"""Salam Toronto Editor-in-Chief, Mohsen Taghavi, receiving the award from Ontario Lieutenant Governor Mr. David C. Onley."" Mr. Mohsen Taghavi is a professional journalist with over 32 years of experience and worked as an editor with the major daily newspapers in Iran from 1980 to 1997. He migrated to Canada in 1997 and after working with other ethnic publications, moved on to launch Canada's first Persian-English weekly newspaper, Salam Toronto, in 2000. On March 31, 2007, the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) elected Mr. Taghavi as a Board Member. He was the first OCNA Board Member representing a newspaper published in a language other than English or Friench. Mr. Taghavi is a honourary member of the Board of Directors with the Council. He sees Canada as a role model and, with his editorials, encourages his readers to integrate into the Canadian mainstream. As a journalist, he takes every opportunity to promote and reflect the Canadian values."