Canadians shine in Rosemarie Meschi Awards

Jeannine Pereira was the recipient of the prestigious Rosemary Merchi Award for her passion and effective execution of inclusiveness strategies at a gala dinner event at Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle with more than 900 attendees of Ernst & Young's Women's Leadership Conference which honoured the service of six outstanding advocates for gender equity at Ernst & Young. Jeannine is also highly gifted in many other areas - a true all-rounder! Jeannine is the daughter of Delphine & Errol Francis and daughter-in-law of Audrey & Hubert Pereira, well known for their high level of commitment to the Goan community.

Aaron Pereira, Named In List Of Young Global Leaders By The World Economic Forum.
http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Young%20Global%20Leaders/index.htm

Aaron Pereira, co-founder of the non-profits Canada Helps and Vartana, along with Canada's environment minister John Baird, CBC Television's programming director Kirstine Layfield, and Stornoway Diamonds Corp. CEO Eira Thomas, are among four Canadians named as young global leaders by the World Economic Forum.

See list at: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/YGL.pdf

Aaron is the son of Flavia & Tony Pereira from Mississauga.

Vartana –is a registered charity with a mandate to research and develop Canada's first financial institution dedicated to meeting the needs of voluntary sector organizations. Once established, Vartana Bank will be Canada's first bank that is also a registered charity. Its primary customers will be charities and non-profit organizations.

The list of 245 executives, public figures and intellectuals under the age of 40 was released on Tuesday. Baird, 38, said he is honoured to receive the award. "Like the World Economic Forum, our government recognizes that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today," he said in a statement. "We have demonstrated leadership by taking real action both at home and on the world's stage to tackle this issue."

Information courtesy of Rudy Fernandes of Mississauga

Dance of the Peacock
Cheryl Antao Xavier launched her collection of poems entitled Dance of the Peacock at the Streetsville Arts Fest (Mississauga) on Friday, 23rd May . Many of her poems are based on life in Karachi and have a strong South Asian flavour. It would be entertaining reading. Attached is a poster of the book and you can get further information at the following link:

http://www.federationofpoets.com/feature.htm
Published by In Our Words
In association with A Type of Magic
Reviews for Dance of the Peacock:

"Dance of the Peacock is a beautifully crafted display of scintillating poetry in a divine layout that is delicious to the senses. It is a gracious voyage through a lifetime of experiences and observations. Cheryl conquers any topic and extracts gifts that you may not be conscious of, but are now immediately aware. She uses all elements of creativity to provide not just a reading adventure, but a destination of enlightenment."

Tracy Repchuk
Bestselling author of 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles President and Founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets Editor and Founder of Poetry Canada magazine

"Cheryl Antao-Xavier is one of Canada's rising stars in poetry. Dance of The Peacock is her first full collection, comprising beautifully crafted melodies which will carry you away on the “wings of the wind” to exotic and faraway places. Her lucid, reflective poems on human relationships, placed within a fascinating landscape of colourful proportions, evoke the emotional climate and backdrop of the poet’s life.

Cheryl Antao-Xavier
Cheryl Antao-Xavier has been writing poetry for over 20 years and her poems have been published in anthologies and literary magazines. Her first collection of poems entitled Dance of the Peacock has just been published to critical acclaim through her own publishing company, In Our Words.

Cheryl’s poems are vignettes of the human experience that capture the trials and angst of people in transition and women in subjugation, painted against a vivid landscape of the Indian sub-continent. Cheryl is the Chair of the Peel region branch of the Canadian Federation of Poets and a member of The Ontario Poetry Society and the Mississauga Arts Council.

She is also a playwright and her first play, a comedy, is under production through SAWITRI (South Asian Women’s Inter-cultural Theatre and Research Initiative) and will be staged at the Mosaic festival in Mississauga in June 2008.

New Book by Blanche D'Souza launched on May 1 2008.

Title: Harnessing the Trade Winds
Author: Blanche Rocha D'Souza
ISBN: 9966712321
Extent: 204 pages
Date of Publication: May 1 2008
Publishers: Zand Graphics Ltd (Publishers of Challenge to Colonialism, Unquiet - the life and times of Makhan Singh)
Email of author: johbla@africaonline.co.ke

Goan Recipe
Chicken Cafreal
Chef: Mrs.Cafrina Martins Corner Belbatin, Goa

Ingredients:
2 pieces chicken
1 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp chopped coriander
1 piece cinnamon
6 cloves
1 small piece ginger
5 green chillies
6 pieces garlic
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 pieces cardamom
1 tsp vinegar4 tsp white rum
4 tbsp oil
10 onion rings

Method: Add salt to chicken and cook in water on full flame for 3 minutes.

Grind coriander, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, green chillies, garlic, cuminseeds, cardamom, vinegar and white rum to a paste. Add paste, two tbsp oil and onion rings to the cooking chicken and reduceflame to low.

After ten minutes add two more tbsp oil and white rum. Simmer on fire tillall the water evaporates and the chicken readies.

Serve hot with salad and chips.

Ref: http://www.youtube.com/edwardlopes7