Monday, November 29, 2021

 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards

Canadian Immigrant has named Faculty of Law alumnus Boris G. Tsimerinov (GPLLM 2016) to its annual awards list of Top 25 Canadian Immigrants.

Now in its 13th year, the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards are "a people's choice awards program that recognizes inspirational immigrants who have made a positive impact on their communities since arriving in Canada." It is the first national awards program of its kind recognizing immigrant contributions in advocacy, volunteerism, entrepreneurship, or cultural impact.

Tsimerinov, who immigrated to Canada from Russia, currently resides in Toronto where he is CEO and founder, Semper8 Capital, a growing firm focused on mergers and acquisitions and investments. To Semper8 Capital, the Russian-born entrepreneur has added Semper8 Health, which works on building life-saving health-care startups. And now he is launching Semper8 Media, which has a proprietary library of 80+ film and television concepts. A digital platform for psychological wellbeing is also being explored.

He told the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards:

“Being a county of rich and versatile perspectives, vast multicultural experience and good intent, Canada opens many doors and opportunities to find great mentors. I have been fortunate and grateful to have had multiple mentors of profound expertise who have guided me with insights and offered generous support. I would encourage newcomers to seek genuine mentors to form relationships that can last years into the future for the benefit of all.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated 2021 recipients, including Supreme Court of Canada Justice the Honourable Mahmud Jamal; Member of Parliament, Sonia Sidhu; entrepreneurs/executives (including Tsimerinov) and arts/media leaders.

Watch Tsimerinov's virtual acceptance remarks, below: