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Youth Appreciation Awards
West Vancouver’s Youth Appreciation Awards take place each year during BC Youth Week (May 1-7).
They are designed to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements and dedication of youth and youth groups who have made a significant contribution to their local or global community and who show initiative, enthusiasm, commitment and a positive attitude.
The Youth Appreciation Awards recognize young people in the categories of Youth Recognition, Youth Community Enhancement and Outstanding Youth Team.
Please check out the tabs below for more information on the award categories, nomination criteria and the selection process.
The nomination deadline is Friday, April 16, 2021, at 6 p.m.
Nomination Form - Youth Appreciation Awards 2021
Last year, the 2020 Youth Appreciation Awards needed to move to a virtual format due to COVID-19.
Please watch the video below to hear messages of congratulations from Mayor and Council to last year's award recipients
YOUTH RECOGNITION AWARD
The Youth Recognition Award recognizes individual youth who have made noteworthy achievements or who have achieved considerable progress in a particular endeavour, thus exhibiting the ability and commitment for personal change and growth.
YOUTH COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AWARD
The Youth Community Enhancement Award recognizes individual youth who have made a voluntary contribution to their community that resulted in a positive change or made a lasting impact, such as developing a project, serving on a committee, or participating in other volunteer work with an organization and/or group. All nominees must demonstrate a minimum contribution of 50 hours of school or community service work between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021
OUTSTANDING YOUTH TEAM AWARD
The Outstanding Youth Team Award recognizes a group of youth who have completed a minimum of 35 hours per youth of service, resulting in enhanced programs and/or services for their school or their local or global community between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. If any individual youth in a group has not completed 35 hours of service, the individual does not qualify for the award. It is the Nominator’s responsibility to confirm that each individual youth in a group has completed 35 hours of service.
Note: If you are nominating a group for the Outstanding Youth Team Award, you will be asked to provide the name and contact information of the main contact person for this group. If the group is selected for an award, the main contact person is the one who will be responsible for providing the award details to the selected group of youth.
- Nominations must be received by the application deadline. There will be no extension on the nomination deadline.
- The nominator must not be related to an individual nominee, but may be related to one or more members of a group nominee.
- The nominee does not have to live in the District of West Vancouver as long as the activities which are being acknowledged occurred in the District of West Vancouver.
- If the nominee is a District of West Vancouver resident, the activities which are being acknowledged can occur in another community.
- The eligible age for nominees is 13-18 years.
- Youth may be nominated for more than one award.
- Once all the nomination forms are received by the deadline, they will be reviewed by District of West Vancouver staff.
- More than one award in each category may be awarded to the same youth in any one year.
- The selected nominees will be contacted by phone and/or email, detailing their options for receiving or picking up their Youth Appreciation Award.
- Information about the awards presented, including the names of the award recipients, will be published on the District of West Vancouver’s website from the current and past year. Award recipients will be provided with a Personal Information Disclosure Consent form for their consideration.
