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Farahnaz Rezaei: Confederation Centre and Author Charlotte

farahnaz rezaei: The room was filled with many friends and family snapping photographs and hugging one another, according to CBC. For Farahnaz Rezaei, the ceremony has been a long time coming. They were invited as part of a celebration at the Confederation Centre of the Arts for Canada's 150th birthday. If I wanted to put the total number of years together to get to today, it would be like 14 years, she said. Author Charlotte Gray, who immigrated to Canada in 1979, spoke at the event. Order of Canada members, youth leaders stop for Island Walrus Talk'Nothing wrong with saying hello to a stranger ' Graham Greene to speak on kindness The ceremony was hosted by The Walrus Foundation, a non-profit group that is touring the country and having Order of Canada recipients serve as guest speakers at events. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.