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Celebration 15: Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario

2017-05-09T16:18:47Z

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== Celebration "15": Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario ==

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In partnership with the Toronto Public Library, the East Asian Women Empowerment group celebrate Ontario's 150th birthday and Asian Heritage month by honouring 15 Chinese Canadian women who have contributed to the changing history of our nation and another 15 women who strengthen our communities everyday at the Toronto Reference Library.

Celebration "15:" Voices of Chinese Canadian Women is an event being organized to recognize fifteen Chinese Canadian women who have devoted tireless passion, time and commitment to shaping Canada and Ontario over the last 15 decades; women who have provided leadership in the arts, civic engagement, culture, education, and community building will be highlighted and honoured. An additional 15 Chinese Canadian women from everyday life will also be featured to capture glimpses of a promising future that are in their hands.

These profiles will be the first of many more to come, broadening the recognition beyond Chinese Canadians to include other Asian Canadian women. Although the first 15+15 will be posted and launched on May 10th, others can be added on this website by nature of the collaborative nature of a wiki that allows the addition of content directly by users. There will also be a tie-in to the Library's Chinese Canadian Archives as three of the women to be recognized (Jean Lumb, Judy Fong Bates, and Valerie Mah) are represented in the archives.

'''Honourable 15+ recipients''':
Adrienne Clarkson, Vivienne Poy, Jean Lumb, Valerie Mah, Alexina Louie, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Olivia Chow, Avvy Go, Gretta Grant, Judy Fong Bates, Sook Yin Lee, Rita Tsang, Mary Wong, Denise Chong, Pearl Sullivan, and Dora Nipp

'''Community +15 recipients''':
Maria Yau, Nicole Wong, Irene Kuan, Michelle Li, Karen BK Chan, Yvonne Tsang, Ruth Lor Malloy, Eva Chan, Lisa Mar, Gloria Yu, Helen Poon, Melissa Lai, Kristen Yee Long, Maria Sun, and Emily Cheung

Please check out the profiles of the 15+15 women on Asian Canadian Wikipedia.

Celebration 15: Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario

2017-05-09T16:17:12Z

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== Celebration "15": Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario ==

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In partnership with the Toronto Public Library, the East Asian Women Empowerment group celebrate Ontario's 150th birthday and Asian Heritage month by honouring 15 Chinese Canadian women who have contributed to the changing history of our nation and another 15 women who strengthen our communities everyday at the Toronto Reference Library.

Celebration "15:" Voices of Chinese Canadian Women is an event being organized to recognize fifteen Chinese Canadian women who have devoted tireless passion, time and commitment to shaping Canada and Ontario over the last 15 decades; women who have provided leadership in the arts, civic engagement, culture, education, and community building will be highlighted and honoured. An additional 15 Chinese Canadian women from everyday life will also be featured to capture glimpses of a promising future that are in their hands.

These profiles will be the first of many more to come, broadening the recognition beyond Chinese Canadians to include other Asian Canadian women. Although the first 15+15 will be posted and launched on May 10th, others can be added on this website by nature of the collaborative nature of a wiki that allows the addition of content directly by users. There will also be a tie-in to the Library's Chinese Canadian Archives as three of the women to be recognized (Jean Lumb, Judy Fong Bates, and Valerie Mah) are represented in the archives.

'''Honourable 15+ recipients''':
Adrienne Clarkson
Vivienne Poy
Jean Lumb
Valerie Mah
Alexina Louie
Kristyn Wong-Tam
Olivia Chow
Avvy Go
Gretta Grant
Judy Fong Bates
Sook Yin Lee
Rita Tsang
Mary Wong
Denise Chong
Pearl Sullivan
Dora Nipp

'''Community +15 recipients''':
Maria Yau
Nicole Wong
Irene Kuan
Michelle Li
Karen BK Chan
Yvonne Tsang
Ruth Lor Malloy
Eva Chan
Lisa Mar
Gloria Yu
Helen Poon
Melissa Lai
Kristen Yee Long
Maria Sun
Emily Cheung

Please check out the profiles of the 15+15 women on Asian Canadian Wikipedia.

Emily Cheung

2017-05-09T16:13:02Z

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== Emily Cheung ==

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Emily Cheung is an educator, performer and choreographer. She is a professional Chinese dance artist specialized in both the Chinese classical and contemporary styles. She received her dance training in China, the United States and Canada. With an active performing schedule, Emily has won many prestigious dance awards including three grand prizes from the North American Chinese Dance Competition for her excellent dance technique and interpretation. She is an educator, performer, and choreographer with a B.F.A. and B. Ed. and Master of Fine Arts (M.A.) in Dance from York University. Cheung is involved in preserving traditional Chinese dance, creating contemporary dance that honours the Chinese traditions, and collaborating with artists from other disciplines and ethnic backgrounds to create works with unique aesthetic sensibilities. Her latest performance‘Bitter Tea’ in company’s annual show was critiqued by Paula Critron as ‘Radiant’ dancer.

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Emily Cheung

2017-05-09T16:12:06Z

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Emily Cheung

2017-05-09T16:11:47Z

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Emily Cheung

2017-05-09T16:11:06Z

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2017-05-09T16:10:56Z

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Maria Sun

2017-05-09T16:08:56Z

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== Maria Sun ==

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Maria Sun is a businesswoman, entrepreneur, and community member . She is the President of Victoria Education Group, the Dean of Victoria International College of Business & Technology and President of MPR consulting Ltd. She is also the Chief Secretary of Canadian Youth Union, Vice Chairperson of Canadian Chinese Software management executive and management society, and Board Member of Canadian ShanDong Community. She is the Board Director of North American Chinese Language and culture exchange society, Chief Secretary of Canadian Women's Service Centre, and a member at the Canadian China Hope Project foundation.

Maria Sun

2017-05-09T16:06:53Z

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2017-05-09T16:06:28Z

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Kristen Yee Long

2017-05-09T16:05:09Z

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== Kristen Yee Long ==

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Kristen Yee Long is an engineer specializing in sustainability and energy efficiency at RDH Building Science Inc. She is an Engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo specializing in Systems Design. She organizes the annual Asian Hockey Championship tournament in Toronto.

Kristen Yee Long

2017-05-09T16:03:50Z

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2017-05-09T16:03:44Z

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Melissa Lai

2017-05-09T16:01:55Z

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== Melissa Lai ==

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Melissa Lai is an educator, and community activist. She is an advocate for supporting parents, especially single parents, astronaut parents, newcomer parents to build holistic relationships with children in Canada. She is the founder and Coordinator of WeCare, a community connection Mandarin newcomer parent’s group of more than 150 members. She is a project coordinator at Chinese Canadian National Council, Toronto Chapter.

Melissa Lai

2017-05-09T16:00:21Z

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2017-05-09T16:00:18Z

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Helen Poon

2017-05-09T15:59:32Z

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== Helen Poon ==

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Helen Poon is the manager at Hong Fook Mental Health Association. She was the former Executive Director of Chinese Canadian National Council, Toronto Chapter. She is a community mission specialist for the Chinese community at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. She is also the founder, and Co-chair of the Ontario Chinese Health Coalition.

Helen Poon

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2017-05-09T15:58:04Z

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Gloria Yu

2017-05-09T15:56:52Z

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== Gloria Yu ==

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Gloria Yu is an Ontario Provincial Police constable. She won the Senior Constable James McFadden/Sgt. Margaret Eve Memorial award for rookie of the year and the Ginette Hence Memorial Award for Recruitment Excellence winner in 2016.

Gloria Yu

2017-05-09T15:56:05Z

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2017-05-09T15:55:59Z

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Lisa Mar

2017-05-09T15:55:32Z

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== Lisa Mar ==

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Lisa Mar is an author, educator, and leader in Chinese Canadian studies and Asian Canadian studies. She is the author of award-winning book, Brokering Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Act, 1889-1945. She is an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto. She is also the Richard Charles Lee Chair in Chinese Canadian studies.

