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Montreal, Wednesday, March 27 2019 – The Women's Y Foundation is proud to announce the names of the laureates, who will be honoured on September 26, 2019 at The Windsor Montreal during the 26th Women of Distinction Awards.

The Foundation is also pleased to announce that this 26th Women of Distinction Award will be taking place under the co-chairmanship of Ms. Geneviève Fortier, Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution at SSQ Insurance and Mr. Michael Tsaprailis, Managing Partner of the Finance & Enterprise Performance Management Consulting domain at Accenture Canada.

The Women of Distinction Award is a celebration and recognition of the outstanding contribution that the awarded recipients make to the community in various fields. The event is also intended to financially support the YWCA's initiatives for women and girls in Montreal. \

Selected by an independent jury from various sectors of activity, seven (7) awards and three (3) special awards will be awarded to nine women and one man. The capacity to inspire and innovate, the actions taken, the influence in society and the voluntary contribution are all criteria that the jury took into account in their evaluation.

The Women of Distinction Awards will be presented on September 26, 2019; the laureate in the category of Public Services is Reut Gruber, Associate Professor and Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Director, Attention Behaviour and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Research Centre.

The Women's Y Foundation was created in 1995 and supports the mission of the YWCA Montreal to build a better future for women, girls and their families. It is an indispensable ally in terms of financial support and outreach to the organization and contributes to making it an essential reference for women and girls to contribute to society to the extent of their abilities.