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Pamela Sugiman

Dean Pamela Sugiman was chair of the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University since 2012. She joined Ryerson in 2006 after holding a tenure-stream position for 15 years at McMaster University. In the course of her career, Dean Sugiman has built a reputation for creativity, collegiality, transparency and vision. She has had a long-standing commitment to issues of social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. These values are rooted in her personal history and have profoundly shaped her scholarly pursuits.
Through roles in the broader community and the university, Dean Sugiman has cultivated her leadership skills and gained much administrative experience. She has served as president of the Canadian Sociological Association, the director on the national executive board of the National Association of Japanese Canadians, and an elected faculty representative on the Ryerson University Board of Governors.
A distinguished researcher, Dean Sugiman is committed to further nurturing and supporting a vibrant culture of research and social engagement in the Faculty of Arts. She currently serves on the Executive Committee and Steering Committee, and leads the Oral History Research Cluster of Landscapes of Injustice, a multi-institutional, $5.5-million initiative funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant.
For her excellence in research, she has been awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. In recognition of her overall excellence in research, teaching and service, she has received a Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women’s History from the National Capital Committee on the Scholarship, Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s History.
As a graduate student, Dean Sugiman was supported by a Connaught Fellowship and an SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. As a faculty researcher, she has received SSHRC Standard and Insight research grants. She has served on numerous research-based adjudication committees, including the former Federal Status of Women External Committee to the Policy Research Fund, the Canada Research Chair College of Reviewers and the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program.
Enhancing undergraduate and graduate education, teaching and student life within the Faculty of Arts are among Sugiman’s priorities as dean. She would also like to build on Arts’ reputation for having a high level of student engagement and success. Dean Sugiman is dedicated to providing students with innovative programs of study that are socially relevant and academically rigorous.
Parviz Tanavoli

Parviz Tanavoli (born 23 March 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1989.
Tanavoli's work has been auctioned around the world leading to overall sales of over $6.7 million dollars, making him the most expensive living Iranian artist.http://www.artomorrow.com/eng/index.asp?page=49&id=206
Patrick Chan

Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2009 Four Continents champion, the 2009 & 2010 World silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and the 2008–2010 Canadian Champion.
At the 2010 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, he was nominated to represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He placed 5th in the men's event.
As of April 2010, he is ranked 7th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).
Chan was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is of Han Chinese descent. His Chinese name is Chan Wai-Kuan. His father, Lewis, immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong as a child; his mother, Karen, immigrated from Hong Kong at age 20. Chan speaks English, French, and Cantonese,and attended École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé, a French language school in North York, Toronto.
Chan has won numerous off-ice awards for his accomplishments. In January 2008, the Chinese Cultural Center of Greater Toronto (Youth Chapter) conferred Chan with the 2007 Chinese Canadian Youth of the Year award. In May 2008, Chan was named Asian of the Year in arts and sports by Asia Network magazine. In January 2009, the Globe and Mail named Chan as one of the most prominent sports personalities in their annual Power List in Canadian sports.
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Patrick Graham

