Tamil Cultural and Academic Society of Durham | Gow sip sorsany Olvatuc sFmiaid proudly presents Sabont Saturday, September 25th J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate www.tamilsociety.ca The power Veridian is a progressive, community- owned energy company that provides Y electricity distribution services to more than 112,000 customers in nine munici- palities across east central Ontario. VERI DIAN The power to make your community better. The company focuses on providing reliable, efficient and sustainable energy solutions and services. A top priority is the health and safety of employees and members of the public. Veridian is an important fixture in the communities it serves. In addition to providing reliable service at reasonable oO eee Canada’s Greenest rates, Veridian promotes economic Employers € Ss ‘ S ‘ growth, community building and sustainable living. | —~ |E NERGY STAR To learn more about Veridian and the HIGH EFFICIENCY ur HAUTE EFFICACITE benefits it brings to its community 201U0tili ty of the Year partners, visit www.veridian.on.ca. - Regional Message from the President Congratulations! On behalf of Tamil Cultural and Academic Society, of Durham I am thrilled to welcome you all to a spectacular show “Believe in You 2010". This _ show is truly a celebration and a showcase that. provides unique forms of skills and talents of our children and youth. Believe in You show marks its 3rd_ year. Celebrating Canada's “Culture Days” makes our show very special this year. Culture Day was initiated in recognizing the growth of Canada's vibrant arts and cultural sector contributing to a healthy and stable society. TCASD is pleased to be partnered with Town of Ajax to commemorate this day. “Believe in You 2010”, youth and children talent show is dedicated in bringing our children together to share their hidden talents, skills, knowledge and most of all to express Tamil culture. During the process of this wonderful production, the youth and the children developed friendship, mutual understanding and lifetime skills of leadership, confidence, patience, interpersonal skills and time management skills. | am very pleased to announce that we have more than110 children participating in this event tonight and children young as two years old. Everyone contributed countless hours of practice and preparation time regardless of their school work and personal commitments and showed a phenomenal team effort. This is what you are witnessing tonight! This year was a very busy year for TCASD with many new programs and expansion of existing programs. All work of art covered the four basic areas of our focus, Academic, Culture, Community and Social. The highlights of this year consisted of various competitions, University counselling/job fair, Lights of Hope Charity Gala, participating in community celebrations and youth trip to Dave and Busters. My sincere thanks and best wishes to all the children, youth and our members for their time and commitment in organizing this show. I would also like to thank all the sponsors, media, politicians of all levels, City of Pickering, Town of Ajax and community partners especially Ontario Power Generation and Royal Canadian Legion for their utmost support and contributions for all of our events throughout the year. Great job! Sincerely, President Tamil Cultural & Academic Society of Durham Family Physician Dr. Kanna Vela Bisce VD ee Che 1885 Glenanna Rd., Suite 202 ] (Corner of Kingston Rd. & Glenanna Rd.) Phone: (905) 420-3370 Pickering, On, L1V6R6 Fax: (905) 420-6458 Tamil-speaking recent female graduate from the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine. Currently accepting new patients Message about Our Guests Joseph Chandrakanthan Bioethicist, Centre for Clinical Ethics Joseph A. Chandrakanthan, PhD (Ottawa), ThD (St. Paul) is Bioethicist in the Centre for Clinical Ethics and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto. He was the founding Head of the Department of Christian and : Islamic Studies at the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka and was Professor of Theology at Concordia University in Montreal. His special areas of research and interest include: End of Life Care, Psychiatry and Ethics, Spirituality and Ethics, Ethics and Culture especially Hindu - Saivite Tamil Ethics and Islamic Ethics. International Research Ethics in the Developing countries. Shelly-Ann Brown Silver Medal Olympian Shelley-Ann Brown is a native of Pickering, Ontario Canada. She has been a high level competitor in Track and Field for many years. As passionate about education as she is about sports, Shelley-Ann completed a Bachelor of Science in Biological Saences and English and a Masters in Educational Psychology in May 2006. This was accomplished while she attended the University of Nebraska on a Track and Field scholarship. The former sprinter/hurdler gained All-American honors during her time at Nebraska, and also served as a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Board. Shelley-Ann was recruited to bobsleigh for the 2007 season and has been on the Canadian World Cup Team ever since. Over the last three seasons, she has set 5 World Start records and placedas high as 2ndin the World Cup competition. She represented Canada in her first ever Olympics at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games where she thrilled the hearts of Canadians across the country. 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Box 134 Pickering, ON LIV 2R2 Greetings to all Participants: As Mayor of the Town of Ajax, and on behalf of all Members of Ajax Council, | offer a warm welcome to all guests and participants of this year’s Annual Youth and Talent Show “Believe in You 2010” being held at J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate on Saturday, September 25th. The vision of the Tamil Cultural and Academic Society of Durham to celebrate and promote Culture Days in Canada is admirable. This event provides a great opportunity for the Tamil youth to demonstrate their talents as well as developing their skills in organizing and participating in this annual Talent show. It is important that they are given the Opportunity to acknowledge the Tamil culture and to take part in community events. Please accept my best wishes for a very successful evening. ee Steve Parish Mayor [email protected] 905-619-2529 ext 3332 Ontario’s Pirst ISO 9001 Quality Community With Many Wishes Rick Johnson Regional Councillor - Ward 3 City of Pickering Acting Mayor City of Pickering Chair: Regional Public Works