The event was held on April 01, 2023, at Thompson Community Richmond B.C Wilson Miao Member Of Parliament distributed the awards and certificates to the recipients. It was well attended by Richmond Centre residents.
Mr. Malik’s Profile:
Mr. Ihsan Ullah Malik and he have been a dedicated citizen of Canada living in Richmond since 1973.
He is honored and humbled to have received this nomination. He has had the great pleasure to have worked for the community in Richmond for many
years in several different capacities. Some of these roles include serving as president of the Metro Vancouver Cross Cultural seniors network in which many projects such as the Elder abuse awareness to Action program was launched for the Southeast Asian community and another for the Vietnamese community. The society subsequently received a prestigious innovative program award from SFU. He was also involved in a study that highlighted the impact of covid-19 on isolated Latin-American seniors and many more that highlight his work of being a fierce advocate for the Richmond Seniors community. He worked with multi-cultural and multi-faith groups and he has been on many advisory committees for the Richmond Municipality.
At present, he is on the Richmond
Seniors Advisory Committee. As a retired Air Canada employee, he also gives back to his career field and was on the Vancouver Aero nautical noise management committee for 2 years.
Being a Proud Pakistani-Canadian, he gave back to his own community for the last 50 years by serving as President and now an executive member and also spear-headed many significant projects such as the development of a community center and Mosque. In addition, he volunteered for the Richmond Multicultural Society and served as a Vice President. He also served for 4 years as a member of the council of advisors in the office of seniors advocates of British Columbia.
The motto that motivates him to give back is “ Your life and mine should be valued not by what we take but by what we give”.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
