Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow attends community safety meeting. Writer Yan Fei visits Mayor Olivia Chow.
(Toronto, Ontario – By Wen Jun, Huawen Net) Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow attended a community safety meeting and interacted with police and residents. Author Yan Fei met with Mayor Olivia Chow again.
On October 29th, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, City Councillor for Scarborough North Mitzie Hunter, and city officials attended a community safety working meeting for the Scarborough North community. This event was organized by the Toronto Police Service's 42 Division and relevant community organizations. Senior Inspector Li An and his police colleagues made an appearance at the Rouge Valley School gymnasium. The theme of the meeting was: "Working Together to Prevent Crime, Building a Safer Community Together." The meeting had a friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere, conducted in a lively and harmonious manner. During the event, Mayor Chow listened to Councillor Hunter and Senior Inspector Li An of the 42 Division present on community safety issues. She also interacted warmly with community residents and stakeholders, addressing and explaining concerns regarding community safety.
Mayor Olivia Chow of Toronto and author Yan Fei
Invited by community friends, Yan Fei, president of the Canadian Chinese Writers Association, attended this meeting. Since Yan Fei had interacted with Mayor Joshuen prior to this, having been received by her, upon receiving information about this meeting, Yan Fei actually made a special trip to the site to pay a visit to Sister Joshuen. During the meeting, Joshuen kindly shook hands with Yan Fei and had a brief exchange of a few words, offering support, encouragement, and constructive criticism to the work of the Canada-China Writers Association from a high-level perspective, after which the two took a photo together again.
Yan Fei and Senior Inspector Li An
Writer Yan Fei also interviewed Inspector Li An of the Toronto Police Department's 42 Division, who presided over the meeting, and took a commemorative photo with him.
Mayor Olivia Chow and officers including Director Li An engaged warmly with residents, answering many of their questions regarding public safety.
Olivia Chow and the city's outreach lead, Jennifer Chen, interacted warmly with attendees at the event.
Born in 1957, Carrie Lam Tang, whose ancestral home is Shandong, China, immigrated to Canada with her family at the age of 13.
In May 2012, Olivia Chow was named one of Canada's top 25 immigrants by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.
In April 2023, Olivia Chow was elected as Toronto's first Chinese Canadian mayor.
The Chinese Writers Society of Canada (CWSC) is a non-profit organization registered with the Canadian federal government. Its members are Chinese-language writers. Its purpose is to unite writers in Canada who use Chinese in their writing and to showcase Canada's multiculturalism. With the increase in Chinese immigration, the number of people using Chinese in Canada is growing. Chinese is the most complex and enchanting script and language in the world. The CWSC is dedicated to spreading and promoting the beauty of the Chinese language and the beauty of Chinese culture.
Related people and place names with English equivalents:
Olivia Chow
Jamaal Myers
Li An LeeAnn Papizewski
Port Royal Public School
