Chan Hon Goh — Recognition & Contributions

• June 19th, 2007. Appeared as Special Guest Speaker for University Settlement House Gala Evening.
• Ms Goh judged the 2006 Ms Chinese Toronto Pageant to live broadcast by Fairchild Television
• Volunteer Committee Member for Vancouver Goh Ballet 2006 Gala Performance
• Director on the Board of CANASIAN Dance Festival
• Honorary Member of the Board of Directors for "AARC" Arthritis Autoimmunity Research Centre Canada
• "Smile Ambassador" for Smile China
• Recipient of the 2005 New Pioneers Arts Award
• Most Innovative Award 2005, given by the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs for the design of Principal Shoes
• Honored with the recognition of “Great Women of the 21st Century” by the American Biographical Institute
• Celebrity host at Mother's Day fundraiser May 2004, for Convenant House
• Guest & Prize contributor to: Art of Fashion, proceeds to benefit the Fight Against Breast Cancer, Nov. 2004
• Contributor & Supporter to the 2004 Bell Celebrity Gala in support of the Hospital for Sick Children
• Contributor to Operation Herbie, 25th Anniversary Celebration, Dec. 2004 proceeds to benefit Hospital for Sick Kids Foundation.
• The Chan Hon Goh Scholarship Fund is awarded to talented young people needing financial assistance to pursue a dance career
• Principal Shoe Scholarships are awarded every year at schools and institutions where Ms Goh's master classes are held
• Ms Goh was on the judging panel for Miss Chinese (Toronto) Pageant 2004, broadcast live on Fairchild Television
  
• She was host of a 2004 fundraising telecast for The Yee Hong Centres for Geriatric Care
  
• She personally hosted a welcoming dinner for important Chinese delegates visiting Canada for the very first time. The President of The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. Chen Haosu, along with other high positioned government officials
  accompanied him from Beijing, China on October 14, 2004. Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Culture for the Province of Ontario was one of the high-profile invited guests, “Through artistic modes such as dance, the arts allow
  us to convey and reflect the diverse culture of Canada at home and abroad, assisting in the lively exchange of uniquely Canadian ideas and images. Ms. Goh has been instrumental in developing and sharing these artistic and cultural linkages through events like this.”
  
• She was recognized at ArtsWeek ’04 at Nathan Phillips Square
  
• 2004 Stratford Express Silent Auction contributor
• Ms Goh has been an Honorary Advisor to the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto since 1995
• Actively fundraised since 1999 for the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professional's Education Foundation.
• Her autobiography Beyond the Dance is nominated for the 2005 Rocky Mountain Book Award (an Alberta Children’s Choice Book Award)
• Guest and Award Presenter at various Toronto-based non-profit organizations: 38th Annual Brazilian Carnival Ball Launch (benefiting Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre) 2004; Covenant House Fundraiser at the Carlu, 2004; Dare to Dream Gala (initiative for the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Dance) 2004; Variety Club 2004; Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals, 2003 (FCCP); Canada Blooms 2003; Dine With the Dancers Gala 2003; Sixth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize 2002; Arthritic Research Centre (ARC), 2000; Dancers Transition Centre Fundraiser Gala, 2000; Yee Hong Retirement Centre 2000 & 2001; National Ballet of Canada Volunteer Committee, 1997 & 1999
• Adjudicator for the 2004 Solo Seal Awards, Toronto
• Her autobiography Beyond the Dance was nominated for the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
• 2001 participated in the Collaborations Fundraiser for Canadian Opera Children’s Choir
• Named an ‘Outstanding Person of the 20th Century’, which is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Performing Arts. It was signed and sealed at the International Biographical Centre in 2000 in Cambridge, England
• Danced in the 1997 CRUSAID GALA benefit performance in Birmingham, England. This was a fundraiser helping people who are living with HIV or AIDS
• Danced in the 1994 DANCERS FOR LIFE Vancouver benefit performance, a Canadian fundraiser that honours those who have been lost to HIV/AIDS
• Danced in the 1993 DANCERS FOR LIFE Toronto benefit performance
• 1993 nominated for ‘The Toronto Life Award in Performing Arts’
• On the Advisory Panel of the Metro Toronto Arts Council from 1991 to 1993
• In 1988 Chatelaine Magazine named Goh as one of their 'Women of Achievement' for that year
• In 1988 she was the first Canadian ever awarded the silver medal at the prestigious ADELINE GENÉE COMPETITION in London, England
• While in school she received honours for all her R.A.D. major ballet exams and the Solo Seal Award
• In 1986 Ms Goh was a prize winner at the PRIX DE LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF DANCE in Switzerland