Alumnus Leo Johnson will be presented with the World Citizenship Award Oct. 8 by the Hamilton Mundialization Committee.
Johnson, an alumnus of Social Sciences, arrived in Canada in 2006 from war-torn Liberia.
In 2007, he co-founded Empowerment Squared, a non-profit organization aimed at cultivating stable environments rooted in peace, independence and self-sufficiency.
Johnson will receive the award at a ceremony at Hamilton City Hall at 6 p.m.
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