Harmony
Award Banquet 2010

The Harmony Award Banquet attracts individuals, companies and community organizations that are committed to supporting our diversity education programs. The evening provides a unique opportunity for corporate sponsors to liaise with one another and for Harmony Movement to showcase our upcoming initiatives.

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For students, schools, not-for-profit and community organizations we have $75 tickets available (note these won’t have a charitable receipt issued). Click here to purchase the Community Banquet ticket.

Jessica Yee- 2010 Harmony Award Recipient

At the age of 20, Jessica Yee founded Native Youth Sexual Health Network and became a respected international youth leader who organizes United Nations forums on indigenous youth and writes, edits and produces books, videos and theatre about youth sexuality.

Yee is a strong believer in the power of the youth voice and is also involved in media literacy and activism for youth.  She is 2009/2010 Role Model for the National Aboriginal Health Organization, as well as the author and editor of Sex Ed and Youth: Colonization, Communities of Colour, and Sexuality.

For these and other achievements, Harmony Education Foundation honours Jessica Yee for her work in breaking down barriers of discrimination and fighting for social justice.  Her advocacy and activism for a more inclusive and equitable Canada epitomizes our ideal of a “youth leader for social change”.

Jessica Yee is a young woman on a mission.  She started volunteering for a Toronto women’s shelter when she was 12.  At 15, she spearheaded a letter-writing campaign in support of a gay student who was barred from bringing his boyfriend to the prom.

Several years later, Yee went to South Dakota to fight against the re-criminalization of abortion and connected with the powerful Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center.

By age 20, Yee has pulled those experiences together to form the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, the first agency of its kind run by and for youth that isn’t focused solely on disease prevention. With head offices in Toronto and on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin, the network is a North American force for healthy sexuality and reproductive rights, among other things.

Yee currently holds the second inaugural community internship at the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives at the University of Toronto. Her health research centers on empowering youth as researchers in the areas of sexual health promotion, decolonization, and reclaiming traditional knowledge.

A prolific writer and lecturer, Yee is the author of the forthcoming book to be published by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Feminist Education Now: Youth, Activism, and Intersectionality, and will be featured in the new National Film Board documentary Feminism Now.

Jessica Yee will be honoured with the Harmony Award at the Harmony Award Banquet on   November 2. Click here if you are interested in sponsoring this exciting event!

Sol Guy & Josh Thome – 2009 Harmony Award Recipients

Sol Guy and Josh Thome went to school together in British Columbia. In high school, Josh helped launch the nationwide Environmental Youth Alliance comprising more than 60,000 students and went on to build similar networks with youth leaders around the world. He later won the Sierra Club President’s Award for his work.

After high school, Sol decided to pursue a career in New York City, and quickly became one of the top young executives in the music industry. Sol manages some of the world’s most renowned hip-hop and rap artists, including Canada’s own K’naan.

In 2001, Sol and Josh reunited in order to seek ways to engage youth globally through art, music, culture and digital media. 4REAL was founded in 2003 as a documentary series on CTV and MTV using celebrities raise public awareness of social issues around the world.

4REAL has become a global force with Canadian roots. The TV series now airs in 166 countries and 34 languages. In 2008, Sol and Josh became the first Canadians to receive the National Geographic Emerging Explorers Award for their work.

Based in Vancouver, 4REAL uses the power of the media to inspire young people both in Canada and around the world to take action for positive social change. Youth from over 200 Canadian communities are members on the 4REAL online community at 4REAL.com, where members can direct funds to their favourite cause.

Sol and Josh continue to give presentations around the country, inspiring people to help change some of the most critical issues of our time.

Sol and Josh were honoured with the Harmony Award at the Harmony Award Banquet on October 29th.