Ward 1 Civic Hero Awarded

Snapd Vaughan East and Snapd Woodbridge
October 2014

 

The Civic Hero Award for Ward 1 was presented posthumously to Tanya Khan last month. Mrs. Khan was recognized for her community outreach, her leadership as an educator and her work in the Ahmadiyya community.

Mrs. Khan was a teacher at Kleinburg Public School and Louis-Honore Frechette Public School in Thornhill. As an educator, she participated in many school-board initiatives, and organized a women’s interfaith build for Habitat for Humanity, bringing together women from eight different religious faiths. Mrs. Khan passed away in August 2013.

“Tanya Khan is a woman who will be forever remembered for the lasting impact she made here in the Vaughan community and indeed beyond," said Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua.