Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards
Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding community work by Canadian immigrants |
Sponsored by | Canadian Immigrant |
Date | 2009 |
Country | Canada |
Formerly called | RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards |
Website | canadianimmigrant.ca |
The Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards is an annual campaign by Canadian Immigrant magazine that recognizes outstanding work by immigrants who "have come to Canada and have made a positive difference living in the country."[1]
Overview[]
First launched by Canadian Immigrant in 2009, the program takes place online and nominations are open to all Canadians. The program is divided into three phases: nominations, voting and winners announcements. At the start of each year, Canadian Immigrant invites nominations based on a variety of criteria, which range from contribution to community to professional accomplishments. The award is open to immigrants from all walks of life, be it a community advocate or volunteer, a successful entrepreneur or a cultural icon. A judging panel composed of leaders who work within the immigrant or ethnic communities determine the shortlist on which the public vote.[2]
The winners are featured online and in a special issue each year. Past winners include VANOC CEO John Furlong, CBC News anchor Ian Hanomansing, Canada's 26th Governor General Adrienne Clarkson,[3] Indo-Canadian Entrepreneur/Philanthropist Aditya Jha[4] and mental health activist Loizza Aquino.
Award recipients[]
2020[]
Recipients in 2020 include:[5]
- Ajibola Abitoye
- Shahab Anari
- Samer Bishay
- Serena Chan
- Kanwar Dhanjal
- Sharmarke Dubow
- Isaac Garcia-Sitton
- Virginia Guiang-Santoro
- Tareq Hadhad
- Basavaraj Halli
- Hamza Haq
- Mike Hurley
- Dr. Shanthi Johnson
- Meryam Joobeur
- Conny Lo
- Jakub Martinec
- Adeola Olubamiji
- Fariba Pacheleh
- Bruce Poon Tip
- Dr. Henry Reis
- Arlene Ruiz
- Krishana Sankar
- Harsh Thakkar
- Halia Valladares Montemayor
- Maryam Yaqoob
2019[]
Recipients in 2019 include:[6]
- Mohd Jamal Alsharif
- Javier Badillo
- Selwyn Collaco
- Rola Dagher
- Monika Deol
- Tulsi Dharel
- Krittika D'Silva
- Rouba Fattal
- Ali Ghorbani
- Giacomo Gianniotti
- Devesh Gupta
- Devina Kaur
- Nizar Ladak
- Philip Lee
- Marquis Lung
- Iqbal Malek
- Sam Mod
- Brenda Okorogba
- Maryam Sadeghi
- Gelaine Santiago
- Wali Shah
- Kimberlee Shelley-Ajibolade
- Jane Shin
- Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies
- Samra Zafar
2018[]
Recipients in 2018 include:[7]
- Margaret Adu
- Pooneh Alizadeh
- Mohammed Alsaleh
- Loizza Aquino
- Sara Asalya
- Harbhajan Singh Athwal
- Nav Bhatia
- Roberto Campanella
- Kundan Joshi
- Isabel Kanaan
- Dr. Raj Khanuja
- Sophie Lavieri
- Kin Wah Leung
- Tinashe Mafukidze
- Prof. Dr. Mario Monteiro [1]
- Dr. Saroj Niraula
- Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi
- Senator Ratna Omidvar
- Bernardo Riveros
- Priti Shah
- Naseem Somani
- Karl Subban
- Josephine Victoria Yam
- Rana Zaman
- Jianhua Zhu
2017[]
Recipients in 2017 include:[8]
- Ishita Aggarwal
- Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta
- Gabriela Covaci
- Dahlia ElShafie-Mostafa
- Mohamad Fakih
- Jennifer Gillivan
- Chan Hon Goh
- Raghwa Gopal
- Maziar Heidari
- Minister Ahmed Hussen
- Abdullah Kafashe
- Tony Luk
- Trish Mandewo
- Florfina Marcelino
- Noelle Milne
- Agnes P. Miranda
- Dr. Muhammad Morshed
- Dr. James Orbinski
- Shahrzad Rafati
- Ahmad Danny Ramadan
- Miroslav Reljic
- Ninela Sanchez
- Kuldeep Sharma
- Ajay Virmani
- Senator Yuen Pau Woo
2016[]
Recipients in 2016 include:[9]
- Kiran Ahluwalia
- Leen Al Zaibak
- Godwin Chan
- Tilak Chawan
- Queenie Choo
- Igor Dobrovolskiy
- Emma Donoghue
- Josephine Etowa
- Chandran Fernando
- Azita Haddadi
- Narmin Ismail
- Christians Izquierdo
- Perla Javate
- Jin Jiang
- Ignat Kaneff
- Leon Lee
- Fiona Macfarlane
- Mina Mawani
- Renan Orquiza
- Nasser Rad
- Minister Harjit Sajjan
- Fred Farhad Soofi
- Kumaran Thillaindarajah
- Avan Yu
- Félix Zogning
2015[]
Recipients in 2015 include:[10]
- Tikaram Adhikari
- Soheila Ansari
- Amrik Singh Aulakh
- Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia
- Henri Boyi
- John Chang
- Alice Chung
- Amanda Yeung Collucci
- Ver Cruz
- Bob Dhillon
- Dr. Qais Ghanem
- Sherif Guorgui
- John Iwaniura
- Susur Lee
- Dr. Tak Wah Mak
- Dr. Rosemary Moodie
- Shasha Navazesh
- Dr. Dhun Noria
- Umashanie Reddy
- Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves
- Thilak Tennekone
- Kim Thúy
- Vikram Vij
