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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE HIGH COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE OF GHANA TOCANADA, H.E SAMUEL VALIS-AKYIANU ON THE OCCASION OF 12TH ANNUAL

GHANAIAN – CANADIAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS/DINNER HELD IN TORONTO ON23RD SEPTEMBER, 2012

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Guests, Award-Winners, Fellow Compatriots, LadiesAnd Gentlemen, Permit me to begin my message by conveying to you all warm andfraternal greetings from the President of Ghana, His Excellency John DramaniMahama. The President has asked me to thank you profusely for the wonderfulshow of love and patriotism during the unfortunate passing of the former Presidentof Ghana, His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills. The President was deeplyheartened by the impressive patronage from Ghanaian communities across Canadain the funeral and memorial service organised in honour of the late President.Distinguished compatriots, my heart was filled with enormous delight when I learntof the existence of this initiative to honour our compatriots who have excelled invarious fields of endeavour. Let me commend the organisers for their resourceful-ness in creating this laudable and forward-looking venture. I have no doubt that thisannual event, since its inception in the year 2000, has profoundly inspired many of

our compatriots to strive for excellence in their service to the community.To this year’s award winners, accept my warm and heartfelt congratulations for distinguishing yourselves so wellto merit the honour being bestowed on you. I urge you not to rest on your oars but be motivated by these awardsto achieve even greater heights of quality and excellence in your chosen fields. Your remarkable achievementshave set you apart as worthy ambassadors, and I trust that your exemplary qualities will serve as an inspiration tothe youth in the community who represent our future.I also wish to use this occasion to remind you of the upcoming general elections in Ghana. Our country has earnedan enviable reputation in Africa and indeed the world at large for her commitment to free, fair and orderly elec-tions and we all have a duty in ensuring that this reputation is solidly protected. Our Government led by PresidentJohn Mahama is ready to offer all the necessary support to Ghana’s Electoral Commission to ensure that it has theneeded logistics to organise the polls without any let or hindrance.On your part, may I urge you not only to pray for peaceful elections but to prevail on your friends and otherrelations back home to refrain from any act or conduct which will jeopardise the peace and stability Ghana hasenjoyed since the country’s democracy was restored a couple of decades ago. Ghana is our only home, and it isincumbent on all her well-meaning sons and daughters to guard against any situation that could plunge the nationinto violence and lawlessness during the elections.Ladies and Gentlemen, My Fellow Compatriots, may I use the opportunity of my first trip to the Greater TorontoArea since my assumption of duty, to call on the entire Ghanaian community in Canada to partner with the HighCommission in our collective efforts to pursue programmes aimed at promoting the advancement of Ghana. Weappreciate the role Ghanaians abroad have played over the years in accelerating our country’s development.While a lot has been achieved with your remittances and other forms of support, there is still more to be done ineradicating the myriad of challenges which continue to inhibit Ghana’s economic progress.As the High Commissioner, I assure you that my staff and I remain open to any useful initiatives and ideas whichhave the objective of helping to move our country forward. Our prime mandate is to promote the interest ofGhana, and I am urging you all, irrespective of your ethnic, religious or educational background, to join hands withus in pursuing that noble agenda.To conclude my message, I wish to thank the organisers of this function for inviting me to share in this memorableevent. I entreat you all to remain united in the midst of the diverse social groupings which have characterised thecommunity in Toronto. You should always remember that one of the cardinal hallmarks of any progressive com-munity is unity in diversity.I thank you for your gracious attention. May God bless us all.


A Message from Thomas S. Saras President and CEO of theNational Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada

Dear brother Emmanuel Ayiku, it gives me great pleasure as I express my apprecia-

tion and warm congratulations to you and your colleagues, for the great service youand your publication “The Ghanaian News”, is doing to Ghanaian community ofCanada and also to all levels of the Government of Canada.I want also to emphasize the high standards of professionalism and respect tojournalistic ethics you demonstrated, and the discretion and respect you exercise inyour reports.Taking this opportunity please allow me to express my congratulations and deepappreciation for the great service you provide through your news paper to yourcommunity and the Canadian society in general.

Please accept our best wishes for very successful celebrations and congratulations to all the members of yourcommunity recognized this year.

With every Respect due,Thomas S. SarasPresident and CEO, NEPMCC

Welcome address by Emmanuel Ayiku, Publisher/Editor, The Ghanaian News &Chair, Ghanaian-Canadian Achievements Awards Committee

Welcome address by EmmanuelAyiku, Publisher/Editor, The Gha-naian News It is with great pleasure that I ex-tend my warmest greetings to eve-ryone attending this evening’sGhanaian-Canadian AchievementAwards Gala. This is the 12th an-niversary of this event. We havebeen consistently guided by thefact that the numerous men andwomen and youth in our commu-nity who are excelling in various

aspects of Canadian society in our own community needto be showcased and officially recognized.We all recognize the fact that excellence comes in manyforms and knows no boundaries, of race, age, belief orperception. Humanity is capable of great things and eve-ryday we are all amazed to see the lengths to whichpeople will go to achieve their dreams, to better them-selves and others and to make positive impacts in theircommunities and the world around them.It is fitting that so many wonderful and special peoplehave gathered here this evening to honour this remark-able group of individuals from our community. The re-cipients of this prestigious award have demonstrated acommitment to excellence that serves a wonderful ex-ample for all Canadians and especially Ghanaian Cana-

dians.It is regrettable at times to note that apathy reigns amongcertain quarters of our community. There are some whoalways sit on the fence when it comes to community in-volvement. I need not overemphasize the fact our com-munity will grow stronger through our collective efforts.It is our constant hope that this program will also bridgethe gap and stir up the energy of those among us thatshow constant inactivity or apathy to community and na-tional events. It should also encourage the active hard-working contributing members of our community in Canadato continue to give more of themselves.Those receiving awards to night deserve special congratu-lations. Through your fine leadership and examples youhave become role models for our young people and aninspiration to all Ghanaian Canadians.On behalf of the Ghanaian News, I wish to extend mysincere gratitude to the Awards Planning and selectioncommittee and to all our sponsors without whose contri-bution this event would have been impossible to organize.To the large members of volunteers spread across thecountry we say a big thank you for your input.To all our invited guests, friends and well-wishers in thelarger Canadian society, we extend a warm gratitude toyou and hope you will carry with you warm memoriesthat you were part of the celebrations honouring our localheroes and talents.Have a good evening.


EVENT BACKGROUND AND PROFILETHE GHANAIAN CANADIAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2012

The Ghanaian Canadian Achievement Awards (GCAA) is an initiative of your versatile Community Newspaper, TheGhanaian News. Instituted in the year 2000, it is designed to honour individual Ghanaian-Canadians and groupswithin our community who have excelled or achieved honours in their various fields of endeavour. This is the tenthin the series of this prestigious event in the Ghanaian Canadian Community, an annual celebration of excellence.

It celebrates achievements and recognizes exceptional contributions to our community. Many people in ourcommunity have shied away from community service due to our present socio-economic pressures. Yet others havepersevered in the face of mounting challenges. Such serve as role models for our community. For that, it is in orderto extend to them our noble arms and hearts of appreciation.

The Ghanaian Community has come of age in Canada. Its contribution to the socio-economic developmentof the Canadian society cannot be underestimated. In the areas of business, education, sports, medicine, culture,music, Arts and Entertainment, Ghanaian-Canadians have demonstrated excellence.

The GCAA therefore seeks to bring to the awareness of the Canadian public the successes and achievementsof the Ghanaian Community in Canada. This year’s (2012) presentation recognizes achievements in the followingareas:

1. Special Award: A Ghanaian or a friend of the Ghanaian-Canadian community whose work /contributions havebeen recognized Internationally and thus brought recognition and pride to our community

2. Community Service: Persons who have consistently volunteered their time for a minimum of two years to aproject or cause in our community or the larger Canadian society which has contributed to the quality of life of ourcommunity and/or Canadian society.

3. Professional Excellence: A continuous display of professional competence and excellence, devoid of any ethicalviolations in a person’s professional field of practice which can serve as a model for other professionals in ourcommunity.

4. Academic Excellence: Top class performance in academic pursuits at various levels of the educational ladder fromHigh Schools, Colleges (CEGEP in Quebec), University or vocational/Professional training.

5. Cultural Promotion: An Individual, group or organization which has worked consistently to promote Ghanaianculture for visible recognition in Canadian society.

6. Music, Arts and Entertainment/Film Production: Individual or group artistes living in Canada who have consistentlyexcelled and promoted Ghanaian music, Arts or other entertainment activities to international recognition levels overthe past five years .

7. Sports: A consistent performance and achievement in the sports sector which has won nation-wide recognition andthus brought honour to our community.

8. Community Business: Individuals or groups whose pioneering efforts in the business sector have spurred on andmotivated other community members to venture into the business field.

9. Young Talent: This award is given to young persons (especially under the age of 18) in our community whoexhibit exceptional talent towards community or national development.

10. Group of the Year: This category recognizes the efforts of very dedicated group of Ghanaians/Associations in ourcommunity who work tiredlessly behind the scenes to make our community better. These are those who toil day andnight selflessly, often avoiding recognition and the spotlight and at great costs to themselves in many aspects of ourcommunity’s life. They get involved in community and national events with just one cardinal principle: the bettermentof our community.

It is the hope of the GCAA Committee that our community, our partners and well-wishers in the larger Canadianmosaic will continue to encourage and support our achievers to the highest recognition of selfless dedication andcontribution towards the betterment of our community in particular and Canadian society as a whole.

We salute all achievers in our community and congratulate the award recipients for the Year 2012.


POLITICSGeorge Akwasi Gyabaah Anderson

RELIGIONRev. Joseph Osei-Amoah

NATIONAL HONORKeli Tamaklo

Constable Charles Obeng

TECHNICAL INNOVATIONJonathan Nii Anang Sowah

COMMUNITY SERVICEJohn Alandi

Mary SackeyfioConnecting Paths Canada

Benjamin AntwiJohn Owusu MensahNana Kwadwo Effah

BUSINESSMr. & Mrs. Boahen (CITA Beauty Home)

Foster OwusuYusuf Serbeh

Esther Tweneboah

CULTURAL PROMOTIONEwe Canadian Cultural Org. of Ontario (ECCOO)

GOSPEL MUSICLucy CrentsilSammy Ansah

ACADEMICAlbert Mc Ansah Isaacs

Abigail Amartey

SPORTSTiffany Emma Quaye

David Asafua InkumsahRichard Addai

PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCEEmmanuel DuoduDr. Yosef Kwamie

Professor Noble DonkorCharles Kingsley Marful

Joseph Ashun

ENTERTAINMENTD.J. Emmanuel Arthur

Douglas Boakye Acheampong

YOUNG TALENTPatrick Benjamin Frans

Joel Nti AmankwahVincent Oppong Kyekyeku

CONTRIBUTION TO MUSICSam Kwaku Asare Bediako

Recipients Program For The EveningPart 1Diner/ Entertainment

Part 2Introduction of Hosts: Joe Kingsley Eyiaha) Introductory Marks by MCs Dr. Michael Baffoe and Yvonne Fosu

b) Prayer:c) Canadian & Ghanaian National Anthems:d) Welcome Address: Emmanuel Ayiku, Publisher/Editor,

