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June 11, 2008
 We are pleased to learn that the Zonta Club of Nanaimo's YWPA winner, Celia White, won the District 8 YWPA award and was one of the 5 Zonta International winners.
Congratulations to Celia and to the Zonta Club of Nanaimo!
February 21, 2008
Five of this year's amazing applicants joined us for the Young Women in Public Affairs awards night. The three finalists spoke to their visions for improving the status of women- though education, leadership and taking a stand against abuse.
Congratulations to:
Our applicants:
Valeriya Edemskya -- Reynolds Secondary
Alannah James -- St Margarets School
Marissa Johnstone -- Reynolds Secondary
Marianne Hemstock --Parklands secondary
Kim Nguyen -- Reynolds Secondary
Morgan Pudwell -- St Michaels University School Naomi Roome -- Oak Bay Secondary
Our Finalists Brittany Cooper -- Oak Bay Secondary Rose Jang -- Esquimalt High Sithanda Ntuka -- Pearson College
Sithanda Ntuka was the winner of the $1500 scholarship and will proceed to YWPA-District 8.
Our thanks to all who supported the event through their attendance. It was also wonderful to hear parents and teachers speak so positively about the YWPA award process and how worthwhile they felt the endeavour was.
Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Awards program, now in its second decade, is open to young women from the ages of 16 to 20, who are attending high school in the Greater Victoria area. The entrants are evaluated on their responses to five essay topics concerning the status of women locally and internationally. The YWPA awards recognize the commitment of these students to the volunteer sector, their leadership achievements, and their dedication to the advancement of the status of women. The entrants are all exceptional young women; what they have to say inspires optimism for the future. Three young women will be chosen by a panel of three judges. The top award is $1,500 with 2 additional awards of $500 each.
See below for some highlights from last year's event....
The Zonta Club of Victoria's YWPA-2007 event was a huge success. Applications submitted from fifteen students from schools across the Greater Victoria area were judged by:
Dr. Nancy Arsenault
Dean of Tourism and Hotel Management
Royal Roads University
Frank Leonard
Mayor, District of Saanich
Hillary Samson
Senior Product Manager,
AbeBooks.com
 Lucinda Chodan, Editor-in-Chief of the Times Colonist,
addressed a group of approximately 100 guests at the evening gala.
She encouraged all applicants to go forward and "make a difference".
photo by Bennett Guinn
The YWPA awards, now in their second decade in Victoria, recognize the commitment of exceptional young women to the volunteer sector, their leadership achievements and their dedication to the advancement of the status of women.
Photographs on this page- taken by Bennett Guinn www.bgpwestcoast.blogspot.com
And our finalist moved on.....
Emily Claire Peiffer, YWPA finalist from the Zonta Club of Victoria, is the District 8 Award Winner for Zonta's Young Women in Public Affairs Competition!
District 8 includes Alaska, British Columbia, down to the California border and across to and including Idaho. Emily now moves on to compete at the International level. Zonta International, although it is in 68 countries and made up of 1200 clubs, is divided into only 29 districts so she is one of a maximum of 29 young women in the world who will be competing for the International Award. Zonta Victoria is extremely proud of Emily!
Emily has recently received a scholarship for full tuition and living expenses, renewable for 3 years with an A-averate, at St Thomas University in Fredricton, New Brunswick. She will be leaving in August for 4 weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico, where she will be working with young girls aged 8-14 who have been physically, emontionally and/or sexually abused. After her month in Mexico she will be going straight to Fredricton.
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Finalists 2008
See also hereBrittany Rose 
Sithanda
2007 YWPA Awards Charlotte Houston of St Michael's University School, Emily Peiffer of St Michael's University School and Maggie Knight of Esquimalt High School all gave excellent talks to the guests their visions on improving the status of women.
Presentations-
 Front row: Finalists Emily Peiffer, Maggie Knight and Charlotte Houston
Behind them:Frank Leonard, Lucinda Chodan and Hillary Samson
Dawn Sheldon
Nadine Qureshi
Natasha Qureshi
Charlotte Houston
Maggie Knight
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