Colin McNarin wins CODE's Directors Award

COLIN MCNAIRN WINS CODE’S DIRECTORS AWARD FOR LITERACY PROMOTION

Ottawa, June 16, 2009 – Colin McNairn is the 2009 recipient of CODE’s Directors Award for Literacy Promotion, granted to individuals and organizations who demonstrate a lifelong commitment to literacy and international development.

Mr. McNairn has volunteered his time, energy and professional expertise to organizations working in international development, particularly CODE, for four decades.

Mr. McNairn has been the Chair of CODE, Chair of CODE Incorporated, board member of the International Book Bank and, since 1994, Honorary Life Counsel to CODE.

After completing graduate studies at the Harvard School of Law, Mr. McNairn worked as a professor at the University of Toronto and in the 1960’s was a tutor in law at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.  Since then, he has been a volunteer at home and abroad, assuming short term assignments for CODE in Botswana, Ethiopia, St. Lucia, Swaziland and Uganda. He was a driving force behind the establishment of CODE Incorporated and the CODE Foundation. In 1996 he received the Lewis Perinbam Award in International Development.

Mr. McNairn received the award at CODE’s 50th Anniversary Gala in Ottawa on June 12th, 2009.

For more information about CODE's Director's Award, please contact Jana McDade, Communications Manager, 800 661 2633 ext 252.