TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Special Olympics pace skater from Richmond Hill, ON, a scholar with a 99.24% common from Edmonton, AB, an artist in images and filmmaking from (*25*), BC, and an advocate for social justice from Markham, ON. These are 4 of the 9 scholar winners of the twenty fifth Annual Jean Lumb Awards. A particular 25th Anniversary Award of Excellence will probably be offered to Dr. Theresa Tam for her tireless contribution in holding Canada protected and nicely because the Chief Public Health Officer.
The Jean Lumb Foundation celebrates 25 years of awarding scholarships to acknowledge excellence in college students of Chinese heritage from coast to coast. Since the Foundation’s inception in 1998, it has acknowledged over 140 younger folks, many of whom at the moment are leaders of their chosen fields. Past recipients of the Jean Lumb Award at the moment are working as attorneys, medical docs, entrepreneurs, engineers, graphic artists, educators, accountants, and dentists regionally, throughout Canada as far north as Nunavut, and around the globe within the United States, China, and Singapore.
The twenty fifth Annual Jean Lumb Awards will probably be held on SATURDAY, October 22, 11:30 am-3:00 pm EDT Toronto time on the Jean Lumb Public School, 20 Brunel Court, Toronto.
“Every year, the judging panel overcomes the challenge of selecting the winners out of so many outstanding applications from across Canada,” mentioned Arlene Chan, eldest daughter of Jean Lumb and president of the Jean Lumb Foundation. “I am so impressed by these young people who are the best of the best in Academics, the Arts, Community Services, Athletics, Defence of the Environment, Dignity of Life, Innovation, and Leadership.”
The Jean Lumb Awards are given yearly to acknowledge the extraordinary skills and expertise of younger folks and to encourage their continued quest for excellence. The awards have fun the hopes and goals of the early generations of Chinese Canadians whose exhausting work and sacrifice have paved the highway for in the present day’s era. Jean Lumb was the primary Chinese Canadian girl to obtain the Order of Canada for her tireless neighborhood work as a voice and advocate for Chinese communities in Toronto and throughout Canada.
For an inventory of the winners and their backgrounds, please see connected detailed press launch in pdf format.
Media are welcome to request advance interviews by way of videoconferencing or on Oct. 22 on the Jean Lumb Public School at 11:30 am.
For additional info, please contact Stephen Wong at (416) 817-5237 or by e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected].
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