Annual General Meeting 2016二零一六年度大會

Date: Saturday June 18, 2016二零一六年六月十八日( 星期六)

Time: 5:30pm Registration, 6pm to 8pm meeting下午 6: 00至 8:00 （來賓登記下午 5:30 開始 ）

Location: Dorset Park Community Hub1911 Kennedy Road, Unit 1051911 Kennedy Road, 105房

Agenda会议议程

1. Confirmation of Agenda提请会员确定会议议程

2. Approval of Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2015提请会员批准本会上年度会议记录

3. Chairs’ Report本会主席年度工作报告

4. Financial Report本会年度财政报告

5. Adoption of Reports and approval of Auditor提请会员批准年度财政审计报告

6. Nomination of Candidates for the Board of Directors提名新理事会候选人

7. Presentation of Slate of Nominees and Election新理事会理事候选人候选演讲及投票

8. Adjournment of Meeting会议结束

Minutes of the CCNC Toronto 2015 AGMMay 15, 2015

Steelworkers Hall (Hall C&D), 25 Cecil Street, Toronto

Meeting Chair: Brian Ma Recording Secretary: Bev Yap

Meeting Called to order @ 6:45pm

1. Confirmation of AgendaNo changes were proposed to the agenda. On a motion duly raised and seconded, the agenda wasunanimously approved.

2. Approval of 2014 CCNCTO AGMOn a motion duly raised and seconded, the minutes of the 2014 AGM were unanimously approved.

3. Chairperson’s ReportIn lieu of Christy Luo’s absence from the meeting, Brian Ma welcomed the meeting attendees andpresented the Chairperson’s Report.

Chase Lo then presented the Executive Director’s report.

4. Financial ReportBennet Chan (Treasurer) then reviewed the financial statements for the attendees, and inquired ifthere were any additional questions, to which there were none.

5. Adoption of Reports & Approval of AuditorBennet Chan then recommended that Robert K. Chan should be reappointed as auditor for CCNCTOfor the coming year.

On a motion duly raised and seconded, the membership approved the reappointment of Robert K.Chan as CCNCTO’s auditor.

6. Nomination of Candidates for the Board of DirectorsNo additional candidates for the Board were nominated by the membership.

7. Presentation of the Slate of Nominees and ElectionBrian Ma then introduced the existing members of the CCNCTO Board.

Brian then introduced the following slate of nominees who are looking to be elected for a term of 3years: Rhema Kang (New Board Member), Christy Luo (2 nd term as Director), Amy Tang (New BoardMember), Adrianne Yiu (New Board Member)

The membership then voted in favour of the slate of nominees presented for election to serve asBoard members of CCNCTO.

8. AdjournmentThere being no further business, the meeting terminated at 7:05pm.

CHAIR’S REPORT 2015 ­ 2016

It is my great pleasure to welcome our community of members, alumni, program participants andsupporters, and members of media to the 2015­16 Annual General Meeting of the Chinese CanadianNational Council Toronto Chapter (CCNCTO). Your ongoing support and encouragement enable thecontinual survival and success of our organization and the crucial work that we do. On behalf ofCCNCTO, I would like to acknowledge that this meeting takes place on the traditional land of theSeneca/Mississauga First Nations Territory.

Year in Review

In 2015­2016, CCNCTO continues to follow our mandate to advance social justice and human rights forToronto’s Chinese community, with a focus on seniors, marginalized women, and the LGBTQ communityincluding youth. We have also been very active in supporting our allies in non­Chinese communities,with an understanding that equity, anti­racism and anti­oppression for any marginalized group wouldfoster social justice for all Canadians, including the Chinese community in Toronto. This work requires usto take an intersectional approach in advocacy and we are proud to be a prominent representative ofthis unique voice in the Chinese community.