Ghanaian News

e) Greetings from His ExcellencyHigh Commissioner of Ghana to CanadaH.E Samuel Valis-Akyianu

Good Will Messages:Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of CanadaHon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of OntarioHon. Jean Augustine, Fairness CommissionerHon. Judy Sgro, MP York WestHon. Jim Karygiannis, MP Scarborough-AgincourtHon. Mario Sergio, MPP York WestMayor Rob Ford, Mayor of TorontoMayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor of VaughanChief William Blair, Chief of Police TorontoChief Eric Jolliffe, Chief of Police York Region

f) Entertainment Interlude -Cultural Drumming Dancing

g) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Martin La-Kumi

Poem by Evelyn Quist

h) Presentation of AwardsAcademicNational HonourPoliticsGospelTechnical InnovationSportsProfessional ExcellenceEntertainmentCommunity ServiceCultural Promotion

Business Young Talent Gospel Music

i) Vote of Thanks: Joe Kingsley Eyiah

j) Photo Opportunity for Award Recipients

Part 3 Dance…....


CHARLES KINGSLEY MARFULPROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

AWARD RECIPIENTS:EMMANUEL DUODUPROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE DR. YOSEF KWAMIE

PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

PROFESSOR NOBLE DONKORPROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

Professor Noble Donkor iscurrently a Professor of Biol-ogy and the Chair of BiologyDepartment at the CanadianUniversity College inLacombe, Alberta. He at-tended Bekwai SDA Second-ary School (O’ level), T.I.Ahmadiyya SecondarySchool, Kumasi (A’ level),KNUST (Bachelor of Sci-ence), University of Guelph,Ontario (MSc) and University

of Alberta (PhD).In the year 2008, Noble received the Excellence inTeaching Award by the Canadian University College.Noble always has time to give something back toGhana. He went back to Ghana to teach at KNUST1993-1996. The last few years he has been instrumen-tal in getting medical equipment and supplies to varioushospitals, and school supplies to schools in Ghana.Noble just returned from Ghana in June 2012, wherehe facilitated the clearance of a container of medicalsupplies and equipment to New Gbawe Hospital inAccra, and organized the purchase of a brand newambulance for the Dominase hospital in Amansie Dis-trict.”

Charles has facilitated the de-sign and implementation ofseveral innovative learningand development programsas the Director of Human Re-sources for Ernst & Young’sTax practice in Canada. Healso collaborated with hiscolleagues in Europe and Asiato implement EYU in the taxpractice globally. He before,was the national human re-

sources director for Price Waterhouse Coopers Con-sulting where he worked on competency based careerdevelopment programs and many strategic initiatives. He also served on the Board of Directors of AIESECCanada from 2005 to 2011. Charles is currently on theboard of Farm Radio International – an Ottawa basednon for profit organization focused on using communityradio to improve food security and health in rural com-munities in Africa.In 2009 he was selected as one of the 10 winners ofErnst & Young’s Chairman’s Value Award for theAmericas region. He was also selected as one of thenine Global Chairman’s Values Award winners that year.He is a frequent speaker on HR transformation, M&As,learning and development and HR strategy.

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Dr. Kwamie completed second-ary school education atAchimota School from 1963 to1970 in Ghana. He graduated from the Univer-sity of Ghana Medical School inJune 1976 and then completeda two year rotating internship. In June 1978, he moved toCanada and began the Psychia-try Residency Program at theUniversity of Toronto, culminat-

ing in the award of a Fellowship of the Royal Collegeof Physicians of Canada in June 1982. Since 1987 he has been on staff at Lakeridge Health,Oshawa. He is currently the Director of ContinuingMedical Education for the Department of Psychiatry. His areas of interest include the management of Anxi-ety Disorders, Mood Disorders, and First episode Psy-chosis.

Emmanuel C. Duodu was born to afamily of 12 from Akumadan inAshanti, GhanaAfter Secondary and post-secondaryeducation in Ghana, Emmanuelmigrated to CanadaEmmanuel upgraded his educationat York to prepare for the CanadianworkforceEmmanuel joined the Bank ofMontreal in 1994 where currently heis a Senior Manager (Senior

Managerial role)Emmanuel has combined his professional obligation withcommunity service and has contributed immensely to his church.Emmanuel served for 10 years as Bishop for the Church of JesusChrist of Latter Saints while maintaining his level of obligation tohis clients at the Bank of Montreal. Emmanuel is actively involvedin Ghana Offinsoman Association of Toronto where he is currentlyserving as a Director. Emmanuel is involved in Ghana CanadianAssociation of Ontario (GCAO) where he has the responsibilityfor Youth Outreach program of the association and evolving theGhanaian Canadian youth to reach their full potentialTo Emmanuel, success in his professional life is incomplete if itdoes not commensurate with the obligation to his community andservice to his fellowman


AWARD RECIPIENTS:GEORGE AKWASI GYABAAH ANDERSONPOLITICS

KELI TAMAKLO - NATIONAL HONOUR

CONSTABLE CHARLES OBENGNATIONAL HONOUR

Upon graduating from Royal CanadianMounted Police (RCMP) Academy inRegina in 1997, Constable CharlesObeng was posted to Kelowna Munici-pal Detachment where he worked as aGeneral Duty Officer. In 2003 upon successfully completingthe National VIP Course Obeng wastransferred to Ottawa to be part of thePrime Minister Protection Detail. Hewas privileged to protect the followingformer Prime Minister: the RightHonorable Jean Chretien, Right Hon

Paul Martin and the Current Prime Minister, the Right HonorableStephen Harper and family. My job also included traveling theworld with the Prime Minister. In March 2009 he was on a United Nations Mission to Sudan totrain the South Sudan Police on how to protect their VIPs. Upon his return from Sudan, Obeng was transferred to Newmar-ket Detachment, VIP Section. His duties include providing Opera-tional Protective duties for the Prime Minister of Canada and hisfamily, the Governor General, visiting dignitaries, VIPs and Inter-nationally Protected Persons. During the 2012 G8 /G20 Summit in Toronto, Obeng was part ofthe bodyguard team that protected the first Lady of the UnitedStates of America, Michell Obama.

