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List Of Sri Lankan Canadians
This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability. Academics * Soharn Randy Boyagoda - Principal of University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, writer * Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada * Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher * Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto * Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer * Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary * Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta Activists * Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Canadian
Sri Lankan Canadians refers to people from Sri Lanka who have arrived and settled in Canada. Among these immigrants include members from the Sinhalese, Tamil, Moor, Malay and Burgher ethnicities. According to the 2021 census there are 136,240 Sri Lankan-born persons in Canada. Demographics Sri Lankan Canadians are concentrated in the cities of Toronto (Malvern) and Montreal. According to the 2001 census, there are 62,000 Canadians who claim Sri Lankan ancestry, but only 10,000 claimed to be of Sinhalese ancestry. The number may not be an actual representation because many Tamil Canadians from Sri Lanka classify themselves as Tamil rather than Sri Lankan. Population settlement The Sri Lankan Canadian Population according to Statistics Canada in the 2006 census in the 10 Canadian Provinces and 3 territories: Dual citizenship Some Sri Lankan Canadians hold citizenship in both Canada and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government encourage Sri Lankan expatriates to obtain the citize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardis Parker
Pardis Parker is a Canadian director, writer, actor, and comedian. He's the creator and star of Comedy Central's Mideast Minute, the co-creator of Uncivil, a new sitcom in development at NBC, and the creator of Free, a new comedic drama in development at Amazon Prime. Career Parker is the creator or co-creator of three series for TV and streaming. Created by and starring Parker, ''Mideast Minute'' is a satirical news show distributed on Comedy Central's digital platform. The series satirizes U.S. propaganda efforts, particularly the Congress-funded Alhurra network, by trying to convince Middle Easterners that everything's OK in the Middle East. In writing about the show, the ''Jerusalem Post'' said Parker had a "sharp, smart tone," ''Uproxx'' said Parker's "timing is impeccable," and ''Tubefilter'' said Parker was "both timely and funny — a combination that works." Co-created by Parker, ''Uncivil'' is a single-cam comedy in development at NBC about a pair of friends – a pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumaravelu Vignarajah
Kumaravelu Vignarajah (also ''Nishanthan'' to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers), ''Chandran'' to Sri Lankan military intelligenceJansz, Frederica. Sunday Leader, "Another scandal in the army", February 4 2001) was a Tamil who worked as a spy for the Sri Lankan Intelligence Service, arrested on eight charges while living in Canada, accused of infiltrating the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while fundraising for the Tamil Tigers. It was discovered he was passing Sri Lankan military secrets to the Canadians, and classified information from both Canada and Sri Lanka to the militant group. Life A native of Avrankal Sri Lanka, where his "very rich" father ran a coconut plantation, He was recruited as a spy for the Sri Lankan military intelligence as early as 1982, and worked for the government forces as a spy under Lt. Col. Sunil Tennakoon. He also maintained a job at the Bank of Ceylon. On January 9 1985, Sri Lankan forces conducted a raid in Vignarajah's h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asoka Weerasinghe
Asoka Weerasinghe (born in Sri Lanka), was a former deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada. Early life Asoka was educated at Nalanda College Colombo, Sri Lanka. Poetry His poem "Trail of Mankind" was adopted as the storyline for Canada's National Museum of Man's Orientation Hall in Ottawa 1972. Books written by him were shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman and Lampman-Scott Award as well. By profession he is a Geologist, Paleontology and Museology and also one time Curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ... of the Ottawa Museum in Canada. References * * * * Submission project peace for a united Sri LankaAsoka Weerasinghe Interviewed by Rajendra Alwis {{DEFAULTSORT:Weerasinghe, Asoka Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Canadian people of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathika Sitsabaiesan
Rathika Sitsabaiesan (; born December 23, 1981) is a Canadian former politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough—Rouge River from 2011 to 2015 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Sitsabaiesan is the first Tamil to be elected to the House of Commons. Early life Rathika Sitsabaiesan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka on December 23, 1981. She has three elder sisters. Sitsabaiesan and her family emigrated to Canada when she was five. Sitsabaiesan grew up in Mississauga, west of Toronto. When her father was disabled following a workplace accident, her mother had to give up her nursing studies to work in a warehouse to support the family. Sitsabaiesan attended the University of Toronto for two years. While there, she served as Vice President of the Tamil Students Association. She transferred to Carleton University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Sitsabaiesan served as Operations Manager of the Rideau River Residence Association, Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markham City Council
