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Asian Heritage Society Ottawa

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The Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society is a non-profit organization consisting of volunteers who are concerned and passionate about sharing Asian and Asian Canadian heritage with everyone in the National capital region. It is also a non-partisan, non-political, and non-religious organization. Please contact us for more information.
==History==
Following the motion introduced by Senator Vivienne Poy and passed by the Senate in December 2001 which dedicated the month of May as Asian Heritage Month, the Chinese Canadian National Council - Ottawa Chapter embarked on the Asian Heritage Month 2002 celebrations by presenting three short films about Chinese Canadians. With the assistance of her team, Monica Wu became the chief organizer of the Asian Heritage Month. She also developed and designed the website for the CCNC Ottawa chapter. In 2003 the Asian Heritage Month programs grew to 10 activities, including a Gala Concert in which seven Asian Canadian communities participated. In 2004, there were 13 events. During the summer of 2004 the Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society was founded by Monica Wu, Alek Choo, and Sjarif Ismail in order to collaborate fully with pan-Asian Canadian communities in coordinating activities for the Asian Heritage Month in the National Capital Region.
 
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society is a non-profit,non-political and non-religious organization and is a pan-Asian group. It has representatives/organizations/individuals from the following cultures: East Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Indonesian, Iran, Korean, Chinese, Pakistan,Thai,Turkey and Vietnamese.
==Board of Directors==
Executives
President: Sjarif Ismail
Vice-President: Kenichi Araki
Secretary: Michael Harrison
Treasurer: Jennifer Ho
Past President: Alek Choo
 
Board of Directors
Richard Chung
Melisa Kamibayashi
John Kim
Hien-Minh Lê
Mary Lee
Thi Bach Mai Nguyen
Monica Wu
Brian Yamashita
Robert Yip
 
Ex-Officio
Ninik Asmono
Asiansploitation

Asiansploitation began in 2003 when Gary Chan, Jeff B Santos, and Glenn Gabriel met at the Bad Dog Theatre. It was there, while taking classes and performing together, that they met other improvisers and actors with similar geographic and cultural origins, who shared their passion for comedy.
With improvisation, sketch, and stand-up comedy, Asiansploitation created Be Pacific! (2006), which has launch many more years of comedy on various sold-out Toronto stages.
Asiansploitation’s latest conquest was the Toronto Fringe Festival, where Asiansploitation Spanks The Tiger (2010) won Patrons’ Pick and the Just for Laughs’ Best of Toronto Fringe.
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=Current members of Asiansploitation=
* Jeff B Santos
* Gene Abella
* Lana Carillo
* James Cheng
* Darrel Gamotin 
* Andres James Lui
* Franco Nguyen
Asif Dar

Asif Kamran Dar (born April 16, 1966) is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight (– 60 kg) division. He was born in Quetta.
A resident of Scarborough, Ontario he represented Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was eliminated in the second round. Afterwards he competed for Canada, representing that country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea where he was also eliminated in the second round. He won the gold medal in the same weight division, two years earlier, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, beating Welshman Neil Haddock in the final.
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Assaulted Fish

Assaulted Fish is considered [by their mothers] to be Vancouver, British Columbia’s [second] funniest sketch comedy troupe. Since 2003, they have performed in [less than] five hundred shows, including appearances at SketchFest Vancouver, SketchFest Seattle [near Vancouver], the CanWest Comedy Festival [in Vancouver] and numerous Fringe Festivals [also in Vancouver].
Their work has been featured on CBC [radio] and their short film, Dandy Lions, has been shown in [at least two] film festivals. They are [usually] very friendly and would like very much to meet you [individually and in controlled circumstances].
Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan, OC (Born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica (1994). His most critically acclaimed film is The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and his biggest commercial success is Chloe (2009).
 