JOSEPH ASHUNPROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

A visionary leader, strategic administra-tor, and seasoned financial advisor, Mr.Tamaklo has extensive experience work-ing with diverse groups including FirstNations and African Canadians. He holdsa Masters of Business Administration(MBA) from the University of New Bruns-wick, Fredericton, and a B.A degree ma-jor in Sociology (Honours) with a Diplomain Education. As a Management and Fi-

nancial Consultant,Mr. Tamaklo is currently consulting as a CAO for one of Alberta'smunicipalities. In addition to his numerous consultancy engage-ments, he has provided professional services as Manager for theAboriginal and Global Health Research Group, University of Al-berta, Director of Finance for the Alberta Lung Association andFinancial Consultant to the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mines. Mr.Tamaklo has over 20 years expertise in Governance, Leadership,Administration, Finance, Community Development, and as Princi-pal Advisor to Chiefs, Mayors and Councillors.Mr. Tamaklo is a Board Director for the Council for the Advance-ment of African Canadians (Africa Centre), and the past President ofthe Ghana Friendship Association of Edmonton. Mr. Tamaklo whois a Police Commissioner with the Edmonton Police Commission isalso the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee responsible forthe City of Edmonton's annual policing budget of $300m plus.

George Anderson was born inNanaimo, British Columbia. A studentat Vancouver Island University,George has been involved in severalorganizations including Big Brothersand Big Sisters, the Salvation Army,Young Professionals of Nanaimo,Central Vancouver Island Multi-Cul-tural Society and Leadership BC/Nanaimo. He currently sits as a Di-rector for the Nanaimo-LadysmithSchools Foundation and a Trustee for

the Addictions Foundation through the John Howard society. Hewon the Save on Foods Amazing Kid Award and Junior Citizen ofthe Year from the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. He is aspiringto go into law.George was recently as then youngest City Councilor to the NanaimoMunicipal Council, ranking in the top 4, only 29 votes away fromthird place, beating out almost every incumbent, former mayorsand councilors. He says he wants to be a part of helping the citycreates a vision for the future it can be proud of. He was successfulin becoming a City Councilor. He is also a director for The Re-gional District of Nanaimo. George is the chair of the Transporta-tion Committee and is currently serving on the Transit Select Com-mittee, Liquid Waste Advisory Committee, Social Planning andGrants Advisory Committee

Joseph Ashun is married toDr. Mary Ashun who is anEducator and Writer. Hegraduated in 1985 with adegree in Marine Mechani-cal Engineering from Alexan-dria Maritime Academy andis currently pursuing a Mas-ter’s Degree in Engineeringand Project Management atthe University of Southern

Queensland Australia.Joseph is a member of the Professional Engineer’s ofOntario Canada and the Society of Reliability Engineers.He is the Senior Manager, Global Maintenance Sys-tems, Barrick Gold Corporation Toronto Canada. Be-fore his current position, he worked at the ManagingConsultant Maintenance, Supply Chain and Engineer-ing Management, IBM Canada from 2003 to 2006His community involvement include being an ElderChurch of Pentecost Oakville Assembly, communityFund Raiser for Men’s, Youth and Women’s Ministriesand working with EDUDEO Ministries Burlington On-tario to establish Schools in Ghana.


AWARD RECIPIENTS:

LUCY CRENTSIL - GOSPEL MUSIC

JONATHAN NII ANANG SOWAHTECHNICAL INNOVATION

REV. JOSEPH OSEI-AMOAH - GOSPEL

SAMMY ANSAH - GOSPEL MUSICLucy migrated to Canada in1990 and started singing inChurch at a very young age.She joined the Feden praiseand worship team at age 14.Quit singing for a while butwas persuaded by friends togo back to singing becausethey believed she hada beau-tiful voice. In 2007, Lucycomposed the GhanaianNews 10th Year AnniversaryTheme song. She was also

the composer of a song for NPP Presidential candidatenana Akufo Addo when he visited Canada in June 2008.Lucy's first album Adom No Nti was launched in 2007and Jesus the Living Waters in 2009. She has servedas a judge for Miss Ghana 2008.

Samuel Ansah (Sammy)moved to Canada in the year2000. He began writingsongs at a very early age be-fore moving to Canada. Hejoined the Assemblies GodChurch in Toronto and im-mediately became a memberof the praises and worshipteam under the service ofRev. Milton Offei. Sammyhas been providing commu-

nity services through inter church activities. In 2004, hereleases a gospel music album "Efiri Awurade Anaa?"(Isit from God?)He is an active member of the Law Society of UpperCanada and holds a valid license to provide legal serv-ice in Ontario. He has recently set up a firm named"SAY Legal Services Professional Corporation" to pro-vide legal services to needy community members.

Graduated with Diploma inBible and Theology fromSouthern Ghana Bible Insti-tute, Ghana in 1967, Rev.Osei-Amoah served as Pio-neer Pastor of Ebenezer As-sembly of God Church,Accra, Ghana from1967to1974.He later graduated with B.A.in Bible and Theology fromSouthwestern Assemblies ofGod College, Waxahachie,

Texas in 1976 and earned M.A. in Linguistics from theUniversity of Texas at Arlington, Texas in 1979.He served as Pioneer Pastor of Tema Christian Centre(Assemblies of God church) and briefly taught at South-ern Ghana Bible Institute, Saltpond, Ghana and servedas General Treasurer and briefly as General Secretaryof the Executive Presbytery of the Assemblies of God,Ghana. (1983-1995).Since his transfer to Canada has served as Senior Pas-tor of Assemblies of God (Ghana) Church, Toronto;Liberty Assembly God Church, and is currently servingas Senior Pastor of Living Word Assembly of Godchurch, Toronto, Canada. He is the Chairman of theFellowship of Ghana Assemblies of God churches inCanada.

Dr. Jonathan Nii Anang Sowah trainedas a Film & TV Director at the Na-tional Film & TV Institute. He wasonce featured in a documentary bythe then ZDF (now Deutche WelleTV of Germany) as one of two risinglegends of African directors. He di-rected over 105 TV and radio com-mercials on behalf of the GhanaElectoral Commission for the Regis-tration of Voters, Exhibition and Elec-

tion public education for the 1996 elections. His contributions to themedia sector in Ghana included being one of the instrumental play-ers in the setting up of Metro TV.As a director he worked with networks like TV5 of France. Still inEurope, he pursued a Masters program in Media Management andthen a Ph.D in Communications Strategy. His other life achieve-ments include being a consultant to the US Government wing calledIFES that collaborates with electoral commissions around the worldconducting elections sponsored by the US Government. He and hisfamily moved to Canada in 2008 and he spearheaded the establish-ment of Aon Communications (Canada) and later in collaborationwith a team, he championed the merger of Aon Communications(Canada) Inc & AstraQom Corp ( a Quebec company providingunique telecom services to rural Quebec). This merger led to thecreation of AstraQom Corporation based in Ottawa. AstraQom pro-vides innovative telephony services to small & medium size busi-nesses in close to sixty countries.


AWARD RECIPIENTS:VINCENT OPPONG KYEKYEKUYOUNG TALENT

JOEL NTI AMANKWAH YOUNG TALENT

PATRICK BENJAMIN FRANS -YOUNG TALENT

SAM KWAKU ASARE-BEDIAKOCONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC

Born on February 23rd1994, Vincent Oppong tookan early liking into the feeland sound of music growingup in the church. He begansetting up his mother’s potsand pans to create his owndrum set to play. On his fifthbirthday, his father boughthim a keyboard. His auntrealized his love for drumsand purchased him a snaredrum for kids. At seven, he

started taking piano lessons from one of Toronto’s greatchoir leaders, Mr. Sam Bediako. .He continued his pri-vate music lessons from a classical musician named GinoSalvador. At eight he began playing in the Praise/ Wor-ship team at Assemblies of God Church at Arrow Road.During his elementary and middle school years, heplayed in both the junior and senior bands.Vincent began studying other sides of music such asprogramming, and as a result, he was a two - time Pro-ficiency Award winner in Music and Computers atBramalea Secondary School. He is currently servingthe Lord with his musical talent as the lead drummerand keyboardist at Living Word Assembly of GodChurch.

Joel Nti Amankwah is a 20year old bass guitarist phenom-enon within the Ghanaian com-munity in Toronto. At a veryyoung age, Joel found his pas-sion in music, which allowedhim to pick up the bass guitarvery quickly. As a child, Joelattended All Nation’s Full Gos-pel Church. During praiseseach Sunday, he would sit inthe musician’s corner; study

and observe intensely, as Pastor Ralph Dartey minis-tered with the bass guitar.Through Elder Seth Boateng, Joel attended ABESmusic school where he was taught by Professional BassGuitarist, Mr. Ebenezer Agyekum. By the age of 12, hebecame apart of the praise and worship team at theApostle’s Continuation Church playing the bass guitarto glorify the Most High. An opportunity arose for Joelto join a dynamic band by the name of ‘Gye Nyame’,which Joel has continued to be a very integral part offor the last 3 years. Joel attends Sheridan College wherehe is studying to become a Pharmacy Technician.Joel also teaches young people music at ABES MusicFoundation to achieve their dreams in life.

Bediako has about 835 DocumentedChorals, Instrumentals, Hymns, originalcompositions ,arrangements. and manyundocumented works, with songs inmostly Akan Ewe, Ga, Sefwi, Dagombaand English languages. (Church Anthems- BesoHwe, NyameW] y [n afai, Aseda,AmanMehwe, Bue Mani, Hyira,W'adwuma, Sore Hyeren, DwenWo ho,Dede, MamesoroNyansa ne ahooden,

