Congratulations to Judge Lindy Choy of the Provincial Court of Manitoba on being awarded a Golden Dragon Award by the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. Judge Choy was presented with her award at the 2019 Citizen of the Year Golden Dragon Gala along with fellow honourees Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman and Lifetime Achievement Award honouree Terry Prychitko. Judge Choy has always been committed to giving back to the community and has served on the boards of the Manitoba Children’s Museum and the United Way of Winnipeg. She also manages an all-women dragon boat team which participates in the annual River City Dragon Boat Festival. In 2015, she was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba where she is proud to preside as the first judge in Manitoba of Chinese descent.
FACL Western supports the Asian Canadian legal community situated in Treaties 1 through 10 which also constitutes the Homeland of the Métis. We acknowledge the significance for Indigenous people who lived on these lands and took care of them since time immemorial. We are grateful to reside and visit these regions.