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August 25, 2016. Lisa Ground, Mrs. North America Globe Classic 2015, will be part of the Daughters Day celebration on Aug. 27. Ground, from the Enoch Cree Nation, became the First Nations woman and Canadian to win the title. She will be joined by four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish as six women are recognized for the “Daughters of the Year” award: Yazmin Juarez, Linar Dahir, Teresa Spinelli, Dama Diriye, Michelle Plouffe and Shawna Grimes. Daughters Day began with a celebration in 2012 to honour the importance of daughters. It aims to end gender discrimination, share messages to respect human rights of girls and women, and to abhor violence against them. The celebrations will take place Saturday at Edmonton City Hall at 1:30 p.m.