Over a 15-year career based in Montreal, Canadian multi-percussionist Patrick Graham has been described as a “master improviser on percussion” who “…stands on the border of several forms of traditional and creative music, embracing the world of rhythm as a whole” (Le Devoir). Patrick displays a talent for fusing a eclectic array of influences, ranging from Japanese percussion through Indian and Irish rhythms to Mediterranean frame drumming, as a well as a passion for new sounds and improvisation. This unique cross-genre approach is reflective of an extensive study of the art of percussion, including a Bachelor of Music from McGill University (Montreal), as well as private training with Glen Velez (New York), Carlo Rizzo (Grenoble), Trichy Sankaran (Toronto), and Taichi Ozaki (Tokyo). In addition, Patrick has attended workshops and master classes at the Banff Center for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, and participated in the Taiko Koh-Kan workshops conducted by the group Kodō, on Sado Island in Japan.
Patrick performs, tours and records regularly with the groups Autorickshaw, Small World Project, La Nef, On Ensemble, Norouet, OktoEcho and many more. Collaborations of note include projects with musicians such as Ganesh Anandan, the Penderecki String Quartet, Jesse Stewart, David Greenberg, Ramasutra, Tetsuro Naito, Kohei Nishikawa, Solorazaf, Peter Herbert, Carlo Rizzo, Pierre Hamon, Kudsi Erguner, Michel Baklouk Merhej, and Bob Brozman. In addition, Patrick has worked extensively with dancer-choreographers Hideo Arai, Tomomi Morimoto, and Geneviève Martin, and recorded soundtracks for Michel Cusson, Ramachandra Borcar, and Benoit Charest. Alongside this busy performing and recording schedule, Patrick is also active as an instructor, teaching percussion and rhythm workshops in Canada, the USA, Japan, India, and China, as well as for the Cirque du Soleil.
In 2009, Patrick released his first self-produced solo CD, ‘Rheō’, featuring genre-bending original music for an array of percussion instruments and a number of outstanding guests: Ben Grossman, Debashis Sinha, Nicholas Williams, Kaoru Watanabe, and On Ensemble. The recording was picked as one of the top 13 albums of the year by the CBC Radio 2 program ‘The Signal’. Patrick Graham is an endorser of Cooperman Drums.
Patrick Masbourian

Patrick Masbourian is a coordinator and Canadian director. He was born in 1970 in the United States to Armenian parents. He began his television career while participating in La Course destination monde, a transmission of the Télévision de Radio-Canada to give a chance to young reporters and cameramen to prepare international reports. Masbourian won the 3rd prize in the 1990-1991 season, in the competition Europe-Asia.
He joined Marc Labrèche program La Fin du monde est à 7 heures in 1997 and continued to co-host until 2000 when he became presenter of "La revanche des Nerdz", a daily program on Z-Télé for until 2006 when François-Étienne Paré replaced him.
In 2004, he participated in the Armenian Genocide documentary My Son Shall Be Armenian.
In summer 2006, Masbourian replaced Marie-France Bazzo on the morning show of Radio-Canada's 1st channel called "Pour la suite des choses" in the 9:00 to 11:30 am time slot. 
In spring 2007, he presented "Radiomonde" (broadcast 28 April to 2 June 2007 and rebroadcast 8 July to 12 August) in collaboration with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
As of 2011 Masbourian was working in personal projects projets related to the cinema, and continued filing reports in "Flash".
Beginning in 2008 he presented "Vous êtes ici" on Radio-Canada, from Mondays to Thursday at 8:00 pm. Since July 2010 he collaborated on "L'après-midi porte conseil" with its "La démission du consommateur" on Radio-Canada.
During the summer of 2011 he presented "PM" on Radio-Canada.
Other presentations include L'été en ville, Alimentaire, mon cher Watson, Bêtes pas bêtes (directing) and Flash.
Paul Chohan

Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born on July 2, 1957 in Ludhiana (Punjab), India) is a former field hockey player from Canada.
*1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico (2nd)
*1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal (10th)[1]
*1978 – World Cup, Buenos Aires (11th)
*1979 – Pan American Games, San Juan (2nd)
*1981 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (9th)
*1983 – Pan American Games, Caracas (1st)
*1984 – Olympic Games, Los Angeles (10th)[1]
*1985 – World Cup Qualifier, Barcelona (4th)
*1986 – World Cup, London (10th)
*1987 – Pan American Games, Indianapolis (1st)
*1988 – Olympic Games, Seoul (11th)[1]
*1989 – World Cup Qualifier, Madison, USA (2nd)
*1990 – World Cup, Lahore (11th)
*1991 – Pan American Games, Havana (2nd)
*1995 – Pan American Games, Mar del Plata (2nd)
*1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th)
*1996 – World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd)
*1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th)
Paul Nguyen

Nguyen was born in Toronto, Ontario to Vietnamese parents who fled to Canada after the fall of Saigon during The Vietnam War. After graduating from C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, he attended York University and earned his Bachelor of Arts in film in 2004. Nguyen grew up in the troubled Jane and Finch neighbourhood. In 2004, Nguyen created the community website, Jane-Finch.com, after growing tired of the constant negative media coverage about his community.
Nguyen launched Jane-Finch.com on March 13, 2004 in response to negative stereotypes about the Jane and Finch community. The website gives an unprecedented look at the neighbourhood and features a multimedia library of information. In late 2005, a community news section was added to allow reporters to document local events not covered by the mainstream media. The website produces music videos, public service announcements, and broadcasts local political debates and town halls. In addition to the production of original content, the website also publishes submissions from residents.
Reception
The website has received widespread critical acclaim and national media attention. In 2005, the website was featured on the Global Television Network evening newscast, Global National. In late 2005, CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers featured the website for a special edition of Sounds Like Canada. In 2008, the website was selected by Now Magazine among "9 things we love about Jane-Finch". The website won unprecedented back-to-back Canadian Ethnic Media Association Awards in 2010 and 2011 for its ongoing community news coverage.
Paul Wong

As a self-invented video pioneer and one of Canada’s most renowned multimedia artists, Paul Wong is an award-winning artist, curator, and organizer of events and public interventions since the mid-1970s. Known particularly for his tough engagement with issues of race, sex and death, Wong’s work is varied and eclectic, ranging from conceptual performances to complex narratives, meshing video, photography, installation and performance with rare Chinese-Canadian meets cutting edge counter culture perspectives.
Described as a Chinese-Canadian Andy Warhol, Wong’s work is in your face, radical, eccentric, sexy, campy, shocking, experimental and spontaneous. He is a media subversive, a video renegade relying on artistic entrepreneurial smarts and is a raw originality with an eye for social context, driven by an insatiable search for identity, community and authenticity. Wong is constantly redefining his role as an artist and cultural strategist staying ten projects ahead of even himself and always unpredictable.
Wong has produced projects and shown his work throughout Canada, as well as in China and Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, the UK and in the United States amongst elsewhere. His works are in many public collections including those of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Winner of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 1992, Wong was also the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage Foundation in 2002. In 2003 he was the inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award, created by Heritage Canada, the National Film Board and CHUM Limited. Heralded as a “national treasure”, Wong was the 2005 recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts and was the Canadian Spotlight Artist and also awarded Best Canadian Film or Video at the 2008 Reel Asian International Film Festival.
Paul Wong is the founding director of several artists groups including the Video In/VIVO (Satellite Video Exchange Society 1973) and On Main (On The Cutting Edge Production Society).
Pearl Sullivan

== Pearl Sullivan ==
Pearl Sullivan is an educator and engineer. She is the Dean in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She was also the Department Chair of Mechanical and Mechtronics engineering at the University of Waterloo. Before that, she was a member at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the University of New Brunswick. She is the founding director of Engineering-Science, a collaborative graduate program in Nantechnology. She is on the advisory board for the Ontario Research Fund.
Pelin Yazar Cañez

Pelin was born in Istanbul, Turkey, where she studied at Marmara University, earning her Bachelor of Art Education degree (in Painting & Art Education); and at Istanbul Technical University, earning her Master of Fine Arts degree (in Painting, and Visual & Environmental Arts). 
Pelin has developed a great deal of experience in the profession of art education, particularly with children. She has taught at institutions and workshops in Turkey and North America, and has exhibited there many times, including exhibitions at the Turkish American Association for Cultural Exchange (Chicago, 1999); the 20th Annual Festival of the Federation of Turkish American Associations (New York, 2001); the Middfest International Festival (Middletown, Ohio, 2000); and at the Fête culturelle familiale: Turquie (Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, 2007). Pelin lives in Montreal, Canada.
Peter Ho

Peter Ho (born September 13, 1975) is a Taiwan-based American singer and actor.[1] Ho was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Taiwan and Canada. He studied at Ontario College of Art and Design, and began his singing career after being offered a record deal in a karaoke bar.
Since his debut in 1998, he has released seven albums and has starred in over 25 films and television series, such as Wind and Cloud, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,[2] One Meter Sunshine and The Young Warriors.
Ho also appeared in the tokusatsu film Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost as Leo, the first non-Japanese Kamen Rider. He attended Dominican International School in Taipei.
Peter Liu

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from New York University, completed doctoral studies in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont, and moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1998. With a background in clarinet and vocal performance, Peter has trained intensively in the past five years as a jazz vocalist. He studies regularly with Sharada Banman for jazz vocal instruction and coaching, and with Laurence Ewashko for classical voice training. Peter has also attended the annual Jazzworks Summer Jazz Workshop since 2008, where he has worked closely with vocalists Sharada Banman, Julie Michels, and Christine Duncan, and engaged in intensive combo work with Toronto bassist Kieran Overs and guitarist Kevin Barrett. Peter has also taken lessons with jazz legends Sheila Jordan and Kitty Margolis, and recently participated in a masterclass at the NAC Fourth Stage with Peter Eldridge, of New York Voices fame, as part of the "Manhattan on the Rideau" series. 
Peter leads Bamboo Groove, The Jazz Mutants, and the Peter Liu Trio/Quartet, and he performs as special guest vocalist for other groups. His jazz combos play a wide range of music at public and private events across the Ottawa area, including performances at Rideau Hall and the National Arts Centre's Fourth Stage. Peter is also a core member of the Ewashko Singers, performing regularly at the National Art Centre's Southam Hall, including recent productions of "The Lord of the Rings in Concert", Pops concert "Do You Hear the People Sing?", Beethoven's Ode to Joy, and Handel's Messiah. 
Bamboo Groove is Ottawa's first all-Asian jazz band, and this combo integrates traditional and modern approaches to standards, as well as original music and jazz interpretations of Mandarin Chinese pop songs. The Peter Liu Trio / Quartet is a flexible combo, where Peter performs with a variety of Ottawa's finest musicians, playing selections of classic jazz standards and adapting the band and music to suit specific events and venues. Also an option are The Jazz Mutants, who creatively and intuitively explore the great American Songbook.
Philip S. Lee

Philip S. Lee, CM OM (born May 5, 1944; Chinese: 李紹麟) is the 24th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. He received the Order of Canada in 1999 and The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
 
The Honourable Philip S. Lee and Her Honour Anita K. Lee, Canada Day 2010, Winnipeg, ManitobaBorn and raised in Hong Kong, Lee migrated to Canada in 1962 to study in the University of Manitoba. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1966 and a public administration diploma in 1977. In 1967 he was hired by the City of Winnipeg as a research chemist. He helped organize the Chinese pavilion in the first Folklorama in 1970 and later became Vice President of the Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg. In the 1977 Manitoba general election, Lee ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in Winnipeg Centre where he lost to Bud Boyce of the Manitoba New Democratic Party. Lee was on Winnipeg's Refugee Assistance Committee from 1979 to 1986. He also advocated the construction of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre in the Dynasty Building, the Chinese Gate and Garden, and the Mandarin Building in Winnipeg.
His appointment as lieutenant governor was made by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on the advise of Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, on June 19, 2009. Upon assuming the office on August 4, 2009, Lee became the 24th Lieutenant Governor of the province.
Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba

"A symbol of community's desire to reach out and share what we value sa people to promote greater understanding and respect for each other.
The Philippine-Canadian Centre of Manitoba is a proud reminder of our ability as a community to unite, persevere and surmount challenges to move forward and achieve a common goal with determination what we see of Manitoba is also the proud legacy of today’s Filipino elders to future generations of Filipino Canadians for them to keep close touch with their cultural heritage and roots.And to the other Canadians of various ethnic backgrounds, The Phlippine Center stands a symbol of our community’s desire to reach out and share what we value as people to promote greater understanding and respect for each other."
Philippine Heritage Council of Manitoba

