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Alexa Loo

Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese descent. She competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
== Season highlights ==
Loo became the first Canadian woman to earn a medal in alpine snowboarding when she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy.
Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beau port, Quebec.
Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado).
== Career highlights ==
Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden.
16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan.
17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.
Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia.
14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria.
Finished 20th overall in the PGS at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
== Noteworthy ==
Alexa serves as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and sits on the board of directors of AthletesCAN - the association of Canada's national team athletes.
During the 2010 Olympics, she almost wasn't able to compete because sports Canada pulled her funding after they stated "that she had not shown the necessary improvement to receive an $18,000 stipend" because of a knee injury suffered in 2007. Kin's Farm Market, a local grocery chain decided to help raise the necessary funds and began to sell reusable bags with Loo’s face on them for a $1 each. The fund raising endeavour was a success raising a total of $20 000 and allowing Alexa to compete in the Vancouver Olympics. Loo placed 12th in the parallel giant slalom, the best ever Olympic showing by a Canadian in the event 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexaloo
Alexina Louie

== Alexina Louie ==
One of Canadaʼs most sought after composers, Alexina Louie has written for many of
the countryʼs leading soloists, chamber ensembles, new music ensembles and orchestras. Her works have become part of the standard repertoire, in particular her many compositions for piano which are frequently performed by students and professionals alike. Perhaps best known of these is Scenes From A Jade Terrace, commissioned by Jon Kimura Parker, who recently celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its composition with a tour of Canada and the United States.
Ms. Louie's orchestral works have received important performances by such renowned conductors as Sir Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin, Alexander Lazarev, Charles Dutoit, Bramwell Tovey, Gunther Herbig, Pinchas Zukerman, Kent Nagano, Peter Oundjian, Carlos Kalmar, James Judd, and Ingo Metzmacher.
Her major theatrical works include The Scarlet Princess, a full-length opera with libretto by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterﬂy) commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company and premiered in concert (2002), and Wolfʼs Court, commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada, created with choreographer Matjash Mrozewski and premiered in June 2007 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. The National Ballet of Canada also commissioned and premiered one hundred works for snow (2003) by choreographer Dominique Dumais. The ballet is set to Louieʼs O Magnum Mysterium: In Memoriam Glenn Gould.
In 2008-2009, Alexina Louie was guest composer on two major orchestral tours. The ﬁrst was a tour of Nunavik with Kent Nagano, musicians from the Montreal Symphony and Inuit throat singers who performed her newly commissioned work, Take the Dog Sled. The second was an extensive tour of Western Canada with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra who commissioned and performed her composition Inﬁnite Sky With Birds. The season also saw the premiere of Pursuit, a new concerto for string quartet and orchestra commissioned by The Toronto Symphony for the Tokyo String Quartet.
She is the winner of two Juno Awards, NAC Composers Award, Léger Prize, Chalmer’s National Music Award, SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek Concert Music Award.
Alfred Sung

Alfred Sung (born 14 June 1948) is a Chinese-born Canadian fashion designer, producing apparel, fragrance, accessories and home fashions for women and men. 
He was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. Sung is the brother of late Hong Kong actress Lydia Shum.
==Education==
Sung aspired to become a fine artist contrary to his parents' wishes that he pursue a traditional profession. In time, his father compromised and agreed to send him to Paris where he studied couture at the notable Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.
After graduating with first-place honours, Sung moved to New York City to study at the Parsons School of Design. Upon completion, he began the task of honing his talent while working as an assistant designer for a Seventh Avenue dress manufacturer.
==Career==
In 1972, Alfred Sung moved to Canada. His next step was designing for a sportswear manufacturer in Toronto's garment district. After using his fashion illustration skills to supplement his income, Sung opened a tiny shop called Moon in Toronto's trendy Yorkville neighbourhood.
In 1980, Sung joined forces with Saul and Joseph Mimran to create Monaco Group Inc., the corporate entity that would develop the Alfred Sung brand and the ready-to-wear collection directed to working women. Within months, the Alfred Sung brand appeared in major department and specialty stores across Canada. In 1981, the Alfred Sung label was launched in the United States through Saks Fifth Avenue, later appearing in Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. That same year, Sung opened his first freestanding store in Toronto's Hazelton Lanes. In 1983, Canada's national news magazine, MacLean's, proclaimed Alfred Sung as Canada's "King of Fashion."[citation needed]
In 1986, with the launch of Parfums Alfred Sung, the Sung trademark its profile by becoming a fragrance brand. Sung by Alfred Sung, the first ladies' perfume launched in 1986, was followed by Shi Alfred Sung in 2001 and Alfred Sung Paradise in 2003. In 2005 a new signature fragrance, Jewel Alfred Sung was launched.
Alfred Sung and the Mimrans have embarked on an aggressive fashion licensing campaign unprecedented in the Canadian fashion industry. The Alfred Sung licensed product lines include fragrance, eyewear, sunglasses, watches, bridal, jewellery and fashion accessories, men's clothing and accessories, among others. In 2005 the Alfred Sung Home collection was launched exclusively through Zellers-HBC in Canada, and includes furniture, bedding, bath, home decor, tabletop and kitchen products.
During his design career, Alfred Sung has garnered significant attention, and is the recipient of numerous awards for his fashions and industry accomplishments.
Ali Khademhosseini

Ali Khademhosseini (born October 30, 1975) is an Iranian-Canadian academic and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. He has carried out research in the area of biomedical microdevices and biomaterials. He has developed a number of methods for controlling the stem cell microenvironment using microscale devices and to engineer biomaterials for tissue engineering. He has published extensively in the area of biomedicine and stem cell bioengineering. He has over 130 peer-reviewed publications, more than 100 invited presentations and 14 issued or pending patents. He received his PhD in Bioengineering at MIT and his undergraduate and Masters degrees, both in chemical engineering at University of Toronto.
Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 20 major national and international awards. He has received early career awards from three major engineering discipline societies: electrical (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology award / IEEE Nanotechnology award), chemical (AIChE Colburn award) and mechanical engineering (ASME YC Fung award). In addition, he has received the young investigator awards of the Society for Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-North America. He has also received the American Chemical Society’s Viktor K. Lamer award and the Unilever award and has been recognized by major governmental awards including the NSF Career award and the Office of Naval Research young investigator award. In 2007, he was named a TR35 recipient by the Technology Review Magazine as one of the world’s top young innovators. He received the TR35 based on his work on developing 'living legos' that can be used to make artificial organs. He has also received major recognitions from other organizations including the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, a Sloan fellowship as well as the IAMBE and the Coulter foundation early career awards. For his PhD work he received the BMW Scientific Award.
Ali Mukaddam

Ali Mukaddam, sometimes credited as Al Mukadam, (born on April 6, 1985) is a Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. 
He graduated from Humberside Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario in 2003 and studied film at university. His debut directing film was Mookie's Law. He has also produced his shorts and documentaries.
His acting roles have included Angela Anaconda, Franklin, Radio Free Roscoe and guest appearances on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also appeared in "Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story" and the Disney Channel Original Movie, Get a Clue. He is mostly known though for his role as Ray Brennan in Radio Free Roscoe.
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Alice Ho

Alice Ping Yee Ho is a Hong-Kong born Canadian composer of many musical genres.
==Career==
Alice Ping Yee Ho has written in many musical genres and received numerous national and international awards, including the du Maurier Arts Ltd. Canadian Composers Competition, MACRO International Composition Competition, Luxembourg International Composition Prize and International League of Women Composers Competition. Critics have called her music dramatic and graceful, while praising its “organic flow of imagination,” colorful orchestration, and emotive qualities.
Influences evident in her proudly eclectic approach include Chinese folk and operatic idioms, Japanese Taiko and African drumming, and jazz. Her ongoing goal is to explore new musical styles that are provocative to the ears.
“Colors and tonality are two attractive resources to me: they form certain mental images that connect to audiences in a very basic way.” [AH] 
Ms. Ho’s works have been often performed at national and international new music festivals: ISCM World Music Days, Ottawa Chamberfest, Demark's CRUSH New Music Festival, Asian Music Week in Japan, Winnipeg New Music Festival, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Kitchener Open Ears Festival of Music, and NFL's Sound Symposium etc. They have also been played by major ensembles, including the China National Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Television Symphonic Orchestra of Serbia, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, the Toronto, Winnipeg, Victoria, and South Dakota Symphonies, Polish Radio Choir, Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Amsterdam’s Nieuw Ensemble, and Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in Montreal.
Her commissions include works for the Penderecki String Quartet, Esprit Orchestra, New Music Concerts, Amici Chamber Ensemble, Tapestry New Opera Works, a double concerto for violist Rivka Golani and bassist Joel Quarrington, a double concerto for Duo Concertante (violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves), a “Dance” Concerto for the Newfoundland Symphony with Chinese dancer William Lau, a percussion concerto for Canadian virtuoso Beverley Johnston, and a cello concerto for Wendy Law and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. She also wrote the score for the prizewinning independent film Garage (2006 Calgary International Film Festival). Her discography includes releases on the Centrediscs, Blue Griffin, Electra and Phoenix labels.
Alice Panikian

