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Happy Lunar New Year! Canada Post celebrates Year of the Rat Canada Post has issued two stamps celebrating the Year of the Rat representing the first year in the Lunar New Year cycle and the final issue in a second 12-year series honouring the annual festival. The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021. A symbol of fertility and intelligence, the rat is said to confer great cunning, tact and vitality on those born under its sign.... Designed by Albert Ng (O.Ont.) and Seung Jai Paek, of Albert Ng and Associates, the stamps portray the traditional story of the rat’s daughter’s wedding in the style of folk art known as Chinese farmer painting. The Permanent domestic-rate stamp depicts the bride on route to her nuptials, while the International-rate stamp reveals the happily married couple. The Year of the Rat stamps are available on January 17, in Permanent domestic- and International-rate booklets, as well as a gummed pane of 25 domestic-rate stamps framed by four Chinese blessings. Philatelic collectibles include an unsealed, International-rate Official First Day Cover suitable for use as a money envelope for traditional gift-giving.

ALPHA Education along with Scarborough- Agincourt MPP Aris Babikian held a ceremony to commemorate the Nanjing Massacre at Queen's Park on Dec 8. In October 2017, the Ontario Legislature unanimously passed Motion 66 designating December 13 as the Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day in Ontario.

2019 CPAC Professional Achievement Awards(PAA) and Young Achiever’s Award (YAA) were presented at a fundraising gala co-hosted by CPAC and CPAC Foundation on November 24 in Richmond Hill. PAA was established in 2009 to recognize and celebrate outstanding accomplishments and contributions by immigrant professionals in Canada. This award is also aimed at presenting role models to inspire other immigrants to strive for success. The three recipients of the 2019 CPAC Professional ...Achievement Awards are Serena Chan, partner of the IBM Financial Services sector of IBM Global Business Services in Canada, Heyu Ni, the platform director for Hematology, Cancer and Immunological Diseases at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, and Mingyao Liu, director of Institute of Medical Science and a professor of Surgery, Medicine and Physiology at University of Toronto. YAA is modeled after the established PAA and honours an outstanding young immigrant in Canada for their community or professional achievements and success locally or abroad. Clara Weng was awarded this year for her contribution to Toronto’s multicultural art scene as the President of Emerging Young Artists, an organization that has been building a borderless community of and for the up-and-coming artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. In their passionate and inspiring acceptance speeches, the award recipients shared their valuable life experiences that have made them who they are and as successful and contributing members of the community. They also reflected on how they managed to overcome the barriers that have hindered their career progression as an immigrant minority in Canada through making great efforts. One common message conveyed in all their speeches is to be grateful for the kindness of others and consider helping others as part of a meaningful life.

The Grand Impact Award Gala hosted by WeWorkingWomen was held on Oct 20th at Telus Harbour in Toronto. Tian Qingqing, founder and president of Educating Girls of Rural China won the Grand Impact Award. Rose McInerney, founder & CEO of WomenScape gave a keynote speech on Share my light. As one of the North America’s most influential leadership network, WeWorkingWomen connects over 40,000 Chinese women professionals in Canada and the rest of the world.

As an annual vibrant and dynamic festival that celebrates one of the bests of the Chinese culture, 2019 Dragon Lion Dance Festival was held at the Celebration Square in Mississauga on September 21. Throughout the day, there were variety of exciting performances including Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi demonstrations, Dragon and Lion dances, mass drumming routines, dancing, singing, Chinese instruments, lucky draws, and other spectacles.