The Canadian Progress Club of Halifax Cornwallis has announced that it will honour nineteen Women of Excellence for their community and business contributions at a ceremony next month. Twelve of the nineteen women recognized are Dal alumnae, with a range of backgrounds and accomplishments:

• The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab (MPA’87, LLB’90), Immigration Minister for Nova Scotia
• Halifax Port Authority president and CEO Karen Oldfield (LLB’85)
• Author Carol Bruneau (BA’77, MA’81)
• Heather Gibson (BA’96), executive director of the Halifax Jazz Festival and of Jazz East
• Halifax West High School’s  social studies and languages department head, as well as student government adviser, Sandra Starratt (BEd’83, MEd’92)
• Dr. Michelle Adams (PhD’06), associate professor at Dalhousie’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies
• Adams & Knickle Ltd. president Jane Adams Ritcey (BPE’71)
• Dr. Jenine Arab O’Malley (DDS ’90), dentist at Halifax Dental Studio
• Kids’ Run Club co-ordinator and Doctors Nova Scotia health promotion adviser Kerry Copeland (BSW’89)
• Sara Wilson (BA’99), professional golfer and owner of Metro Ladies Golf Inc.
• WeUsThem Inc. principal and chief creative officer Faten Alshazly (BScCS’99)
• Paula Sibley-Fox (BA’00), director of strategic communications for Nova Scotia’s RCMP

Dalhousie’s vice-president of research, Dr. Martha Crago, has also been recognized.

The Halifax Progress Club will host a ceremony to honour these accomplished women on November 18 at Halifax’s World Trade and Convention Centre.

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