Pamela Tourigny was recently presented with a Mayor’s City Builder Award, recognizing her contributions to animal welfare and to the vegan and vegetarian communities in Ottawa.
On her Huffington Post blog, Tourigny describes herself as a “community builder, writer, vegan, mindful consumer, wannabe athlete, feminist, dog foster mom, seeker of truth and promoter of kindness.”
She is passionate about animal welfare and animal rights, and her dedication to this cause translates into volunteering, advocacy, community-building and blogging.
She fosters dogs for Sit With Me and cares for orphaned baby squirrels for the Rideau Valley Sanctuary.
A gifted and skilled connector, Tourigny builds and leverages relationships to benefit the health, wellness and sustainability of the community, with particular focus on vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. She has volunteered thousands of hours to support vegetarian and wellness advocates and organizations, building relationships with and between seasoned volunteers and mentoring new ones.
She was the founding president, in 2007, of the National Capital Vegetarian Association and served on that organization’s board until last year. She co-founded Ottawa VegFest in 2009 and continues to volunteer to support the annual event.
Tourigny blogs about vegetarian, vegan, health, wellness, fitness and sustainability issues at pamelatourigny.com and at huffingtonpost.ca/pamela-tourigny .
The Mayor’s City Builder Award is a civic honour created to recognize an individual, group or organization that has, through outstanding volunteerism or exemplary action, demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to making the city a better place today and in the future. This may include lifelong service, outstanding acts of kindness, inspiring charitable work, community building or other exemplary achievements. Individuals, groups or organizations may be nominated by members of city council or the public. The award is presented at the beginning of each council meeting.