With respect to advocacy; this past year, we successfully helped push for a motion that passed at CityCouncil to ensure police services and investigations are fair and transparent. Alongside with other socialjustice organizations in the City, we played a role in raising awareness to the critical work done by BlackLives Matter Toronto. We offered critical analysis on the issue of Yonge Street Mission’s relocation toChinatown and related community safety issues to councillors at city consultations. At CCNCTO, we areincreasingly emphasizing the importance of intergenerational relationships and mentorship within theChinese community. This was reflected in our approach in organizing the Chinese Identity and Sexualitydiscussion forum, as well as the Pink Dot TO – Chinatown Pride March. We also held an anti­oppressionconversation in Mandarin, facilitated by youth, for members of an older generation as part of ourvolunteer orientation. Other highlights of CCNCTO’s achievements in the past year include thecompletion of the Elder Care Research Project with a pamphlet launch, providing servicerecommendations regarding elder abuse issues in Toronto’s Chinese community, as well as our ongoingcollaboration with Butterfly – the Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network, ensuring humanrights are respected for the most marginalized women in the Chinese community. Despite the lack offunding, we continue to regularly gather a group of active participants for the Workers Rights Project.

Our success, thanks to our dedicated staff, volunteers, and board members, is reflected not only in thegrowth of membership in the past year, but also in the frequency of media representation of CCNCTO.

Looking Forward

Our recent office relocation to Scarborough indicates CCNCTO’s commitment to connect with newer andgrowing Chinese communities in Toronto, especially the Mandarin­speaking communities. Nevertheless,we continue to maintain an office space in our downtown location for engagement and organizing in thedowntown area. This demonstrates our dedication to address the diversity of the Chinese community inToronto in our work, as well as our devotion to further expand our membership. Limited resourcescontinue to present challenges for CCNCTO. We foresee fundraising to be one of the key activities drivenby the board in the coming year. With the refresh of board members and talents, there will be higher

capacity for supporting our competent staff and steering CCNCTO to further our mandates in advancingsocial justice, equity and human rights for Toronto’s Chinese community with more activities andcreativity.

Equity work requires constant reflection and active learning. At CCNCTO, we acknowledge the ongoingbroader issues of Indigenous rights and sovereignty, as well as anti­Black racism. It is our intention toconnect the Chinese community with other marginalized communities in Toronto through efforts ofeducation, advocacy and organizing. It is our hope that such awareness will inform our future work.CCNCTO’s strategic planning for the next 3­5 years is underway and will be complete in the beginning ofthe next fiscal year (2016­2017). With an emphasis on allyship building and an intergenerationalapproach, CCNCTO will strengthen its advocacy, expand membership and continue seeking longer­term,diversified sources of funding to carry out work that contributes to the advancement of social justiceand access for Toronto’s Chinese community.

On behalf of the Board of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter, I extend my deepestgratitude for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Alvis Choi

Chair, Board of Directors

本会主席年度工作报告 2015 ­ 2016

我很高兴欢迎我们尊敬的社区成员们，项目参与者和支持者，以及媒体成员到2015 － 16年全加华人协进会（平权会）多伦多分会的会员年度大会，而这次会议的地点是在圣力嘉

和密西沙加原住民的传统土地上。你不间断的支持和鼓励使我们的组织继续生存和成功以

及是我们工作的至关重要。

年度回顾

在2015 － 2016年，全加华人协进会（平权会）多伦多分会继续我们的主旨在为多伦多华

裔社区促进社会工作和促进人权的方面，并把重点放在长者，被边缘化的女性，和

LGBTQ群体。我们亦致力支持其他被边缘化的社区，向所有加拿大人宣传丶教育和灌输

平等，反种族主义和反压迫的概念。这工作需要我们用一个多元交错的分析及方法来做倡

导工作。我们很自豪我们能在华人社区中为这个独特的观点发声。

关於倡导的工作中，在过去的一年中，我们成功地帮助推动的议案在市议会中通过，以确

保警察服务和调查的公正和透明。连同其他倡导社会正义的组织，我们在提升公众对“黑人的命也是命”多伦多分站运动的认知起着重要的角色。我们对央街传道会搬到唐人街的

相关议题为市议员们提供了对社区安全的关键分析。在平权会，我们越来越重视的在华人

社区中，跨代关系的重要性。这反映在我们组织的华人身份和性论坛，以及唐人街粉红圆

点游行。我们还在义工培训时，举办了一个由青少年带领的，为长辈们提供的一个普通话

的反压迫对话。平权会在过去一年取得的成就中的其他亮点包括老年护理研究项目的小册

子的推出，提供了有关在多伦多的华人社会虐老问题服务的建议，以及我们与迁蝶—亚洲

和移民性工作者支持网络正在进行的合作，确保在华人社会中被边缘化的女性的人权得到

尊重。最後，尽管缺乏资金，我们继续跟一组劳工权益项目积极参与者联系和聚会。

我们的成功，要感谢我们的敬业的员工，义工们和董事会成员。这成功，不仅体现在过去

一年中会员的增长，而且在平权会在媒体出现的频率。

展望未来

我们最近把办公室搬迁到了士嘉堡区，以表示平权会对连接新华人社区的承诺，特别是在

多伦多说普通话的社区。尽管如此，我们继续保持我们在市中心的办公空间，用来继续在

市中心参与和举办活动。这表明我们对华人社会在多伦多的多样性的情况的认知，以及我

们对进一步扩大会员数量的投入。财政限制依然是平权会面对的挑战之一。我们预计由董

事会来带头的筹款活动将是来年的重要活动之一。随着董事会成员的更新，我们的员工将

会有更多的支持，以及在确保平权会在为多伦多华人社区推动社会公正和平等中有更多的

活动和创新。

平权的工作需要不断的反思和主动学习。在平权会，我们承认原住民权利和主权，反对对

黑人的种族主义黑。我们打算通过教育，宣传和组织的努力，将华人社会和多伦多其他边

缘化的社区连接起来。我们希望，这种意识将指引我们今後的工作。平权会对未来3 - 5年的战略规划正在进行中，将在下一财年（2016- 2017年）年初完成。以建立合作伙伴关

系和跨代联系的方式为重点，平权会将加强宣传，发展会员和继续寻求长期的，来源多元

化的资金，用来开展在多伦多华人社区中促进社会正义的进步的工作。

全加华人协进会（平权会）多伦多分会董事会代表，我致以最深地感谢你的继续支持。

诚恳地，

蔡海盈

董事会主席

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

The past year has brought many changes for our organization. We moved offices at the beginning of2016 and relocated to Scarborough. Over the years we’ve been doing more work in the NorthYork/Scarborough areas where the newer Chinese communities exist. It only made sense for us to movecloser to where we can serve the community better. We are happy to have joined such a vibrantcommunity of organizations at the Dorset Park Community Hub.

In 2015, we entered the 2nd and last year of two projects: Elder Care Research Project: UnderstandingTensions in Elder Care Among Chinese Families in Toronto and the Toronto Civic Literacy CollaborativeProject (TCLC). For the Elder Care project, we organized focus groups and conducted surveys withseniors, caregivers and service providers. On June 15, 2016 we hosted a Planning Forum where weinvited a number of policy makers, government officials and service organizations to brainstorm how wecan further address elder care in the Chinese community based on our recommended strategies. As forthe TCLC project, we trained another group of trainers from the North York and Scarborough Chinesecommunities on civic literacy and government processes. They were quite active and we even organizedadditional activities such as visiting various MP offices during the Federal elections.

We also maintained a partnership with CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange) toengage the Chinese community on building their awareness and knowledge of Hepatitis C.

On March 31, 2016, the Alternative Planning Group (CCNCTO, African Canadian Social DevelopmentCouncil, Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), and the Hispanic Development Council)organized a Toronto Equity Forum held at Toronto City Hall. At this forum, we invited members fromour communities to provide feedback on four City strategies: Seniors, Youth Equity, Toronto PovertyReduction, and Toronto Strong Neighborhoods. It was an enriching event where we gathered a numberof recommendations from community members. Part of our job is to bridge the gap between thecommunity and government processes. Especially giving voice to the most vulnerable groups within ourracialized communities.

We also raised awareness around various issues by organizing discussion panels, giving solidaritysupport or participating in community consultations i.e. Chinese identity & sexuaity, the Yonge StreetMission relocation to Chinatown, Pink Dot Toronto, cuts to OMNI news multilingual newscasts and BlackLives Matter Toronto. For Asian Heritage Month, we hosted a reception event in partnership withCASSA, where Mayor John Tory gave opening remarks and we hosted a panel about the successes andchallenges of civic engagement in our communities. We also presented the 3rd Annual Chinese CanadianAchievement Award to Daniel Yau, who has committed many years to serving Chinese and SoutheastAsian communities at the Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal clinic.

