Our community legacy
Community celebrations become meaningful when people step forward to participate, volunteer, organize, and welcome others.
For decades, Jimmy Chan has played an important role in bringing Montreal's Chinese Canadian community into the city's multicultural celebrations.
Beginning in the 1980s, Jimmy helped organize Chinese community participation in Montreal's Canada Day Parade, bringing together cultural associations, performers, volunteers, and families.
Through traditional lion dances, dragon dances, drumming, and other cultural presentations, Chinese Canadian participants have shared their heritage with fellow Montrealers while celebrating their pride in being Canadian.
This tradition has helped connect generations, welcome new immigrants, and demonstrate how cultural identity and Canadian identity can be celebrated together.
Today, the same spirit of participation and inclusion continues to inspire the work of One World One Humanity.
Jimmy Chan is now actively working with other community leaders to bring back Montreal's Canada Day Parade, so that families, cultural communities and performers can once again march together on July 1.
Jimmy Chan, in a black dragon-embroidered shirt, near the reviewing stand — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Jimmy Chan with two parade participants beside a decorated float — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Jimmy Chan with veterans and flag bearers — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Jimmy Chan with pipers in Highland dress — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Jimmy Chan with guests at the reviewing area — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Jimmy Chan with a participant on the parade route — Canada Day Parade, Montreal, July 1, 2016
Montreal's Chinese Canadian community has contributed colour, energy, cultural heritage, and community spirit to Canada Day celebrations for decades.
From traditional performances to the participation of community associations and families, these celebrations have helped showcase the rich cultural diversity that defines Montreal.
Jimmy Chan's longstanding leadership has encouraged community participation and helped create opportunities for younger generations and newcomers to celebrate their heritage as proud Canadians.
Experience
Bringing communities together requires more than a vision. It requires years of relationships, volunteerism, cultural understanding, and hands-on experience.
One World One Humanity and its founder Jimmy Chan have supported a wide range of community initiatives that reflect these values.
Founded by Jimmy Chan, the Montreal Chinatown Multicultural Festival brings together performers, artists, community groups, and audiences from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Through music, drumming, dance, and cultural performances, the festival transforms Chinatown into a welcoming space for cultural exchange and shared celebration.
Jimmy Chan's involvement in Montreal's dragon boat community reflects his longstanding commitment to teamwork, cultural traditions, athletic participation, and community building.
Dragon boat racing brings together people of different ages and backgrounds through shared effort, cultural heritage, and the spirit of friendship.
One World One Humanity's humanitarian initiatives have supported disaster relief, charitable fundraising, frontline healthcare workers, and vulnerable members of the community.
These efforts reflect the belief that community leadership begins with compassion and service.
Through community associations, lion dance, martial arts, cultural performances, and heritage initiatives, Jimmy Chan has helped preserve and share Chinese Canadian traditions while building connections with Montreal's wider multicultural community.