All AMCA Toronto Presidents
Born in Split, Croatia, Krešimir graduated Structural Engineering at the University of Zagreb. He moved to Canada in 1987 and is now the principal of Kremisco Engineering Inc. Krešimir was also called upon as an expert witness and translator for the Ontario Superior Courts of Justice. From 2012 to 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Canadian Croatian Chamber of Commerce. Since 2017 he has been a Vice President of Alumni UniZg and since 2021 a member of the Council of the Government of the Republic of Croatia for Croats Outside of the Republic of Croatia. From 2001 to 2013 Krešimir held the post of the Vice President and from 2013 to 2024 he served as the President of AMCA Toronto. For his contribution to promotion of Croatian culture and alumni movement in Canada and for organization of donations to help alleviate damages from earthquakes in Croatia, he, along with AMCA Toronto, received a Special Recognition from Alumni UniZg in 2021. Krešimir is both, a former member of the Croatian Canadian Choir “Koledo”, as well as a former competitive water polo player with Jadran Split.
Predsjednik AMCA Toronto 1999-2013. Utemeljitelj AMCA Lecture series 1999. godine, platforme koja je okupila i predstavila stotinjak vrhunskih hrvatskih i kanadskih strucnjaka, znanstvenika, akademika, i umjetnika. Inicijator i potpisnik ugovora u kolaboraciji izmedju University of Toronto i Sveucilista u Zagrebu, koji je rezultirao u uvodenju tri nova kolegija na katedri slavistike na UofT medu kojima i “Croatian Cultural History”…
Za zasluge promocije AMCA pokreta u svijetu, dobio je 2013. godine priznanje, “Zasluzni Alumnus Sveucilista u Zagrebu”.
E-mail: nikola.demarin@amcatoronto.com
Rođen u Zagrebu, diplomirao je 1947. na Medicinskom Fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, gdje je nastavio raditi na Odjelu za mikrobiologiju, a 1958. prelazi na Medicinski Fakultet u Rijeci gdje je bio Dekan u razdoblju od 1970. do 1972. Karijeru nastavlja na Sveučilištima u Jamaici, New Yorku, Ugandi i Kuwajtu. Po dolasku u Kanadu postao je članom AMCA-e Toronto, čiji je Predsjednik bio od 1995. do 1997., te je svojim nenametljivim djelovanjem uspio okupiti veliki broj članova. U doba njegovog vodstva udruga je nastavila radom na daljnjoj afirmacije Hrvatske, koja je tek bila izašla iz Domovinskog rata, te promocijom Hrvatske kulture i jezika u Torontui okolici. Preminuo je 2013.
