Ing Wong-Ward

{{Short description|Canadian advocate for the disabled, journalist, public broadcaster, TV and radio producer}}

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| birth_name = Ing Min Wong

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1973|06|15}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date = {{Deathdate and age|2019|07|06|1973|06|15}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| occupation = Advocate for the disabled, journalist, public broadcaster, TV and radio producer

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| alma_mater = Ryerson University, 1993

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| awards = City of Toronto Human Rights Access Award, 2004

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Ing Min Wong-Ward (June 15, 1973 - July 9, 2019) was a Canadian advocate for the disabled, journalist, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television and radio producer.{{Cite news |last= |date=6 July 2019 |title='A mighty force has left us': CBC journalist and disabilities advocate Ing Wong-Ward dead at 46 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ing-wong-ward-death-journalist-advocate-1.5202768 |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=CBC News Online}}

Early life and education

Ing Min Wong was born in Vancouver, BC, to parents John and King Wong.{{Cite web |date=8 March 2024 |title=Obituary for Ing Wong-Ward |url=https://ecofuneral.ca/tribute/details/418/Ing-Wong-Ward/obituary.html |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=ecofuneral.ca}} Born with spinal muscular atrophy, she used a motorized wheelchair throughout her life.

She graduated from the Ryerson School of Journalism in 1993.{{Cite web |title=In memoriam |url=https://www.torontomu.ca/news-events/news/2019/12/in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Toronto Metropolitan University |language=en}}

Career

Wong joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1993. In her 23-year long career with the public broadcaster, she held various positions including researcher, producer, and host. In television, she hosted the CBC program The Disability Network, and worked behind the scenes on the programs Newsworld and The National. She also worked for CBC Radio, primarily in Toronto, where she produced Metro Morning, Here & Now and Fresh Air.

In 2016, Wong-Ward left CBC to become the assistant director at the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto.{{Cite news |date=2019-07-06 |title=Disability advocate Ing Wong-Ward dies of complications from colon cancer |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/disability-advocate-ing-wong-ward-dies-of-complications-from-colon-cancer |work=The National Post}}

Personal life

Wong married her husband, Tim, on August 22, 1998.

Wong-Ward, her husband, and her daughter lived in Toronto.

In 2017, Wong-Ward was diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer and opted to enter palliative care.

Awards

Gabriel Award for radio broadcasting.
2004, the [https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/awards-tributes/awards/access-equity-and-human-rights-awards/ City of Toronto Human Rights Access Award].
2019, posthumously, the 2018-2019 Founders Award, Centre for Independent Living.{{Cite journal |last= |date=2019 |title=Ing Wong-Ward. 2018–2019 Founders' Award Recipient. |url=https://cilt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CILT_2018-19-Annual-Report.pdf |journal=Centre for Independent Living Annual Report 2018-19 |pages=16–17}}