Egoyan has been nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, both for The Sweet Hereafter. He also won several awards at Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Genie Awards.
His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information.
In 2008 Egoyan received the Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past".<ref>Dan David Prize Official site, Atom Egoyan.
Authors

==Authors==
An invitation of Chinese Canadian writers to China in 2013 has created a response of interests in Canada and in China to share and access Chinese Canadian authors. The intention of this page is to provide a resource of Asian Canadian authors and selected titles for educators, institutions, and academic departments in Canada, China, and for all those interested. 
You are welcome to create a profile page of an Asian Canadian author and contribute to this resource list of Asian and Chinese Canadian authors and titles. 
Publications will appear on the respective author wiki page, if available.
Please note that the source material for this profile page was collected directly from the authors as a consequence of an interest to expand the choice of Chinese Canadian books in the library of Beijing University.
==Authors (Chinese Origin)==
=Authors (Japanese Origin)=
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan, Penguin Canada, Toronto, 1983 (Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto 1981, Anchor Books, New York 1994)
Avvy Go

Avvy Go is the Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic. Since her call to the Bar in 1991, she has worked exclusively in the legal clinic system, serving the legal needs of low income individuals and families, the majority of who are non-English speaking immigrants and refugees.
She received her B.A. in economics and management studies from the University of Waterloo, LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Avvy was the Recipient of 2002 President's Award of the Women's Law Association of Ontario. Between 2001 and 2003, she was a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Re-elected in November, 2006, she is currently a bencher, the Vice-Chair of the Access to Justice Committee and a member of the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee of the Law Society. Since 2005, she has been a part time adjudicator of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. Over the years she has lectured on immigration, human rights, and employment law. She has also published articles dealing with redress and reparations, constitutional litigation, and other legal and policy issues affecting immigrants and racialized communities.
Apart from her legal practice, Avvy spends much time doing community organizing and advocacy work. She has served as Vice-Chair of the Court Challenges Program of Canada, President of the Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter) and board member of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. In 2007, she co-founded the Colour of Poverty Campaign - a campaign to address the increasing racialization of poverty in Ontario.
Azfar Rizvi

Azfar Rizvi is a Toronto-based documentary filmmaker, journalist, social critic and interfaith activist of Pakistani origin. The only journalist to reach Lus Puttian in the wake of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, he shaped a series of efforts including documentaries ‘Hope Floats’ and 'Earthquake Diaries’, radio shows, television appearances, and rehabilitation campaigns for a three-day children’s Eid carnival. 
The first English narrative on firefighters in Pakistan, his film ‘Station 58,’ increased public awareness to the extent that Karachi’s mayor at the time, Syed Mustafa Kamal, initiated a life insurance plan exclusively for the city’s heroes and their families. Widely recognized for ‘The Inevitable Flight,’ he garnered enough public interest to eventually convince the government against relocating the world’s largest bird sanctuary in Pakistan. He is also the first producer to ever secure permission, and broadcast a live show from Wagah, the only border connecting India and Pakistan by road.
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BC Chinese Music Association

The B.C. Chinese Music Association (BCCMA) was formed in 1995 by enthusiastic Chinese music lovers who wished to promote Chinese music within our multicultural society. It provides a platform for Chinese music lovers and promotes Chinese music in the wider community. Its aim is to share Chinese musical culture with others to increase Canada's understanding of Chinese culture through music.
The BCCMA also has multiple divisions within its ranks, such as the B.C. Chinese Orchestra (BCCO) which regularly performs for cultural and festival events, as well as charities. There are also the B.C. Chinese Music Ensemble (BCCME) which caters to virtuosos and the B.C. Youth Chinese Orchestra (BCYCO) which seeks to train young musicians.
Beyond artistic or community events, the BCCMA also organizes lectures, master classes, concerts and exhibitions. It has helped coordinate such events as the Chinese Music Ethnic Classes competition at the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival since 2001 and collaborated with the Central Conservatory of Music for the Overseas Chinese Instruments Grade Examination in 2006.
Bahman Sadighi

