Quinterra Legacy Garden https://quinterralegacygarden.com/ Calgary's first musical and performance garden. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://quinterralegacygarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-cropped-QLG-Logo-Colour-300x300-4-white-letters-32x32.png Quinterra Legacy Garden https://quinterralegacygarden.com/ 32 32 Lawrence Hong https://quinterralegacygarden.com/lawrence-hong/ https://quinterralegacygarden.com/lawrence-hong/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:24:38 +0000 https://quinterralegacygarden.com/?p=1 When people think about Lawrence Hong, they remember his presence. He was hard to miss, his animated way of speaking, dramatic expressions or sense of fashion could catch your attention […]

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]]> When people think about Lawrence Hong, they remember his presence. He was hard to miss, his animated way of speaking, dramatic expressions or sense of fashion could catch your attention and he always left an impression. Lawrence had grown so much in his twenty-seven years, he was a committed volunteer, lifelong student, reliable friend and aspiring city builder who was becoming more and more passionate about what he could bring to the Calgary community.
 
Lawrence was born in the Philippines and came to Calgary with his family when he was seven years old. The family spent some time back and forth to the Philippines, but eventually, Calgary was home for Lawrence. He loved to explore the city and the surrounding area, at times just walking or riding his bike even in the middle of the night. Lawrence graduated from Bishop O’Byrne High School and spent some time at SAIT before ultimately attending the University of Calgary.
 
At the University of Calgary, Lawrence really found his stride. Though he was initially in Engineering, a trip to Hong Kong the summer prior and seeing the complex transit system left a lasting impact on him and factored into his decision to transfer to Urban Studies after one semester. Lawrence was inspired and took a more active role in his learning- conversing with professors and similarly motivated students. His studies led him to make professional connections at Calgary Transit planning department and work in the Calgary Regional Partnership.
 
Outside the classroom, Lawrence volunteered with the University of Calgary’s LGBTQA+ safe space the Q Centre, the Calgary Queer Arts Society’s Fairy Tales Film Festival, and the Calgary Folk Music Festival. In the vein of his academic interests, Lawrence volunteered with Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) for the Youth Summit on Sustainable Transportation in 2013 for which he was posthumously awarded by CUTA with an Individual Excellence Award in 2014. He collaborated with classmates to create C4 (Calgary Creative City Collaboration) to bring more local art to public spaces.
 
All of Lawrence’s efforts were because he envisioned a vibrant and community-driven Calgary, a vision that Quinterra Legacy Garden will embody.

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