The Markham City Council is the governing body of the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. It consists of the mayor, eight councillors who each represent one of the city's eight wards, and four regional councillors who, along with the mayor, are elected via double direct election to represent the city at York Regional Council. Council meets at the chambers at the Markham Civic Centre at the corner of Warden Avenue and Highway 7. The most recent municipal election was held in 2022. History Markham Village was incorporated as a township in 1850, establishing a council with one reeve, one deputy reeve, and three councillors. This system was used until 1 January 1971, when municipalities in York County were reorganized into the Regional Municipality of York, and Markham was newly incorporated as a town when Markham Village merged with Unionville and Thornhill east of Yonge Street. An electoral system based on six wards was established, and this numeric ward system remains mostly un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough—Rouge Park
Scarborough—Rouge Park is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Scarborough—Rouge Park was created by the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election, 42nd Canadian federal election that took place on October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Pickering—Scarborough East (49%), Scarborough—Rouge River (36%) and Scarborough—Guildwood (14%). Geography The riding consists of the eastern part of the Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Morningside Heights, Toronto, Morningside Heights, Rouge, Toronto, Rouge, Port Union, Toronto, Port Union, West Rouge, Highland Creek, Toronto, Highland Creek, West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Anandasangaree
Sathiyasangaree "Gary" Anandasangaree ( ta, சத்தியசங்கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a Sri Lankan Tamil Canadian lawyer, human rights activist and politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Rouge Park in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. Early life and family Anandasangaree is the son of V. Anandasangaree, a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician. His parents separated in 1980 and he and his mother moved to Ireland. They had planned to return to Sri Lanka in July 1983 when the Black July anti-Tamil riots broke out. Changing plans, Anandasangaree and his mother travelled to Canada on August 31, 1983. Anandasangaree is estranged from his father and has only met him twice since 1983. After high school Anandasangaree attended Carleton University, graduating in 1996 with a B.A. honours degree in political science. He is married to Harini Sivalingam. They have two daughters. Career Anandasangaree worked in rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Controller
Controller may refer to: Occupations * Controller or financial controller, or in government accounting comptroller, a senior accounting position * Controller, someone who performs agent handling in espionage * Air traffic controller, a person who directs aircraft Computing and electronics * Model–view–controller, an architectural pattern used in software engineering * Controller (computing) (other) * Microcontroller, a small computer on a single integrated circuit * Game controller, an input device used for playing video games Control engineering * Control theory, control of continuously operating dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines ** Irrigation controller, a device to automate irrigation systems ** PID controller, a control loop feedback mechanism * Control loop, contains all the control elements for controlling a process variable ** Anti-lock brake controller, in an anti-lock braking system * Industrial control system, a general term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirmala Basnayake
controller.controller was a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Nirmala Basnayake, guitarists Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas and Scott Kaija, bassist Ronnie Morris and drummer Jeff Scheven. The band took its name from a song by Shotmaker. History The band formed in 2002, and played their first shows using the name The Prefix. Their rhythmic post-punk style had been compared by critics to Joy Division, The Slits and Public Image Ltd. Their debut album, ''History'', was released on Paper Bag Records in 2004."Controller.Controller reunites for Wavelength, talk future and that time Bahamas opened for them" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Mediwake
Anne Marie Abeyesinghe Mediwake is a Canadians, Canadian television news anchor. Formerly co-anchor of CIII-DT, Global Toronto's 6 p.m. ''News Hour'', she was hired in September 2009 by the CBC News Network. In October 2010, she became co-anchor of CBC News CBLT-DT, Toronto's supper hour newscasts, alongside Dwight Drummond. Prior to joining CBC, Mediwake co-anchored Global News, Global Television's Toronto flagship newscast. She also helmed CTV Television Network, CTV's investigative current affairs show ''21c (TV series), 21c'' and reported for ''CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson'', ''Canada AM'' and ''CTV News Channel (Canadian TV channel), CTV Newsnet''. On April 27, 2016, Mediwake left her position as co-host of ''CBC Toronto News at 6 p.m.'', returning to CTV as co-host of their new national morning show, ''Your Morning'', in summer 2016. Biography Mediwake was born in Sri Lanka. Her parents immigrated to Canada when she was a child, settling in southern Alberta. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
