翱苍听Monday, June 30th, 杏吧原创 held its聽June Graduation Ceremony聽in the Ainsliewood Gym. The ceremony honoured close to 200 graduates who were eager to walk up on stage and receive their high school diplomas.
Keynote Speaker Columbia was proud to welcome聽His Excellency Mr. Fang Li, the Consulate General of the People鈥檚 Republic of China in Toronto, to this year鈥檚 ceremony as the Keynote Speaker.
He spoke to students about his early life and recounted tales of his experiences in school and in university. He encouraged students to remain optimistic when faced with adversity and advised them to study hard and strive to achieve their goals in life.
Mr. Li believes the Sino-Canadian cooperation in trade, tourism and educational exchanges and other aspects of deepening cooperation, has helped China become the world’s second largest economy and Canada’s second largest trading partner. He hopes this relationship continues to grow, giving students around the world greater opportunities to advance their career aspirations.
Valedictory Address聽 Vicky Yun Ling Wu聽was chosen to deliver June鈥檚 Valedictory Address. In her uplifting speech, she reflected on the time she spent at Columbia. She credited the school for providing students with exceptional learning opportunities that contributed to both their personal and academic development.
Vicky offered her peers many encouraging messages and reminded all to be kind to others, to stop worrying about what others think and above all, to not fear change as 鈥渕istakes will only make you stronger.鈥�
Vote of Thanks聽 Muhammed Mujtaba Khan聽acted as the voice of the June 2014 graduating class as he delivered the Vote of Thanks. He made it appoint to thank those individuals whose hard work and dedicated often goes overlooked. Notably, he thanked Mr. Chan and Mr. Rambarran for their tireless efforts in strengthening the school.
Muhammed also thanked teachers for being mentors and friends and recognized the efforts of the Maintenance staff, the Cleaning staff, the I.T. Staff and the Campus Safety team. These departments are the 鈥渇oundation of Columbia that make everything run smoothly and ensure student safety.鈥�
He further praised Sodexo, the Liaison department, Accounting, the University Placement Office, the ESL Department, Housing and Residence staff and f Student Development for being key pillars in student success.
University Representatives Columbia would like to thank all university representatives from the following universities for attending the ceremony and assisting in the presentation of diplomas; 鈥� Brock University®, 鈥� University of Guelph, 鈥� Ryerson University, 鈥� University of Toronto, 鈥� Western University, and 鈥� York University® .
Columbia would also like to thank the following people for their work in organizing this year鈥檚 June graduation; Mr. Lawlis and the Vocal Music Class, the University Placement Office, the Liaison department, teachers, support staff, maintenance and cleaning staff, Sodexo, and the I.T. department.
Congratulations to all June graduates!
