NAAAP Toronto partners with Junior Achievement of Central Ontario by participating in their Dollars and Sense Education Program. Junior Achievement's mission to inspire and educate young Canadians to experience free enterprise, understand business and develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills is well aligned with NAAAP's mission of "We Make Leaders". In a typical program delivery session, over twenty seven NAAAP Toronto members sign up to teach classes of grade 6 and 7 students in different high schools the essentials of managing money and the importance of investment choices. We invite you to join us in mentoring leaders of the future.

NAAAP Toronto's Workplace Diversity Symposium takes place twice per year. The Workplace Diversity Symposium is part of NAAAP Toronto's Special Edition Business Mixer Series delivering an interactive session with a guest panel of accomplished Asian professionals working in under-represented industries. The audience and guests experience stories first hand as the invited panelists share their inspirations, what it took to get where they are, breaking down stereotypes, and overcoming career challenges. Guest panelists are carefully selected and invited for their leadership, accomplishments, commitment to the community, and exemplifying pride in their heritage.

Past guest panelists have included Susan Fong - Ontario Provincial Police Constable, Hannah Sung - a recognized Much Music Video Jockey (VJ), Sunny Fong - a popular woman's fashion designer and featured at the L'Oreal Fashion Week, Lieutenant-Commander Albert Wong - Canadian Forces Public Affairs Officer, Chan Hon Goh - Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, Anne Thornley-Brown - An Executive Coach, Karen Sun - Executive Director of the Chinese Canadian National Council, Thien Huynh - Reporter for SUN Television and much more.

Matching the perfect speaker to your event can make the difference in being merely good to being spectacular. Diversity and quality is what you will find at the NAAAP Toronto Speakers' Bureau. We can be your resource for keynote speakers, business speakers, motivational speakers, political speakers and entertainers from the Asian community. Through a vigorous screening process, NAAAP Toronto represents speakers from Canada and the US who inspire, inform and engage. If you are looking for a speaker or would like to apply to the NAAAP Toronto Speakers Bureau, we would like to hear from you.

The NAAAP Webinar Program leverages NAAAP's comprehensive database of accomplished Asian professionals across the United States and Canada to present virtual speaking engagements to a broad audience online. Features of the program include:

• Delivers the convenience of distance learning,
• Maximizes affordability (FREE to NAAAP members),
• Feature nationally prominent, accomplished and influential speakers,
• Access relevant topics to improve personal competencies and build leadership capabilities.

NAAAP provides a comprehensive Career Center to connect talented professionals with diversity-minded corporations. The NAAAP Career Center allows job seeking professionals to apply for top notch opportunities with corporations dedicated to diversity and career development. Job seekers can publicly or anonymously submit their resumes for free to attract interest from potential employers. The NAAAP Career Center provides hundreds of hiring managers and corporate recruiters immediate access to qualified candidates. Visit; www.naaap.org/careers

The annual NAAAP National Convention is the premier event for NAAAP which features an empowering two full days of more than 20 workshops focused on leadership, management, entrepreneurship, diversity and community service, over 45 national and local workshop speakers, inspiring keynote speakers, a diverse career fair, Friday and Saturday dinner galas, valuable networking, and exciting entertainment.

With a rich history that has seen the highly anticipated convention in; New York NY (2001), Boston MA (2002), Toronto ON (2003), San Francisco CA (2004) Chicago IL (2005), Seattle WA (2006), Atlanta GA (2007), Los Angeles CA (2008), Denver CO (2009), the NAAAP Convention continues to evolve into the marquee annual event for Asian American and Asian Canadian professionals and organizations dedicated to serving our Pan-Asian communities. If you're looking to charge up your personal and career growth, this is a not to be missed NAAAP event experience.

Upcoming NAAAP Convention cities: San Francisco CA (2010), Boston MA (2011), New York NY (2012), Toronto ON (2013)

For additional details, visit; www.naaapconvention.org

For more than a century, Pan-Asians have overcome obstacles to make significant contributions in both America and Canada. Their contributions have added tremendously to the success and prosperity of North America. The NAAAP100 recognizes leaders who exemplify our vision and mission with a tribute in the NAAAP 100 Recognition Program. Winners are honored at the annual NAAAP National Convention. Selection criteria include:

• Applicant must be notable in the press and achieved success in his or her profession
• Applicant must have made a significant contribution to the world-wide community
• Applicant must be a leader whose achievements have impacted the mainstream, national, and/or international community
• Applicant must align with the vision and mission of NAAAP as well as be a US or Canadian resident

The NAAAP100 Awards 2009 recognized the following leaders:

• The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor
• David Henry Hwang, Playwright
• J.D. Hokoyama, President and CEO of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP)
• Bill Imada, Chairman and CEO of IW Group
• Paul Lee, Esq., Partner of Goodwin Proctor
• Maya Lin, Artist and Architect

For full profiles in the NAAAP100 Magazine, visit; www.naaap.org/Programs/NAAAP100.aspx

The Women in NAAAP (WIN) Program was initiated at the 23rd NAAAP Convention (2009 Denver CO) with NAAAP Chapters and Ventures as delivery channels. The program was developed to build competent and confident women leaders within NAAAP and within the Asian Pacific community. WIN's overall objectives include:

• Strengthening women in NAAAP through specific leadership programming addressing stereotypes, strengths/weaknesses and a holistic perspective of oneself from work/career to friends, co-workers, family and community.
• Stressing the importance of work-life balance and one's personal journey in life from the perspective of being a woman.
• Recognizing, encouraging and working towards representation at all levels for women.
• Building competencies and skills that will carry women beyond their current conditions and into a more productive, efficient and fulfilling tomorrow.
• Supporting the next generation of Asian Pacific women leaders.