Jack Chiang: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
He was a member of both the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario. He is a Governor of Kingston General Hospital. |
He was a member of both the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario. He is a Governor of Kingston General Hospital. |
||
He has won over 40 major professional and civic awards, including the Order of Canada,[http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868] Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Queen’s University (2007) and the Royal Military College of Canada (2008); Honorary Diploma from St. Lawrence College (2001); Queen’s Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal; Rotary Club Paul Harris Award, Kingston Citizen of the Year, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce President’s Award, Government of Canada International Year of Volunteer Award, OPP Commissioner’s Commendation, Salvation Army Honorary Life Member and Timbrell Award, Outstanding Fundraiser (Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southeastern Ontario Chapter). |
He has won over 40 major professional and civic awards, including the Order of Canada,[http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868] Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Queen’s University [http://educ.queensu.ca/about/news/2007/chiang.shtml](2007) and the Royal Military College of Canada[http://www.rmc.ca/news_avis/080507_dipl_e.html] (2008); Honorary Diploma from St. Lawrence College (2001); Queen’s Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal; Rotary Club Paul Harris Award, Kingston Citizen of the Year, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce President’s Award, Government of Canada International Year of Volunteer Award, OPP Commissioner’s Commendation, Salvation Army Honorary Life Member and Timbrell Award, Outstanding Fundraiser (Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southeastern Ontario Chapter). |
||
Since May, 2007, he has been a Justice of the Peace with the Ontario Court of Justice. |
Since May, 2007, he has been a Justice of the Peace with the Ontario Court of Justice. |
||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
Chiang and his wife Cathy Lincoln-Chiang have four children: Adrian Coleman, Alastair Coleman, Jeffrey James Chiang and J. Christopher Chiang. |
Chiang and his wife Cathy Lincoln-Chiang have four children: Adrian Coleman, Alastair Coleman, Jeffrey James Chiang and J. Christopher Chiang. |
||
<ref>http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868</ref> |
<ref>http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868</ref> Governor Generals Order of Canada Announcement |
||
<ref>[http://educ.queensu.ca/about/news/2007/chiang.shtml]</ref> Jack Chiang's Convocation address |
|||
<ref>http://www.rmc.ca/news_avis/080507_dipl_e.html</ref> Royal Military College Class of 2008 Honours Jack Chiang |
|||
Revision as of 19:52, 25 November 2008
Jack Chiang, C.M., M.A., LL.D., was born in Canton, China and grew up in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
He received his B. A. in Foreign Languages and Literature from the National Taiwan University and his M. A. in Journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He began his career as a court reporter for the Packet and Times in Orillia, Ont. He was a member of the newsroom management team of the Kingston Whig-Standard between 1980 and 2007. Earlier in his career, he was sent on assignments in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Romania, England and other parts of Europe and Africa.
He was City Editor from 1994-5 and 1998. From 1995 to May, 2007, he was a columnist.
An aviation enthusiast, he has flown 15 times with some of the world’s top aerobatic-flying teams: Canada’s Snowbirds, Brazilian Air Force’s Smoke Squadron, the French Connection, the Northern Lights and the Ray Ban Gold.
He is the author of Images of Kingston, Celebrating Ontario, Celebrating Atlantic Canada, Jack Chiang’s Kingston and Jack Chiang’s Thousand Islands. He is also the co-author of Truth, Duty, Valour.
Chiang has chaired more than 50 successful fundraising campaigns for the United Way, the Boys and Girls’ Club, the Salvation Army, the Alzheimer Society, Kingston Literacy and other non-profit organizations.
He was a member of both the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario. He is a Governor of Kingston General Hospital.
He has won over 40 major professional and civic awards, including the Order of Canada,[1] Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Queen’s University [2](2007) and the Royal Military College of Canada[3] (2008); Honorary Diploma from St. Lawrence College (2001); Queen’s Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal; Rotary Club Paul Harris Award, Kingston Citizen of the Year, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce President’s Award, Government of Canada International Year of Volunteer Award, OPP Commissioner’s Commendation, Salvation Army Honorary Life Member and Timbrell Award, Outstanding Fundraiser (Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southeastern Ontario Chapter).
Since May, 2007, he has been a Justice of the Peace with the Ontario Court of Justice.
Chiang and his wife Cathy Lincoln-Chiang have four children: Adrian Coleman, Alastair Coleman, Jeffrey James Chiang and J. Christopher Chiang.
[1] Governor Generals Order of Canada Announcement [2] Jack Chiang's Convocation address [3] Royal Military College Class of 2008 Honours Jack Chiang