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My Family
I am married to my
wonderful wife, Alexandria (short name Alex), for over 34 years and we
have a beautiful, bright and lovely daughter -
Camilla. Alex,
who finished her university education at University of Hong Kong,
retired from Bank of Montreal as a systems specialist of the
Core Banking Deposit System after working there for over 27 years. Camilla is a
Medical
Specialist Doctor (Geriatrician) who first graduated from the
Medical School of The University of Toronto and completed her MD
residence program at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. She continued her
Medical School program and became a Medical Specialist Doctor at
University of British Columbia. She works as a Senior
Resident Doctor at The Vancouver General Hospital
in the Geriatrics Specialist Residence Program (2005
Award Winner and Recognizing Excellence in
Geriatric Care). She was admitted to Harvard for
a Master Program but decided to stay to serve Canada. Camilla was
awarded as The
Resident Doctor of the Year 2004 at Toronto
Sunnybrook Hospital. She had received numerous awards and scholarships
during her school and university years as well as working in the
hospitals, including overall highest scores in her U of T Science
Program and scholarship from the U of T Medicine Faculty. Camilla
returned to Toronto in October 2008 and is working at
Toronto downtown St. Michael's Hospital as:
- Geriatrician, St. Michael's Hospital
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Adjunct Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowlledge Institute at St.
Michael's Hospital
My Information
Technology Background
I graduated with a
University degree, majoring in Business
Administration in Toronto, and I had worked in Information Technology
for over 30 years. I worked at The Toronto Dominion Bank Financial
Group
for over 18 years in the capacity of a Systems Manager, overseeing all
credit/lending systems development projects through several very
capable
Information Technology project managers. I was also responsible for
Corporate systems and I managed projects on a variety of platforms: IBM
Mainframe, browser-based, client-server as well as Notes-based systems.
I was a systems developer and have used languages like Cobol,
Powerbuilder, RPG, Lotus Notes and Web-based tools. I still remember
the first computer language that I learned and used - Assembler. That
tells you how old (or young) I am. As a TD Bank retiree and pensioner,
I took pride in attending the TD Bank's semi-annual retiree function at
Royal York Hotel.
My Line Dance
Background
I enjoy linedancing and
couple (latin) dancing. I share my
linedance knowledge with a large group of YCCCA members every
Thursday at Doncrest Public School in Toronto. I started teaching
linedance in December 1997 at
Doncrest Public School. Our Doncrest linedance class was broadcasted
on CBC television (Video
on Youtube) in February 2004. I also teach linedance and organize
linedance functions at Corporate Fitness Centres, schools, non-profit
orgnaization and church. I choreographed a linedance to pay tribute to
this venue where I started my linedance teaching, and it is called
"Don
Crest Disco Mix". I choreographed my second dance "Sway"
in Christmas 2004 when I was inspired by the music Sway towards the end
of the movie "Shall
We Dance?". I choreographed two dances in 2007 - Click here to watch a
demo of the dance in Youtube "The
Glory of Love"
and "My
Latino Friend" click here to watch/listen the Musical Video of
the song used in this dance. I
organize monthly linedance parties and I form dance teams
to perform and pledge for donation at charity fund raising events:
China Sichuan Earthquake Relief, Yee
Hong, St. John Ambulance, Canadian Red Cross, Mon Sheong, Tsunami Relief, MPP Mario Racco at Asian
Heritage Festival. I also
established a linedance instructor group (GLIDE )
to promote the teaching and sharing of linedance in the Greater Toronto
Area. I was very pleased to have Lewis Lee as the key contributor in
the GLIDE group. I give small group and private linedance lessons at
the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Contact me at
905-660-0566 or (M)416-728-6027 for more information.
My other Interests
and Community Involvement
I love travelling and I
enjoy sports that allow me to organize functions and activities. I am
the President of a tennis group that
I established 20 years ago and I play
tennis every Saturday morning with this group of 15
young-at-heart guys at Tennis Canada all year round. In December
2001, we played a Doubles Challenge against the York University Women
Tennis team, which was the 2001-2002 Ontario Inter-University Tennis
Champion, to raise fund for York University. I served as volunteers
at the Rogers AT&T Cup (Canadian Open). I organized several mahjong
tournaments, tennis tournaments, local tours, hiking trips and foliage
walk.
