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n her early days of
I μක֐ᜊ੻ᅕ˰෵ڳd
policing, Joanne
Serkeyn had to
வࣛμٙඟڗܔᙄμ̋ɝҧ
confront a bar-
rage of distressing
ቃfμ௰୞ϓމτɽଫ޲τ̔
events. The 9/11 attacks had just
౶त૶ો (Ancaster A.M.) ҧቃ
happened. And after returning to
work from maternity leave, she en-
ٟٟٙڗ຅፯ɛdԨ஗ݼֻߵ
dured multiple months with a lot
of calls for homicides and other
਷ਞ̋਷ყҧቃϋึf˜Ң
tragedies. “I felt like I was the
Grim Reaper.”
Ԑආʾሒʘ࢕d዆ࡈɛேᜓь
She was starting to become cyni-
əd™μႭf˜Ңᔊٜʔ౲޴
cal when her commander su†gested
she join Rotary. She eventually be-
ڦdவࡈ˰ޢɪϞவჿεߕλ
came president-elect of the Rotary
Club of Ancaster A.M. in Ontario
ٙԫઋ͍ί೯͛f™
and was sent to the Rotary Inter-
national Convention in England. “I
๾ٵʊ຾ίဏϷဧ཭
walked into the House of Friend-
(Hamilton) ᙆ࿀҅؂ਕə 28
ship and was gobsmacked,” she
says. “I could not believe the good
ϋdμίᛠᗆ߅ዄ΂ DNA ՘
that was going on in the world.”
Serkeyn has served for 28 years
ሜࡰfεϋԸdμءจՑ̰ᔳ
at the Hamilton Police Service. She
ɛɹࣩ΁ၾɛɹனርʘගπί
works as the DNA coordinator in the
forensics unit. Over the years, she’s
ᗫᑌfίɓϣҧቃ޼୦ึݺਗ
noted connection between missing
persons cases and human tra” ck-
ʕdμٝ༸ҧቃϞ΢၇ҧቃБ
ing . At a Rotary institute event, she
learned about Rotary Action Groups
ਗྠ᜗dԨ̋ɝəɓࡈߧɢ׵
and got involved with one devoted
μଉʲᗫᕿٙྠ᜗j୞ഐ̱
to a cause close to her heart: end-
ing slavery and human tra” cking.
Ҙၾɛɹனርf˜ҧቃБਗ
“Rotary Action Groups rejuvenate
people,” she says. “They make peo-
ྠ᜗ᜫɛࡁࠠᐏݺɢd™μ
ple passionate about Rotary.”
In July, Serkeyn will become the
Ⴍf˜̴ࡁᜫɛࡁ࿁ҧቃ̂တ
governor of District 7090, which en-
ᆠઋf™
compasses 75 Rotary and Rotaract
clubs throughout southern Ontario
ʦϋ 7 ˜d๾ٵਗ਼ϓމ
and western New York. She’s fo-
cusing on a districtwide initiative
人物側寫 7090 ήਜٙᐼ္d༈ήਜ଄
PROFILE against human tra” cking. “People
think they can’t make a di˜ erence
ႊτɽଫ޲ی௅ձॲߒψГ௅
Seein the ood with human tra” cking,” she says.
看見美好
΍ 75 ࡈҧቃٟʿҧڡٟfμ
“But together, we can move the
Through Rotary, a police o cer expands her ఐτ֋h๾ٵ needle. We have a social responsi-
͍ߧɢ׵ɓධΌਜ͂Ꮨɛɹன
ீཀҧቃٟdɓЗᙆ࿀ 加拿大安大略省 bility to protect our young. We have
Joanne Serkeyn
view of how to make a di erence
Rotary Club of
ርٙࡇᙄf˜ɛࡁႩމІʉ
ן࢝əμ࿁νОҷᜊ˰ޢٙ޶ج 林肯 (Lincoln) 扶輪社 an opportunity to be proactive.”
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Lincoln, Ontario
PHOTOGRAPHS: OMID FAROOQ 在 μᙆ࿀͛ૹٙϘಂd Ͼ຅μഐҼପ৿dࠠڏʈЪ މ™μႭf˜ШྠഐৎԸdҢ
ೌجίɛɹனርਪᕚɪϞהЪ
In 2024-25, Rotary Action
New Rotary Fellowships
The RI Board approved 132
New Rotary Fellowships
੪Зܝdஹᚃλ఻ࡈ˜ேટՑ
ࡁఱঐપਗҷᜊfҢࡁϞڭᚐ
ఐτ֋h๾ٵ (Joanne
Groups supported 2,168 projects,
focused on fitness and
members to receive the 2025-26
focused on fitness and
including 76 funded by The
wellness, German culture,
wellness, German culture,
Service Above Self Award. They
Serkeyn) ʔ੻ʔࠦ࿁
஢εΉ૨ࣩձՉ˼ేᄌٙஷ
ϋჀɛٟٙึப΂fҢࡁϞ˴
and the sport of padel were
Rotary Foundation. Learn more
and the sport of padel were
will be honored next month at
at rotary.org/actiongroups.
the Rotary Convention in Taipei.
ɓӻΐ˿ɛ೨ːٙԫ΁f຅
recognized in March.
ɓᅵf™
ࣛɘɓɓҸᏘԫ΁࡝೯͛d జf˜ҢชᙂІʉఱ྅ϥग़ ਗ̈Ꮨٙዚึf™
ᅠ˖jJP SWENSON
Photograph by Monika Lozinska MA
MAY 2026 ROTARY 19Y 2026
2024-25 年度，扶輪行動團體 國際扶輪理事會批准 132 名社 3 月間，新的扶輪聯誼會獲得認
支持了 2,168 個專案，其中 76
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may26-C-Opener.indd 19 員榮獲 2025-26 年度「超我服務 可，主題分別聚焦於健身與健
個由扶輪基金會資助。請造訪 獎」。他們將於下個月在台北舉 康、德國文化，以及板式網球
rotary.org/actiongroups 以取 行的國際扶輪年會上接受表揚。 運動。
得更多資訊。 Photograph by Monika Lozinska
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