Youth Recognition
- Abigail Johnston
- Alexa Friedland
- Anahita Vahedi
- Angelo Johnston
- Arta Zakhireh
- Asal Rahimi
- Bridget McLean
- Darcy Foote
- Eleena Shahbazi
- Emily Parkyn
- Jenaya Grant
- Kate Lamarre
- Kaylee Whittaker
- Luciano Janzen
- Melika Tehrani
- Natasha Hossini
- Nubi Callewaert
- Quinn Reynolds
- Rebecca Sun
- Sam Hobbs
- Sebastian Zamora
- Simone Dhingra
- Sivan Farzan-Cote
- Sophia Vetrici
- Tehya Poorthunder
- Zahra Savoji
Youth Community Enhancement
- Alessandra Ow
- Amir Kashanipour
- Anthony McDaniel
- Daisy Li
- Ellyana Baumet
- Hao Yang (Kevin) Du
- Jett Gleason
- Joanna Kim
- Kai Kopke
- Kamran Hemani
- Laura Cunningham
- Lucy LePoidevin
- Luke White
- Mattias (Yan Ming) Ow
- Nathaniel (Yan Cheng) Ow
- Ricky (Guanhong) Chen
- Sasan Ghasaei
- Sophia Garofalo
- Xin Yu (Doris) Guo
- Zoie Bhalloo
Outstanding youth team
First Responders Club
- Melika Tehrani
- Inaya Alibhai
- Rojina Nariman
- Bridget McLean
- Qaleem Rawji
- Sami Sabouni
- Razaan Lalji
- Jaden Cheung
- Ziyan Ismail
- Babar Abbasi
- Jamil Lalani
- Aziz Bhayani
International Women's Day Committee
- Andrea Riquelme
- Eugenia Riquelme
- Tosca Norman Thiessen
Sustainability Council
- Hailey Lucke
- Sophia Graham
- Jennifer Zhong
- Rosa Sandoval-Carlsten
- Jett Gleason
- Ryan Ng
- Declan Lawlor
- Quinn Reynolds
- Daisy Li
- Megan Bruk
Interact Rotary Club
- Katelyn Jewell
- Adelina Pocock
- Alina Jarvis
- Alicia Pocock
- Fionna Zhang
- Keira Szeto
Youth Philanthropy Council
- Priyanka Chopra
- Victoria Lu
- Alex Mendes
- Verity Carrie
- Zoe Da Roza
Sentinel Boys Club
- Alex Baldry
- Arshia Soleimany
- Babar Abbasi
- Dominic Haston
- Evan Ranger
- Joe Dai
- Joseph Foster
- Justin Tjhin
- Kia Karimi
- Leonardo Butsugam
- Luis Sanchez
- Marcus Yuen
- Max Ligumsky
- Max Pistawka
- Mitchell Brule
- Mohammed Al-Araji
- Nathaniel Tenenbaum
- Oliver Sweetland
- Oscar Perez Franco
- Radin Mofidi
- Sam Sayari
- Theo Monteiro Maciel
- Tony Tang
- Vanzan Mecl
Senior Service Action Council (SSAC) Spring Drive Leadership Team
- Shang Yu (Leona) Li
- Julie Le
- Gwen Anderson
- Cayden Tay
- Ryan Cheah
Senior Service Action Council (SSAC) Intersectionality Leadership Team
- Vanessa Tung
- Ellyana Baumet
- Jocelyn Cottrell
- Ahna Noormohamed
- Charmaine Lai
- Isabel von Borstel
- Alyssa Ukani
Senior Service Action Council SSAC Fight Gender Norms (FGN) Leadership Team
- Mikkah Damji
- Mira Saba
- Paula Ransanz
- Caitlyn Tong
- Alyssa Ukani
- Kamran Hemani
- Zoe Laxton
- Devon Myers
- Si Yu (Selina) Zhu
- Elizabeth Kubyshyn
Student Members of the Mulgrave Board of Directors
- Bronson Lo
- Mona Xie
Middle Service Action Council (MSAC) G9 Leadership Team
- Ulwiana Mehta Malhotra
- Jaiden Ahuja
- Emma McDonald
- Ella Dixon
- Sara Sunderje
Global Nomads Life Below Water Leadership Team
- Niki Evini
- Bela Desai
- Leili Akhavan-Sharif
- Danish Hakim
Bikes For Tykes
- Paige Wournall
- Paige Bindley
- Molly Machin