YedeYaseda Ma Woa, AgyaY'ahyia mu.Short Church Anthems/Hi life/ Agbadza, Gabada- SankuNdwom,MayenOdo,. Hyira me, , Dzidzo Le AfetoLafeme (Ewe) Wo miiyanwei (Ga) Enze( sefwi) Jesus RebaInstrumental/Solo/Choral- Aseda, Ghanaman Montie, Dabi Heaven,Ayeyi Nka Y[n Hen Patriotic: Won so yebi, Oman Ghana Beyeyie, Som Ghana Sompa,, Ghanaman montie, Ghana @ 50 etc. Social/ Philosophical Songs: Abor] Nnye, W'ano p[ asem, Tekaky[r[b] kuro, Agoro Y[de Educational: Abofra biaa nkwa (Child survival song for UNICEF)Gyae {ba Ha Wo, (Drug Abuse Awareness song) Abaayewa, (Teen-age Pregnancy Song.)Etc.Wedding Songs: Yema Mo Aware so, Mede Makomanyina Maw,Awarefo, Serwa Akoto, Ene Da yie etcCoronation Songs/Anthems: Otumfuo Opoku Ware,Asantehene, 20th& 25th anniversary,OtumfuoOsei Tutu 2nd Asantehene, Thanks giving/Coronation An-them 1999.& 10th Anniversary Song 2009.Publications/Compilations: Fundamentals of Choir Mastership, SamAsare-Bediako Choral Works 1-3, 3 Hymns in Ghana Seventh DayAdventist Hymnal.Audio Recordings: Sanku Ndwom (MDCC Central Choir Kumasi)W'ano Pe Asem (Amamereso Choral Group), Aseda Nkoaa, (AshTown SDA), Yesu Ye, Me WuraYesu, With Newlove Annang (Songsand Daughters) Adamfo Papabi, with Newlove Annang (New Jer-sey, GH SDA Church, Oman Papa Holy Family, Hamburg) WofataAseda, Eye Adom, Ghana Calvary Methodist United Choir, Toronto.

Benjamin a 12-year old boy was born intoa musical family. Her mother, Doris Oseiand sister Amanda Osei are well knowngospel singers in the community with soloalbums to their credit apart from a duoalbum launched in 2006.Benjamin started to play drums at thetender age of 5 years using pots and pansas his drums. One can see that he has gotmusic in his blood as his favorite subjectsat school are science and music. Hecurrently plays drums at Trinity Baptist

Church. He has been doing this for a long time.Benjamin, a grade 7 student, attends Williams Parkway School.Soccer and basketball are his favorite sports. He seems to befollowing her siblings and mother by making his own music onhis computer.


AWARD RECIPIENTS:ABIGAIL AMARTEY - ACADEMIC ALBERT MC-ANSAH ISAACS - ACADEMIC

DAVID ASAFUA INKUMSAH -SPORTS

TIFFANY EMMA QUAYE - SPORTS

Currently a 3rd year medicalstudent at the University ofBritish Columbia in Vancou-ver, Albert moved to Canadafrom London, England in2006 to commence under-graduate studies in Engineer-ing at Carleton University inOttawa. He rigorously com-pleted a Bachelor of Sciencedegree within two years by

fast-tracking with course overloads and summercourses. Albert graduated with one of the highest GPA'sof his graduating class and was awarded a Senate Medalfor his outstanding academic achievement. While a stu-dent in Ottawa, he was awarded numerous scholar-ships including three times Dean's Honor Roll, MichaelOliver Award and the Hyman Soloway Award. He alsoreceived two Research Awards from the Natural Sci-ences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,which facilitated his extensive research in Neuroscience.For the uniqueness of his experiences, Albert has beenfeatured in several academic brochures and videos,aimed at encouraging students of visible minorities topursue challenging career paths.

Abigail graduated fromCarleton University receivinga Bachelor of Science (High-est Honours) Degree in Psy-chology with a Study TermAbroad and went to Sydney,Australia where she studiedfor 5 months. She is currentlyinto her second and final yearof the Master of PublicHealth program at the Uni-versity of Toronto, special-

izing in Epidemiology. Her research interests include un-derstanding the pervasiveness of obesity and mentalhealth problems in the Canadian population, and howvarious health behaviours mediate this relationship.Throughout her undergraduate years and now in gradu-ate school Abigail has received several awards whichinclude receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for theTop Scholarship, Aldo Croatti Scholarship, ClaudeBissell Scholarship, Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrumScholarship, Sprott Scholarship, and the Ontario In-ternational Education Opportunity Scholarship. Othersare the Dalla Lana Masters Scholarship, as well as theOntario Graduate Scholarship awarded to Master's andPhD students by the Government of Ontario.

Tiffany Emma QuayeVolleyball Player for the(Durham attach) Born July1997. Best known as T,Quaye two-time goldmedalist and one time Sil-ver in volleyball. TiffanyQuaye and her team wonthe Gold for the OntarioProvincial and National forthe 15U Red volley. Tiffany

is the only African Canadian on her Team when theybrought home the gold. Tiffany and her team have beendominating the 14U and 15U in volleyball at the Pro-vincial (Waterloo) and Nationals (Toronto).

David is renowned for hisshot blocking and hard nosedefense in Basketball. Hewas a 4 time- All Star Colle-giate Defensive Player of theYear. He has won the SimcoeSuns and Elite BasketballRep Team two times as theDefensive Player Awards-Allstars. David was highly

touted and recruited by the University of Western On-tario Mustangs. David Asafua Inkumsah prides himselfof his Ghanain Heritage and has the Ghana Black Staremblem tatooed at the back of his right shoulder. Cur-rently in the second Year majoring in Criminology,David's future plans includes Law school with hopes ofbecoming a crown prosecutor in the future.


AWARD RECIPIENTS:

RICHARD ADDAI - SPORTS

JOHN ALANDI - COMMUNITY SERVICE

Richard was born on Janu-ary 6, 1988 in KumasiGhana. Upon his arrival inCanada at age of six, Rich-ard attended St Barthelemyfor four years and later ontransferred to Barclay. Aftermeeting new friends at hisnew primary school, theyconvinced him to join theirbasketball team where hebecame co-MVP (mostvaluable player) with hischildhood friend, Henrst

Laroche who is currently a pro-basketball player inUkraine..In High school he played soccer for the school, how-ever two times in semi-finals. Fortunately for the inter-city basketball team Richard successfully helped his teamwin provincial championship during his last year of highschool.Richard was recruited to Vanier College where he won“MVP” during his second and last years, even thoughthe season had several roller coaster bumps. That sameyear, he graduated in Social Science and was recruitedby Laval University in Quebec City but after only a yearhe transferred to “UQAM” (Universite de Quebec AMontreal) due to family issues. During his first seasonat UQAM Richard’s team settled for silver. He is atpresent studying in kinesiology and looking forward tograduate soon and hopefully play professional basket-ball in Europe.

