WYKAAO Functions
2021 Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday October 17. This is the second year that AGM was conducted virtually due to the pandemic. We are happy to report that the association is in a comfortable financial position and had organized a number of online and physical events throughout the past challenging year. The two recipients of Scholastic Achievement Award were announced in the meeting as well. They are Brayden Ho, son of Simon Ho (’79) and Jonathan Fung, grandson of Michael Chan (’61).
AGM 2021 Notice
Here is the link for the AGM 2021 Notice and the Attendance/Director Nomination Form. If you cannot attend or will be late for the AGM, please send your proxy to a director or another attending member so that we can form a quorum for the meeting.
Meeting Platform
Because of the pandemic, AGM this year will continue to be held via online conferencing. Details on how to join the meeting will be sent to those who have registered to attend. In addition to regular AGM agenda items, recipients of Scholastic Achievement Award and members of the Honoured Classes will be announced in the meeting as well.
To register, please
The Award is open to students whose aggregate total of their best six Grade 12 credits gained in 2020~2021 academic year is 480 or over. Details of the award, its qualifications and the application form can be found here. The completed application form must be submitted on or before 10th October 2021.
Virtual Wah Yan Alumni Gathering, jointly hosted by WYHK and WYK alumni associations in Ontario, was successfully held on Friday July 16, 2021 (started at 8pm Eastern Time). Through the coordination by Michael Au (WYHK ’69), four distinguished guests from Hong Kong attended, namely Fr. Stephen Chow, Dr. Ying-Lun So, Dr. Davis Chan (Principal of WYHK) and Mr. Warren Chung (Principal of WYK). Over 50 alumni and ex-teachers participated. Latest updates of the colleges were shared by the two principals following the inspiring messages from Fr. Chow and Dr. So.
The meeting, which lasted for two hours, also touched on ideas on how to enhance the communication among overseas chapters and connections with our mother schools, with an objective to offer advice/assistance to Wahyanites planning to come to Canada for continuing studies or starting their careers.
Thanks to the dedication of WYKAAO board members, we continue to meet on a virtual platform to discuss matters related to the alumni association. Everyone has been contributing ideas on how we can maintain the organization during this difficult time, and explore new opportunities under the new normal.
A bright side of the flourishing of video conferencing technology: the geographical barrier sudden seems easy to break down. We have successfully recruited Eric Li (’95), who resides in British Columbia, to rejoin the board of WYKAAO.
Class reunions are important activities in alumni associations like WYKAAO. Under the current pandemic, it is not feasible to hold physical reunions practically anywhere in the world now. If you are interested in organizing such activities over internet, do let us know and we will try our best to support them, e.g. by providing a platform to conduct the virtual reunions.
For programs on virtual class reunions, a quick search on internet will return results on a number of useful tips and ideas.
As Year 2020 is drawing to a close, the first ever online virtual gathering was held on Tuesday December 22. A better than expected 20+ members from various locations across Canada including Ottawa and Kelowna, B.C. attended. This was a causal meeting where each participant gave an update of his status and any news he would like to share. Due to the success of the event, more online gatherings will be considered in the future perhaps with a different theme in each one of them. Stay tuned!
AGM 2020 was held on Sunday October 18. Because of the pandemic, the meeting was conducted online through video conferencing. Three recipients of Scholastic Achievement Award were announced, namely Nathan Cheng, Naomi So and Senaida Ng who also joined the virtual meeting from the US. Teddy Cheung (’00) and Sonny Sie (’60) were members of the class years that were honoured in this AGM. Eric Li (’95), joining the meeting from Kelowna, B.C., gave a brief recount of his endeavour since he left Toronto ten years ago.
While the current situation does create a challenge to meet physically, it does however provide an opportunity for geographically distant members and guests to get together on a platform which may well become part of the ‘new normal’. Members are encouraged to continue supporting the alumni association by e-Transferring the annual membership fee of $20 to
The Award is open to students whose aggregate total of their best six Grade 12 credits gained in 2019~2020 academic year is 480 or over. Details of the award, its qualifications and the application form can be found here. The completed application form must be submitted on or before 11th October 2020.
Successful candidates will be notified and announced at WYKAAO Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 18th October 2020.