""There are people who see injustice and suffering and look away, and there are those who immediately organize for change," Chow told the gathering. "Dr. Joseph Wong is the second kind of person. Again and again across five decades, he has looked at a community being failed, refugees without a home, seniors without dignity, students without justice. And instead of accepting it, he brought people together and got to work.""
""Wong told the gathering that the key is a community honour. "Today's award, the key to the city is not mine alone at all," Wong said. "It belongs to the great group of people, volunteers who have been together ... since the late 1970s, now close to 48 to 49 years, in various community projects.""
Mayor Olivia Chow presented a key to the city to Dr. Joseph Wong in Scarborough for his decades of community service and seniors' advocacy. The key recognizes his lifelong commitment to advocacy, multiculturalism, refugees, seniors and philanthropy. Wong's advocacy led to the 1994 opening of the first Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, which provides culturally and linguistically appropriate care to seniors. The centre now has four locations across the Greater Toronto Area and has become a model for geriatric centres worldwide. Wong immigrated from Hong Kong, opened a family medical practice in Toronto, and led volunteer-driven projects since the late 1970s. Wong described the honour as belonging to volunteers and emphasized his work for people on the margins.
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