Ing Wong-Ward

Ing Wong-Ward
Born
Ing Min Wong

(1973-06-15)15 June 1973
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died6 July 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 46)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationRyerson University
OccupationsAdvocate for the disabled, journalist, public broadcaster, TV and radio producer
SpouseTim Wong-Ward
AwardsCity of Toronto Human Rights Access Award, 2004
Chinese name
Chinese黃英[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Yīng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwong4 jing1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHông Eng

Ing Min Wong-Ward (15 June 1973 - 6 July 2019) was a Canadian disability rights advocate, journalist, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television and radio producer.[2]

Early life and education

Ing Min Wong was born in Vancouver, to parents John and King Wong.[3] Her parents were from China and Singapore respectively and had met as international students while at the University of British Columbia. Wong was born with spinal muscular atrophy, though this went undiagnosed until she was a toddler.[3] She used a motorized wheelchair since age three.[4] Wong attended City School and the Ontario Science Centre Science School.[3]

Wong initially wanted to become an author,[3] but at age 13, she decided to pursue a career as a journalist, after a classmate entered a magazine writing contest with Wong as the subject. While her friend won $3,000 and a summer camp excursion, Wong felt dissatisfied with the magazine's description of her disability as helpless and dependent on others.[4][5] She graduated from the Ryerson School of Journalism in 1993.[6] As she was unable to enter the maain building, her classes were held at the on-campus Jorgenson Hall.[3]

Career

Wong joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1993 as a clerk in the human resources department. 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.[2] She also worked for CBC Radio, primarily in Toronto, where she produced Metro Morning, Here & Now and Fresh Air.[2] She was a member of the Canadian Media Guild.[3]

In late 2015,[3] Wong-Ward left CBC to become the assistant director at the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto.[7]

Personal life

Wong met her husband, Tim, while studying at Ryerson, where he was a photography student. They married on 22 August 1998[3] and in April 2008, the couple had a daughter. The pregnancy was documented on Sounds Like Canada.[8] Wong-Ward, her husband, and her daughter lived in Toronto.[2]

In 2017, Wong-Ward was diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer.[2] She initially considered palliative sedation, but later chose to live out her life in palliative care with her family.[9] She died from colon cancer in 2019, at the age of 46.[10]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "有缺陷的人生一样值得过：一位华裔残疾癌症患者对安乐死的态度". CBC. 14 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "'A mighty force has left us': CBC journalist and disabilities advocate Ing Wong-Ward dead at 46". CBC News Online. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Obituary for Ing Wong-Ward". ecofuneral.ca. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 "THE CURRENT: WILL PEGG AND ING WONG WARD". CBC. 26 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Wong, Alice (1 December 2018). "DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong". Disability Visibility Project.
  6. ↑ "In memoriam". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Disability advocate Ing Wong-Ward dies of complications from colon cancer". The National Post. 6 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "The AIH". CBC. 8 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "'A compromised life is worth living': Why Ing Wong-Ward won't choose medically assisted death". CBC. 3 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "'A mighty force has left us': CBC journalist and disabilities advocate Ing Wong-Ward dead at 46". CBC News. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ing Wong-Ward. 2018–2019 Founders' Award Recipient" (PDF). Centre for Independent Living Annual Report 2018-19: 16–17. 2019.
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