Class of 2022!

The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the UBC Cantonese Language Program celebrate the class of 2022 (click to watch video)!

ASIA 324 (21W): “Hope or Despair”

A Board Game Inspired by Wong Bik-Wan’s “Losing the City”

ASIA 324 (21W): “One City, Two Visions”

A two-part poster inspired by Cecil Clementi's “Hong Kong” and Leung Ping-Kwan's “In Response to Cecil Clementi" 

ASIA 324 (21W): Love in a Fallen City & From the Ashes 

A Series of Creative Diary Entries Inspired by Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City and "From the Ashes"

ASIA 324 (21W): “VI. Drought”

A Creative Response to Xixi’s “Marvels of a Floating City”

ASIA 324 (21W): “Rules of Epidemic”

A Game Inspired by Hon Lai-Chu’s “Notes on an Epidemic”

ASIA 324 (21W): The Atlas

A Short Film Inspired by Dung Kai-Cheung’s The Atlas: Archaeology of an Imaginary City

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Helena Wu on the cultural significance of Hong Kong’s Lion Rock

CNTO 311 (21W): A Day Off

Basic Cantonese for Mandarin Speaker: A Day Off

CNTO 311 (21W): Cantonese Princesses

Basic Cantonese for Mandarin Speaker: Cantonese Princesses

CNTO 303 (21W): Welcome to Vancouver

Basic Cantonese II (non-Mandarin heritage section): Welcome to Vancouver

CNTO 451 (21W): Kara Hung: The Life of A Movie Legend

Advanced Cantonese through Popular Culture: Kara Hung: The Life of A Movie Legend

CNTO 403 (21W): Product Categories

Intermediate Cantonese II: Product Categories  

[Newsletters] The HKSI May Update is out!

Please check out our latest Update.

The Hong Kong and Taiwanese Diaspora in the Literary Imagination

Join authors Sam Cheuk and Julia Lin for a conversation (with moderator Allan Cho) on the literary dimension of the Hong Kong and Taiwanese diaspora

[Webcast] Hongkongers’ International Front: The Global Politics of Diaspora during and after the 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest

For those who might have missed this webinar, here are the webcast and the photos.

[Publications] Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)

Check out the latest co-authored book by HKSI Associate Dr. Christopher Rea and Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney.

[Albums] Hong Kong/Cantonese Studies Student Showcase

For those who might have missed this celebration, here is the photo album.

Welcome to the Hong Kong Studies Initiative!

An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!)

[Publications] The Holocaust and Hong Kong: An Overlooked History

Check out Ryan Sun's research article on the Holocaust and Hong Kong

[Publications] Leaving the Homeland Again for My Family’s Future: Post-return Migration Among Hong Kong Canadians

Check out this latest co-authored article by Kennedy Chi-pan Wong and Dr. Miu Chung Yan.

Thoughtful Discussion

We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion

[Newsletters] The HKSI April Update is out!

Please check out our latest Update.

[Webcast] Hong Kong Identity: Past, Present, and Future

For those who might have missed this webinar, here are the webcast and the photos.

Hongkongers’ International Front: The Global Politics of Diaspora during and after the 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest

Join Prof. Ming-sho Ho of National Taiwan University for a discussion on the challenges associated with Hong Kongers' international front

[Media] HKSI Associates Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke and Dr. Leo K. Shin on the support for Ukraine by Taiwanese and Hong Kong Canadians

[Newsletters] The HKSI March Update is out!

Please check out our latest Update.

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Leo K. Shin on why Hong Kongers are leaving

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Yves Tiberghien on the uneasy relationship between China and Russia