With the dedication of our staff and volunteers, we’ve built stronger ties with organizations andsettlement agencies that work within the Chinese community. For instance, I continue to serve asCo­Chair of the Chinese Interagency Network’s Labour Committee with Shall Shao from the WorkingWomen’s Centre. We are also excited to reveal two new projects (2016­17): the Chinese StorytellingWorkshop Project (New Horizons) and East Asian Youth Civic Activism & Wellness Project (OntarioTrillium Foundation). Both are partnership projects with ALPHA Education that are geared specifically to

engage Chinese seniors and East Asian youth in a meaningful and empowering way. We welcome newstaff members Han Zhang and Jaclyn Wong for these projects.

A vital part of community building is staying connected to the roots of advocacy/social justice and thenworking towards a vision to sustain it going forward. The existence of our organization greatly dependson the involvement of the Chinese community we serve and the volunteers that have contributed theirtime, passion and commitment. We depend on your contribution as a member, volunteer and donor tomake a lasting impact in Toronto’s Chinese community.

So we need your support in order to continue our work. So please join as a member if you haven’talready. And if you are a member, consider volunteering. In addition, if you see the benefit of ourprojects and impact, please consider donating. Every dollar counts towards creating a more sustainableorganization so we can continue doing meaningful and valuable advocacy work for Chinese Canadians inToronto. Help us maintain a much needed advocacy voice in Toronto’s Chinese Canadian community.

Sincerely,

Chase LoExecutive Director

执行总监的报告

过去的一年里我们机构发生了不少变化。 2016年初我们办公室搬迁到世家堡，在过去的几年里我

们在华裔新移民聚居的北约克和世家堡地区开展很多活动，我们能搬到离我们社区百姓更近让我

们能更好地服务百姓，我们非常高兴能加入到聚集了很多活跃的服务机构的Dorset ParkCommunity Hub中。

2015年我们的两个为期两年的项目：老年人关爱研究项目《理解多伦多中国家庭老年关照关系间

的紧张关系》和多伦多民主制度和政府选举知识宣传项目都进入第二年。长者关爱项目，我们组

织讨论会，并开展了和老人，照顾者和服务提供者的调查问卷活动， 2016年6月15号，我们组织

了一个计划论坛，我们邀请了很多政策制定者，政府官员和服务机构人员一起进行头脑风暴，讨

论就我们的项目报告中提出的策略如何进一步在华人社区中开展老人护理服务。在多伦多民主制

度和政府选举项目中，我们就公民意识和政府运作内容培训了来自北约克和世家堡的另一批民主

制度讲员，他们非常活跃，在项目原定计划之外大家还额外组织了一次和联邦选举候选人面对面

会谈的活动.

