and are funded through various UN and Canadian government programs, private donations and our CPPF’s fundraising activities.

Our foundation’s goals are to assist Palestinian students in Canadian and other educational institutions, to avail themselves of various educational opportuni-ties by o�ering them scholarships for undergraduate, post graduate studies and professional development.

We strive to promote and strengthen the sense of community among Canadian Palestinian professionals by encouraging them to share their experience among themselves and create strong connections as well as establishing long lasting cultural and professional ties with Palestine. With our partnership with the UNRWA we are able to sponsor Palestinian students. Last year we sponsored twenty one students from the west bank and Gaza strip, we wish them all every success and looking forward to sponsor many more.

The UNRWA will be presenting us with a short list of students to choose from and award them our scholarship through the UNRWA scholarship program, our goal this year is to sponsor six to eight students from Palestine.Our heartfelt and sincere thank you goes to our wonderful and hardworking CPPF-ex-ecutives for their dedication and commitment to the foundation and for their volunteer spirit and countless hours of hard work.

Last but not least, we would like to thank our wonderful CPPF members, sponsors, donors, and volunteers. Thank you for believing in the CPPF mission and your continuous support to help our students achieve their academic goals through your �nancial charity.

Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to celebrate our fourth year anniversary. With your help and support, we can build a brighter future for such top-talented Palestinian students and their families.

Dr. Tarek Khalifeh

6-7 Social hour7-8 Welcoming remarks and CPPF Update, Remarks by o�cial, Dabkeh ( Daughters of CPPF )

Remarks by o�cial, Presentation Hanthala by Daughters of CPPF, Presentation Jomana Al Hussieni, By Daughters of CPPF, Honouring Dr. George Awad Dabkeh by Daughters of CPPF

8-9 Dinner, Remarks by o�cials, Outstanding achievement awardPresentation Ismail shamout by Daughters of CPPF

9-9:30 Magic show9:30-9:45 Honouring CPPF sponsors9:45-10 Closing silent auction, Dabkeh

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HALAH IS FROM GAZA AND CURRENTLY A FIRST YEAR STUDENT IN THE

MEDICAL COLLEGE AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY

AND EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN 2020

MONAIS FROMDEIRAL-BALAH CAMP, GAZA.

MONA IS MAJORING ENGLISH LANGUAGEAT AL-AQSA UNIVERSITY.

IMAN IS FROM GAZA STUDYING SHARI’S

AND LAW AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.IMAN’S DREAM TO BE A FAMOUS LAWYER

WHO HELPS AND DEFENDS THERIGHTS OF THE NEEDY PEOPLE.

AMEERAIS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA.

AMEERA IS A FIRST YEAR STUDENTIN THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,

SLAMIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZINGIN ENGLISH TRADE

MOUATHIS FROM NEWASKAR CAMP, NABLUS, WEST BANK.

HE IS THE FIRST STUDENT TO BE AWARDEDDR. AHMEDTEEBI SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICINE.

ACHIEVEMENTS

ZENABIS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA,

PURSUING A DEGREE IN EDUCATIONALPHYSICS AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.

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HALAH IS FROM GAZA AND CURRENTLY A FIRST YEAR STUDENT IN THE

MEDICAL COLLEGE AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY

AND EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN 2020

MONAIS FROMDEIRAL-BALAH CAMP, GAZA.

MONA IS MAJORING ENGLISH LANGUAGEAT AL-AQSA UNIVERSITY.

IMAN IS FROM GAZA STUDYING SHARI’S

AND LAW AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.IMAN’S DREAM TO BE A FAMOUS LAWYER

WHO HELPS AND DEFENDS THERIGHTS OF THE NEEDY PEOPLE.

AMEERAIS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA.

AMEERA IS A FIRST YEAR STUDENTIN THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,

SLAMIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZINGIN ENGLISH TRADE

MOUATHIS FROM NEWASKAR CAMP, NABLUS, WEST BANK.

HE IS THE FIRST STUDENT TO BE AWARDEDDR. AHMEDTEEBI SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICINE.

ACHIEVEMENTS

ZENABIS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA,

PURSUING A DEGREE IN EDUCATIONALPHYSICS AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.

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She also served as a hall advisor for incoming �rst-year students to help them transition to the BMC community. Shorouk maintained an active role in her chemistry department. She was elected as a major representative planning activities to bring chemistry students and faculty together, as well as a teaching assistant for multiple academic courses including general and organic chemistry. Shorouk also worked as a research student synthesising biologically active molecules targeting an enzyme known for immune escape, and has had her research published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Shorouk graduated with honours last May. She is now currently completing her PhD in organo-metallic chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about research and teaching and is interested in pursuing a career in academia in the future.

Student Success Story: Shorouk, Bethlehem, Palestine

The CPPF is proud to support Shorouk, a student from Bethlehem, Palestine, as she completed her undergraduate education at Bryn Mawr College (BMC) in Pennsylvania, USA. At BMC, Shorouk pursued an American Chemical Society certi�ed chemistry major. On campus, she participated in many academic and extra-curricu-lar activities, including her role as a Co-President of Voices for Palestine, a student organization she co-founded to promote the Palestinian culture with her fellow students.

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She also served as a hall advisor for incoming �rst-year students to help them transition to the BMC community. Shorouk maintained an active role in her chemistry department. She was elected as a major representative planning activities to bring chemistry students and faculty together, as well as a teaching assistant for multiple academic courses including general and organic chemistry. Shorouk also worked as a research student synthesising biologically active molecules targeting an enzyme known for immune escape, and has had her research published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Shorouk graduated with honours last May. She is now currently completing her PhD in organo-metallic chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about research and teaching and is interested in pursuing a career in academia in the future.

