Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce launches “Tamil Database Project”
Wednesday March 8, 2006 marked the launch of Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce’s much anticipated Tamil Database Project. Over 250 people attended this event, which was held at the Holiday-Inn Markham. Distinguished guest at the event included the Honourable Michael Bryant, Attorney General for Ontario, the Honourable Mary Anne Chambers, Minister for Children and Youth Services and Mr. Jim Karygiannis, the Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt.
[Umesh Vallipuram, Committee Chair, Abimanyu Singam, Consultantant from Adventa Strategies, Logan Velumailum, President CTCC, Sadia Qureshi, Statistics Canada Augustine Jeyanathan, Founder Member CTCC]
There were several events that took place during the evening, including the release of the report “Emergence of Tamil Community in the GTA – Facts and Figures”, presentation of the strategy for the Database Project, presentation by Statistics Canada about the importance of Tamil community’s participation in the Census 2006 and panel discussion by Statistics Canada about the importance of Tamil community’s participation in the Census 2006 and panel discussion featuring esteemed individuals representing key segments of the Tamil community.
[Panel members - Prabha Selvadurai, CEO TVI, Vilvan Gunasingham, Project Leader Autoliv, Thadsha Navamanikkam, CanTyd youth group, Murugesh Umapathy, Asst. Vice President, ICICI bank and Yogi Tambirajah, Vice President CIBC Woodgndy, a CTCC Founder Member]
CTCC has launched an ambitious and important initiative that will bring the Tamil business community to the forefront. This report is the first in a series of initiatives that the CTCC has planned to undertake to disseminate information about the Tamil community. It provides a snap shot of the Tamil community in the GTA including facts and figures about the community, the tremendous growth of the business community in the last 10 years and potential opportunities for further development and growth.
[Logan Velumailum, President of CTCC]
“The Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce’s pledge to provide its stakeholders and the Tamil community with a Canadian Tamils Database by December 2007 has taken a major step forward”, said Logan Velumailum, President of CTCC.
“The main purpose of this Symposium is to create awareness among Canadians about this initiative and to outline the strategy for its implementation. Further, this event serves as a platform to promote the importance of Tamil community’s participation in the Census 2006, a joint initiative we’ve undertaken in partnership with Statistics Canada” he continued.
[Augustine Jeyanathan, Founder Member CTCC]
“The launch event is a stepping stone towards our goal of brining the Tamil business community to the forefront. Our goal is to provide up-to-date, cost efficient and accurate information about the Canadian Tamil community, which will highlight the tremendous opportunities available to work with the community. I am confident that we will meet this goal by the end of 2007” said Mr. Velumailum.
Through this initiative, CTCC’s aim is to draw the attention of the Canadian society, government and businesses to the strengths and opportunities within the Tamil community. Further, this will serve as a valuable tool to continuously measure the growth of the Tamil community.
This report is the first in a series of initiatives that the CTCC has planned to undertake to disseminate information about the Tamil community. It provides a snap shot of the Tamil community in the GTA including facts and figures about the community, the tremendous growth of the business community in the last 10 years and potential opportunities for further development and growth.
[Jim Karygiannis MP, the Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt]
This initiative entails building a comprehensive database of information on the Tamil community. This will be an invaluable asset to entrepreneurs, community members, organizations, policy makers and the different levels of government. This is a longer term initiative that will be implemented over the next 2 years and will then be continuously updated and enhanced.
[Hon. Michael Bryant MPP, Attorney General for ontario and Minister for native affairs]
Established in 1991, CTCC is a voluntary, non-political, and not-for profit organization aimed at developing successful businesses and entrepreneurship in the Tamil community in Canada, and at promoting charitableness and volunteerism in the community.
For further information about CTCC, please visit, www.ctcc.ca.
