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 Polytechnical 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Detail Display Page". Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing Canada. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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.
  5. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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". Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. 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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