Came to Canada in 1973.Graduated from BritishColumbia Institute OfTechnology(BCIT) as anElectrical Technologist. Hewas a founding member ofthe first Ghanaian CanadianCultural Association of BCin the early 1980 where heheld various executive po-sitions, including Vice presi-

dent, Treasurer and Secretary. He currently volunteersfor Foundation for African Children Education(FACE),an organization founded by Mr. George Piprah, Con-sul General for Ghana in BC and his wife Beverly in2007. The foundation sponsors children in primaryschools in rural areas of Ghana and currently sponsor250 children in ten villages in the Central, Eastern, Voltaand Ashanti regions. It was an exhausting road trip butwe all came back.

Nana Effah is a hard workingindividual in the trucking indus-try, who would always withouta doubt, avail himself for thecommunity whenever he iscalled upon as his work andfamily life would allow. Yes he'sseen at every event giving ahelping hand. A very responsi-ble and effective personalitywhose services to the Ghana-

ian Community is worthy to be emulated by all. He is apatron to the Ghanaian Youth of Montreal.

NANA KWADWO EFFAHCOMMUNITY SERVICE

JOHN OWUSU MENSAHCOMMUNITY SERVICE

John Mensah who lives in Ham-ilton, Ontario, arrived in Canadain 1976. He worked as Mainte-nance Mechanic for a LubricantPlant in Oakville, Ontario for 32years and has served the Gha-naian community in Hamilton,Ontario, since 1978. John has held various positions

with the Ghana Association of Hamilton, Ontario, be-coming its President from1994 - 2000. He is also amember of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Supporters Asso-ciation, Circle 36, Toronto, Ontario since 1992. He heldthe position of Financial Secretary from 1993 to 2002.He is also a member of Nsutaman Cultural Associationof Toronto, Ontario, since 2006.John is at present enjoying his retirement but still in-volved in various Ghanaian Community activities.


CONNECTING PATHS CANADACOMMUNITY SERVICE

MARY SACKEYFIOCOMMUNITY SERVICE

BENJAMIN ANTWI - COMMUNITY SERVICE

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Connecting Paths Canada (CPC) was founded in 2008by a group of young Ghanaian Canadian professionalsdue to the multitude of gang violence, low literacy andeducation, and lack of empowerment witnessedamongst the Ghanaian Canadian youth. CPC has cur-rently established four active programs: Adult SoccerLeague, Ready to Learn Tutoring Program, Youth Soc-cer Camp, and Empowerment Conference.CPC implemented the Ghanaian Canadian SoccerLeague (GCSL) in the summer of 2009 as a means toengage the community. Since its inception, the leaguehas grown to 6 teams including some of the communitychurch youth teams.In 2009, CPC collaborated with Toronto DistrictSchool Board (TDSB) New Comers Service for Youthand the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Service(TARVIS) and organized a one-day soccer camp foryouth and an All-Star soccer game against TorontoPolice’s 39 Division to raise awareness to gang vio-lence.In 2010 CPC initiated Ready-To-Learn, a free afterschool tutoring program for Ghanaian-Canadian youthin Brampton and later established another branch inToronto. These two program locations provide home-work help, tutoring and mentorship services for about40 youths in the community twice a week during theacademic year.CPC has also introduced an Empowerment Confer-ence. The Empowerment Conference offers GhanaianCanadians the opportunity to connect and network withprofessionals from different industries across the GTA.

Ben is a very enterprising andresourceful person with solidanalytical, conceptual, andproblem solving skills andabilities. He also demonstratesan excellent strategic plan-ning, facilitation and impactfulteaching skills. He has 15years of experience workingwith children, youth and fami-lies in the GTA. He hasworked as a family worker,

child protection worker and a clinical counsellor. Bencurrently works with The York Centre for children, youthand Families multidisciplinary team delivering a widerange of services in the York Region through the YorkRegion District School Board. He is also the Director ofYouth Development and Empowerment Project(YoDep), an educational program aim at assisting youthsettle, integrate and become vibrant members of ourcommunity; to help residents improve their economicconditions; and to help build strong neighbourhoods.

Promoting healthy living andwellness has always been thepassion of Mary Sackiefio, ul-timately, leading her to becomea nurse. Fortunately for the past 35years, Mary has been blessedand privileged to work in nu-merous countries includingScotland and England beforefinally settling here in Toronto.

Though she manages obstetrics wards at two hospitalswithin the Greater Toronto Area, Mary feels it’s equallyimportant to give back to her community .As a result,she is actively involved in the Ghanaian Canadian NursesAssociation of Ontario where Mary was president from2005-2009. This organization afforded Mary the op-portunity to mentor and support new Ghanaian nursesstriving to attain the same dream she has.


FOSTER OWUSU - BUSINESS

MR. & MRS BOAHEN - BUSINESS

ESTHER TWENEBOA - BUSINESS

YUSUF SERBEH - BUSINESS

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Foster came to Canada in1986, as a young man fullof dreams. Pursuing his realpassion of being in businessfor himself, Foster joined theImmunotec company inwhich he became very ac-tive in the promotion andmarketing of Immunotec'sProducts. Through hardwork and an indomitablespirit, Foster rose to the

rank of Executive Diamond Consultant. From veryhumble beginnings, Foster has managed to develop adistribution network of over 10,000 people, with hun-dreds of leaders under his mentorship. He is consid-ered a real jewel among the movers and shakers inImmunotec, because of his special interest and skill inthe development and empowerment of others. He hastravelled extensively to places such as, Mexico, Ghana,Canada, The Caribbean, the United States and Europe,to conduct business seminars. Foster has served, andcontinues to serve on the company's advisory board.Today, he has proudly been inducted into Immunotec'selite Millionaires Club.

