2010 Award Recipients
We are pleased to present our 2010 Alumni Award Recipients:
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| Larry Hebert:ALUMNI HONOUR AWARDLarry Hebert’s energy and strong public service ethic have made him one of Thunder Bay’s stellar citizens. His childhood growing up in the 1950s and 1960s on the corner of Franklin and Walsh Streets fostered his commitment to the community. Larry Hebert recalls the wonder of seeing a day-old colt in a barn on Brown Street and engaging in his passion for sports by playing road hockey and line baseball. He also jokingly says that his “claim to fame is helping Paul Shaffer cross the street” when he was a school patrol member. |
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| James W. Sanders:ALUMNI HONOUR AWARDJim Sanders has used his lifelong association with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) to make a lasting difference in the lives of Canadians with vision loss. Sanders was born with glaucoma in Fort William, Ontario, and was registered with the CNIB as an infant. Through the CNIB, he learned to read Braille and use a white cane. |
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| Michel S. Beaulieu, PhDYOUNG ALUMNI AWARDDr. Michel Beaulieu’s academic and community work is enriching the social and cultural fabric of Northwestern Ontario, and challenging assumptions about the significance of the north in Canadian history. Dr. Beaulieu has said that he chooses to live in Thunder Bay because of his “strong belief in the potential of the north, a belief in its past and future.” |
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| Anthony LeBlancYOUNG ALUMNI AWARDDrive and ambition have propelled Anthony LeBlanc to the top of the business world, and he is now becoming a prominent figure in the sports world. A willingness to push himself has been one of the traits that has allowed LeBlanc to succeed. He was born in Baie Comeau, Quebec, and moved to Thunder Bay when he was ten. As a child, he loved playing sports and following the Montreal Expos and Quebec Nordiques. “I grew up in a family where sports dominated our lives. My father was an avid hockey and baseball fan, and my brothers and I played pretty much every sport we could.” |