- Ilham Hakim
Tyed 4 Cancer
- Devon Seybold
- Ellie Mitchell
- Elissa Caetano
COVID Community Support Program
- Alyza Samji
- Natasha Bhimji
Student Work & Advisory Team (SWAT)
- Nathaniel Koscinski
- Jeehyun (Amy) Lee
- Seyedshayan Masoumi
- Kayla McLean
- Melody Mokhtari Amirmajdi
- Keon Nabavi
- Romina Naderi
- Dana Nitsch
- Mika Panagsagan
- Megan Peretz
- Ashley Pezeshk
- Arian Pourvosoughi
Youth Advisory Committee (YAC)
- Erin An
- Justin An
- Parnian Ashrafi
- Parto Balazadeh Minouei
- Ellyana Baumet
- Marin Elvin-Jensen
- Darcy Foote
- Arshan Ghanbari
- Kyian Ghanbari
- Rain Huang
- Alhena Jaffer
- Alina Jarvis
- Amir Kashanipour
- Joanna Kim
- Daisy Li
- Parmida Moradian Arjmand
- Alessandra Ow
- Andrea Palafox Lerma
- Artina Payombarnia
- Asal Rahimi
- Maya Ramji
- Ali Talib
- Anna Tikhonova
- Maria Vetrici
- Hilary Xu
- Christina Zhang
- Richard Zhou
Youth Community Enhancement
- Alessandra Ow
- Alexa Hartvikson
- Amir Kashanipour
- Andrew Hamilton
- Augustin Wright
- Daniel Liu
- David Yim
- Diba Alamdaran
- Elizabeth Liteplo
- Ellie Ross
- Justin Huang
- Kaiden Talib
- Madelyne Honcharuk
- Markus Marosits
- Milo Prentice
- Mina Hu
- Olivia Mendes
- Ophir Barzilay
- Oraya Lertmahasub
- Rebecca Davey
- Sophia Hartvikson
- Sophia Su
- Trinity Davies
- William (Junwei) Zhang
Youth Recognition
- Alice Lee
- Anna Tichonova
- Arthas Cheng
- Asal Rahimi
- Brayden Sissons
- Chaereen Kim
- Clara Chalmers
- Hoai Irish
- Hung Irish
- James Lawless
- Jerry Wong
- Jett Gleason
- Kyle Wong
- Lisa Shao
- Mac Wong
- Mobina Aghili
- Parsa Nilforushan
- Raiden Louie
- Sahand Javidad
- Sophia Garofalo
- Tamara Hajdukovic
- Tristan Heilbron
- Zoe Stanley
Outstanding Youth Team
Youth Philanthropy Council
- David Zou
- Gia Da Roza
- Hannah McDonald
- Victoria Lu
Sentinel's Boys Club
- David Zou
- Dominic Haston
- Evan Ranger
- Justin Tihn
- Luis Sanchez
- Maniz Mohaghegh
- Mattias Allen
- Mitchell Brule
- Nate Tenenbaum
- Russell Sagun
- Shawn Asadian
- Tristan MacInnes
- Vanzan Mecl
Collingwood's Environmental Sustainability Club
- Rose Li
- Karen Chan
Youth Mind Club
- Adrienne Zhang
- Simone Laursen-Samson
Mulgrave's Homeless Clothing and Food Support Team
- Alex Andrews
- Axel Moussavi
- Liam Durnin
- Ryan Kuo
Middle School Service Action Council (MSAC) G9 Leadership Executive
- Aman Dhillon
- Amrita Dhillon
- Emma Linsley
- Jason Bao
- Jerome Lippman
- John Lang
- Karina Gulamani
- Lialah Mavani
- Max Zhang
- Mercedes Sanei
- Mia Ruse
- Milo Prentice
- Teresa Jin
Westview Elementary Math Tutors
- Chi (Charles) Xu
- Zi Xu (Daniel) Qin
The Green Team
- Charlotte Van der Vorm
- Hannah Li
- Lyris Xu
- Sophia Su
The Global Nomads Team
- Abtin Zehtab
- Alyssa Ukani
- Angelina Yang
- Bela Desai
- Danish Hakim
- Dongjo Lee
- Emily Tang
- Ghazal Azizi Kashi
- Habibi Hamidullah
- Ilham Hakim
- Jocelyn Cottrell
- Kaysan Dhanji
- Kazemi Irfan
- Kelly Shim
- Kevin Du
- Khayali Dhanji
