The Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards is an annual campaign by Canadian Immigrant magazine that recognizes outstanding work by immigrants who "have come to Canada and have made a positive difference living in the country."
Overview
First launched by Canadian Immigrant in 2009, the program takes place online and nominations are open to all Canadians. The program is divided into three phases: nominations, voting and winners announcements. At the start of each year, Canadian Immigrant invites nominations based on a variety of criteria, which range from contribution to community to professional accomplishments. The award is open to immigrants from all walks of life, be it a community advocate or volunteer, a successful entrepreneur or a cultural icon. A judging panel composed of leaders who work within the immigrant or ethnic communities determine the shortlist on which the public vote.
The winners are featured online and in a special issue each year. Past winners include Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games CEO John Furlong, CBC News anchor Ian Hanomansing, Canada's 26th Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, entrepreneur/philanthropist Aditya Jha and mental health activist Loizza Aquino.
Award recipients
2023
Recipients in 2023 include:
Agunbiade Seun Richards
Ali Abukar
Ann Pornel
Archana Medhekar
Beili Wong
Cindy Sinclair, PhD. Dean Lin Edward Cruz, PhD Faouzia Ouihya Florence Ngenzebuhoro Hanen Nanaa Henoc Muamba Leslie Woo Maninder Dhaliwal Mena Massoud Mina Hoorfar, PhD. Mustafa Popalzai Natasha Dhayagude Ndiallo Aw Badji Paola Ardiles Gamboa, PhD. Raymond Ngarboui Sam Primucci Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan Winston Sayson Wyle Baoween
2022
Recipients in 2022 include:
Tosin Ajibola
Damineh Akhavan
Patrick Alcedo
Minister Omar Alghabra
Anil Arora
Mariam Bilgrami
Karla Briones
Rita Chahal
Diana Alli D’Souza
Tracy Folorunsho-Barry
Raquel Fox
Dr. Sivakumar Gulasingam
John Herdman
Dr. Akshay Jain
Bhutila Karpoche
Mohamed Lachemi, PhD
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
Leen Li
Arnon Melo
Roda Muse
Amie Peacock
Janaka Ruwanpura, PhD
Harman Singh
Ruairi Spillane
Rui Wang, PhD
2021
Recipients in 2021 include:
Luis Carlos Flores Aguilar
Lanre Ajayi
Gentille M. Assih
Ida Beltran-Lucila
Tulia Castellanos
Hon. Justice Mahmud Jamal
Dr. Victoria Lee
Indra Maharjan
Ginella Massa
Paola Murillo
Edsel Mutia
Leon Ng
Rita Orji
Gurdeep Pandher
Ajay Patel
Shreya Patel
Jack Rabba
Bukola Salami
Dr. Pere Santamaria
Anil Shah
Sonia Sidhu
Zen Tharani
Boris Tsimerinov
Hassan Wadi
Jaclyn (Jie) Zhang
2020
Recipients in 2020 include:
Ajibola Abitoye
Shahab Anari
Samer Bishay
Serena Chan
Kanwar Dhanjal
Sharmarke Dubow
Isaac Garcia-Sitton
Virginia Guiang-Santoro
Tareq Hadhad
Basavaraj Halli
Hamza Haq
Mike Hurley
Dr. Shanthi Johnson
Meryam Joobeur
Conny Lo
Jakub Martinec
Adeola Olubamiji
Fariba Pacheleh
Bruce Poon Tip
Dr. Henry Reis
Arlene Ruiz
Krishana Sankar
Harsh Thakkar
Dr. Halia M. Valladares Montemayor
Maryam Yaqoob
2019
Recipients in 2019 include:
Mohd Jamal Alsharif
Javier Badillo
Selwyn Collaco
Rola Dagher
Monika Deol
Tulsi Dharel
Krittika D'Silva
Rouba Fattal
Ali Ghorbani
Giacomo Gianniotti
Devesh Gupta
Devina Kaur
Nizar Ladak
Philip Lee
Marquis Lung
Iqbal Malek
Sam Mod
Brenda Okorogba
Maryam Sadeghi
Gelaine Santiago
Wali Shah
Kimberlee Shelley-Ajibolade
Jane Shin
Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies
Samra Zafar
2018
Recipients in 2018 include: