Two Sri Lankan-Canadians have been named among the top 25 Canadian immigrants of 2022, the Sri Lankan High Commission in Ottawa has announced.
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Canada, Harsha Kumara Navaratne, graced the annual Canadian Immigrant Magazine Awards Ceremony on August 11, 2022 in Toronto, where two Sri Lankan-Canadians, Professor Janaka Ruwanpura and the Dr. Sivakumar Gulasingam were among the top 25 Canadian immigrants of 2022.
The annual awards program celebrates the achievements of inspiring Canadian immigrants.
Professor Ruwanpura is an award-winning construction engineering researcher and scholar. He is Vice-President and Associate Vice-President (Research/International) and Professor of Engineering at the University of Calgary. Professor Ruwanpura has won international, national, provincial and municipal awards for his academic achievements, research and innovation. Recent awards include the Distinguished Alumni Award (Arizona State University), the Life Time Achievement Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation (Los Angeles) and the International Achievement Award from the City of Calgary.
Dr. Sivakumar Gulasingam is an award-winning physical medicine and rehabilitation physician attached to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute of the University Health Network and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He graduated in medicine from the University of Colombo. Prior to emigrating to Canada, Dr. Gulasingam had worked as a Senior Physician at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Sri Lanka. He is a Para-Athletics National Coach and Classifier with Athletics Canada, International Paralympic Committee Classifier and International Coach for World Para-athletics and World Para-Dance Sports. Dr. Gulasingam is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Michael Gordon Award for Humanism in Medicine from the University of Toronto and The Most Outstanding Young Persons of the Year – Humanitarian and Voluntary Services, Junior Chambers International (JCI), Sri Lanka ( 2004 ).
The Sri Lankan High Commission in Ottawa said Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser, High Commissioner Navaratne, and a cross-section of academics, professionals and members of the business community in Canada, attended the event. (NewsWire)
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