Esther migrated to Canada in1979. She attended AlbertaCollege and P&L TellerTraining in Edmonton, Albertafrom where she obtained adiploma in Banking. Shestarted her banking careerwith TD Bank in 1987 as aTeller and worked her up tobecome Loan AccountingManager for 13years. She

was nominated for a TD Award of Excellence in 1999due to her exceptional customer services.She opened the retail outlet called Fresties Ltd. sellinga wide variety of Hairpieces and African Products. Shereceived an award from The Canadian National GriotAssociation of Edmonton in 2003. She is actively com-mitted to her community and is involved in the GhanaFriendship Association of Edmonton where she wasthe Association's Treasurer for 3 years between 2004and 2007.

CITA Enterprises (Christ IsThe Answer), a family-based business was estab-lished in June 2002 inCalgary from a small andhumble beginning by Au-gustine and Janet Boahen.It was born out of the de-sire to meet the needs of

Africans in general and Ghanaians in particular in thearea of food and other specialized products. It startedfrom a small room in the Village Square Mall in theNorth Eastern quadrant of the City with only beautysupplies but has now expanded into wholesaling busi-ness with clientele not only in Alberta but in other west-ern provinces. It is now one of the biggest African shopsin the city of Calgary

Life is like a perfume. If youwear a good one, you attractthe good of people. As a phi-losophy, such have been thewords behind the successfulGhanaian entrepreneur Mr.Yusuf Serbeh, proprietor ofMSB Driving School. Hecame to Canada in 1987 andworked at various coffee anddonut shops including Tim

Horton's, Donut Time where he rose to become the pro-duction manager and later at Winpak Portion Packag-ing. Having being sensitized on safety issues in drivingthrough a defensive driving seminar he attended underthe auspices of Winpak, Yusuf took a course in drivereducation to become an in-car driving instructor. Fromthis humble beginning, MSB driving school was bornapproved by MTO. The school has 12 instructors andsponsors about 100 potential drivers a week for roadtests and boasts of a passing rate of over 90%.


EWE CANADIAN CULTURAL ORG OF ONTARIO (ECCOO) - CULTURAL PROMOTION

AWARD RECIPIENTS:EMMANUEL ARTHUR aka DJ EMMAENTERTAINMENT

DOUGLAS BOAKYE ACHEAMPONGENTERTAINMENT

Douglas BoakyeAcheampong popularlyknown as MC Big Douglascame to Canada in 1997 asa student and has been livingin Toronto since.He attended North AlbionCollegiate Institute in KiplingEtobicoke for high school andwent to Sir Sanford FlemingCollege in Peterborough.He has also worked at

Group 4 Securities from 2000 to present. MC BigDouglas has been MC in the community since 1999.Some of the reputable Ghanaian artists whose showshe hosted in the past include Ex-Doe, Obrafuor,Kontihene, Obuor, Castro, Batman Samini, Kokoveli,Sarkodie, Kojo Antwi, Oheneba Kissi, K.K. Fosu,Kwabena Kwabena, Tic Tac, Kwasi Pee and others.Apart from these Douglas have hosted countlessoutdooring and birthday parties. He has helped Afri-can Heritage to organize Ghanaian Youth programs whichincludes forums, picnics, Amansekrom, MissAfricanada.

Emmanuel Arthur a.k.a. D.J.Emma came to Canada in themid 80s.He went to Devry Institute ofTechnology for 3 years andmajored in Electronic Technol-ogy (A+ and N+). Aftergraduation, he went to workwith Xerox Canada for 5 yearsas Service Engineer.

Emma is at present working as Network Specialist withPitney Bowes Canada since 1995.Emmanuel was doing the disc jockey business in Ghanabefore coming to Canada and naturally continued afterschool. Most of the current crop of DJ’s in town wentthrough his tutelage which bears testimony of his prow-ess.Emmanuel Arthur is the C.E.O. of Sound MastersSound crew, the best in town.

The Ewe people inhabit the Volta Region of Ghana and the south-ern halves of Togo and Benin in West Africa. The Ewe CanadianCultural Organization of Ontario (ECCOO) a non-profit organiza-tion was founded in 1993 and incorporated in August of 1994.As an organization ECCOO has been very active since it's found-ing in 1993. It has grown to be the largest organization of Ewes inCanada.ECCOO has also been very active in the Canadian community atlarge, helping promote Ewe and African culture through a very ac-tive Ewe Dance Ensemble, which performed African dance and

drumming throughout North America, winning numerous accolades and awards.ECCOO is an active participant in many of the largest Canadian cultural festivals. We actively participated inCarassauga, the largest multicultural festival held in Mississauga, Ontario and Afro fest in Toronto.ECCOO is also one of the founding members of the Council of Ewe Association of North America (CEANA),an umbrella organization of Ewe associations in North America, with some participation from Europe. The 2003convention of CEANA was held in Toronto.Recently ECCOO founded the Ewe Day celebration, an annual festival held over the August Civic day holidayin Toronto, Ontario. The first Ewe day celebration was held over the Labour Day weekend in 2007 and was agreat success. The festival is part of ECCOO's founding objective to promote Ewe culture within the fabric of aMulti-Cultural Canada.


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