THESE CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE ONTARIO ROOM, MCDONALD BLOCK AT QUEEN’S PARK. THE ROOM HOLDS 300 PEOPLE AND IS FULL TO CAPACITY. THERE ARE 50 – 60 INVITED GUESTS.
NOTABLE GUESTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THESE CELEBRATIONS:
PREMIERS MIKE HARRIS, ERNIE EVES AND DALTON MCGUINTY
LEADERS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AS WELL AS MINISTERS.
FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL POLITICIANS
MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
HEADS OF COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
CEOS AND PRESIDENTS OF LARGE BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS
CHIEFS AND DEPUTY CHIEFS OF SEVERAL REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES, AND RCMP OFFICERS
HON. JANET ECKER ( held positions of Minister of Social Services, then Education, then Finance in the Ontario Government) HAS BEEN THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES SINCE THE BEGINNING.
KEVIN HANSEN, MANAGER SALES AND MARKETING, SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES, HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATING TWO BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINE TICKETS AS THE DOOR PRIZE AT THESE CELEBRATIONS.
THE ASSOCIATION HONOURS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANIZATION AT THESE CELEBRATIONS EACH YEAR BY GIVING AWARDS.
Queen’s Park 1999 | Queen’s Park 2000
Queen’s Park 2001 | Queen’s Park 2002
Queen’s Park 2003 | Queen’s Park 2004
Queen’s Park 2005 | Queen’s Park 2006
Queen’s Park 2009 | Queen’s Park 2010
Queen’s Park 2011 | Queen’s Park 2012
Queen’s Park 2013 | Queen’s Park 2014