Trailblazer, human rights activist Susan Eng dead at 72

Susan Eng faced cancer with the same courage she stood up to anti-Asian racism with all her life. But on July 26, at 72 years old, the human rights advocate died.

Eng was the first Chinese Canadian woman to be appointed to the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB), formerly known as Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board. To friends, colleagues and apprentices, she was a trailblazer.

Former Scarborough-Southwest city councillor Brian Ashton says Eng was inspirational.

"I think any young woman in the community today, any minority, should look back and see her as a Joan of Arc of that particular decade," he said.

In an obituary published by the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice (CCNC-SJ), Eng is said to have continued her advocacy battle even as her health deteriora