- Gezahgn Wordofa
- Ana María Zúniga
2014[]
Recipients in 2014 include:[11]
- Akram Al-Otumi
- Alan Diner
- Alberto Rodil
- Amit Chakma
- Anna Wolak
- Arlene Dickinson
- Dalal Al-Waheidi
- Farah Mohamed
- Gentil Misigaro
- Gradimir Pankov
- Ilse Treurnicht
- James Wang
- John Volken
- Julie Suen
- Manwar Khan
- Mobina Jaffer
- Nassreen Filsoof
- Naval Baja
- Peter Mielzynski
- Roberto Hausman
- Sarthak Sinha
- Senthi Chelliah
- Shala Chandani
- Dr. Surinder Singh Khurana
- Vivian Abboud
2013[]
Recipients in 2013 include:[12]
- Aleksandra Nasteska
- Aminata Sillah
- Anar Popatia
- Ginni Sethi
- Indira Samarasekera
- Izzeldin Abuelaish
- Dr. Jawahar (Jay) Kalra
- Leticia LaRosa
- Luis Guillermo Guerra
- Luisa Marshall
- Mamdouh Shoukri
- Michael Tulloch
- Narine Dat Sookram
- Rany Ibrahim
- Sara Eftekhar
- Sharifa Khan
- Sing Lim Yeo
- Srinivasan Suppiramaniam
- Steve Gupta
- Steve Nash
- Sukhdev Toor
- Sukhjit Singh
- Wen Wei Wang
- Winnie Wong
- Zahra Al-Harazi
2012[]
Recipients in 2012 include:[13]
- Francis Atta
- Kehar Singh Aujla
- Iman Biock Aghay
- Juan Carranza
- Olivia Chow
- Isabel Cisterna
- Meleni David
- Narima Dela Cruz
- Jagjit Singh Hans (Tiger Jeet Singh)
- Daniel Igali
- Commodore Hans Jung
- Suresh Kurl
- Peter Legge
- Tonny Louie
- Ahmed Mustaq
- Dr. Rey Pagtakhan
- Dr. Vivian Rambihar
- Zubeida Ramji
- Satish Thakkar
- Bing Thom
- Ai Thien Tran
- Madhu Verma
- Keinan "K'naan" Abdi Warsame
- Tonya Williams
- Nancy Zein
2011[]
Recipients in 2011 include:[14]
- Ahmed Abdullahi
- Leticia Adair
- Ari Asmar
- Jean Augustine
- Baljit Bawa
- Pinball Clemons
- Guilherme Dias
- Audrey D’Souza-Moraes
- Esa Para Esananda
- Karim Hakimi
- Robert Herjavec
- Alan Ho
- Toshi Jackson
- Mike Jang
- Mythili Kalyanasundaram
- Ihor Kozak
- Aditya Mohan
- Pyarali Nanji
- Gautam Nath
- Royson Ng
- Nick (Naeem) Noorani
- Victor Oh
- Alex Sangha
- Zulima Wesso
2010[]
Recipients in 2010 include:[15]
- Donovan Bailey
- Raffi Cavoukian
- Vasdev Chanchlani
- Dr. Jagessar Das
- Rafael Fabregas
- John Furlong
- Charan Gill
- Ian Hanomansing
- Maggie Ip
- Sultan Jessa
- Aditya Jha
- Vinod Karna
- David Lin
- Dr. Joyce Madigane
- Hadi-Khan Mahabadi
- Dr. Lalita Malhotra
- Vivienne Poy
- Sumith Priyashantha
- Balwant Sanghera
- Vijay Sappani
- Fulvia Fadigas de Souza
- Yasuko Tanaka
- Parag Tandon
- Suchart Yodkerepauprai
2009[]
Recipients in 2009 include:[16]
- Girish Agrawal
- Dr. Birinder Singh
Ahluwalia
- Naseer Ahmad
- Francis Amara
- James Atebe
- Elaine Chan
- Chia-yi Chua
- Adrienne Clarkson
- Baltej Singh Dhillon
- Narinder Dhir
- Ujjal Dosanjh
- Mario Guilombo
- John Halani
- Michaelle Jean
- Deepa Mehta
- Rossbina Nathoo
- Body Ngoy
- Martha Lucia Nino
- Dr. Colin Saldanha
- Terry Sawh
- Dr. Lorelei and
Dr. Rosalind Silverman
- Hari Varshney
- Marcello Veiga
- Anupama Vittal
- Wendy Yuan
References[]
- ^ "Top 25 Canadian Immigrants: Frequently Asked Questions". Canadian Immigrant. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Award ceremony recognizes top Canadian immigrants". CTV News. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Canada Has Chosen: Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2010". Canadian Immigrant. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Aditya Jha". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "2020 Top 25 Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. (2019)."Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants 2019". Metroland Media Group. Retrieved on 2020-01-26
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. (2018)."Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants 2018". Metroland Media Group. Retrieved on 2020-01-26
- ^ "2017 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. "2016 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. "2015 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. "2014 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. "2013 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ Canadian Immigrant. "2012 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winners". Canadian Immigrant.
- ^ "Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2011". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2010". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2009". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
External links[]
- "RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants". Canadian Immigrant. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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- Immigration to Canada