President:  Jim Squier

My first year as TBMA president has been both very challenging and very rewarding.

TBMA is very supportive of newcomers to Thunder Bay, providing assistance through a variety of programs   translation services, settlement, language assessment, and Host   and promoting multiculturalism and diversity in our community.

Without the support of our member organizations, our many volunteers, and our staff, TBMA would not be recognized by many cultures as the backbone of multiculturalism in Thunder Bay.

Our annual Folklore Festival is just one of the events that bring Thunder Bay cultural groups together in a celebration of our diversity, and it continues to be an important event in the communitys Festival calendar.

During the past year there certainly have been challenges: dealing with board meetings, managing personnel concerns, and handling funding and budget concerns. The biggest but most rewarding of these challenges, for myself and our Program Director Cathy Woodbeck, has been working to get new programs going at TBMA.

It has been a pleasure to volunteer at TBMA Bingos, and to co-chair the Folklore Festival.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank TBMA staff and organizations for their support during the past year. I look forward to serving you again in the coming year.

Jim Squier

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