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Canadian Immigrant Magazine and RBC Honour Canada’s Top 25
A famous Dragon investor, a former Toronto Argonaut coach and an influential former Cabinet minister are among the winners of the third annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrants awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine and sponsored by RBC. This national people’s choice award celebrates the untold inspiring stories and remarkable achievements of immigrants to Canada.
More than 25,000 Canadians voted online for their top choices, up 15,000 votes from two years ago. The award recipients will be honoured at ceremonies held in Toronto on May 16 and in Vancouver on May 26.
“The number of outstanding nominees in our third annual Top 25 awards program has made it profoundly clear that immigrants to Canada are having a positive impact on the country,” says Margaret Jetelina, editor of Canadian Immigrant Magazine. “The stories of the 25 who were voted in as this year’s winners are inspirational and serve as wonderful examples for all newcomers.”
The Top 25 winners will receive a commemorative certificate and lapel pin, as well as a $500 donation towards an authorized Canadian charity of their choice. Winners will be featured on canadianimmigrant.ca and in the June 2011 edition of Canadian Immigrant Magazine.
“On behalf of RBC, it’s an honour to celebrate the award winners,” said Camon Mak, director, Multicultural Markets, RBC. “Harnessing the strength of our diversity not only enriches the communities where we live and work every day, but gives Canada a true competitive advantage globally. We hope the winners’ stories will inspire others to follow their dreams and achieve their full potential.”
This year’s awards program received more than 500 nominations over a two-month period, from which 75 finalists were shortlisted by a panel of Canadian Immigrant Magazine judges. The awards program was also supported by the Toronto Star, Metro and Sing Tao.
The Top 25 Canadian Immigrants 2011:
Ahmed Abdullahi (Edmonton, Alberta/Somalia)
Leticia Adair (Saint John, New Brunswick/Mexico)
Liliana Angarita (Toronto, Ontario/Columbia)
Ari Asmar (Edmonton, Alberta/Iraq)
Jean Augustine (Toronto, Canada/Grenada)
Baljit Bawa (Brampton, Ontario/India)
Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons (Toronto, Ontario/United States)
Guilherme Dias (Mississauga, Ontario/India)
Audrey D’Souza-Moraes (Nobleton, Ontario/Uganda)
Esa Para Esananda (Mississauga, Ontario/Sri Lanka)
Karim Hakimi (Toronto, Ontario/Iran)
Robert Herjavec (Toronto, Ontario/Croatia)
Alan Ho (Markham, Ontario/Hong Kong)
Toshi Jackson (Calgary, Alberta/United States)
Mike Jang (Vancouver, B.C./China)
Mythili Kalyanasundaram (Ottawa, Ontario/India)
Ihor Kozak (Oshawa, Ontario/Ukraine)
Aditya Mohan (Surrey, B.C./India)
Pyarali Nanji (Markham, Ontario/Uganda)
Gautam Nath (Toronto, Ontario/India)
Nick (Naeem) Noorani (Vancouver, B.C./India)
Royson Ng (Markham, Ontario/Malaysia)
Victor Oh (Mississauga, Ontario/Singapore)
Alex Sangha (Delta, B.C./United Kingdom)
Zulima Wesso (St. Catharines, Ontario/Colombia)
To learn more about the winners, please visit www.canadianimmigrant.ca/top25
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