FROM A VANTAGE POINT

Tito S. Venida FOUNDING FATHER

On Tuesday, February 21st, my Council colleagues and I joined the Bangladesh Canada Association of Edmonton to recognize International Mother Language Day in City Hall. This event also served as an opportunity for Council and I to pay tribute to the Bangladeshi language martyrs who fought valiantly to have their mother languages acknowledged, and to learn more about the immense barriers that Bangladeshi people overcame to have the right to speak in their own languages freely and without discrimination.

Tito S. Venida is a product of the University of the Philippines. He used to be a student-leader during his college days and became one of the founders of the Tau Gamna Phi, one of the world leading Philippine-produced fraternities. His immensurable love for the human race has brought him to the conviction of translating his mission from fraternity into Divinity--from a mere brotherhood into sainthood. Tito authored a book entitled Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, which means, wherever you throw, it will stand.