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'''Albert Kai-Wing Ng''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OOnt}} ({{lang|zh|伍啟榮}};<ref name=ABNA-ccl/> born 1950 in [[Hong Kong]]<ref name=Who>{{cite web |url=http://circ.greyhouse.ca/cww_view/20939 |title=Detail Display Page |work=[[Canadian Who's Who]] |publisher=[[Grey House Publishing|Grey House Publishing Canada]] |accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref>) is a prominent [[graphic design]]er who lives and works in the [[Greater Toronto Area]]<ref name=LivingLifeByDesign>{{cite journal |journal=Newmarket Era |url=http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1426831-living-life-by-design/ |title=Living life by design |date=Feb 17, 2008 |accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> in [[Ontario]], Canada. He is known as the "Father of Canadian graphic design accreditation"<ref name=50years>{{cite journal |journal=Design Edge Canada |issn=1718-0643 |url=http://bc.gdc.net/blog/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/DEC50years.pdf |title=50 years of Canadian design |date=Jul–Aug 2006 |pages=10–14 |accessdate=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219181847/http://bc.gdc.net/blog/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/DEC50years.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|11}} and is currently an [[adjunct professor]] at [[York University]].<ref name=YU-oont>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=9718 |title=York Professor Albert Ng named to the Order of Ontario |author=York University |accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref>
'''Albert Kai-Wing Ng''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OOnt}} ({{lang|zh|伍啟榮}};<ref name=ABNA-ccl/> born 1950 in [[Hong Kong]]<ref name=Who>{{cite web |url=http://circ.greyhouse.ca/cww_view/20939 |title=Detail Display Page |work=[[Canadian Who's Who]] |publisher=[[Grey House Publishing|Grey House Publishing Canada]] |accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref>) is a prominent [[graphic design]]er who lives and works in the [[Greater Toronto Area]]<ref name=LivingLifeByDesign>{{cite newspaper | |url=http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1426831-living-life-by-design/ |title=Living life by design |newspaper=[[The Newmarket Era|Newmarket Era]]|date=2008-02-17 |accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> in [[Ontario]], Canada. He is known as the "Father of Canadian graphic design accreditation"<ref name=50years>{{cite journal |journal=Design Edge Canada |issn=1718-0643 |url=http://bc.gdc.net/blog/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/DEC50years.pdf |title=50 years of Canadian design |date=Jul–Aug 2006 |pages=10–14 |accessdate=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219181847/http://bc.gdc.net/blog/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/DEC50years.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|11}} and is currently an [[adjunct professor]] at [[York University]].<ref name=YU-oont>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=9718 |title=York Professor Albert Ng named to the Order of Ontario |author=York University |accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</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 |url-status=dead |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530112436/http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |archivedate=May 30, 2014 }}</ref> and a vice-president of [[Icograda]] during the 1995–1997 term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |title=Board History |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |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 |url-status=dead |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530112436/http://www.icograda.org/members/members/member_list214.htm |archivedate=May 30, 2014 }}</ref> and a vice-president of [[Icograda]] during the 1995–1997 term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |title=Board History |author=Icograda |accessdate=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202034259/http://www.icograda.org/about/board/articles1910.htm |archivedate=February 2, 2013 }}</ref>

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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 a vice-president of Icograda during the 1995–1997 term.[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" [Two eminent Chinese, Tak Wah Mak and Albert Kai-Wing Ng, honoured with Order of Ontario medal] (in Chinese). NewNews. December 23, 2007. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Chinese Canadian Legend". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Living life by design". Newmarket Era. 2008-02-17. Retrieved July 22, 2014. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ a b c "50 years of Canadian design" (PDF). Design Edge Canada: 10–14. Jul–Aug 2006. ISSN 1718-0643. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-19. 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.
  8. ^ a b Icograda. "Albert Ng, O. Ont., FGDC, FRGD". Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  9. ^ Icograda. "Board History". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  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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