Olev Träss (born 1931 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) is an

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n chemist who lives in Canada. He is a promoter of Estonian community in Canada. He has graduated from

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. He is one of the founders of Tartu Institute ( :et) in Toronto, and also its president. He is also one of the founder of Kotkajärv Forest University ( :et). In 2007 he was awarded with

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, IV class. In 2021 he received Aino Järvesoo prize for his contribution to sustaining and developing Estonian culture and language abroad.

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Eesti lugu. Olev Träss - Eesti teadlane (21.10.2017)
radio program at Vikerraadio {{DEFAULTSORT:Trass, Olev Living people 1931 births Estonian chemists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Estonian emigrants to Canada Estonian World War II refugees People from Tartu