我们还与CATIE（加拿大艾滋病治疗信息交流中心）继续保持合作关系，让华人社区对丙型肝炎这

一重要的健康倡议提高认识和知识。

2016年3月31号，备选方案筹划组（alternative planning group）（CCNCTO, 加拿大非裔社会发展委

员会, 南亚服务机构委员会和西班牙裔发展委员会）在多伦多市政府举行了多伦多平等论坛，我们

邀请我们的社区成员就市政府的四大策略：老人，青少年公平，减少多伦多的贫困和坚强的多伦

多邻里提供了意见，我们收集了很多建议，这是个非常成功的会议。我们机构的一个重要的工作

就是担任社区百姓和政府运作的桥梁，尤其是让被种族化的社区的弱势群体有发出声音的机会。

我们还通过组织讨论会，给予联合声援或参与社区咨询会等各种不同方式就各种社会问题如华裔

身份和性， Yonge Street Mission搬迁入唐人街，多伦多粉点运动，OMNI电视多语种新闻播报的停

播，黑人的命也是命等活动来努力提高我们社区对这些问题的认识。在亚裔文化月中，我们和

CASSA联合开展的招待会，市长John Tory致开幕辞，我们邀请嘉宾就我们社区参政议政方面的成

就和挑战进行了讨论。当天我们还向来自法律援助中心（服务华人及东南亚社区）的D anielYau颁发了加华杰出成就奖，以表彰他多年来致力于服务华裔和东南亚裔社区。

在我们的员工和全体义工的努力下，我们与服务华人社区的组织和安居机构建立了更强更紧密的

关系，比如我一直和来自Working Women Community Center的Shall Shao一起担任服务华人机构联

会劳工委员会的主席。

今天我要非常激动地宣布我们2016 ­ 17 的两个新的项目：新地平线项目资助的华裔老人故事会和

Ontario Trillium Foundation的东亚青少年政治参与和健康项目。这两个项目都将和ALPHA教育合作

，将特别致力于为华裔老人和东亚青少年提供一个有意义的自我提高发展的机会。我们欢迎我们

的新员工Han Zhang 和 Jaclyn Wong加入这两个项目中来。

建立社区最重要的关键部分是和倡导社会正义的基础紧紧相连，在此基础上努力保持，向着我们

憧憬的方向前进。我们机构的存在很大程度上依赖我们所服务的华裔社区百姓的参与，以及奉献

很多时间热忱和承诺的义工群体， 我们需要依靠你们每个人的贡献，无论你是我们的会员，义工

还是赞助者，有了你们，我们才可以在多伦多华裔社区继续我们对社区对政府的影响。

我们的工作需要您的一如既往的大力支持。所以请成为我们的会员。如果您已经是会员，可以考

虑做志愿者。除此之外，如果您认为我们的项目有益并且有影响力，请考虑捐赠。每一元钱都会

帮助我们更加持久地为多伦多的加拿大华人做有意义和有价值的倡权工作。请帮助维持多伦多华

人非常需要的这个声音！

感谢您的支持！

执行总监：卢恒轩

CCNCTO ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS

RESEARCH AND PLANNING

Elder Care Research Project: Understanding Tensions in Elder Care Among Chinese Families inToronto

The Elder Care Research project is a 2­year project funded by the City of Toronto through theCommunity Safety Investment Funding Program. Our goal was to explore the factors that impact therelationship between caregivers and seniors who are over 65 years old in Chinese families in Torontoand to look at barriers and gaps in elder care services. The project was guided by a Research andPlanning Committee comprising of Carefirst, Yee Hong Senior Centre, Ontario Elder Abuse Prevention,Toronto Seniors Forum, and Ontario Chinese Seniors Association. For the second year of the project, wehired Research Assistant Jing Zhao to facilitate the focus groups, design the online surveys and presentthe project’s findings into a report with recommended strategies. We ultimately wanted to providepolicy makers and service providers recommendations on how they can improve their support to theChinese Community regarding elder care issues that may lead to elder abuse.

In the Fall of 2015 ­ January 2016, we conducted 5 focus groups: 2 seniors, 2 adult caregivers and 1service provider focus group.

In February 2016 we launched a conversation tool called Bridging the Gap, that was designed to engageconversations with Chinese seniors and their caregivers

In March 2016 ­ May 2016, we conducted an online survey with service providers

On June 15, 2016, we hosted a ‘Bridging the Gap’ Planning Forum with over 20 attendees that includedgovernment officials, policymakers, service provider organizations and researchers. At this forum wepresented the findings of our 2 year project in a report where we also listed a number of recommendedstrategies that are meant to create more accessible services

Community Support Project for Chinese Sex Workers

The Chinese Sex Workers Support Project formed a committee in 2013 to develop partnerships andprovide support and services to Chinese sex workers in Toronto. The objectives of the project is topromote, and advocate human rights, to understand the working conditions and social service needsand to develop support and services for Chinese sex workers in Toronto. As a result, Butterfly (Asian andMigrant Sex Workers Support Network) was formed with the support of the project.

As a partner on the project, CCNCTO is committed to supporting the project’s goals and addressingdiscrimination towards Chinese sex workers in Toronto. We currently share office space at our satellitelocation downtown (Centre for Social Innovation) with Butterfly. CCNCTO not only continues to provideadministrative support to Butterfly, but we are developing new project proposals together that focus onincreasing the awareness and knowledge of services providers of issues that impact Asian and migrantsex workers and their legal rights. CCNCTO will continue to work with Butterfly and other community

partners to provide support to migrant sex workers and advocate for their rights COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT

Toronto Civic Literacy Collaborative Project (TCLC)

In 2014 ­ 2016, we partnered with Social Planning Toronto on the Toronto Civic Literacy CollaborativeProject, which focused on increasing civic participation in various marginalized communities. WithMelissa Lai as the Community Outreach & Trainer Coordinator, we were responsible for reaching outand training 34 Civic Literacy Trainers in the Chinese Community. In 2014, we managed to have 2engagement workshops in the North York area, which focused on the Municipal elections. We ended upsharing civic literacy with more than 70 community members. In 2015, we engaged the communityaround the Federal Elections and focused on efforts in the Scarborough­Agincourt Area. We successfullyhosted 2 outreach events and a field trip to MP candidates’ campaign offices. The project participantsalso created a civic bookmark with information about the three levels of governments that is currentlyavailable for community members.

