The Canadian Society in Taiwan – L’Association des Canadiens



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President of Board of Directors - David Kuo
David Kuo was born in Taiwan and lived in Montreal for 13 years. He graduated from McGill and came back to Taiwan in 2000. He works in software industry and is certfified Project Management trainer of WizXpand International which helps professional and corporation in obtaining PMP(r) certification. He has been involved primary with Canada

Kim Director - Pierre Loisel Jr. (Pipi)
Pierre was born and raised in Taiwan by his Canadian father and Taiwanese mother. Pierre practically grew up with the Canadian Society through his father, Pierre Sr., who founded the society in 1984. Pierre's first serious commitment to the society was his involvement in organizing the 2005 Canada D'eh event. He went on and help with a few more Canada Deh Beach Party, and again this year for the 2010 Canada Deh Beach Party at his family beach house in Baishawan. Pierre currently lives in Hsin-Chu and works in the IT industry as a process engineer. Pierre is fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese and English, and holds a degree in Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Director - Marcus Clinch
Marcus first joined the CST in 2001. He served as a Supervisor in 2003, 2006, and 2007; a Director in 2005 and 2009; and as President in 2008. A native of Nova Scotia, Marcus is a Canadian lawyer and works in Taipei as a foreign legal consultant. He also co-chairs the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei Beverage Alcohol Committee. Marcus holds a B.A. from Mount Allison University, an LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick, and an LL.M. in International Business Transactions from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy in Dundee, Scotland. He also served previously as a Maritime Surface Officer with the Canadian Navy.

Director - Ken Chu
While a native of Taiwan, Ken and his family have moved to Vancouver, British Columbia twenty years ago, He is now consider himself as Canadian Chinese. He returned to Taiwan last year and established his new educational entity in HsinChu, Taiwan. Along with his wife Jennifer, he continues his education carrier which works extensively between Canadian and Asian education systems from elementary school to university levels.

Director - Tony Carano
Tony Carano was born and raised in Nanaimo B.C. and Moved to Taiwan in 2003. Tony is an English teacher in Taiwan and currently owns and operates an English bushiban in Sanjhih, Taipei County with his Taiwanese wife, Maggy. Tony has been involved with the Canadian Society for the last 4 years, particularly with Canada D'eh organizing and setup.

Supervisor - Courtney Donovan Smith
Courtney Donovan Smith is currently co-publisher of the Compass Group of magazines and websites. He is also country director of GCT-Taiwan, which specialises in online marketing and financial seminar organization. Born in New Westminster, BC, he has lived in the US, Taiwan and South Africa and now resides in Taichung. He was the last editor (with Noah Buchan) of the CST's magazine, the Maple Leaf. He first joined the CST in 2001.

Jeffery English (Supervisor)
Jeffrey English served on the board and as the treasurer of the Canadian Society in Taiwan in 2009. Jeffrey is married to a Taiwanese, has one daughter and works out of Taipei where he owns and manages a licensed immigration consulting company that employs 8 staff. Jeffrey is active in the Taiwan Filipino community and sponsors basketball and volleyball tournaments jointly with the Philippines embassy to provide Filipino migrant workers with healthy recreation. He writes a regular column for the Filipino Post in Taiwan. Jeffrey holds a double major honors degree in East Asian studies and International Development studies from York University in Toronto.

Supervisor - Kevin Dempsey
Kevin has been in Taiwan since 2002. He is originally from Toronto and has worked and lived in Europe and the USA. He works for Advance Auto Parts, a U.S. retail chain running their global sourcing and spliting his time between Taipei and Virginia. He was president of the CST in 2004 and is on the Canada D'eh committee for this years event. Volunteering effort with the Canadian Society has been a great way to meet people and make friends in Taiwan.

Leo Seewald (Director)

Alan Chang, 張博傑 (Director)
I lived over 12 years in Vancouver, B.C. and moved back to Taiwan in 2002. In between Year 2002 to 2008, I worked for Air Canada Taiwan office as Sales Manager. In June 2008, join Holiday Tours and Travel Ltd. which represent Qantas Airways (provide travel service to destination of Australia and Europe), Jetstar Airways (provide travel service to destination of Osaka Japan, Singapore and other Southeast Asia countries), Air Pacific (provide travel service to Fiji) and also inbound service to host travelers from Southeast Asia, North America, Europe and Oceania.

Chris Smith (Director)

Toby Schwartz (Director)
Toby Schwartz is from Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia, and moved to Taiwan for a three-year posting in July 2009. She has also lived in Bangladesh, India, Korea and China and is now excited to have the opportunity to experience Taiwan and be involved with the local Canadian community!

Stephane Khoubesserian (ex-officio)

Maggie Caranco (Administrator)