Albert Kai-Wing Ng
Albert Kai-Wing Ng O.Ont, FRGD, FGDC | |
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| Born | 1950[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute, Ontario College of Art, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute[1] |
| Known for | graphic design |
Albert Kai-Wing Ng, OOnt (伍啟榮;[3] born 1950 in Hong Kong[1]) is a prominent graphic designer who lives and works in the Greater Toronto Area[4] in Ontario, Canada. He is known as the "Father of Canadian graphic design accreditation"[5]: 11 and is currently an adjunct professor at York University.[6]
Albert Ng was born[1][2] and educated in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in 1974.[7] He was a past president of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada,[5]: 11 [8] the founding president of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers,[5][8] and a vice-president of Icograda during the 1995–1997 term.[9]
His notable commissions include the Mississauga Chinese Centre stamp in 2013 and other stamp designs for Canada Post.[10]
Albert Ng is the second graphic designer to be inducted into the Order of Ontario.[7]
Honours
2008 – listed in Canadian Who's Who 2008[11]
2007 (December) – Order of Ontario[12][13]
2006 - Fellow, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario[14]
2005 - Chinese Canadian Legend Award[3][2]
1996 - Fellow, The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Detail Display Page". Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing Canada. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c "2华人精英麥德華伍啟榮獲安省勳章" [Two eminent Chinese, Tak Wah Mak and Albert Kai-Wing Ng, honoured with Order of Ontario medal] (in Chinese). NewNews. December 23, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "Chinese Canadian Legend". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Living life by design". Newmarket Era. Feb 17, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c "50 years of Canadian design" (PDF). Design Edge Canada: 10–14. Jul–Aug 2006. ISSN 1718-0643. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-19. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ York University. "York Professor Albert Ng named to the Order of Ontario". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "January 2008". Design Edge Canada. January 9, 2008. Albert Ng to receive Order of Ontario. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Icograda. "Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD". Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Icograda. "Board History". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ DeMara, Bruce (May 1, 2013). "Canada Post issues stamps celebrating Chinatown gates, two GTA locations included". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (2008). Canadian Who's Who. Vol. 43 (2008 ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 970. ISBN 978-0-8020-4071-8. ISSN 0068-9963.
- ^ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (December 19, 2007). "Order Of Ontario Recipients Announced" (Press release). Canada Newswire. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade. "Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment: 2007 Appointees". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ "Icograda eNews 19/06". Icograda eNews (Mailing list). Icograda. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. "GDC Fellows". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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