Munk School of Global Affairs

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Jack Leong

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1. Welcome Remarks
Larry Alford, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Paul Crowe, Co-Chair, Chinese Canadian History Project Council

2. Opening remarks
The Honourable Vivienne Poy, Honorary Patron, Chancellor Emerita of the University of Toronto
G. Raymond Chang, Chancellor Emeritus of Ryerson University

3. Acknowledgement of Sponsors
David Choi, Co-Chair, Chinese Canadian History Project Council

4. Media interviews/photos/coffee break

5. Conference - Chinese Canadians: Mobility, Culture and Community

Chair: The Honourable Vivienne Poy

Speakers:
David Chuenyan Lai, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Victoria
“Toronto Chinatowns: Past and Present”

Jan Walls, Emeritus Professor of Humanities, Simon Fraser University
“Cantonese and English: Cross-Cultural Reflections on Naming and Transliteration”

Jack H.T. Leong, Director, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong-Library, University of Toronto
“Chinese or Canadian: Challenges of Social Integration for contemporary Chinese Immigrants”

Paul Crowe, Director, David Lam Centre & Associate Professor of Humanities, Simon Fraser University
“Chinese Canadian Religious Communities and the Transformation of Multiculturalism”

Jessica Li, Faculty Associate, York Centre for Asian Research, York University
“A Passage to Canada: Translation, Transnation, and Transfiguration in Iron Road”

Questions & comments

6. Refreshment & networking

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