Award Finalists

2018 Enterprising Youth of the Year Award

- Jaylynn Shields, a sports and community leader from the Tignish area;

- Jérémie Buote, a Rustico magician who was part of the “Carnaval en promenade” - Shelaine Gallant, an Abram-Village leader who conceived and co-ordinated the first Honour Run in the Evangeline region to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

2018 Social Economy Business of the Year Award

- La Belle Alliance of Summerside; - L’Exposition agricole et le Festival acadien of Abram-Village ;

- Le Centre Goéland/Village des Sources L’Étoile Filante of Cape Egmont.

2018 Business Personality of the Year Award

- Ghislaine Cormier of Charlottetown (owner of the business The Great Shea, co-owner of Kaneshii Vinyl Press and executive director of la Fédération culturelle de l’Î.-P.-É.);

- Jeannette Arsenault of Borden-Carleton (co-owner of Shop & Play);

- Vanessa Lavoie of Charlottetown (owner of Island Orthotics).

2018 Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award

- Angie Cormier of Cape Egmont (a Cajun born in Louisiana who runs AcA Consultants and who has just acquired The Bottle Houses);

- Gidéon Banahene of Charlottetown (born in Ghana, Africa, and now owner of Kaneshii Vinyl Press and Danso Bikes, which manufactures and sells bamboo bicycles);

- Pam Arora of Montague (originally from India and now co-owner and manager of handcrafted products for Pam and Joe Handcrafted).

2018 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award

- Angie Cormier of Cape Egmont (owner of AcA Consultants and The Bottle Houses);

- Jeannette Arsenault of Borden-Carleton (co-owner Shop & Play);

- Yvette Deschênes of Urbainville (owneroperator of Chez Yvette Bed & Breakfast).

2018 President’s Award of Excellence

- Kaneshii Vinyl Press, the business owned by Gidéon Banahene and Ghislaine Cormier of Charlottetown that presses vinyl records;

- Shop & Play, the Borden-Carleton gift shop owned and operated by Jeannette Arsenault and Don Maxfield;

- Vishten, the popular traditional music group based out of Charlottetown that continually tours all over the globe.