Student Success Story: Shorouk, Bethlehem, Palestine

The CPPF is proud to support Shorouk, a student from Bethlehem, Palestine, as she completed her undergraduate education at Bryn Mawr College (BMC) in Pennsylvania, USA. At BMC, Shorouk pursued an American Chemical Society certi�ed chemistry major. On campus, she participated in many academic and extra-curricu-lar activities, including her role as a Co-President of Voices for Palestine, a student organization she co-founded to promote the Palestinian culture with her fellow students.

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With hard work and determination, Dr. Awad graduated from the American University of Beirut from the Faculty of Medicine. He moved to the United States where he did his residency in Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry. After completing his residen-cies, he immigrated to Canada in 1973, where he practiced as a Psychiatrist, a Child Psychiatrist, and a Psychoanalyst, as well as a Training Analyst. He became the Director of the Family Court Clinic, a Department of the Clark Institute, and was a court appointed expert witness when discussing the best interests of a child. He was asked to speak at many international avenues, including the United Nations, regarding his experiences as a Palestinian and Psychoanalyst.

Dr. Awad was an educator throughout his whole life. His teaching institutes include: the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, the Clark Institute, and the Toronto Analytic Society. Dr. Awad also loved teaching and spending time in Lebanon. It was there he taught front line workers about post-trauma children, and the current methods of treatment . Just before Dr. Awad passed away, he completed a paper that was to be presented at a conference in Berlin discussing displaced peoples. He didn't make there till present.

Dr. Awad was a hopeful man, who felt that one day there would be a solution to the injustices of the world. He believed that solutions could come from understanding others.

The CPPF is proud to honour the positive contributions that Dr. Awad made as a Palestinian not only in his career, but his life.

Proudly Presenting a New Palestinian Hall of Fame Member

Dr. George A. Awad (1942 -2007)

Dr. Ahmad TeebiPalestinian Canadian Geneticist

(22 July 1949 – 22 July 2010)

Hazel McCallionCanadian Politician, Former Mayor of Mississauga

(21 February1921 – Present)

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With hard work and determination, Dr. Awad graduated from the American University of Beirut from the Faculty of Medicine. He moved to the United States where he did his residency in Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry. After completing his residen-cies, he immigrated to Canada in 1973, where he practiced as a Psychiatrist, a Child Psychiatrist, and a Psychoanalyst, as well as a Training Analyst. He became the Director of the Family Court Clinic, a Department of the Clark Institute, and was a court appointed expert witness when discussing the best interests of a child. He was asked to speak at many international avenues, including the United Nations, regarding his experiences as a Palestinian and Psychoanalyst.

Dr. Awad was an educator throughout his whole life. His teaching institutes include: the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, the Clark Institute, and the Toronto Analytic Society. Dr. Awad also loved teaching and spending time in Lebanon. It was there he taught front line workers about post-trauma children, and the current methods of treatment . Just before Dr. Awad passed away, he completed a paper that was to be presented at a conference in Berlin discussing displaced peoples. He didn't make there till present.

Dr. Awad was a hopeful man, who felt that one day there would be a solution to the injustices of the world. He believed that solutions could come from understanding others.

The CPPF is proud to honour the positive contributions that Dr. Awad made as a Palestinian not only in his career, but his life.

Proudly Presenting a New Palestinian Hall of Fame Member

Dr. George A. Awad (1942 -2007)

Dr. Ahmad TeebiPalestinian Canadian Geneticist

(22 July 1949 – 22 July 2010)

Hazel McCallionCanadian Politician, Former Mayor of Mississauga

(21 February1921 – Present)

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Dr. Hazar Kobayaa ( Pediatric & Adult Allergist)

Dr. Neha Sharma (Pediatric Respirologist/Asthma Clinic)

Dr. Amani Roushdi ( Pediatric Nephrologist)

Candice Hamilton-Miller , Sally Ghazal ( Psychotherapist)

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Ph: 905-636-9387 - 905-693-6733 Fax: 905-636-9388

Dr. Tarek Khalefih ( Consultant Pediatrician)

Dr. Reem Alsabbagh (Family Physician)

Dr. Abdel-Raouf Ismail (Plastic Surgeon) Dr. Abdel-Raouf Ismail (Plastic Surgeon)

Dr. Hazar Kobayaa ( Pediatric & Adult Allergist)

Dr. Neha Sharma (Pediatric Respirologist/Asthma Clinic)

Dr. Amani Roushdi ( Pediatric Nephrologist)

Candice Hamilton-Miller , Sally Ghazal ( Psychotherapist)

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PLEDGE FORM I would like to Donate Sponsor

Monthly One Time

$1,000 $2,500 $5,000 Other $ _________

SPONSOR / DONOR INFORMATION

Name: Last First M.I

Company Name:

Address: Apartment/ Unit#

Address: Tel: Province Postal Code

Email:

Cheques are payable to the CPPF. Please return this form with payment to

3348 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga ON, L5M 8C3 Non-Profit Organization Business Number: 83682 9531

The CPPF thanks you for your support towards contributing to the education and lives of talented, low income Palestinian students from refugee camps and occupied territories.

Email: [email protected] | Tel: 647 774 9944 www.cppf.ca

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