- Awarded on: February 23, 2012
Dovat Batotele Mutimbutimbu
From the moment he arrived in Canada, Dovat Batotele Mutimbutimbu has been devoted to his community. At the Université de Sherbrooke (Québec), he established a local branch of the World University Service of Canada, a Canadian network of individuals and post-secondary educational institutions that is dedicated to promoting human development and global understanding through education. Through this organization, he has coordinated numerous awareness campaigns on poverty, refugees and social development. He is also involved in the sub-Saharan African community, notably acting as an interpreter for new Canadians.