The Philippine Heritage Council of Manitoba (PHCM), Inc. is a non-profit, cultural group comprised of representatives from over 35 member organizations and individuals within the Filipino-Canadian community in Winnipeg.
It works actively to commemorate and celebrate the Philippines' independence from centuries under Spanish colonial rule (June 12, 1898). Since its inception in 1963, it has branched its role further in the community from week-long events during the month of June to now include year-round celebrations, events, and information sessions in support of heritage, multiculturalism, and positive acculturation.
==PHCM Officers (2011-2012)==
*President: Perla T. Javate
*Vice President: Darlyne Bautista
*Secretary: Helen Jayme
*Asst. Secretary: Enrico Ancheta
*Treasurer: Linda Ramos
*Asst. Treasurer: Luisa Igne 
*Public Relations:
Pinoy Pride

Pinoy Pride Vancouver is the first Filipino-Canadian LGBTQ group in British Columbia.
Organizers of Pinoy Pride Vancouver began meeting shortly after the Vancouver Pride Parade last year and had their official "coming out" party in May 2011. The groups mandate is to celebrate the triumphs and achievements of its members and encourage every Filipino-Canadian to be proud of their heritage.
The group wants to show the mainstream Canadian society that the Pinoys (slang for Filipino) in Canada embrace diversity.
Collaboration is the group's mantra with the Pinoy Pride Vancouver promoting LGBTQ understanding and acceptance in British Columbia's Filipino-Canadian community.
Pong Nan

Born in Hong Kong, Nan Pong immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 11. In 1994, Nan returned back to Hong Kong and entered La Salle College
During this time, while Nan's parents were always working and and being the only child, Nan immersed himself in music. Nan played in several bands during his later teenage years, but everything changed when he heard the music of American pianist and singer Tori Amos, whom the musician attributes much of his influence. 
When he returned to Hong Kong at the start of the decade, he uploaded the songs he wrote on the internet and performed at night clubs and shopping centres. Catching the curiosity of Sony Music executives, Nan Pong was signed to a contract, only to wind up providing material for Canto-pop idols, writing hits for the likes of Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, Miriam Yeung Chin-wah and Eason Chan Yik-shun.
Powell Street Festival Society

The Powell Street Festival Society’s (PSFS) mission is to celebrate the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians and Asian Canadians, to encourage Asian Canadians to take a leadership role in the development of the arts in Canada, and to foster community development through cultural events. Their main activity is the presentation of the Powell Street Festival (PSF), an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage that features something for everyone: dance, music, film and video, visual arts, martial arts demos, amateur sumo tournament, craft vendors, traditional displays, and of course, tons of scrumptious Japanese food!
PSF is the largest event of its kind in Canada and the longest running community arts festival in the Lower Mainland. They provide a much-needed venue for emerging and established, professional and amateur, and traditional and contemporary artists in the Japanese Canadian and Asian Canadian communities.
Prashant Pathak

Prashant Pathak is an Indo-Canadian investor, businessman and philanthropist based in Toronto. He is Managing Partner of ReichmannHauer Capital Partners, a business building oriented principal investing and private equity firm based in Toronto. He along with Philip Reichmann and Frank Hauer launched the business in 2006. His partners were part of the leadership that built the original Olympia & York commercial real estate empire, which developed landmark properties such as Toronto's First Canadian Place and London's Canary Wharf. The firm recently successfully exited from Black Photo Corporation that has over 116 premium stores across Canada. The company was purchased from Fujifilm in 2007 and sold to Telus corp. in 2010. Previous to this, Pathak was very early elected as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was leader of the North American Telecom Practice, the Financial Services Practices and also a leader of the Canadian Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice.
Qaiser Ali

Qaiser Ali (born 20 December 1978 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) is a Canadian cricket player. He played one ListA match for Rawalpindi B in his native Pakistan in 1995, but moved to Canada later in life.
He made his debut for Canada in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Bermuda, and has played four matches in the competition in all. He also played two One Day Internationals against Kenya in August 2006.