Alex and I served as marriage preparation instructors (Minister of Sacramental Matrimony) at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church (Toronto China Town) for 7 years through the 80's and the 90's. Sister Ouang was our spiritual leader and she was very instrumental setting up the marriage preparation program.
I am the President of
YCCCA - York Central Chinese
Canadian Association.
In addition, I maintain its website,
function as its linedance chief instructor and program director of the
YCCCA linedance group. YCCCA offers many recreational and cultural
programs and classes: Linedance, Ballroom, Tai Chi, Basketball,
Badminton,
Yoga, Opera Singing, Speechcraft(Toastmaster), etc.
I am the Chairman of the
Community Advisory Council of the Vaughan
Community Health Centre. Prior to the appointment as Chairman, I served as an
Advisory Board member in
summer 2007. Its purpose is to build positive
relationship with members of the community in order to assist the VCHC
in responding to community needs. The Council consists of a group of
professsionals: politician, medical specialist doctor and leaders in
the
Vaughan community and medical fields.
I enjoy organizing trips. In addition to organizing numerous hiking trips, I have organized annual Foliage trips for YCCCA members and friends in the past 7 years and were all very well attended with over 100 participants. I successfully coordinated a Diamond Princess Cruise on February 26th, 2005 to Mexican Riviera with over 100 YCCCA members and friends. We had enjoyed private dancing functions, swimming and tennis on board. My goal is to organize more future trips so we can all see different parts of the world.
Through my community involvement, I was awarded three times as Outstanding Volunteer in the City of Vaughan by two different mayors in 1998 and again in 2004 and 2005. It was reported in Toronto World Journal newspaper on April 27th, 2005.
I was also recognized
by the House of Commons MP Hon.
Maurizio Bevilacqua as Outstanding Volunteer.
In 2006, I received the Volunteer Services Award from the Province of Ontario. Picture at the Award Ceremony with Lewis Lee and Helen Luk.
On May 7th, 2007, City of Vaughan Council presented me with the Civic Hero Award for Ward 4. This Award was to recognize for my active volunteerism in the Thornhill community. I am the first Chinese to receive such an Award.
News Releases 1 and 2 by The City of Vaughan
News reported in Ming Pao
News reported in Total Daily News
News in English Newspaper - Vaughan Citizen May 17th, 2007 (Page1 and Page10)
News reported in English Magazine - Thornhill Post Magazine July 2007 (Page 11)
TV Coverage by Omni TV
I served as the Vice
President of Marketing/Public Relation in the 5th and 6th Chinese Arts and Literary Contest for Youth
. I continue my involvement in this arts and culture project this year
(6th Contest).
I enjoy hiking and I
am a member of Hiking Ontario. My hiking experience is mostly around
the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) and is usually within 30 minutes driving
distance from home. I am very blessed to have a group of friends who
share this interest with me. Some of the places that are worth
mentioned include Crawford Lake, Seneca King City trail, Oakville
Heritage trail, Jack Darling and Rattray Marsh, and some Toronto
gardens with its neighbouring trails. Many excellent trails are well
documented in "The Hike Ontario Guide to Walks Around Toronto" by Brad
Cundiff. I plan to set up a hiking group under YCCCA, and YCCCA members
are welcome to participate for
free.
When I was young (many decades ago), I ventured into things like competing in the HongKong/Kowloon annual cross harbour swimming race, annual cross-island life guard race. I represented HongKong King's College in their interschool swimming team and carried out voluntary life guard duties.
Sports that I enjoy include tennis , golf , (Picture of me after winning a Golf Tournament), downhill and cross-country skiing, ballroom (latin) dancing, squash, table tennis and swimming. If you want to have a peek at me in swimming trunk (Caution: Please do not view it if you are a female under 18) please click here .
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Nelson