Elliston ... to receive Ontario's highest honour.
ONTARIO, Canada, CMC:
TWO JAMAICANS have been honoured for their contribution to the development of Canada.
Educator Dr. Inez Elliston and businesswoman Delores Lawrence were among a group of 29 Canadians citizens who received the Order of Ontario for 2004 yesterday.
Deemed the Canadian province's highest honour, the Order of Ontario recognises and honours residents "who have enriched the lives of others by attaining the highest standards of excellence and achievement in their respective fields."
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Elliston, who hails from Mile Gully, Manchester, is an educator, researcher and consultant who, for more than 30 years, has been involved in teaching, professional development and training in schools.
She is one of the patrons of Women for PACE Canada (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education), which has adopted more than 100 basic schools in Jamaica. She also represented the group at the Jamaican Diaspora Conference in Kingston last year.
Mrs. Lawrence is owner of Nurses and Home Healthcare Inc., a company she formed 20 years ago to provide health care services to house-bound patients.
In 2004, she was recognised as one of Canada's top 100 entrepreneurs.
Born in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Mrs. Lawrence migrated to Canada in 1969. She is a trained registered nurse and a community volunteer, who has chaired the board of governors of Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, and chaired the Academic and Patient Care Committee of Sunnybrook Hospital, the largest hospital in Canada.