Lisa Mar

2017-05-09T15:53:57Z

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2017-05-09T15:53:48Z

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Eva Chan

2017-05-09T15:53:23Z

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== Eva Chan ==

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Eva Chan is an entrepreneur and artist. She is the Co-founder of Exact Media. She is also a founding member of companies that teach children how to problem solve through art. She won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Young & Emerging Category and also made Forbes' 30 under 30 list in the marketing category.

Eva Chan

2017-05-09T15:51:53Z

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2017-05-09T15:51:46Z

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Ruth Lor Malloy

2017-05-09T15:50:49Z

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== Ruth Lor Malloy ==

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Ruth Lor Malloy is a travel writer and activist. In the 1950s, she worked with Toronto’s Joint Labour Committee on Human Rights to fight reluctance of restaurant owners in Dresden, Ontario to serve Black customers. She has published over a dozen editions of a guide book for foreigners visiting China, and published a booklet helping people respect transgender people (Hijras) in India. She has serve as a volunteer at workcamps in Mexico, Japan, and the Canadian Arctic.

Ruth Lor Malloy

2017-05-09T15:49:05Z

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2017-05-09T15:48:58Z

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Yvonne Tsang

2017-05-09T15:47:56Z

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== Yvonne Tsang ==
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Yvonne Tsang is a First officer for major Canadian regional airline in Ontario. She is involve with multiple outreach programs encouraging girls to explore the aviation industry as a career. She is also a hockey player, and represented Hong Kong in the 2016 Chinese Winter Games.

Yvonne Tsang

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2017-05-09T15:46:28Z

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Karen B.K. Chan

2017-05-09T15:44:54Z

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== Karen BK Chan ==

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Karen B.K. Chan is an educator, speaker and author based in Toronto. She is an innovator in the pedagogy of sexuality, emotionality, and social justice. She is currently working on a new book on call-out culture. She has a working online course on Emotional Intelligence at FluidExchange.org

Karen B.K. Chan

2017-05-09T15:44:38Z

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Karen B.K. Chan

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2017-05-09T15:42:45Z

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Michelle Li

2017-05-09T15:41:28Z

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== Michelle Li ==

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Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian female badminton player from Markham, Ontario.[1] She graduated from Richmond Hill High School. Li is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in both singles and doubles at the Pan American Games, and won the singles and team event titles from the Pan Am Badminton Championships. As a competitor for Ontario, Li also won singles, doubles, and mixed team titles at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.

This article is based on wikipedia.org.

Michelle Li

2017-05-09T15:40:22Z

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2017-05-09T15:40:15Z

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Irene Kuan

2017-05-09T15:39:24Z

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== Irene Kuan ==

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Irene Kuan is a journalist and editor based in Toronto. She is currently the Managing Editor at Metro News, and manages all digital Metro News media content across Canada. Before that, she spent five years as an online reporter and journalist at Thomson Reuters News Agency. She is a graduate of Ryerson's Journalism program.

Irene Kuan

2017-05-09T15:37:30Z

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2017-05-09T15:37:23Z

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Nicole Wong

2017-05-09T15:36:55Z

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== Nicole Wong ==

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Nicole Wong is the Executive Director of community organization, Across U-hub. She has spent over a decade organizing programs to help immigrant youth to achieve their full potential through managing experiential learning projects.

Nicole Wong

2017-05-09T15:35:32Z

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2017-05-09T15:35:23Z

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Maria Yau

2017-05-09T15:34:12Z

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== Maria Yau ==

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Maria Yau is an educator and researcher at the Toronto District School Board. She was instrumental in coordinating and developing demographic/contextual profile data for both elementary and secondary schools. Maria is heavily involved in community work as she serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Across U-Hub, a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture the holistic development of youth of East Asian decent.

Maria Yau

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2017-05-09T15:32:29Z

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