Accomplishments

Jean Bessie Lumb, C.M.
1919 – 2002

AWARDS AND HONOURS

COMMUNITY WORK

  • 1994 – 2001 Citizenship Judge
  • 1994 – 2000 Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, Honorary Advisor
  • 1985 – 1999 Mount Sinai Hospital, Director
  • 1985 – 1998 University Settlement House, Patron
  • 1963 – 1998 Lem Si Ho Tong Family Association Women’s Group, President and Director
  • 1994 Yee Hong Chinese Nursing Home for Greater Toronto, Founding Director
  • 1994 Ontario Women’s Directorate, Honorary Member
  • 1992 Twinning of Chung King and Toronto, Advisory Board Member
  • 1987 – 1990 Summer Centres for Seniors, Director
  • 1986 – 1990 Canadian Music Competition for Ontario, Patron
  • 1973 – 1982 Ontario Advisory Council on Multiculturalism
  • 1970 – 1982 Women’s College Hospital, First Chinese-Canadian woman, Board of Governors
  • 1966 – 1982 Rotary-Laughlen Centre, First Chinese-Canadian woman, Board of Directors
  • 1970 Save Chinatown Campaign, Chairperson
  • 1959 – 1981 Kwong Chow Chop Suey House, Co-Owner and Director
  • 1950 – 1972 Women’s Association of the Chinese Dramatic Society, President and Director
  • 1959 – 1970 Chinese Community Dancers of Ontario, Director and Producer – Command Performance for a presentation to her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Ottawa, 1967
  • 1962 – 1968 University Settlement House, First Chinese-Canadian woman, Board of Directors
  • 1959 – 1967 Toronto Chinese Public School, Trustee and Director
  • 1957 Immigration Appeal Act, Only woman invited to Ottawa to represent Chinese families separated by immigration laws

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