Alice Panikian (born May 23, 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-born Canadian model who was crowned Miss Universe Canada on March 21, 2006. She attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and graduated in 2003.
At 6'0" (1.83 m)http://www.alicepanikian.com/biography/index.html Official website bio she is not only the tallest major national titleholder in Canadian history, but also had earned a significant amount of attention from the world press as one of the strongest candidates to succeed to then-reigning Miss Universe, Natalie Glebova, also from Canada. As no country has ever won the title back-to-back (later achieved by Dayana Mendoza and Stefanía Fernández in 2009, both of them from Venezuela), Panikian had a significant historical hurdle to jump despite many pundits who argue that she was an even stronger candidate than her predecessor. Alice did not become Miss Universe 2006 (that honour went to Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico), but she did finish in 6th place. Alice enjoys writing short stories, and her hobbies include volleyball and yoga. 
Panikian is of Bulgarian and Armenian ancestry, which comes through her paternal grandfather and accounts for her Armenian surname. She came to Canada with her parents when she was five years old. Panikian studied at York University and majored in English and Communications. She studied broadcast journalism and resides in Toronto, Ontario and aspires to be a journalist or a TV show host. 
Before becoming Miss Universe Canada, Alice represented Canada at the 2006 Reinado Internacional del Café or International Queen of Coffee pageant, held in Manizales, Colombia on January 9, where she became the first Canadian winner in the history of the pageant. 
She also took the "Miss Photogenic" and "Best in Swimsuit" awards at the Miss Universe Canada Pageant."Alice Panikian, New Miss Universe Canada 2006", Women Diary, March 31, 2006
Panikian was supposed to represent Canada and compete at Miss International 2007 held in Tokyo, Japan, but due to schedule conflicts in college, she did not compete. Justine Stewart took her place.
Aliza Vellani

Aliza Vellani (born October 30, 1991) is a Canadian television actress, who played the role of Layla Siddiqui in Little Mosque on the Prairie.
She was born in Vancouver to Indian immigrants from East Africa. Vellani is a university student at Simon Fraser University, who has trained extensively in both acting and dancing, including with the Vancouver drama school Tarlington Training.Tarlington Training Success Stories. She attended York House School, Vancouver's number one ranking school academically in all of British Columbia
Aside from her first professional role on CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie, she has also appeared in other shows and movies, such as Nickelodeon's The Troop and Disney's Geek Charming. In 2007 and 2008, Vellani won the BC and National Istar Awards for Arts and Culture.
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Allan Cho

== Allan Cho ==
Born and raised in Vancouver, Allan Cho is Canadian of Chinese heritage, whose research interests are in Asian Canadian history and culture. Allan has been involved in several community organizations including the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, the Roedde House Museum, and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. After the sudden passing of his friend and mentor, Jim Wong-Chu in 2017, Allan has assumed the interim role of Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, Festival Director of LiterASIAN Writers Festival, and Editor-in-Chief of Ricepaper Magazine.
Allan has published his work in the Georgie Straight, Ricepaper Magazine, Diverse Magazine, and short stories in the anthologies The Strangers and Eating Stories', A Chinese Canadian & Aboriginal Potluck. Having discovered in his genealogical research that his great-great-grandfather had arrived in Vancouver on March 11, 1899 at age 30 and great-grandfather in Vancouver on April 12, 1912 at age 24, Allan is currently working on a book project on the transnational journey of his family within the context of global migration in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is an academic librarian at the University of British Columbia Library. He maintains Allan's Library.
=Community Contributions=
He has served on the Board of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. In addition to being the Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop, he is a published writer and nurtures youth writers through the national Ricepaper Magazine which recently has morphed into a more dynamic digital publication. Allan spearheads the annual LiterASIAN festival, which is the only Asian Canadian Writers’ Festival in North America. He consults on a variety of projects, and one called the Early Hong Kong-Canada Connections: An Exhibition-Oriented research Project to Uncover Historical Facts and Artefacts on Chinese Migration to the "New Gold Mountain" of Canada. He volunteers in the museum sector, serving as a tour docent at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and at the Roedde House Museum.
==Bibliography==
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Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Founded by choreographer and dancer Alvin Erasga Tolentino in 2000, Co.ERASGA has a distinguished international reputation of a singular vision of hybrid dance, diversity and collaborations of other artistic practice and multimedia. 
At the heart of Co. ERASGA is Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino, a Filipino-Canadian artist of remarkable commitment, talent and energy, whose diverse cultural background and heritage has been a driving force for much of the company’s work. In addressing themes that reflect Tolentino’s individuality, global awareness and ethnicity, we expose and explore issues of cultural identity, Gender, hybridization, and promote cross-cultural dialogue.
Amir Amiri

