C’est lundi soir dernier, à l’hôtel de ville de Montréal, que Victor Goldbloom a dévoilé ses mémoires, Building Bridges. En entrevue avec Global Montreal, la directrice générale du QCGN, Sylvia Martin-Laforge, souligne l’importance de la contribution de monsieur Goldbloom, autant pour les générations d’hier que celles d’aujourd’hui. Malgré toutes ces années passées à ériger des ponts entre les communautés, l’homme de 91 ans, qui a par ailleurs donné son nom au prix Goldbloom, est catégorique : il ne compte pas ralentir la cadence de si tôt!
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Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

The Quebec Community Groups Network Friday will honour the winners of the second annual Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award which celebrates individuals who have gonen above and beyond in contributing to the vitality and understanding of English-speaking Quebec.

The event, to be held in Montreal, is sold out.  This year’s laureates are lawyer and longtime community volunteer Alex Paterson, theatre icon Elsa Bolam and helth care actibist and community advocate Richard Walling.  Read more…

The Townships Outlet

The Townships’s Marjorie Goodfellow, well known for her advocacy of English-language health and social services, was one of three Quebecers to receive the prestigious community service award at a ceremony in Montreal Sept. 12.  The Distinguished Community Service award was instituted this year by the Quebec Community Groups Network, an organization that brings together 32 English-language community groups in Quebec, and named in honour of Sheila and Victor Goldbloom, (parents of Bishop’s University principal Michael Goldbloom). Read more…



The Townships Outlet, Sharon McCully

Cuts to CBC services jeopardize the future of a major fundraising and awareness initiative for the Townships English community. Last November CBC threw its support behind the first ever English-language CHUS Foundation/CBC Radiothon, raising some $64,000 for the hospital foundation. The radiothon, spearheaded by Marjorie Goodfellow, a longtime health care advocate for the English-community, was broadcast live from the cafeteria of the CHUS Fleurimont on CBC radio, 91,7 FM, during three time slots, the Quebec AM morning show, Radio Noon and Breadkaway in the afternoon. […] Good fellow said the CBC is unique in its ability to reach out to English-speaking Quebecers across the province and she’s hoping the network will find a way to support the initiative again. […] Las week, the Quebec Community Groups Network launched a plea to save the CBC. Hugh Maynard, a former president of the community groups netork which represents 32 English-language organizations across Quebec, said cuts to the public broadcaster will be felt more deeply in smaller regions, where there are fewer media to serve the community. Read more…