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)

Since 2014, CCNCTO has established a partnership with CATIE by providing community outreach supportfor CATIE's Hep C project and connecting CATIE with Chinese community based agencies and communitygroups. In 2015, we successfully organized 2 CATIE client workshops, 1 service provider workshop and 6outreach literacy tables in the Chinese Community.

For 2016­17, we are expanding the activities of our partnership to include developing content for anadvertising campaign on addressing stigma around Hepatitis B & C and more client workshops withdifferent agencies that serve the Chinese community.

社區參與

多倫多民主制度和政府选举項目 Toronto Civic Literacy Collaborative Project (TCLC)

在2014－２０１６年，我們與多倫多社會規劃機構合作多倫多民主和政府选举項目，側重於鼓励各個邊緣化社區的公民參與。賴建榕是这个项目的社區外展及培訓協調員，我們負責在華人社區培訓３４名公民素養導師。我們在北約克區舉辦了2 場關於市政府選舉的社区宣传活动，我們向70多位社區成員分享了民主制度和政府选举的知识。在2015年，該項目的重點着眼于聯邦大選，在世家堡爱静阁地区开展各种活动，我们成功举办了两场宣传活动和一次和联邦议员候选人面对面会谈的活动。本项目的成员还制作了一个关于三级政府信息的书签，供社区百姓使用。

加拿大艾滋病治疗信息交换 Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)

自2014年以來，平權會多倫多分會與CATIE合作，协助支持ＣＡＴＩＥ在華人社區开展丙型肝炎多媒体宣传項目，将CATIE以及项目中资源推广到華人機構和社團。在201５年，我們成功地組織了２次客户的讲座，１次服务工作人员的讲座和６次資源分享台。２０１６　－　２０１７年，　我们将在原来合作内容的基础上开展协助ＣＡＴＩＥ对乙肝和丙肝疾病的偏见的广告宣传活动和为服务华裔社区各机构提供更多讲座。

PARTNERSHIPS AND COALITIONS

CCNC Toronto participates in a number of committees, solidarity groups, advocacy groups and networks.Here is a list of groups we actively worked with in 2014.

ALPHA Education Through education and advocacy initiatives, ALPHA promotes the learning and criticalunderstanding of the history of WWII in Asia and the atrocities of war, to affirm the values of justice,peace and reconciliation from a humanity perspective. We are partnered on two upcoming projectsgeared towards Chinese seniors and East Asian Youth in 2016­2017.

Asian Community Aids Services (ACAS) ACAS provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and supportservices to the East and Southeast Asian Canadian communities. We have partnered together for PinkDot Toronto – an event to support LGBTQs within Asian communities as well as the freedom to loveregardless of one’s sexual orientation and gender expression.

Alternative Planning Group CCNC Toronto has been involved with APG for many years. Otherorganizations with APG are African Canadian Social Development Council, Hispanic Development Counciland Council of Agencies Serving South Asians.

Canada’s Source for Hepatitis C & HIV Information (CATIE) CCNC Toronto has entered into its 3rd yearin partnership with CATIE to disseminate hepatitis C information to the Chinese community.

Chinese Interagency Network This is another group that CCNC Toronto has been involved with for a verylong time. Chinese Interagency Network is a group of agencies and larger organizations that serve theChinese community in many broad ways. CIN works towards a common vision of access to services andfairness for all Chinese Canadians in Toronto.

Chinese Interagency Network Labour sub-committee CCNC Toronto has been working very closely withthe CIN Labour sub­committee. Chase Lo is currently the co­chair of the committee. Various workshops,events and initiatives are organized to address workers’ rights in the Chinese community

Colour of Poverty / Colour of Change Campaign We are a member of the steering committee of thisgroup as well, which is a coalition of a number of groups seeking to make connections between povertyand racial discrimination and to lobby for those who have no voice.

Good Jobs For All CCNC Toronto and other members of Alternative Planning Group are a part of GJFAbecause of the impact of lack of employment on different racialized communities in Toronto. GJFA is acommunity­union coalition group that advocates and educates about employment, unemployment,minimum wage and other issues that affect workers.

Ontario Chinese Seniors Association CCNC Toronto has a very long relationship with OCSA, who are verystrong supporters of all our seniors­focused projects. We also support their work and their events.

