MONTREAL/September 28, 2007—
From left to right: Chantal Beaudoin, Louise Henault-Ethier, Alexis Fortin, Jeff Riley.
Concordia University President, Claude Lajeunesse, is proud to announce that Concordia’s R4 Compost project and two Concordia students, Kinia Adamczyk and Jose Gabriel Bran Lopez, have won Forces Avenir Awards. These prestigious awards honor students, and student-initiated projects, for their outstanding work in community service and raising social consciousness.
The 9th annual Forces Avenir awards ceremony took place last night at the Granada theatre in Sherbrooke, Quebec. An independent jury selected the winners in 13 categories. R4 was recognized in the Environment category, while Adamczyk and Lopez were recognized in the category of Personality Awards – Undergraduates.
R4 Compost aims to reduce the quantity of waste sent to landfills and divert organic materials to composting. Initiated in 2005 by two undergraduate students in business and biology, this project also involves three volunteer ambassadors responsible of the management and promotion of the project and about thirty volunteers dedicated to composting activities and education outreach.
Adamczyk, a journalism and communications studies major, is president of the Canadian Foundation for Polish Studies and member of the Journalism Students Association. Through these associations, she has put together networking events for her peers and organized educational documentary screenings. She and Lopez also co-organized Concordia’s team at the Jeux Francocanadiens de la communication.
Lopez’s community involvement focuses on improving the quality of life of the underprivileged and encouraging Montreal’s youth to be active in their community. The Communications student organized Youth Fusion Jeunesse to promote social commitment among young people between the ages of 12 and 17. In the summer of 2006 he worked as a community development officer in the town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan and then spent the summer of 2007 in Uganda helping young orphans suffering from the devastating effects of Aids.
These awards are funded by the Quebec and federal governments as well as businesses groups. R4, Adamczyk and Lopez won awards of $4000 each.
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Source :
Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
