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August 10, 2006 6:30 PM
DR. JAMES ORBINSKI
President, Dignitas International; Former International President, Doctors Without Borders.
Harnessing the Power of Community to Fight Aids
MaRS Collaboration Centre - 101 College Street
A SPECIAL CANADIAN CLUB EVENING IN ADVANCE OF XVI INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE.
Please join Noella Milne, President of the Canadian Club, as we partner with Dignitas International in the global fight against AIDS. This special evening at MaRS will include a reception, light dinner and music.
We'll kick off the night with a short address by Dr. Janice Gross Stein, Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Dr. James Orbinski will then share the story of Dignitas' pioneering community-based work in the treatment and fight against AIDS in Africa.
Music for the evening will include a performance by Grammy Award-winner Sarah McLachlan, who has sold more than 22 million albums worldwide. And while you enjoy cocktails, listen to the haunting sounds of Ugandan-born Achilla Orru, who will transport you to his native lands through his mastery of the African thumb-piano.
This August, the spotlight will be on Toronto as more than 22,000 participants from government, the sciences, national and international AIDS organizations and people living with AIDS converge on this city for the XVI International AIDS Conference. Join us to lend your support in advancing the collective response to this pandemic.
NOTE: Seating is theatre style for this event. No tables.
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Guests Jann Coppen and Salah Bachir enjoy the reception
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Media personality, Valerie Pringle chats with James Fraser of Dignitas International
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Musician and Singer Achilla Orru performs on August 10th
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Olivia Chow, MP, chats with Dignitas Executive Director, James Fraser before Sarah McLaghlan performs.
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Dr. James Orbinski, President, Dignitas International during his speech
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Canadian Club Board member Alison Dalglish-Pottow chats with Nada Ristich, event sponsor and Senior Manager, Corporate Donations, BMO Financial Group
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Guests Dr. Robert Bennett and Estelle Tennan at the reception on August 10th
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Enza "Supermodel" Anderson chats with Canadian Club staffer Rob Linkiewicz before Sarah McLachlan performs
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Canadian Club President Noella Milne chats with her husband Chris Milne in the auditorium at MaRS
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Theo Caldwell, event sponsor, enjoys the reception with James Fraser, Executive Director, Dignitas International
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Verity Dimock, Executive Director, The Canadian Club of Toronto, enjoys a laugh before the event gets underway.
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David Fleck, Director Dignitas International and Executive Managing Director, BMO Captial Markets chats with Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS during the reception.
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Helen Burstyn, Vice-President, the Canadian Club and Chair, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and her husband David Pecaut, Chair, the Toronto City Summit Alliance chat with Nada Ristich of BMO
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Helen Howell (L) and Andrew Saldanha (second from R) chat with Canadian Club President, Noella Milne and her husband Chris Milne of Scotiabank
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