Social Planning Toronto CCNC Toronto is served as a partner on the Toronto Civic Literacy Collaborativeproject and on other projects and community initiatives

ORGANIZATION AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

In January 2016, we relocated our main office to Dorset Park Community Hub at 1911 Kennedy Road.We also maintain a satellite location at the Centre for Social Innovation at 215 Spadina Ave. Since Fall2015, we have been sharing our office space downtown with Butterfly ­ Migrant Sex Worker SupportNetwork.

Melissa Lai has been hired as the Administrative Assistant in 2015. She has also been working as theProject Coordinator for the 2nd year of the Elder Care Research Project, funded by the CommunitySafety Investment Funding Program, City of Toronto and coordinates efforts with our partnership withCATIE.

In 2015, we also received a grant to support the Elder Care Research Project's’ activities from theOntario Seniors Community Grant, Government of Ontario.

Since 2013, Jaclyn Wong has been our “Being Chinese Canadian” Conversation Series facilitator andworked in outreaching to high school youth. She has now been hired as a Project Manager for the EastAsian Youth Civic Wellness & Activism Project (2016 - 2017) . This is a partnership project with ALPHAEducation funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Han Zhang was one of the Principal Investigators for the 1st year of the Elder Care Research project. Shehas been hired as the Project Coordinator for the Chinese Seniors Storytelling Workshop Project (2016) .This is a partnership project with ALPHA Education funded by the New Horizons program, Governmentof Canada.

PROFILES OF BOARD of DIRECTORS

Board Candidates for Election

Justin KongWhen Justin Kong graduated from university he found himself and many of his peers thrown into theworld of precarious employment and growing economic inequality. Since then he has been involved incommunity and labour organizing in the North American context. He believes that positive social changehappens when people are able to exert and develop their own power and when people engage incollective political action, using processes that are conducive and reflective of the world which weaspire.

A.W. LeeAn educator and a performance artist, A.W. Lee earned a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’sUniversity in 2015. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Queen’s in the Gender Studiesdepartment. His background in sociology (PhD, ABD) and the biological sciences (BScH, MSc) hasafforded him the chance to teach at various universities, including University of Tennessee atChattanooga, Queen’s University, and University of Toronto. He will be starting a visiting professorshipat University of Toronto Mississauga in the Sociology department in the Fall of 2016.

Annie SunAnnie Sun is a poet, musician, singer/songwriter, performer, social worker and mobilizer. Annie workswith newcomer communities in priority neighbourhoods supporting residents in settlement,employment, and sits on Toronto North LIP and L.H.I.O.N.S steering groups working with agencies andresidents in areas of community development, civic engagement and leadership building. Committed toempowering and amplifying marginalized voices, Annie has dedicated her life in service to social justiceand equities work operating from the lens of anti­oppressive framework. Annie is a child of the diaspora.Born in Beijing, Annie moved to the United Kingdom at aged 9 before immigrating to Canada at age 14.Annie believes in using art as a powerful tool to heal, and transform communities. Annie currently serveson the CCNCTO Advocacy Committee and has previously served on the Asian Community AIDS ServicesBoard.

Kate ZhangKate Zhang is a Chinese­American community organizer and writer from New York City, who haspreviously worked in immigrant labor organizing at the Street Vendor Project, National DomesticWorkers Alliance, and the Workers' Justice Project. As a youth, she served as the former ExecutiveDirector of Chinatown Youth Initiatives, and co­founded the Chinatown Literacy Project, an

award­winning intergenerational English teaching program that connects high school and college youthwith new Chinese immigrants through theater, music, cooking, and city tours. She is passionate aboutcity politics, voter registration, volleyball, and grassroots movement­building in the Chinese community.Recently moved to Toronto for marriage, she is collaborating with Elene Lam at Butterfly and theMigrant Sex Workers Project.

Returning Board Members

Alvis Choi currently serves as the Chair to the Board of Directors and the Head of the AdvocacyCommittee at CCNCTO. Alvis is a researcher, artist and organizer born and raised in Hong Kong. Prior tocoming to Toronto in 2011, Alvis was the Assistant Manager at Videotage, a non­profit artist­run centrepioneering in creative community engagement through new media art across regions. Alvis is a memberof the LGBTQ community and is committed to the work of community empowerment, anti­racism,coalition building, labour rights and anti­oppression. They previously served on the Board of MayworksFestival of Working People and the Arts. As the Chairperson of CCNCTO, Alvis strives to create aninclusive space in organizing efforts and actively pushes for greater justice in both Chinese and Englishmedia, in addition to social media. Alvis is an MA candidate in Environmental Studies at York University.

