Welcome to the
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society Website
The Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society is a non-profit organization consisting of volunteers who are concerned and passionate about sharing Asian and Asian Canadian heritage with everyone in the National capital region. It is also a non-partisan, non-political, and non-religious organization. Please contact us for more information.
In May 2002, the Government of Canada signed an official declaration to designate May as Asian Heritage Month.
An author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and historian, Honourable Dr.Vivienne Poy was the first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. She was appointed to the Senate in 1998 and retired on Sept.17, 2012. She served as Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 2003 until 2006.