The memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery by Tamara Bell went up in May 2021. It honours 215 children believed buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Ottawa is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges.
Nivruti Rai, Divya Gokulnath, and Geetha Manjunath recognised as Women Who Make India 101 CLAPS
entrepreneurs Divya Gokulnath and Geetha Manjunath, and
country head of Intel India, Nivruti Rai, for their trailblazing work, with the ‘Women Who Make India’ awards. The awards were presented during the MAKERS India conference last week.
Divya Gokulnath, who co-founded unicorn edtech startup BYJU Sbagged the ‘Women Entrepreneur of the Year’ for her progressive leadership, while Geetha Manjunath, Founder and CEO of Niramai, received the ‘Woman in Science’ award for developing a breakthrough application using AI technology in medicine.
14-year-old Maya Anandan, a student of American Embassy School in New Delhi, took home the award for ‘Young Achiever’ for launching her clothing brand, BoardBurn during the lockdown.