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Program
Welcome Everyone!
It was almost four years ago when we all celebrated
the establishment of the Canadian Palestinian Professional
Foundation. Today we celebrate this great achievement of the
preservation of Palestinian culture and our heritage with you.
We are happy to see so many familiar face, and new ones too!
We’d like to thank the Palestinian community and our friends
from around the world for their continued and unwavering
support.Our mission is to provide a social, cultural and intellectual environment
conducive to lifelong learning, strong networking and high quality local and interna-
tional education scholarships.
These scholarships are available to Palestinian students worldwide and are funded
through various UN and Canadian government programs, private donations and our
CPPF’s fundraising activities.
Our foundation’s goals are to assist Palestinian students in Canadian and other
educational institutions, to avail themselves of various educational opportuni-
ties by offering them scholarships for undergraduate, post graduate studies and
professional development.
We strive to promote and strengthen the sense of community among Canadian
Palestinian professionals by encouraging them to share their experience among
themselves and create strong connections as well as establishing long lasting cultural
and professional ties with Palestine.
With our partnership with the UNRWA we are able to sponsor Palestinian students.
Last year we sponsored twenty one students from the west bank and Gaza strip, we
wish them all every success and looking forward to sponsor many more.
The UNRWA will be presenting us with a short list of students to choose from and
award them our scholarship through the UNRWA scholarship program, our goal this
year is to sponsor six to eight students from Palestine.
Our heartfelt and sincere thank you goes to our wonderful and hardworking CPPF-ex-
ecutives for their dedication and commitment to the foundation and for their
volunteer spirit and countless hours of hard work.
Last but not least, we would like to thank our wonderful CPPF members, sponsors,
donors, and volunteers. Thank you for believing in the CPPF mission and your
continuous support to help our students achieve their academic goals through your
financial charity.
Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to celebrate our fourth year anniversary.
With your help and support, we can build a brighter future for such top-talented
Palestinian students and their families.
Dr. Tarek Khalifeh
6-7 Social hour
7-8 Welcoming remarks and CPPF Update, Remarks by official, Dabkeh ( Daughters of CPPF )
Remarks by official, Presentation Hanthala by Daughters of CPPF,
Presentation Jomana Al Hussieni, By Daughters of CPPF, Honouring Dr. George Awad
Dabkeh by Daughters of CPPF
8-9 Dinner, Remarks by officials, Outstanding achievement award
Presentation Ismail shamout by Daughters of CPPF
9-9:30 Magic show
9:30-9:45 Honouring CPPF sponsors
9:45-10 Closing silent auction, Dabkeh
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HALAH
IS FROM GAZA AND CURRENTLY
A FIRST YEAR STUDENT IN THE
MEDICAL COLLEGE AT
THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
AND EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN 2020
MONA
IS FROMDEIRAL-BALAH CAMP, GAZA.
MONA IS MAJORING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AT AL-AQSA UNIVERSITY.
IMAN
IS FROM GAZA STUDYING SHARI’S
AND LAW AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.
IMAN’S DREAM TO BE A FAMOUS LAWYER
WHO HELPS AND DEFENDS THE
RIGHTS OF THE NEEDY PEOPLE.
AMEERA
IS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA.
AMEERA IS A FIRST YEAR STUDENT
IN THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,
SLAMIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZING
IN ENGLISH TRADE
MOUATH
IS FROM NEWASKAR CAMP, NABLUS, WEST BANK.
HE IS THE FIRST STUDENT TO BE AWARDED
DR. AHMEDTEEBI SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICINE.
ACHIEVEMENTS
ZENAB
IS FROM KHANYUNIS, GAZA,
PURSUING A DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL
PHYSICS AT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY.
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She also served as a hall advisor for incoming first-year students to help them transition to the
BMC community. Shorouk maintained an active role in her chemistry department. She was
elected as a major representative planning activities to bring chemistry students and faculty
together, as well as a teaching assistant for multiple academic courses including general and
organic chemistry. Shorouk also worked as a research student synthesising biologically active
molecules targeting an enzyme known for immune escape, and has had her research published
in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
Shorouk graduated with honours last May. She is now currently completing her PhD in organo-
metallic chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about research and
teaching and is interested in pursuing a career in academia in the future.
Student Success Story:
Shorouk, Bethlehem, Palestine
The CPPF is proud to support Shorouk, a student from Bethlehem,
Palestine, as she completed her undergraduate education at Bryn
Mawr College (BMC) in Pennsylvania, USA. At BMC, Shorouk
pursued an American Chemical Society certified chemistry major.
On campus, she participated in many academic and extra-curricu-
lar activities, including her role as a Co-President of Voices for
Palestine, a student organization she co-founded to promote the
Palestinian culture with her fellow students.
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With hard work and determination, Dr. Awad graduated from
the American University of Beirut from the Faculty of Medicine.
He moved to the United States where he did his residency in
Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry. After completing his residen-
cies, he immigrated to Canada in 1973, where he practiced as a
Psychiatrist, a Child Psychiatrist, and a Psychoanalyst, as well as
a Training Analyst. He became the Director of the Family Court
Clinic, a Department of the Clark Institute, and was a court
appointed expert witness when discussing the best interests of
a child. He was asked to speak at many international avenues,
including the United Nations, regarding his experiences as a
Palestinian and Psychoanalyst.
Dr. Awad was an educator throughout his whole life. His
teaching institutes include: the University of Toronto, The
Hospital for Sick Children, the Clark Institute, and the Toronto
Analytic Society. Dr. Awad also loved teaching and spending time in Lebanon. It was there he
taught front line workers about post-trauma children, and the current methods of treatment .
Just before Dr. Awad passed away, he completed a paper that was to be presented at a
conference in Berlin discussing displaced peoples. He didn't make there till present.
Dr. Awad was a hopeful man, who felt that one day there would be a solution to the
injustices of the world. He believed that solutions could come from understanding others.
The CPPF is proud to honour the positive contributions that Dr. Awad made as a Palestinian
not only in his career, but his life.
Proudly Presenting a New Palestinian
Hall of Fame Member
Dr. George A. Awad
(1942 -2007)
Dr. AhmadTeebi
Palestinian Canadian Geneticist
(22 July 1949 – 22 July 2010)
Hazel McCallion
Canadian Politician, Former Mayor of Mississauga
(21 February1921 – Present)
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FERAS RIYAL , M SC, MB A
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Let’s Begin the Search for
Your Dream Home!
647.383.7111
Bus: 905.272.3434 - Toll Free: 1.866.675.3434
Fax: 905.282.3833
feras.riyal@gmail.com - www.ferasriyal.com
FERAS RIYAL , M SC, MB A
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Let’s Begin the Search for
Your Dream Home!
647.383.7111
Bus: 905.272.3434 - Toll Free: 1.866.675.3434
Fax: 905.282.3833
feras.riyal@gmail.com - www.ferasriyal.com
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PLEDGE FORM
I would like to Donate
Sponsor
Monthly One Time
$1,000 $2,500 $5,000 Other $ _________
SPONSOR / DONOR INFORMATION
Name:
Last First M.I
Company Name:
Address:
Apartment/ Unit#
Address: Tel:
Province Postal Code
Email:
Cheques are payable to the CPPF.
Please return this form with payment to
3348 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga ON, L5M 8C3
Non-Profit Organization Business Number: 83682 9531
The CPPF thanks you for your support towards contributing to the education and lives of talented, low income Palestinian
students from refugee camps and occupied territories.
Email: Plancppf@gmail.com | Tel: 647 774 9944
www.cppf.ca
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