Community Awards
Community Connector 2026
“Community Connector” celebrates an individual who demonstrates exceptional leadership in connecting and introducing small business owners to our community. This award honours a “bridge-builder” who opens their rolodex, shares their business connections, fosters collaboration and believes in the power of community.
Stacey Aarssen
Connects people, ideas, and opportunities helping small businesses thrive through collaboration, employee benefits expertise trusted relationships, and a passion for community.
Laura Di Franco
An award-winning publisher for holistic and business experts A global community of over 3000 authors across 25 countries, she has published 111 Amazon best selling titles and counting.
Tree Ryde
Director of the Business Growth Results and Burlington Hypnosis Centre with a proven track record in personal development, NLP Master Practitioner and consulting hypnotist.
Sabrina Victoria
Founder of House of Velani. Sabrina builds rooms where serious women entrepreneurs come to scale faster, close more clients and stop building alone.
Brand Ambassador 2026
“Brand Ambassador” celebrates individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership through unwavering support of the SYS Community. They not only increase our visibility, provide support and guidance, but, live by our core values of mentorship and breaking barriers to success.
Lynn McLaughlin
Award-winning educator, author, speaker, and podcast host. Lynn champions proactive well-being and science-of-reading literacy instruction through consulting, books, presentations, and educational leadership across Canada.
Natasha Sharma
Author and speaker weaving mythology, remembrance, transformation, and human connection through storytelling, conversation, and symbolic exploration.
Elizabeth Verwey
Author, speaker writer and producer. She founded a speaker series called Spoken Lives. Now, written a new book called Brave New Endings: True Stories of Caring for an Ex.
We appreciate and thank everyone who introduces their colleagues to our platform and invite you to
celebrate with us at our on-line Annual Global Awards and Networking Event.
