Award: Change Award

award: Patricia Lingley-Pottie, has been named a finalist for the Social Change Award within the annual RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, presented by Women of Influence Inc, according to The Chronicle Herald. Out of 5,000 nominees, 18 finalists across Canada have been selected to represent six award categories. The program president and CEO, Dr. The Social Change Award is dedicated to a female entrepreneur who is an exceptional leader of a registered charity or not-for-profit who is dedicated to social change. The Strongest Family Institute is a child and youth mental health program that has been designed to remove barriers to care, said Lingley-Pottie. Lingley-Pottie started the Strongest Families Institute in Nova Scotia 17 years ago and it has been a federally recognized charity for five years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.