BU prof receives volunteer award
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This article was published 14/07/2021 (1605 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
On Monday, Volunteer Manitoba announced Brandon University professor Alison Marshall is the 2021 recipient of their William Norrie Arts & Culture Volunteer Award.
A Tuesday news release from the university stated that Marshall is being recognized for all the time she has spent working alongside members of Manitoba’s Chinese community, including Dr. Joseph Du, Philip Lee, Patrick Choy and Ben Lee, with Lee being the current president of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre.
“I am thrilled to receive this award, especially since Bill Norrie was a longtime supporter of, and friend to, the Manitoba Chinese Community,” Marshall said in this news release. “Volunteering for the Chinese community and working with (these people) has been one of the most enjoyable things that I have done in my life.”
Marshall teaches and researches Asian religion and history at Brandon University, having studied Mandarin at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, Middlebury College in the United States and earning her doctorate from the University of Toronto’s East Asian Studies Department.
According to her profile on the university’s official website, Marshall was attracted to Asian studies through family connections, with an uncle who ran an Asian import-export business in 1920s Montreal and an aunt who was deeply embedded in Toronto’s Chinese community.
On top of all her teaching and volunteer work, Marshall has written three books on Asian religion and history, the most recent volume titled “Bayanihan and Belonging: Filipinos and Religion in Canada.”
Because of all this hard work, dean of arts Reinhold Kramer believes Marshall is more than deserving of the award.
“The award highlights the service work that Dr. Marshall and other professors perform outside of the university supporting the larger Manitoban and Canadian communities,” he said.
Volunteer Manitoba’s William Norrie award is designed to celebrate volunteers who donate their time to advancing the province’s arts and cultural sector — whether that’s through a leadership role or through being on the front lines of various programs and festivals.
The award gets its name from the 39th mayor of Winnipeg, who served in office between 1979 and 1992 and was well known for his involvement in various charities, including the United Way campaign.
Members of Volunteer Manitoba are planning to put together a formal ceremony in September to celebrate Marshall and all the other people who picked up the organization’s 2021 awards.
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