List of Sri Lankan Canadians
This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.
Academics
- Chandre Dharma-wardana - principal research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada
- Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary - scientist and inventor
- Elagu V. Elaguppillai - businessman, nuclear scientist, university professor, medical researcher
- Ray Jayawardhana - astronomer at the University of Toronto
- Lakshman Marasinghe - academic and lawyer
- Janaka Ruwanpura - Director of the Centre for Project Management Excellence at the Schulich School of Engineering at University of Calgary
- Indira Samarasekera - President and 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Activists
- Cheryl Perera - children's rights activist, founder of OneChild
Business
- Sayan Navaratnam - entrepreneur, CEO of Creative Vistas Incorporated from 2004 to 2008
- Christopher Ondaatje - former athlete and philanthropist
- Fernex Canada Supply Chain Solutions Inc., www.fernexcanada.com
- Zafran Hilur - IT Engineer and entrepreneur, founder and chairman of OCG Aviation, http://www.ocgaviation.com (and community organizer, including former President of Canada Sri Lanka Muslim Association (CSMA)
Dancers
- Elaine Cole - baila dancer
Film and entertainment
- Rohan Fernando - visual artist, painter and filmmaker
- Suresh Joachim - actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder
- Pardis Parker - director, writer, actor, and comedian
- Lenin M. Sivam - filmmaker
- Rajiv Surendra - actor
Journalists
- D. B. S. Jeyaraj - freelance journalist
- Vasanta Lankatilake - presenter, CHRY Radio
- Anne-Marie Mediwake - news anchor
- Arjuna Ranawana - news manager, Omni Television
Musicians
- Nirmala Basnayake - musicians of the band controller.controller
- Patrick Denipitiya - musician[1]
Politics and law
- Logan Kanapathi - Markham City Councillor for Armadale-Rouge River (Ward 7)
- Rathika Sitsabaiesan - Canadian Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River
- Asoka Weerasinghe - former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada
Rebels
- Kumaravelu Vignarajah - LTTE cadre
Sports people
- Trevin Bastiampillai - Canadian cricketer
- Pubudu Dassanayake - Canadian cricketer and coach
- Manoj David - Canadian cricketer
- Ruvindu Gunasekera - Canadian cricketer
- Rohan Jayasekera - Sri Lankan and Canadian cricketer
- Arvind Kandappah - Canadian cricketer
- Ravin Moorthy - cricket administrator
- Ravishankar Puvendran - Canadian cricketer
- Sanjayan Thuraisingam - Canadian cricketer
- Vijayani Vithanage- Canadian cricketer
- Zameer Zahir - Canadian cricketer[2]
Writers
- Siri Gunasinghe - Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic
- Michael Ondaatje - poet and author of numerous novels, including The English Patient
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - poet, writer, educator and social activist
- Shyam Selvadurai - novelist
See also
References
- ↑ Abeyewardene, Mahesh. "Blending music — Denipitiya family tradition". The Sri Lanka Reporter. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/409474.html
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