Mr. Bill Gooderham
President
Bill Gooderham recently retired from the practice of law at Bull Housser Tupper, a Vancouver law firm. For years he was the partner in charge of the firm's offices in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Bill's clients include schools and post secondary education entities who he assists in licensing and joint venturing their know-how and intellectual property in Asia and particularly in China, and in other matters related to education. He is an honoury member of the Terminal City Club of Vancouver.
Ms. Grace Chou
Vice President
Grace Chou is a teacher at Gatehouse Montessori School in West Vancouver. She specializes in early childhood education and has a passion for working with children. From 1997 to 2004, she was an active parent volunteer serving the school community of Chartwell Elementary School in West Vancouver which served students from twenty-eight countries. She served on many committees and was particularly active in working right in the classrooms with students, helping younger and older learners and encouraging English Language as second language learners. During those years of being the Co-Chair of Chartwell's Parent Advisory Council, she helped to navigate, what at times could be, challenges and tensions associated with differing world views. She currently serves West Vancouver Youth Band as a volunteer coordinator.
Ms. Marian Leung-B.Comm. (UBC) Secretary
Marian currently works at Ceridian Canada Ltd. as an Implementation Consultant specializing in the conversion and implementation of Payroll and Human Resources Information system. Previously she was a board member of Family Services of Greater Vancouver, Chinese Cultural Centre and Chinese Benevolent Association.
Mr. Adrian S.M. Loh
Treasurer
Adrian Loh is a Chartered Accountant, principal of S. M. Loh, C.A. , a public accounting firm. He graduated from University of Malaya with an Honours Degree in Economics and came to Canada under the CIDA fellowship program to obtain his C.A. designation. Adrian has served as Vice President of International Business Development and Treasurer in Chinese Entrepreneur Society of Canada.
Mrs. Eileen Lin-BA (Sociology) University of Michigan (1944),MLS (Library Science) McGill University (1969) Honorary Chairperson
Eileen Lin is Co-founder (1981) and President (1993) of Soong Ching Ling Children's Foundation of Canada. She is a retired journalist and librarian. Mrs. Lin continues to be intimately involved with the work of the Foundation. She is Honorary Chair of the Foundation.
Ms. Eve Adams
Eve Adams is a Child Care Licensing Officer with one of the Provincial Health Authorities in British Columbia. Her educational background is in child development and Early Childhood Education.
Mr. Hugo Chan
Hugo Chan is a behavioural consultant serving children with developmental disabilities in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. His previous community activities include serving on parent advisory council, community policing advisory committee and various societies for autism and disabilities.
Mr. William Chang-M.A.(Mathematics), C.A
Bill is semi-retired and works as a consultant in finance and tax. He was the Treasurer of SCLCFC for eleven years. Bill is married with one son.
Mr. Howard Chu-B Comm (UBC), C.A
Howard was born and raised in Hong Kong. He attended University of British Columbia to obtain the Bachelor of Commerce degree and then the Chartered Accountant designation. He was the Controller of Teck Cominco Limited from 1991 to 2007 and is currently Vice President, and Chief Representative, China. Howard was a member of the Board of the Chinese Cultural Centre from 1982 to 1990. He also held positions of Treasurer and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Chinese Cultural Centre.
Dr. Nina Halpern-Ph.D. (Political Science) University of Michigan; B.Sc. (Occupational Therapy) UBC
Nina received the Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1985, and taught Chinese politics at several universities in the U.S. and Canada, most recently at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She published numerous articles on Chinese political economy. In 2002 she received the B.Sc. in occupational therapy from UBC, and she currently works at the Centre for Child Development, helping children with disabilities achieve their full potential.
Dr. Helena Ho, B.Sc(Ottawa), MA(Radcliffe), MDCM (McGill), FRCPC.
Helena is a developmental paediatrician and UBC clinical professor emeritus specializing in caring of children with learning and behavioural problems. She was educated in North America obtaining her degrees from Ottawa, Radcliffe and Mcgill. Prior to her retirement from active practice, she founded the Multicultural Committee at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and headed the autism team there for a number of years. She is interested in the welfare of immigrant children with special needs.
