Michael Lee-Chin [SEP] place of birth
in Port Antonio, Jamaica, in 1951 to Aston Lee and Hyacinth Gloria Chen. Both his parents were biracial African and Chinese-Jamaican. When Lee-Chin was aged seven, his mother married Vincent Chen. Chen had a son from a previous relationship and the couple had a further seven children together, six boys and one girl. Lee-Chin's mother sold Avon products and worked as a bookkeeper for various local firms, while his stepfather ran a local grocery store.
He attended the local high school,
- Markham Stouffville Hospital — Redevelopment Master Planning and Design Consulting Services, Markham
- Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute, Scarborough/Toronto
- Brookfield Place, Toronto
- Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto
- Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
- Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto
- First Canadian Place, Toronto
- Exchange Tower, Toronto
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre — South Building, Toronto
- Renaissance ROM (including Michael Lee-Chin Crystal), Toronto
- World Exchange Plaza — 100 Queen Street,