Born in Tehran in 1960, Bahman Sadighi Taught French literature in few universities in Tehran and collaborated in several publications in the pursuit of his writing career. Since publishing "Mots de personne et rêve" (Kavosh Ed 1995,1996), Bahman intents to demonstrate that the past history of writing can eventually replace the personal of the author. Bahman has lived and worked in Montreal since 1998. His last book "Semences, syllabes" was published by Noroît Publishing.
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Baljit Sethi

Ms. Baljit Sethi has dedicated her life to helping immigrants to Canada and pursuing equality and justice for all Canadians.
Born in Lahore, India, Ms. Sethi immigrated to Canada in 1972. In 1974, she began working with the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia as a family counsellor and then as a Settlement Counsellor, assisting newcomers to Canada with settlement services.
In 1976, she founded the Immigrant Services Society of Prince George, now known as the Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society (IMSS). Through her work with IMSS Ms. Sethi fostered multicultural programs and the promotion of racial harmony.
She encouraged interaction of immigrants with the host community and was instrumental in promoting multiculturalism in Prince George, thereby benefitting all of northern British Columbia.
Through 38 years of dedicated service to newcomers’ integration and the promotion of multiculturalism, Ms. Sethi has changed the community’s outlook. An artist in her own right (as an author, painter and performing artist for many years), she is also an activist and advocate for immigrant women and seniors and has become a source of inspiration to them and the community at large.
Ms. Sethi has dedicated herself to improving the quality of life in Prince George by providing extraordinary support for immigrants and refugees and by advancing women’s equality.
Baljit Singh Chadha

Baljit Singh Chadha, PC (born 1952) is president and founder of Balcorp Limited, an international trade and marketing firm. He is also a well known philanthropist and a leader of the Sikh community in Canada.
Chadha immigrated to Canada in 1973 from India to study business administration. He remained and founded Balcorp in 1976, building it into a $50 million concern with offices in Montreal, New Delhi and Mumbai. His international trading company has varied interests that include agricultural food products, processed foods, forestry products, and minerals. Chadha's company sells asbestos to India and other countries in the developing world where many of the workers later develop asbestosis and mesothelioma. The European Union has banned asbestos. Reputable medical organizations throughout the world, including the World Health Organization, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Canadian Cancer Society, have condemned the use of any form of asbestos, chrysotile included.
In 2003, Chadha was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to the Security Intelligence Review Committee as well as to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Bangladeshi Community Association of Saskatchewan

==Who We Are==
We are residents of Saskatchewan, Canada. The common thread that binds us all is Bangladesh. We are either present or past citizens of Bangladesh or the descendants or spouses of someone who is/was a citizen of Bangladesh. Through this Association we promote better acquaintance, understanding and co-operation among the members. The Association provides a forum for the discussion and distribution of information on matters of interest to the members. This is a non-profit as well as non-political organization.
History of the Association (Bengali)
Bas Balkissoon

"Bas Balkissoon was elected to the Ontario legislature in a by-election in 2005 and was re-elected in 2007. He currently serves as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community and Social Services. He is the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Committee and is also a member of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.
 
Bas recently served on the Select Committee for Mental Health and Addictions that published a final report listing recommendations to establish and implement a comprehensive mental health and addictions plan for Ontario. In 2008, Bas served on the Select Committee that developed the Poverty Reduction Strategy. He was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care from 2007-2010 and to the Minister of Community Safety in 2006-2007.
 
Bas was born in Trinidad and immigrated to Canada in 1970. He spent 17 years working at Bell Canada, including two and a half years overseas as an advisor to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph. In 1988, he was elected as a City Councillor to the municipal government of the former City of Scarborough. In 1997, he was elected to the amalgamated City of Toronto in 1997.
 
In 2001, as the chair of Toronto's Audit Committee, Bas played a key role in exposing millions of dollars in misappropriated City funds. During his 17 year career in municipal politics, he also served on the Budget Committee, Toronto Police Services Board and was a member of the TTC. He also served as chair of Waste Diversion Ontario, and on the boards of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority and the Social Housing Services Corporation.
 
Bas and his family have lived in Scarborough-Rouge River for over 35 years."
Beats from the East

Mister Vee is a Radio Host, DJ, MC and Live-Event Organizer. He does it all and he does it for you, the discerning fan who wants to discover original music from amazing independent artists and isn't satisfied with the lack of Asian performers in North American mainstream entertainment.
Beats from the East is an ongoing weekly 2-hour urban music radio show that broadcasts live every Tuesdays (9pm-11pm EST, 6pm-8pm PST) on CJLO 1690AM. Since 2009 he has played the latest in underground Hip Hop and R&B from Far-East Asian communities worldwide with a focus on American and Canadian artists. He has interviewed Kev Nish (Far East Movement), DanakaDan (afterschoolspecial), Megan Lee, Mikey Bustos (Canadian Idol), Paul Kim (American Idol), TL Truong (Blueprint Cru), Magnetic North and many upcoming artists.
BFTE Media is a non-profit organization comprised of DJ Mister Vee & Movieman Daze who organize and co-organize live concerts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Past events have brought American artists such as Dumbfoundead, Michelle Martinez, Baiyu, Magnetic North, Taiyo Na and Jay Legaspi to the Montreal stage as well as Canadian talent such as Terry He, Jeffrey Fever, Jason Ray, Donsmoove and Masia One.
Ben Chin

Benjamin Byung Kyu Chin (born 1964), known for short as Ben Chin, is Vice President, Energy Conservation Incentives at Air Miles for Social Change, and a former Canadian political adviser and television journalist.
== Personal Life and Education ==
Chin was in born Geneva, Switzerland. He first came to Canada as a child from 1970 to 1974, when his father served as the South Korean Ambassador to Canada in Ottawa. After his father fell out of political favour with the South Korean government, Chin was sent to Toronto on his own to continue his education and attend junior high school. After completing high school at East York Collegiate Institute (with a brief stint living in the Washington, DC area with his parents), Chin went to the University of Toronto. He lived with his older brother and sister, who were both students at the University of Toronto.
His brother, Jik Chin, is currently a chemistry professor at the University of Toronto.
== Career ==
Chin worked at Citytv as a general assignment reporter and anchor from 1989 to 1997. He was best known for covering the Paul Bernardo murder trial. He then left Citytv and headed east to Halifax as Atlantic Bureau Chief for CTV News. In 1998 he returned to Toronto and joined CBC Newsworld, where he anchored The National on weekends.
In 2005, Chin joined the communications staff of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
On February 16, 2006, Chin was the Liberal Party nominee for the provincial by-election in Toronto—Danforth, held to fill the vacancy created when NDP incumbent Marilyn Churley resigned to run in the 2006 federal election.[2] Chin was defeated by his NDP opponent, Peter Tabuns, the former executive director of Greenpeace Canada and a former Toronto City Councillor for part of the riding. He did not run in the 2007 provincial elections, returning as a senior advisor in the Premier's Office, and subsequently worked on the central campaign team. After working in the private sector, Chin joined the Ontario Power Authority as Vice President of Communications.
Ben Lee (Politician)

Affectionately known as “The Mayor of Rutland”, Ben served as City Councillor between 1973 and 1996 promoting parks, recreation and health care. He was instrumental in the assimilation of Rutland into the City of Kelowna when the City’s boundaries expanded in 1973, and he played a significant role in the development of the City’s Heritage Management Plan and Guisachan Heritage Park.
A devoted teacher by profession Ben’s actions always reflected his genuine concern for youth and he championed many innovative programs, facilities and services for children of all ages.
A founding member of Kelowna’s Multicultural Society and Folkfest celebration, Ben’s valuable contribution to the preservation of cultural heritage was recognized provincially with the 1989 Public Service Award of the Vancouver Multicultural Society of B.C. His award marked the first time the award had been presented to anyone outside of the Lower Mainland.
As Chair of the Regional District’s Park Committee between 1983 and 1996, Ben was a strong advocate of parkland acquisition and was instrumental in the development of a number of regional parks. Over the years his community involvement also extended to his church, Kelowna General Hospital, the Athans Aquatic Centre and coaching youth sports.
Ben was also active in the provincial arena serving on the B.C. Folkfest Society, the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C., the B.C. Canada Day Committee and the Provincial Government Advisory Committee on Cultural Heritage.
In recognition of Ben’s years of dedicated service in 1996 the City of Kelowna named a new eight-hectare park in Rutland in his honour. Ben Lee Park officially opened on June 24, 2001.
A long time resident of Rutland, Ben was born in Armstrong, B.C. and is married with two sons.
Bharati Mukherjee

"Of Bengali origin, Mukherjee was born in Calcutta (now called Kolkata), West Bengal, India. She later travelled with her parents to Europe after Independence, only returning to Calcutta in the early 1950s. There she attended the Loreto School. She received her B.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1959 as a student of Loreto College, and subsequently earned her M.A. from the University of Baroda in 1961. She next travelled to the United States to study at the University of Iowa. She received her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1963 and her Ph.D. in 1969 from the department of Comparative Literature.
After more than a decade living in Montreal and Toronto in Canada, Mukherjee and her husband, Clark Blaise returned to the United States. She wrote of the decision in "An Invisible Woman," published in a 1981 issue of Saturday Night. Mukherjee and Blaise co-authored Days and Nights in Calcutta (1977). They also wrote the 1987 work, The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy (Air India Flight 182)."
Bob Singh Dhillon

Bob Singh Dhillon (born 1965) is a Punjabi Indian-Canadian Sikh, property Multi-Millionaire businessman. His family comes from Tallewal in the district of Barnala Punjab, India. His grandfather left for Hong Kong for business reasons and set-up the North China Shipping Company to carry back between Japan. He was born in Japan in 1965. As a small child he was sent back to India for his schooling, he was educated at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, he is a Punjabi speaker. After graduating from University, he went to complete his master degree (MBA) at Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.
Boca del Lupo

Lead by Jay Dodge and Sherry J Yoon, Boca works with a broad spectrum of artists and organizations when creating our productions. As one of Vancouver’s most innovative and dynamic theatre companies, Boca del Lupo specializes in experimental theatrical productions and spectacular outdoor presentations while focusing on collaborations with international, national and regional artists. My Dad, My Dog recently premiered as a commission of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, and marks the company’s 20th new work.
Originating as a collective in 1996, for the last eight years Boca del Lupo has been led by Artistic Director Sherry J. Yoon and Artistic Producer Jay Dodge. Yoon has been a key creator and/or director for each of the company’s original productions and Dodge’s writing, performance and designs have been central in all of Boca del Lupo’s shows. During the pair’s tenure, the company has received numerous awards including Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for Outstanding Design, Outstanding Production, Significant Artistic Achievement, Outstanding Performance, along with the Critic’s Choice Award for Innovation and the Alcan Performing Arts Award.
== Team ==
:*Sherry J Yoon, Artistic Director (sjyoon@bocadellupo.com)
:*Jay Dodge, Artistic Producer (jaydodge@bocadellupo.com)
:*Craig Laven, Business Manager (businessmanager@bocadellupo.com)
:*Carey Dodge, Technical Director (td@bocadellupo.com)
:*Kenji Maeda, Associate Producer (kenji@bocadellupo.com)
Boca del Lupo’s dynamic and committed board of directors are a huge part of the company’s success:
:*CHAIR Brian Edwards
:*TREASURER Cathy Imrie
:*SECRETARY Miriam Aiken
AT LARGE 
:*Sandra Chamberlain-Snider 
:*Paul Larocque 
:*Carmen Stossel 
:*Holman Wong
:*FOUNDING CHAIR Scott Elliott