Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2018-11-19
Invested on: 2019-03-14
Francis Pang, C.M.
Fredericton, New Brunswick and Toronto, Ontario
Francis Pang has championed cross-cultural education between Canada and China. As chair and founder of the Advanced Knowledge Database International Inc., he has built partnerships with several Canadian and Chinese post-secondary institutions, notably the University of New Brunswick and the Concord College of Sino-Canada in Beijing. His co-operative education model is widely acclaimed and considered the gold standard in international schooling. He is also credited with establishing the Confucius Institute of New Brunswick, which brings teachers from Beijing to teach Mandarin in Canadian classrooms.