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Robin Mednick

Robin Mednick

BA 1976 UC - 2020 Award Recipient

Robin Mednick is the president and co-founder of Pencils for Kids (P4K), an organization helping children in Niger, West Africa, attend school. In 15 years, P4K has built three schools, a library, a sewing centre for girls, 14 kindergartens, sponsored more than 500 scholarships for girls, and created 10 income-generating gardens for women. Mednick holds a master’s in politics and economics from Oxford University and a law degree from Osgoode Hall. She has also been extensively involved in amateur sport, including roles at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and Melbourne. For her achievements in Niger, she received the Meritorious Service Medal (2018) from the Governor-General of Canada.