Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Lynne Yelich, making Jr. Team Canada Presentation in Ottawa, June 24, 2008.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Lynne Yelich, making Jr. Team Canada Presentation in Ottawa, June 24, 2008.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Lynne Yelich, making Jr. Team Canada Presentation in Ottawa, June 24, 2008.

Lynne Yelich, Parliamentary Secretary to the HRSDC Minister, in the company of (from left to right) Mr. Mark Lievonen, President of Sanofi-Pasteur, and first prize winner Ms. Maria Merziotis, at the National Awards Ceremony. Ms. Yelich also announced $250,000 to the new BioTalent Career Focus Program, encouraging students to pursue biotech post-secondary studies.

CTV Image of Lynne Yelich presenting award to Maria Merziotis, a Grade 12 student at Hillcrest High School in Ottawa who received the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge. This young student may have discovered a new way to attack the flu virus.

Lynne Yelich presenting the 2008 Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award to Dr. Kwang Yang from Surrey, British Columbia for his volunteer contribution to the multicultural communities of Canada, particularly those of British Columbia. Dr. Yang began volunteering for the Canadian Diabetes Association in 1999, forming the first Chinese diabetes education classes in the province of British Columbia and helping to develop the Chinese Language Diabetes Information Line which provides information and referral services on diabetes throughout Canada.

Lynne Yelich presenting the 2008 Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award to Elizabeth Grandbois from Burlington, Ontario for her volunteer work associated wtih amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Elizabeth organized a concert of Hope Tour across Canada, in just six years, she helped to raise over $2.5 million for ALS research and support services.

(L-R) Lynne Yelich, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister HRSDC with Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award winners, Elizabeth Grandbois and Dr. Kwang Yang, along with the grandaughter of grandaughter of Therese Casgrain Michèle Nadeau followaing award presentation.

Mrs. Lynne Yelich, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of HRSD, and the Honourable Rob Norris, Minister of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour for Saskatchewan announce a new Canada-Saskatchewan labour market agreement that will help more than 1000 people a year for the next six years improve their skills and get better jobs February, 2008.