Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards

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Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards
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Awarded forOutstanding community work by Canadian immigrants
Sponsored by Canadian Immigrant
Date2009 (2009)
CountryCanada
Formerly calledRBC 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]

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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 Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games CEO John Furlong, CBC News anchor Ian Hanomansing, Canada's 26th Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, [3] entrepreneur/philanthropist Aditya Jha [4] and mental health activist Loizza Aquino.

Award recipients

2023

Recipients in 2023 include: [5]

  • Agunbiade Seun Richards
  • Ali Abukar
  • Ann Pornel
  • Archana Medhekar
  • Beili Wong
  • Cindy Sinclair, PhD.
  • Dean Lin
  • Edward Cruz, PhD
  • Faouzia Ouihya
  • Florence Ngenzebuhoro
  • Hanen Nanaa
  • Henoc Muamba
  • Leslie Woo
  • Maninder Dhaliwal
  • Mena Massoud
  • Mina Hoorfar, PhD.
  • Mustafa Popalzai
  • Natasha Dhayagude
  • Ndiallo Aw Badji
  • Paola Ardiles Gamboa, PhD.
  • Raymond Ngarboui
  • Sam Primucci
  • Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan
  • Winston Sayson
  • Wyle Baoween

2022

Recipients in 2022 include: [6]

2021

Recipients in 2021 include: [7]

2020

Recipients in 2020 include: [8]

  • 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
  • Dr. Halia M. Valladares Montemayor
  • Maryam Yaqoob

2019

Recipients in 2019 include: [9]

  • 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: [10]

  • 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
  • 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: [11]

  • 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: [12]

  • 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: [13]

  • 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: [14]

  • 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: [15]

  • 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: [16]

2011

Recipients in 2011 include: [17]

2010

Recipients in 2010 include: [18]

2009

Recipients in 2009 include: [19]

  • Girish Agrawal
  • Dr. Birinder Singh

Ahluwalia

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  • Hari Varshney
  • Marcello Veiga
  • Anupama Vittal
  • Wendy Yuan

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