CANADIAN IMMIGRANT MAGAZINE AND WESTERN UNION RECOGNIZETHE TOP 25 CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS OF 2024 @TIFF Lightbox-Wed.,Aug.14th,2024

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The 16th annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award winners were honoured and celebrated at a ceremony in Toronto.
Presented by Western Union, the Top 25 awards shared the inspiring success stories of immigrants and refugees who came from diverse cultures and backgrounds, from coast to coast. This year’s program was also sponsored by COSTI and Windmill Microlending.

Winners at the ceremony included Chef, cookbook author and culinary expert Noel Cunningham, Artist, award-winning musician Abel Maxwell, Poet, author and arts educator Nadine Williams among others.

This year’s recipients!
Ashid Bahl (Calgary, AB/Kenya), President and founder, For the Love of Children Society of Alberta
Nisreen Baker (Edmonton, AB / Egypt), Director and screenwriter
Lilian Cazacu (Langley BC/Republic of Moldova), Notary public
Chris Chukwunta (Edmonton AB/Nigeria), CEO, International Renewable Energy Systems Inc.
Noel Cunningham (Toronto, ON/Jamaica), Chef, cookbook author and culinary expert
Delasi Essien (Regina, SK/Ghana), Global nurse consultant, nurse leader and educator
Gervan Fearon (Toronto, ON/England) President, George Brown College
Andrea Gomez (Quebec City, QC/ Colombia), CEO, Omy Laboratories
Crystal Hung (Vancouver BC/ Taiwan), CEO, Icon Marketing
Jaideep Johar (Winnipeg, MB/India), Senior Advisor, Marine Safety and Security, Prairie and Northern Region, Transport Canada
Kelly Kaur (Calgary, AB / Singapore), Author, writer and speaker
W. Andy Knight (Edmonton, AB/ Barbados), Professor
Abel Maxwell (Toronto, ON/ Senegal and Togo), Artist and entrepreneur
Shaheen Nanji (Port Moody, BC/Kenya), Executive director, SFU International
Chukwunonso Nwabufo (Toronto, ON/Nigeria), Founder and CEO, OneDrug Inc. and pharmaceutical scientist, University of Toronto
Gordana Radan (Calgary, AB/ Former Yugoslavia), CEO, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
Farahnaz Rezaei (Stratford P.E.I./Born in Iran, raised in Kuwait), Policy, research and evaluation analyst, Office of Immigration
Dacious Richardson (Surrey, BC/ Liberia), Youth leader and safe school liaison
Sheref Sabawy (Toronto, ON/Egypt), Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament
Sevtap Savas (St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador / Türkiye), Patient advocate and professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Sahib Singh Rana (Toronto, ON/India), Entrepreneur
Andre Smith (Brampton, ON/Jamaica), CEO, Flip & Floss
Florentine Strzelczyk (London, ON/Germany), Provost and vice-president (academic) at Western University
J Torres (Whitby, ON / Philippines), Writer
Nadine Williams (Niagara Falls, ON/Jamaica), Poet, author and arts educator

In addition to the Top 25, the second annual Windmill Microlending Empowerment Award, which recognized an individual who worked above and beyond to empower and support the successful journeys of immigrants and refugees to Canada.

About Canadian Immigrant
Canadian Immigrant is a national multimedia platform to help immigrants succeed in Canada, with content, resources and events on careers, education and settlement. The brand is the producer of the cross-country Canadian Immigrant Fairs, IEP career path Web Conference Series, and the Frist Generation podcast on the Torstar Podcast Network. Canadian Immigrant is a division of Metroland Media Group, a dynamic media company with leading community and daily news sites, as well as innovative websites including save.ca (http://save.ca/)