Amir Amiri was born in Tehran, Iran where much of his youth was spent studying the santur, a 72-string hammer dulcimer that lies at the heart of Persian classical music. 
He also studied Indian classical music with some of the masters, including Ravi Shankar and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While he is classically trained, Amiri has always sought to explore the limits of his music, stretching beyond the constraints of classical thought.
Arriving in Canada in 1996, Amiri found the ability to do just that, while in residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, a haven of inspiration to which he has returned many times. While exploring the limits of his music, he has found that there are none.
Amiri has worked with Bob Becker, Edgar Meyer and David Takeno as well as jazz greats Hugh Fraser, Darcy Phillip Gray, Mike Murley and John Stetch. Amiri has worked extensively as a percussionist, composer, musical director and consultant for numerous Canadian dance and theatre companies, most notably:
* Alberta Ballet
* VIA Dance Ensemble
* Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
* University of Calgary Dance Program
* The Banff Centre Theatre Arts Program
* Manitoba Theatre for Young People
* Vertigo Theatre in Alberta
* Theatre Sortie de Secours, Montreal and Quebec
* National Art Centre
In 2003, Amiri was awarded Artist of the Year from CBC Galaxie Rising Stars. He is a recipient of the Betty Mitchell Award for original sound design for “Helens Necklace”.
Amir has been recorded for feature films, most notably, "Cooking with Stella", “Green Revolution” and numerous French television documentaries.
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Amir Khadir

Amir Khadir (; born June 12, 1961) is a politician in the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), Canada for the electoral district of Mercier, and currently the male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, a sovereignist and left-wing political party which was created by the merger of the Union des Forces Progressistes and Option Citoyenne, a feminist political movement, in February 2006.
On December 8, 2008, Khadir became the first and only elected representative for Québec Solidaire in the general election in Quebec.
Amir Khadir/fr

Amir Khadir (Téhéran, ) est physicien, médecin spécialisé en microbiologie-infectiologie et homme politique québécois. Il est, avec Françoise David, l'un des deux porte-parole du parti politique de gauche Québec solidaire, formé en 2006. Il est élu député de la circonscription de Mercier lors de l'élection générale québécoise de 2008 et de 2012.
Khadir était auparavant l'un des candidats vedettes de l'Union des forces progressistes (UFP). Il est impliqué au sein de Médecins du monde, section Canada, et au sein de la Coalition des Médecins pour la Justice Sociale.
Amir Khadir a pour épouse Nima Machouf. Ils ont trois enfants..
Amrita Choudhury

Dancer, Choreographer, Instructor for the past 29 years, Amrita Choudhury specializes in Indian Classical Odissi, various folklorique and Gypsy traditions of dances from India, Bollywood dance, fusion choreographies related to traditional and contemporary issues. Educated in Santiniketan, India in dance and music, Amrita has been performing since the age of 4. 
Amrita also works as a dance/movement therapist, and conducts various workshops in Nritya Yoga (Yoga of Dance) across North America.
 
Amrita works with “Cultures without Borders” and the English and French School boards in the field of “Dance And Education.” Recent performance works have been “La Marche de Rama (French version of Ramayana)” and “Celebrating the Human Spirit!” a multi-media performance reflecting the social, spiritual, political climate of today’s society using traditional and contemporary choreography & " The Light of Love" reflecting the tribal, folklorique and classical traditions of sufi dance, music and poetry. 
Amrita performs anthropological research related to “Dance and Anthropology”, researching the socio-cultural aspects of dance in different societies. Her latest work has been researching the ancient temple dancers of India and their way of life, working with the last surviving temple dancer of 95 years old. Amrita is also an actress who works in the field of “Dance Theatre”. Amrita has performed and offered workshops in Canada, US, Central America, Europe and in India.
Amrita's intention is to spread the joy of dance globally where people connect through the joy and spirit of dance.
www.ananda-amrita.com
Amy Wong

Born in 1981 in Toronto, Amy is a painter of Cantonese-Chinese descent.
Wong also creates collaborative work in various mediums with the Canadian art collective, the YPF (Young People's Foundation) of which she is a founding member.
She was an artist in residence at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, China, from October 2007 to April 2008 and spent two years as an artist in residence at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 2005-2006. She was the first Canadian to be invited since the 1970s and only one of four Canadians in the history of the program.
She received her bachelor's of Fine Arts degree, with distinction, from Montréal's Concordia University in 2004.
Picture of Amy Wong - Photographer: Christopher Wong