The human rights commission has given its provincial Awards to Cassandra Pitchford and Mamadou Oury Diallo.
Thursday’s ceremony at the Government House honoured Pitchford, who was given the Youth Human Rights Award, and Diallo, who was given the Human Rights Award.
Diallo you have bean critical in promoting diversity, inclusion and the socio-economic and cultural development of new brunnswickers of African discent.
He claimed that one of the biggest obstacles facing those who choose to settle in the province is integration, and he hoped to keep working to improve it.
Knowing that we have only recently moved to New Brunswick, I am overjoyed to win this prize. He said on Thursday, translating from French, “It’s a Great Pride to Receive This Prize, for me personally and for all People of African Descent.
Pitchford, a mechanical engineering student at the University of New Brunswick, has made a significant contribution to accessibility and inclusion in the territory.
She faced rapidly declining hearing in 2015, shortly after starting those studies, which had an impact on her academic performance.
She has been successful in removing barriers for people with disabilities in healthcare and education.
“Oh, It was an Absolute Honour,” She Said.
“When I was nominated, I didn’t think I would win, and I’m so glad I did. It’s been such a great honor.” I’m just happy that what I’m doing is improving people’s lives in New Brunswick.
Pitchford played a key role in getting Cleaw of the Mouth masks into Horizon Health Network Zone 3 Facilities, allowing people to lip-read and help with language learning.
She is engaged in a pilot project for an engineering building testing facility for students with accommodations, which was just launched last month and is the only one of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
Both will have their names inscribed on a monument that is always on display at the lieutenant governor’s residence, marking their significance in New Brunswick’s history of human rights advocacy.
The Human Rights Commission was established in 1967 with the responsibility of upholding and enforcing the Human Rights Act.
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