- Malaika Somji
- Matthew Park
- Meena Faqiri
- Mira Saba
- Monray Guo
- Nicky Evini
- Paige Bindley
- Roya Hakimzadeh
- Ruiqi Wang
- Sasan Ghasaei
- Si Yu Selena Zhu
- Sophia Lin
- Ulwiana Mehta-Malhotra
- Vanda Vaziri
- Victoria Lu
- Zoya Mehri
HeadsUp Youth Mental Health and Wellness Team
- Amrita Dhillon
- Adelyn Lee
- Christian Thorson
- Erika Layton
- Ilham Hakim
- Jocelyn Cottrell
- Koleta Kopanas
- Soo Gyung Bak
- Sophie Ye
- Zemin Zhang
Club 360
- Alishia Beigi
- Ashley Wong
- Ava Lee
- Emma Linsley
- Jacquie Garrett
- Jaydan Gujral-Ratti
- Karina Edmonds
- Karina Gulamani
- Lauren Bowlby
- Lialah Mavani
- Mia Ruse
- Zoe Laxton
Mulgrave’s TEDx Organizers
- David Hedong Chen
- Michael Solodko
Senior Service Action Council
- Adelyn Lee
- Ahna Noormohamed
- Angela Li
- Cayden Tay
- Charmaine Lai
- Christian Thorson
- Dean Ma
- Devon Seybold
- Ellyana Baumet
- Gabi Novak
- Ilham Hakim
- Isabel von Borstel
- Kai Lu
- Kamran Hemani
- Kate Birch
- Leili Akhavan Sharif
- Lucy LePoidevin
- Mikkah Damji
- Molly Machin
- Ryan Cheah
- Sadaf Ghanbari Miandoab
- Sahra Rajani
- Sophie Ye
- Tessa Rinck
- Vanessa Tung
- Zia Janmohamed
Mulgrave's Harvest Project Clothing Fundraising Team
- Benjamin Kendrick
- Branden Modrovic
- Mackenzie Cyr
- William Collister
YEAH! Youth Entrepreneurs Against Homelessness
- Annika Kuypers
- Brendan Cooper
- Cassidy Foley
- David Zou
- Fernando Jones
- Henley Walker
- Kian Lalji
- Rose Tajfirouzeh
Student Work & Advisory Team (SWAT)
- Bowen Huang
- Dana Nitsch
- Elise Montgomery
- Grace Kwon
- Haoran (Hilary) Xu
- Jensen Kerrison
- Joe Olmstead
- Kamran Hossini
- Meg Olmstead
- Natasha Hossini
- Tyler Yupangco
Youth Advisory Committee (YAC)
- Ahna Noormohamed
- Alessandra Ow
- Ali Talib
- Amir Kashanipour
- Andrea Palafox
- Anna Tikhonova
- Arshan Ghanbari
- Chloe Chen
- Chu Yun Yu
- Daisy Li
- Darcy Foote
- Emily Tang
- Gabi Reznik
- Grace Kwon
- Haoran (Hilary) Xu
- Kamran Hossini
- Olivia Xiao
- Parnian Ashrafi
- Renee Qin
- Rosie Li
- William (Junwei) Zhang
Youth Recognition
- Alice Kang
- Amanda Wang
- Amir Kashanipour
- Anna Edmonds
- Chaereen Kim
- Chai Graham
- Emma Reynolds
- Isabella Pejman
- Jack Birch
- Kevin Huang
- Laura Cunningham
- Lillian Huang
- Mattias Yan Ming Ow
- Mimi Toma
- Natasha Hossini
- Rachael Kaluza
- Raman Rodde
- Rowan O'Neill
- Sara Gerber
Youth Community Enhancement
- Amir Kashanipour
- Ariella Sebba
- Augustin Wright
- Chu Yun Yu
- Cristina Ng
- Jayden Shull
- Jenny Han
- Justin Huang
- Katie Lee
- Kayley Chan
- Liam Durnin
- Liana Gerber
- Malaika Somji
- Markus Marosits
- Nicole Cheah
- Raiden Louie
- Romina Khaksar
- Samir Georgi
- Si Ying (Angela) Chen
- Sophia Garofalo
- Tessa Rinck
- Tianyu Amanda Cheng
- William Collister
Outstanding Youth Team
Kenya Volunteer Group
- Arthur Na
- Charlotte Petterson
- Emilie Haniak
- Emily Tan
- Helen Peng
- Jasiu Karcz
- Jinhyo Huh
- Juliet Emlyn
- Justin Yee
