RBC TOP 25 CANADIAN IMMIGRANT AWARDS

from Canadian Immigrant - August 2014

by Canadian Immigrant

FUSION

Senator Mobina Jaffer. Emcee Miyoung Lee, of CBC News.

CELEBRATORY CEREMONIES

The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards of 2014 were honoured at two ceremonies, one in Toronto on June 24 for eastern-based winners and another in Vancouver on June 26 for winners from western Canada.

Photos by Sandra Minarik and Saajid Motala

Costas Menegakis, Parliamentary secretary to Minister Chris Alexander, and Graham MacLachlan, RBC’s regional president of B.C. Singer, TV host and past Top 25 winner Luisa Marshall sings her signature Tina Turner song ”Simply the Best” to the winners.

Winners Sarthak Sinha (left), of Calgary, Alberta, and John Volken of Surrey, B.C., chat during the event. (Back row, from left): Winner Sarthak Sinha, Gautam Sharma, publisher, Canadian Immigrant, Costas Menegakis, Parliamentary secretary, winner James Wang, Graham MacLachlan, RBC’s regional president of B.C. and winner John Volken. (Front row, from left): Winners Senator Mobina Jaffer, Dr. Anna Wolak, Nassreen Filsoof, Shala Chandali, Vivian Abboud and Manwar Khan.

Group shot of the eastern-based winners at the Toronto ceremony. Winner Gentil Misigaro (left) with ceremony guest.

Winners Senthi Chelliah (left) and Roberto Hausman (right) smile for the camera. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander (left) with Dana Robbins, vice-president and group publisher, Metroland South. Winner Dr. Surinder Khurana. The only winner from Atlantic Canada this year, Akram Al-Otumi.

(From left) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander, James Hodge, marketing manager, Chevrolet, winner Naval Bajaj, Kim Mason, president Greater Toronto, RBC, and Gautam Sharma, publisher, Canadian Immigrant. Chevrolet Ingenuity Award winner Julie Suen. Filipino Alberto Rodil is one of the year’s Top 25.