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Albert Ng was born<ref name=Who/><ref name=newnews2007/> and educated in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in 1974.<ref name=DesignEdge>{{cite news|newspaper=Design Edge Canada |url=http://www.designedgecanada.com/archives/2008/200801.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804105104/http://www.designedgecanada.com/archives/2008/200801.shtml |dead-url=yes |archive-date=August 4, 2009 |date=January 9, 2008 |title=January 2008 |at=Albert Ng to receive Order of Ontario |accessdate=July 19, 2014 }}</ref> He was a past president of the Ontario chapter of the [[Society of Graphic Designers of Canada]],<ref name=50years/>{{rp|11}}<ref name=ICOGRADA-ng/> the founding president of the [[Association of Registered Graphic Designers]],<ref name=50years/><ref name=ICOGRADA-ng>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |title=Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530112436/http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |archivedate=May 30, 2014 }}</ref> and the vice-president of [[Icograda]] for 1995–1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |title=Board History |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202034259/http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |archivedate=February 2, 2013 }}</ref>
Albert Ng was born<ref name=Who/><ref name=newnews2007/> and educated in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in 1974.<ref name=DesignEdge>{{cite news|newspaper=Design Edge Canada |url=http://www.designedgecanada.com/archives/2008/200801.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804105104/http://www.designedgecanada.com/archives/2008/200801.shtml |dead-url=yes |archive-date=August 4, 2009 |date=January 9, 2008 |title=January 2008 |at=Albert Ng to receive Order of Ontario |accessdate=July 19, 2014 }}</ref> He was a past president of the Ontario chapter of the [[Society of Graphic Designers of Canada]],<ref name=50years/>{{rp|11}}<ref name=ICOGRADA-ng/> the founding president of the [[Association of Registered Graphic Designers]],<ref name=50years/><ref name=ICOGRADA-ng>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |title=Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530112436/http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |archivedate=May 30, 2014 }}</ref> and the vice-president of [[Icograda]] for 1995–1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |title=Board History |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202034259/http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |archivedate=February 2, 2013 }}</ref>


His notable commissions include the Mississauga Chinese Centre stamp in 2013 and other stamp designs for [[Canada Post]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/05/01/canada_post_issues_stamps_celebrating_chinatown_gates.html |title=Canada Post issues stamps celebrating Chinatown gates, two GTA locations included |first=Bruce |last=DeMara |date=May 1, 2013 |accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref>
His notable commissions include the Mississauga Chinese Centre stamp in 2013 and other stamp designs for [[Canada Post]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2013/05/01/canada_post_issues_stamps_celebrating_chinatown_gates.html |title=Canada Post issues stamps celebrating Chinatown gates, two GTA locations included |first=Bruce |last=DeMara |date=May 1, 2013 |accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref>


Albert Ng is the second graphic designer to be inducted into the Order of Ontario.<ref name=DesignEdge/>
Albert Ng is the second graphic designer to be inducted into the Order of Ontario.<ref name=DesignEdge/>

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Albert Kai-Wing Ng
O.Ont, FRGD, FGDC
Born1950 (1950)[1]
Hong Kong[1][2]
NationalityCanadian
Alma materHong Kong Polytechnic Institute, Ontario College of Art, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute[1]
Known forgraphic design

Albert Kai-Wing Ng, OOnt (伍啟榮;[3] born 1950 in Hong Kong[1]) is a prominent graphic designer who lives and works in the Greater Toronto Area[4] in Ontario, Canada. He is known as the “Father of Canadian graphic design accreditation”[5]: 11  and is currently an adjunct professor at York University.[6]

Albert Ng was born[1][2] and educated in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in 1974.[7] He was a past president of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada,[5]: 11 [8] the founding president of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers,[5][8] and the vice-president of Icograda for 1995–1997.[9]

His notable commissions include the Mississauga Chinese Centre stamp in 2013 and other stamp designs for Canada Post.[10]

Albert Ng is the second graphic designer to be inducted into the Order of Ontario.[7]

Honours

2008 – listed in Canadian Who's Who 2008[11]

2007 (December) – Order of Ontario[12][13]

2006 - Fellow, The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario[14]

2005 - Chinese Canadian Legend Award[3][2]

1996 - Fellow, The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Detail Display Page". Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing Canada. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "2华人精英麥德華伍啟榮獲安省勳章" (in Chinese). NewNews. December 23, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Chinese Canadian Legend". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Living life by design". Newmarket Era. Feb 17, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "50 years of Canadian design" (PDF). Design Edge Canada: 10–14. Jul–Aug 2006. ISSN 1718-0643. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ^ York University. "York Professor Albert Ng named to the Order of Ontario". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "January 2008". Design Edge Canada. January 9, 2008. Albert Ng to receive Order of Ontario. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Icograda. "Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD". Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Icograda. "Board History". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ DeMara, Bruce (May 1, 2013). "Canada Post issues stamps celebrating Chinatown gates, two GTA locations included". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  11. ^ Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (2008). Canadian Who’s Who. Vol. 43 (2008 ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 970. ISBN 978-0-8020-4071-8. ISSN 0068-9963.
  12. ^ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (December 19, 2007). "Order Of Ontario Recipients Announced" (Press release). Canada Newswire. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  13. ^ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade. "Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment: 2007 Appointees". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  14. ^ "Icograda eNews 19/06". Icograda eNews (Mailing list). Icograda. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  15. ^ Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. "GDC Fellows". Retrieved July 19, 2014.


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