Canadian Arab Institute :: Awards Gala Photo Gallery

CAI Awards Gala welcome desk

Judith Ramirez, Gala Co-Chair with Ceta Ramkhalawansingh and Fiona Crean Gala Honorary Chairs

Amel Remadna

Joe Cressy, City Councillor

Mohamed Lachemi, President, Ryerson University

TD Sponsor guest

John Honderich, Chair of Torstar's Board of Directors and Tracy Levy

CAI Awards Gala guests

Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Premier

Ebyan Farah

Raja Khouri, CAI President, Honeree Mary Jo Haddad, past CEO & President of Sick Kids and Walied Soliman, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Allison Angelo, soprano

CAI Awards Gala guests

Ewing & Morris sponsor guests

CAI Awards Gala guests

Abdullah Snobar, Executive Director, Ryerson DMZ

CAI Awards Gala guests

Sylvia Fazzolari, Vice-President, TD Business Banking, Brian Levitt, Chair of the Board, TD Bank Group, Rodney Miller, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, TD Wealth with TD executive team members.

CAI Awards Gala guests

Professor Zulfikar Hirji, Ruba Kana’an, Head of Research and Publications at the Aga Khan Museum and Raja Khouri, CAI President

John Moore, CAI Awards Gala MC and Newstalk 1010 Morning Show Host with Rick Salutin, Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and critic

Yasmine Behiry and Hashem Taha

Zarina Satchu

Zena Al Hamdan, Programs manager, ACCT, Huda Bukhari, Executive Director, ACCT and Waleed 'Wil' Nassar, Co-founder LoveArabic

Minister Reza Moridi, MPP and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Raja Khouri, CAI President and Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

CAI volunteers

Shoaib Ahmed and Ryerson University guests

Kathleen Wynne, Premier, Ontario and Mohammad Al Zaibak

The Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

Sheldon Levy, Former President of Ryerson University and John Honderick, Chair of Torstar's Board of Directors

Osman Hamid, Ryerson University

Charles Pachter and Judith Ramirez

CAI Awards Gala guests

Joseph Maviglia and Dave Welbourn

Iqbal Dewji, Zarina and Rustom Satchu

Mamdouh Shoukry, President of York University

Honoree Mary Jo Haddad, Former President & CEO of SickKids Hospital

Brenda Dinnick and CAI Awards Gala guests

Shirin and Aya, CAI volunteers

Rania Younes, CAI Operations Manager

Amal and Amer Al Mahameed

Phoebeh Powell

Phoebe Powell and Alexander Volkov

CAI Awards Gala sponsors

Michael and Amira Dan with Minister Reza Moridi

CAI Awards Gala guests

Leen Al Zaibak and Nouhaila Chelkhaoui

Karim Kanji, President & CEO, Sutter Hill Investment Corp.

Mahmood Sunderji, Tazeem Dhalla, Zinat Dewji, Iqbal Dewji, Rustom Sachu, Zarina Sachu, El-Farouk Khaki, Nizar Jiwan and Judith Ramirez

Nizar Jiwan and Mahmood Sunderji

CAI Volunteers

Arab Dawn book siging by author, Prof. Bessma Momani

Lisa and Dany Assaf with Jana Al Zaibak

Gala Co-chair with the organizing committee members: Nermine Zohdy, Judith Ramirez, Rania Younes and Noura Zaina

Wendy Cukier and Donna Dasko

Adrian Fung, Vice President, Innovation at Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Raj Saini, MP Kitchener Centre, Asma Ahmad and Moe Jaber

Jamelie Hassan and Nouhaila Chelkhaoui

Troy Jackson, Afro-Native Canadian musician, and friend

Prof. Bessma Momani

CAI Awards Gala sponsors

Brady Wood, CAI Board Interim Chair

Live Auction

John Moore, Newstalk 1010 Morning Show Host and CAI Awards gala MC

Joe Cressy, Councillor for Ward 20 and auctioneer extraordinaire

Live Auction

Joe Cressy, Councillor

Joe Cressy auctioning the Sleep of Reason - Goya Painting by Jamelie Hassan

CAI Awards Gala guests

MPP Patrick Brown, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Fireside Conversation, John Honderich in dialogue with honorees Mary Jo Haddad and Sheldon Levy

Sheldon Levy, Former President of Ryerson University

Najla Al Zaibak, Awards Gala Honorary Chair

Tracy Levy

Amel Remadna

John Honderich, Chair of Torstar's Board of Directors

John Moore, Newstalk 1010 Morning Show Host and CAI Awards gala MC

Tracy Levy

Leen Al Zaibak and Moe Jaber

Nouhaila Chelkhaoui, Minister John McCallum and guest

Derakshan Qurban-Ali with Minister John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Haroon Siddiqui and MP Adam Vaughan

Hon. Bill Graham, Chancellor of Trinity College in the University of Toronto, Arif Virani, MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees and The Hon. John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Premier Kathleen Wynne with CAI awards gala guests

Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto

Huda Bukhari, ACCT Executive Director with Minister John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

The Hon. John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Sheldon Levy, Former President of Ryerson University

Raja Khouri, CAI President, Sheldon Levy, Former President, Ryerson University and Mohammad Al Zaibak, Businessman and philanthropist

Mohammad Al Zaibak, Businessman and philanthropist

Mohammad Al Zaibak, Businessman and philanthropist and Najla Al Zaibak, CAI Awards Gala Honorary Chair

Mary Jo Haddad, Former President & CEO of SickKids Hospital

Raja Khoury, President of CAI, Mary Jo Haddad, Former President & CEO of SickKids Hospital, with Walied Soliman, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Walied Soliman, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Mohamed Lachemi, Ryerson President and Amel Remadna

Raja Khouri, CAI President

Mary Jo Haddad, Past President & CEO, SickKids Hospital

Alaa Jaradat, partner, A&J LLP

CAI Awards Gala, The Carlu - 4 April 2016

Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Gala Honorary Chair and Judith Ramirez, Gala Co-Chair

Premier Kathleen Wynne, MPP Mitzie Hunter, Associate Minister of Finance, Ontario Retirement Pension Plan and guest

Said Henry and John Honderich

John Honderich, Toronto Star Chair of Board, Senator Ratna Omidvar and Minister Mitzie Hunter, Associate Minister of Finance, Ontario Retirement Pension Plan