- Justine Brongers
- Maisie Hastings
- Markus Taleghani
- Seli Edstrand
- Sophia Garofalo
- Stephanie Gillies
- Victor Peng
- Zaref Anderson
Environmental Expression Art Competition
- Daisy Li
- Declan Lawlor
- Emma Golding
- Heidi Davey
- Isabelle Hadad
- Kiana Shahbazi
The Music Connect Program
- Jade Jordan
- Luna Li
- Renee Qin
- Shean Yusu
- Yuka Ho
Diversity Week Organizers
- Daisy Li
- Darcy Foote
- Emma Golding
- Sophia Garofalo
Collingwood Sustainability Council
- Karen Chan
- Rosie Li
Youth Philanthropy Council
- Alison Shang
- Andre Zou
- Fallon O'Neill
- Isha Ohri
- Pegah Abyaneh
- Sara Niyyati
- Yas Zareyan
Mulgrave Changemakers
- Bela Desai
- Cayden Tay
- Charmaine Lai
- Elizabeth Kubyshyn
- Ellyana Baumet
- Isabel von Borstel
- Kate Birch
- Kaysan Dhanji
- Pranav Ramdhani
- Zoe Laxton
Club 360
- Anna Edmonds
- Ava Lee
- Bronwen Campbell
- Charlotte Goetting
- Lialah Mavani
- Meridy Meikle
- Nicole Lee
- Sophie On
Global Nomads Leadership Team
- Ahna Noormohamed
- Emily Tang
- Emmalyn Tsang
- Ghazal Azizi
- Khayali Dhanji
- Leili Akhavan
- Mira Saba
- Niki Evini
- Pegah Abyaneh
- Roya Hakimzadeh
- Shyree Mehta
- Soo Gyung Bak
- Sophie On
- Tianna Lawton
- Victoria Lu
HeadsUp Youth Mental Health and Wellness Leadership Team
- Cecile Dai
- Christian Thorson
- Claire Stewart
- Meridy Meikle
- Natasha Kearns
- Pegah Abyaneh
Middle School Service Action Council Leadership Executive
- Alyssa Ukani
- Bela Desai
- Elizabeth Kubyshyn
- Ellyana Baumet
- Isabel von Borstel
- Kamran Hemani
- Kate Birch
- Madelaine Brewer Yazdi
- Mira Saba
- Miranda Yang
- Vanessa Tung
- Zach Sun
Backpack Buddies Leadership Team
- Julia Cross
- Sophia Su
- Tara Mehr
- Zia Janmohamed
Mulgrave Technology Integration Council (MTIC)
- David Hedong Chen
- Michael Solodko
Senior Service Action Council
- Azad Dharamsi
- Behbod Panahandeh
- Christie Yang
- David Zheng
- Julia Cross
- Luna Wang
- Mark Horner
- Sophia Su
- Tara Mehr
- Vania Rezaei
- Zoe Kortje
Heliobacter Pylori Prevention and Awareness Initiative
- Jing Rui (Ray) Xu
- Yu Xuan (Steven) Che
Grade 5 Math Tutors
- Chi (Charles) Xu
- Zi Xu (Daniel) Qin
Sentinel Boys Club
- David Zou
- Fouad Mahootchian Asl
- Jack Page
- Justin Tjhin
- Sam Salehi
- Sam Sayari
- Zach Jeangrand
Sentinel Red Cross Club
- Bahar Ahmadi
- Daanyaal Patni
- Zahra Shahriyari Afshar
Ch’ich’iyúy Canoe Family
- Biaggio van den Heever
- Brayden Sissons
- Dominique Joseph
- Hoai Irish
Student Work and Advisory Team (SWAT)
- Amber Tao
- Armaan Gill
- Biaggio van den Heever
- Bowen Huang
- Brayden Sissons
- Brianna Wang
- Chris Xu
- Ciara Edmond
- David Zou
- Jensen Kerrison
- Kamran Hossini
- Miranda Chen
- Nina Zhang
- Oliver Huang
- Tank Wang
Youth Advisory Committee (YAC)
- Ahna Noormohamed
- Amir Kashanipour
- Andrea Palafox
- Ben Janzen
- Chloe Chen
- Chu Yun Yu
- Gabi Reznik
- Kamran Hossini
- Markus Marosits
- Muneet Gill
- Renee Qin
- Rosie Li
- Tianna Lawton