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Bender Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. Announces Diana Burke of RBC Financial Group as the Recipient of the 2002 Tony Coelho Award
On Monday, November 25, 2002, Bender Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. (BCSC), a firm that focuses on providing competitive employment opportunities for Canadians with disabilities, presented the 2002 Tony Coelho Award to Diana Burke, senior vice president of Information Security Systems and Technology for RBC Financial Group, at RBC Financial Group's headquarters in Toronto. Ms. Burke demonstrated leadership to the cause of competitive employment of Canadians with disabilities through her instrumental role in establishing a partnership between Bender Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. and RBC Financial Group in October 2001. As a prominent business leader with a commitment to diversity, she has also worked to influence other companies to employ Canadians with disabilities into competitive employment. Ms. Burke is the first Canadian to receive this prestigious honor. "I admire and respect Diana Burke tremendously. She has worked at the highest levels at RBC Financial Group to promote the competitive employment of people with disabilities and has influenced other business leaders to do the same. Her leadership, commitment, and dedication to the competitive employment of people with disabilities is unparalleled," said Joyce Bender, CEO of BCSC.
The award was named after the Honorable Tony Coelho, author of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. This award is presented annually to a CEO, President, or government leader who has demonstrated a significant commitment to employ people with disabilities in competitive positions, and worked to influence other business and/or government leaders.
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