Mr. Tony T. K. Lau- BA (University of Manitoba) MA (University of Toronto)
Tony Lau is the President CEO of Tony Lau Insurance Group with 4 branches in Greater Vancouver. His firm was one of the founding members of the Richmond Asia Pacific Business Association which he served as President for three terms. His activism began when he was an undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba where he was the first student from Hong Kong elected to be the President of the International Students' Organization with over 1,500 foreign students representing more than 80 countries. As a fundraiser for various charities for the past 30 years, he has also been serving for many years as Mentor of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. For the Foundation, he served as Chairman of the Fundraising Dinner Organizing Committee in 2004 and 2006; from 2008-2010 he also served as President of the Foundation and Chairman of the Fundraising Committee.
Ms. Margaret Li-P.Eng, MBA (University of British Columbia)
Margaret Li is a consultant in the area of strategic planning and facilitation after over 20 years in the telecommunications industry in various technical and business positions. She is the founding president of Centennial Toastmasters. She is the Past President of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) and a director on the Board of Engineers Canada. Previously she was a board member of the United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (SUCCESS) and she is currently also on the board of the Parkinson Society of BC.
Mr. Clement Ng – BSW (University of Regina), BA & MSW (University of Manitoba)
Clement worked in the social services for the Manitoba government from 1969 to 2007, first in Employment and Income Assistance, and later with Vocational Rehabilitation Service. He is interested in the social welfare system both in China and Canada. Currently apart from SCLCFC, Clement volunteers for Park and Tilford garden.
Mrs. Theresa Odishaw
Theresa is an active and dedicated volunteer in her community in many different and varied areas of need. Theresa is a former Director of Sunny Health Centre for Children, (Vancouver), and former Vice President of the Canadian Institute of Child Health (Ottawa). She is a former President of SCLCFC (Vancouver) and has now been Director of the SCLCFC (Vancouver) for the past thirteen years. She was also an Advisor to Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten (Shanghai) for six years, and a Director of Beijing Soong Ching Ling Children's Foundation (Beijing). Recipient SCLCFC For the Children Award 1996.
Ms. Barbara Jian Tong - BA (Shanghai International Studies University) MBA (Simon Fraser University)
Barbara is a senior project manager at HSBC Bank Canada. Her previous occupations include personal banker, university teacher, interpreter and translator. Her community service activities include raising fund for BC Children's Hospital and the United Way, presenting Canadian Banker's Association's high school financial education program There Is Something About Money.
Ms Teresa Chunhui Wang – BSc & MSc (Shandong University)
Teresa is a microbiologist by training. She immigrated to Canada in 2001 from Shenzhen China. She worked for two years at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia before joining her husband in their family business in promotion products. She became a Director of SCLCFC in June 2009 because she loves children and would like to work on behalf of children in China and Canada.
Education: UBC, University of Michigan, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Harvard Graduate School.. In 1949, made departure with family for China by Maersk freighter. First experience was participation in an incomplete Land Reform on the outskirts of Beijing. Worked as an editor of a daily English- language news service; later became Artistic Director of Radio Peking. In 1958 spent one year living and working with peasants on a commune in North China. 1959, returned to Beijing, and resumed post at Radio Peking, while being a professor of International Law at Hua Chiao University, and also helped dub films into English language for the National Documentary Film Studio . In 1964, returned to Canada with family. Taught contemporary Chinese history at the University of British Columbia. Next year accepted a position teaching Chinese history at McGill University, and became the founding Director of McGill's Centre for East Asian Studies, and concurrently Chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature. From 1970 on, returned to China on numerous occasions for academic, diplomatic and trade missions. 1981 marked the death of the revered Chinese woman leader, Mme. Soong ching Ling, on which the Soong Ching Ling Children's Foundation of Canada was founded as a way to commemorate and continue her work for the children. In 1985, co-produced a documentary on the "Children of Soong Ching Ling" which received an Oscar nomination for that year. 1982, took early retirement from McGill University and moved back to Vancouver, B.C. to devote more time to the ever increasing requests for consultation work on China, and UBC's CPIRD (China Programme for Integrative Research and Development) at the Institute of Asian Research. 1998, received the Order of Canada.
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