In September, the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) and Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation (CMPF) collaboratively hosted the Macedonian Tribute Ball, honouring two Canadians of Macedonian origin. Chris Paliare, a founding partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, received the Global UMD Lifetime Achievement Award while Vonna Bitove, executive director of the Bitove Foundation, received the Global UMD Macedonian Heritage Public Service Award. www.umdiaspora.org

Photos: Vonna Bitove (centre) is joined by Connie Stavro Giamos and United Macedonian Diaspora chairman Stojan Nikolov as she receives the Global UMD Macedonian Heritage Public Service Award