Canadians with Sri Lankan roots honoured with Platinum Jubilee Medal

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To mark the seventieth anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the Canadian Government has honored a select few of its citizens with the Platinum Jubilee Medal. The Canadian Government selected for honours those who have rendered many services to Canada and Canadians. Two Sri Lankan origin Tamils, who are Canadian citizens, have also been given this honour. Prominent businessmen Ganesan Sugumar and Kula Sellathurai have recently received this honour. Both have seen great growth in their respective businesses and are involved in many social development work. They have been donating and collecting millions of dollars especially for the development and enhancement of hospitals in Canada.
Besides that Sugumar employs youth with down syndrome at his business and creates a better mind set for those children which enables to make a massive improvement in their lives. It is also worth noting here that these two have been contributing to the development and improvement of the Canada and Sri Lanka bilateral trade sector for a long time through many
business organizations.

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Jaffna University Lecturer Monday, 05 September 2022 03:12 AM

Do any of theses gentlemen have any proper university education , NOT ONLINE DEGREES.

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ASS Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:50 AM

Does it matter? Infact the pride that arose from education that which stalled the progress of the people in question here. When they went out of the country, they learned realized ditched their pride and became successful. Please do not give all importance to university education it's just a myth.

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Lasantha de Silva Tuesday, 06 September 2022 04:09 PM

You can hardly call a Sri Lankan university an university because the best Sri Lankan university is ranked 1600 worldwide.

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Mahila Thursday, 15 September 2022 03:51 AM

What difference University education, of a non-merit based education in this country has made to productivity and growth of the country?? Our universities churn out graduates, who are Square pegs in Rond holes and clear misfits in society??? Industry experts have almost unanimously claimed that these undergraduates are "Unemployable"??!! Whatmore do you expect of the rotten system???

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Mahila Thursday, 15 September 2022 04:44 AM

Lecturers and Professors and even other staff owe it to the universities to exist and operational for their selfish personal gain??!! For their "daily bread, bacon and butter" at Taxpayers' expense??!! What is the ranking internationally of this University - 2000 ?! Joking eh!! Waste of time, effort and money??!!

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Nallammah Kulanthaivelu Monday, 05 September 2022 07:22 AM

Congratulations To Both.

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visnu Tuesday, 06 September 2022 03:11 PM

What to do . In Sri Lanka No Tamils are given proper place to develop the country. See How many senior Gazetted officers in the armed forces and Police and other departments. When liberated this country in 1948 who are the administrators. Present situation is most of the senior government servants are roughs. What is the situation even in Singapore and Malaysia. No decent Sinhala people too can live in Sri Lanka.

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kamalnathan Tuesday, 06 September 2022 05:06 PM

how many university graduate in the Srilankan government , please let me know. The ousted president did not pass the the GCE O/L (am I right)

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I drive a bus with a Melb Uni Science degree Thursday, 08 September 2022 07:46 PM

Sri Lankan’s (particularly the Tamils) talk big about education. What’s the situation in SL at the moment? Poverty and Hopelessness. In the west it is measured by what they deliver, not by what they know.

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Manithan Friday, 09 September 2022 03:44 AM

JR Jayawardene started sending these Tamils abroad and his country and the people he cared for begged the Tamils in South India for food. That is what is called, karma. The Tamils one day buy Sri Lanka from its debts and liberate its people from racism.

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LankanLover Saturday, 10 September 2022 12:25 PM

In Response to Jaffna University Lecturer : You claim yourself a Lecturer at Jaffna University, What is your contribution to your country? for how many more years you're going to stick with this myth that 10A's in O/L 3A's in A/L or a Degree only define ones success?

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San Sen Sunday, 11 September 2022 01:24 AM

This Jaffna University Lecturer should not spoil the name of Jaffna University. I strongly suspect that the someone is coming with the name of Jaffna University Lecturer deliberately to damage the reputation of Jaffna University.

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Chris De Silva Sunday, 11 September 2022 05:00 PM

Good for them. Congratulations.

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Surendra , Jaffna University Physics Graduate Working As Physicist In America Tuesday, 13 September 2022 03:42 PM

Jaffna University Lecturer is absolutely right to ask the question and the people who have commented negatively to the Lecturer have obviously NO PROPER UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, MAYBE ONLINE DEGREES OR WENT TO DUBIOUS UNIVERSITIES SETUP BY PRIVATE BUSINESSMEN.

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Mahila Thursday, 15 September 2022 04:36 AM

Local university admission to start with, is FLAWED and therefore end product!!?? 1. Completely unacceptable University admission norms?! 2. Non-Merit Based'??!! – Lose “cream” of graduands 3. Local criteria based: a. Standardisation and b. 'District Quota Basis'?! 4. Open universities, recruitment merit and aptitude based after Viva Vocè too!!?? 5. That’s reason Industrial and professional bodies claim ‘them’ as “UNEMPLOYABLE” Starting point 'MATERIAL' graduands flawed?? Criteria 3 (a) (b) overcomes Local needs on temporary basis compensate not 50 years - incongruences of Public Schools facilities, due funding issues - University system is SKEWED below accepted Tertiary education standards worldwide

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Dr Sivalingam Thursday, 15 September 2022 03:49 PM

Mahila, the way you have presented your comments indicate that you have NO university education, and that frustration has impacted your mental health. I wonder why daily mirror is allowing you a space .

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