Executive Committee and Working Group chairs

Executive Committee

President

Wanda Yamamoto, Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc., Winnipeg

Vice President

Loly Rico, FCJ Refugee Centre, Toronto

Treasurer

Yasmine Dossal, COSTI Immigrant Services, Toronto

Secretary

Rick Goldman, Comité d'aide aux réfugiés, Montréal

Counsellor

Rivka Augenfeld, Service d'éducation et d'intégration interculturelle de Montréal (SEIIM), Outremont
Georges Bahaya, Centre d'accueil et d'établissement du nord de l'Alberta, Edmonton
Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty International, Toronto
Heather Neufeld, South Ottawa Community Legal Services, Ottawa
Freddy Wangabo, Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc., Fredericton
Eunice Valenzuela, Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support, Kitchener
Huda Bukhari, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto
Jean McRae, Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, Victoria

Working Group chairs

Working Group chair: Immigration and Settlement

Debbie Douglas, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), Toronto
Sherman Chan, MOSAIC, Vancouver

Working Group chair: Inland Protection

Chantal Tie, South Ottawa Community Legal Services, Ottawa
Francisco Rico-Martinez, FCJ Refugee Centre, Toronto

Working Group chair: Overseas Protection and Sponsorship

Elizabeth McWeeny, Compassionet Impact Development Canada, Thunder Bay
Rose Dekker, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee of Canada, Burlington

CCR and Nansen medal

CCR executive members and working group co-chairs with the Nansen medal.

The UNHCR's Nansen medal (now the Nansen Refugee Award) was awarded to the people of Canada in 1986.

Pictured from left to right: Yasmine Dossal, Rick Goldman, Loly Rico, Wanda Yamamoto, Rose Dekker, Gloria Nafziger, Eunice Valenzuela, Janet Dench, Sherman Chan, Freddy Wangabo, Rivka Augenfeld, Georges Bahaya, Debbie Douglas.