On occasion, one honouree is chosen as the recipient of the Paragon Award, bestowed on an individual whose extraordinary achievements stand out and whose event has brought significant social and/or economic impact to the community.
Janice Ruddock: Promoting Nova Scotia foods and wines may be Janice Ruddock’s stock and trade but she does it all with a passion that knows only the bounds of the planet on which we live. Janice proved this by bidding for and winning, against six other destinations, the right to host the International Culinary Tourism Summit in Halifax. In the words of Erik Wolf, President and CEO of the International Culinary Tourism Association, the “bid was so professionally and thoroughly put together, Janice’s passion and enthusiasm came through in the bid process. We received about 7 bids in all, but Nova Scotia’s clearly stood out. Compared to the other bids, we knew we had to partner with Halifax and Nova Scotia.”
Janice created a successful program that attracted approximately 150 of her colleagues from fifteen countries to our shores where they enjoyed our world class hospitality and food.
Paragon Award Winners:
2003: David Richardson - International Symbiosis Congress
2004: David Precious - International Cleft Lip & Palate Foundation
2005: Graydon Mitchell - International Association of Special Education
2006: Bill Campbell - Global Microcredit Summit
2008: Doug Prothero - Sail Training International
2009: Jim Williams - World Congress on Family Law & Children's Rights
2010: Janice Ruddock - International Culinary Tourism Summit
Paragon Award
