Abbreviation TCAT Legal status Non-Profit | Purpose Social, Cultural | |
Formation 1963; 54 years ago (1963) | ||
Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto (TCAT), the largest general-purpose all-ages Taiwanese organization in the Greater Toronto Area, was established back in 1963 and later registered as an non-profit organization in the Province of Ontario in 1975.
Contents
- Missions
- History
- Structure
- Membership
- Regular Member
- Supporting Member
- Honorary Member
- Formosan Cup Division
- Public Affair Division
- Annual Events
- Regular Events
- Special Events
- TOGETHER Magazine
- Affiliations
- References
The stated objectives of TCAT are: to promote the common interest and welfare of the members, to provide cultural and recreational activities for the Taiwanese community, and to better the inter-group relations within the context of Canadian multiculturalism.
TCAT hosts cultural, social, and sport events throughout the year and also publishes three issues of TOGETHER magazines each year.
Two divisions, namely the Formosan Cup Division (tFCD) and the Public Affair Division (tPAD), were established in 1974 and 2009 respectively to focus on special events that promotes multiculturalism.
Missions
History
TCAT was founded in the spring of 1963. Professor Assistant, Yi-Ming Huang, and two post graduate students at the University of Waterloo invited about 20 Taiwanese overseas students from Ontario and Quebec to Niagara Fall for a day trip. After dinner, one student suggested to establish an association with a mission to strengthen communication and supports among overseas students from Taiwan. In a unanimous decision, Dr. Yi-Ming Hung and Dr. Chien-Si Cheng were elected as the President and Vice President, respectively.
A year later, TCAT had tremendous increase in memberships and Professor Jui-Yang Lin was elected as the President at the inaugural meeting in Cornwall. TCAT was registered as a non-profit corporation on October 22, 1975. Members in the early days had been devoting their time, effort, and money to Taiwanese democratic activities. Since then, the association has evolved and adapted to increasing immigrants; its events and activities become more diversified.
Structure
Membership
All TCAT members meet the following membership criteria:
Regular Member
Regular members have the right to vote, be elected, recall and resolve.
Supporting Member
Supporting Members have all the membership privileges except for the following: rights to vote, to be elected, to recall, and to resolve.
Honorary Member
Honorary Members do not need to pay for membership dues, and have all the membership privileges except for the following: rights to vote, to be elected, to recall, and to resolve.
Formosan Cup Division
The Formosan Cup Division (tFCD) of TCAT hosts a softball tournament that has been widely regarded as one of the premier Asian softball events in all of North America.
Public Affair Division
The Public Affair Division (tPAD) of TCAT seeks to work selflessly in recruiting members under the TCAT umbrella, with a focus on relatively younger members who are extremely proficient in English or French and have a strong desire for making a difference within our community. In addition, tPAD will strive to make a valiant attempt to slowly build a greater presence for the Taiwanese Canadians in our newly adopted country.
Annual Events
Regular Events
Special Events
TOGETHER Magazine
Available for TCAT members only in either printed or electronics format.
Targeted publishing dates for each year: