Karen Keppler Wins IWAY Award

Karen Keppler, Executive Director of Smart Partners of Manitoba, Brings home a National Honor for her work in Canada’s Information Technology sector.

On November 22, 2004 Karen Keppler was one of six distinguished individuals honored for having made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of Canada's information society. CANARIE presented Karen with the IWAY award at the organization's 9th annual IWAY (Information Highway) awards ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Karen’s IWAY category is Community Service and honors her many years of work in the sector most of which were in voluntary positions.

"The work done by this year's IWAY award winners has contributed to the social and economic well-being of Canadians," said Andrew K. Bjerring, President and CEO of CANARIE. "They have provided leadership that helps maintain Canada's position as a leading nation in the information and communications technology sector".

To read more on the IWAY award Karen and 5 other Canadians received visit CANARIE at http://www.canarie.ca/iway/winners.html and http://www.canarie.ca/photos/index.html for a photo slide show featuring the CANARIE IWAY event winners.

For Karen's thank-you speech go here.

CANARIE is Canada's advanced Internet organization, a not-for-profit corporation established in 1993. CANARIE promotes collaboration among public and private industry sectors and with partners around the world, stimulating innovation and growth benefiting to all Canadians.