Bennet Chan holds a Master’s of Accounting from the University of Waterloo and is a licensedChartered Accountant. He is currently a Partner at a small sized accounting firm, Jonathan Leung CPAProfessional Corporation. As the treasurer, Bennet brings his knowledge of accounting and financialexperience to the board. Outside of work, Bennet enjoys travelling, the outdoors, and more recently,running.

Christy Luo is the Immediate Past Chair on the Board of Directors at CCNCTO, after having servedvarious other executive­level roles over the last 5 years. Christy is actively engaged in the public andnon­profit sectors, with experience in grassroots activism as well as serving on advisory boards ofvarious Canadian NPOs, and was nominated as CBC Champion of Change. Christy’s command of theMandarin language has served helpful to her work with the CCNCTO board in engaging with theconstituents of CCNCTO, and continues to aid her work and travels in East Asia. As a regular contributingwriter to various news publications and academic periodicals, Christy is keenly interested in publicaffairs and economic policies. She received academic training from the London School of Economics.Professionally, Christy worked at a global strategy consulting firm and is currently a leader at a financialservices firm based in Toronto.

Brian Ma is a Chartered Accountant, and was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Wesdome GoldMines Ltd., a gold mining company publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He is a graduate ofthe University of Waterloo, and worked at Deloitte for 5 years before joining Wesdome. Canadian­born,Brian spent his early childhood years in Hong Kong before moving back to Canada with his parents. Brian has called Toronto home ever since. In his spare time, Brian can often be found on a pair of skis inthe winter, or in the swimming pool in the summer, always leaving enough time for dim sum though.

Amy Tang is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and has recently completed herarticles in the areas of labour and pensions law at Koskie Minsky LLP. She has experience in legalresearch, drafting legal submissions, and providing advice to trade union clients. Amy is keenlyinterested in protecting workers’ rights and a number of social justice issues facing Chinese Canadians inthe City of Toronto. Amy is also member of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers and is committedto advancing greater diversity within the legal profession.

Ben Xuhao Wang ( 王旭浩) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Immunology at the University ofToronto. Ben is currently involved with CCNCTO’s ongoing research projects and is responsible fordrafting grant submissions. As a board member, Ben aims to expand CCNCTO’s research activities and tobuild strong relationships with other non­profit groups with an emphasis on youths, employment, andnew immigrant issues.

Board Members Who Have ResignedThanks to Beverly Yap who started their most recent term as Board member in 2014, where she hasserved as VP External over the past year. She has been involved with CCNCTO for many years in multiplecapacities. Specifically, we thank her for her outstanding work in organizing our community events andmedia coverage throughout her involvement with the organization.

Thanks to Harry Au for his work on board as well as the advocacy committee, and his commitment andwork on advocacy issues in the community.

Thanks to Adrianne Yiu for her board in the past year with their assistance in building and developingCCNCTO’s strategic planning initiatives. She will continue to assist CCNCTO with our ongoing strategicplanning, but in a reduced capacity.

Thanks to Ruiping Chen for her work with the board and translation work over the past two years.

Thanks to Rhema Kang for her work with the board and governance committee, and their significantassistance in running our events in the past year.

2015-2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alvis Choi Chair

Beverly Yap Vice President - External

Ben Xuhao Wang Vice President - Internal

Bennet Chan Treasurer

Brian Ma Secretary

Harry Au Board Member

Ruiping Chen Board Member

Rhema Kang Board Member

Terence Kong Board Member

Christy Luo Board Member

Amy Tang Board Member

Adrianne Yiu Board Member

STAFF

Chase Lo (August 2014 – Present) Executive Director

Melissa Lai (July 2014 - Present) Community Outreach & Training Coordinator

Cathy Zhao (August 2014 - January 2016) Project Coordinator

FUNDERS 2014/2015

Community Services Partnership, City of TorontoCommunity Safety Investment Funding Program, City of TorontoSeniors Community Grant, Government of Ontario

Sincere thanks and appreciation to all our volunteers, members, supporters,and staff who continue to make a difference.