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News Papers catering Sri Lankan Canadians A number of newspapers are printed in Ontario to cater the Sri Lankan diaspora. They are printed in English, Tamil and Sinhalese languages and distributed free. These news papers mainly tell the stories from Sri Lanka (current and old) and talks about the achievements of Canadian Sri Lankans.
The residence of the Sri Lankan high commissioner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera – (1961 – 1963) L. S. B. Perera – (around 1967) William de Silva – (1970 – ?) Velupillai Coomaraswamy – Henry Thambiah – (September 1975 – December 1977) Vernon Mendis – (December 1977 – 1980) Rodney Vandergert ...
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Maithili. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]
South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area form 19% of the region's population, numbering 1.2 million as of 2021. [3] Comprising the largest visible minority group in the region, Toronto is the destination of over half of the immigrants coming from India to Canada, and India is the single largest source of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. [4]
The number of interpreters employed by the bureau affects the number of Parliamentary committee sessions that can be conducted. [2] Freelance interpreters are not accredited by the Translation Bureau. [5] Public Services and Procurement Canada only works with accredited interpreters, prioritizing those with an open contract. [5]
Soharn Randy Boyagoda - Principal of University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, writer; Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada; Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher; Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto
Maithili (/ ˈ m aɪ t ɪ l i / MY-til-ee, [3] Maithili: [ˈməi̯tʰɪliː]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region , which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi and Madhesh Provinces .
Tamil Canadians, or Canadian Tamils, are Canadians of Tamil ethno-linguistic origin. Much of Canada's Tamil diaspora from India and Sri Lanka then majority consist of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who sought to flee the ethnic tensions during the Sri Lankan Civil War between the 1970s and 2000s, while economic Tamil migrants also originate from India, Singapore and other parts of South Asia.