(L) Harjit Sajjan, (C) Mi-Jung Lee, (R) Jim Chu

 

Harjit Sajjan (1970 – )

Harjit Sajjan was born in a village in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India. He and other members of his family immigrated to Canada when he was five years old. He grew up in south Vancouver and graduated from Sir Charles Tupper High School. In 1989, he joined the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own), beginning a long military career that included extended service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Afghanistan. After leaving the military, Harjit Sajjan joined the Vancouver Police Department, where he served for 11 years. In the 2015 federal election, he was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver South. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of National Defence in the federal Cabinet led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mi-Jung Lee (1966 – )

Mi-Jung Lee was born in South Korea, she and her family moving to Vancouver when she was four-year-old. After graduating from Sir Charles Tupper in 1984, she studied English Literature at the University of British Columbia, and later, graduated with a degree in Journalism from Ryerson University. In 1990, she began a career in television, in broadcast journalism. Since then, she has anchored or co-anchored television newscasts for CTV stations in Victoria and Vancouver. Mi-Jung Lee has also appeared as a news anchor or reporter in several films and TV shows.

Jim Chu (1959 – )

Jim Chu was born in Shanghai, China. After graduating from Sir Charles Tupper, he joined the Vancouver Police Department. At the same time, he pursued studies at Simon Fraser University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and later, at the university of British Columbia, a Masters of Business Administration. At the Vancouver Police Department, he has served in a number of roles, including Inspector, District Commander, Deputy Chief in charge of Support Services (notably, the Financial Services Section), Director of the Operations Support Division, and Chief Constable (2007 – 2015). In 2013, Jim Chu was elected to a two-year term as President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

 

 

 

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