Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies, the Hong Kong Studies Initiative (HKSI) at the University of British Columbia is devoted to promoting the teaching and research of this most-improbable metropolis, both as an extraordinary Chinese city and as a spectacular international and transnational hub.
Events
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Jan 26[Screening + Conversation] Keep Rolling: Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
6476 NW Marine Drive -
Dec 27[Book Launch & Talk] 《我城存歿》: 新書發佈及座談會 UBC School of Social Work
Room 124, 2080 West Mall -
Nov 25[Community Talk] The Role of Overseas Hongkongers’ Communities Room 7000, Harbour Centre, SFU
515 W. Hastings Street -
Nov 23[Talk] The Moral Limits of Violence in Political Resistance Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
6476 NW Marine Drive
News
January 7, 2023
January 6, 2023
Four Directors, Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic
Join us for a screening + conversation on UBC Point Grey campus on Thursday, 26 January 2023
January 5, 2023
HKSI faculty associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) is conducting a Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada.
January 3, 2023
November 23, 2022
This community talk by Prof. Joseph Cho-wai Chan will take place in person and will be conducted in Cantonese
November 17, 2022
View Dr. Helena Wu's Canada Research Chair profile here.
FEATURED COURSES
STUDENT PROJECTS
- ASIA 324 (21W): “Hope or Despair”
- ASIA 324 (21W): “One City, Two Visions”
- ASIA 324 (21W): Love in a Fallen City & From the Ashes
- ASIA 324 (21W): “VI. Drought”
- ASIA 324 (21W): “Rules of Epidemic”
Featured

Film Screening and Conversation with Directors: Keep Rolling (2022)
Four Directors, Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic
Join us for a screening + conversation on UBC Point Grey campus on Thursday, 26 January 2023

[Research] Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada
HKSI faculty associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) is conducting a Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada.

[Community Talk] The Role of Overseas Hongkongers’ Communities
This community talk by Prof. Joseph Cho-wai Chan will take place in person and will be conducted in Cantonese

[Awards] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu has been named Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong Studies
View Dr. Helena Wu's Canada Research Chair profile here.

Leo K. Shin
(On study leave until 30 June 2023)
Associate Professor, History and Asian Studies
Former Co-Director, Centre for Chinese Research
leo.shin@ubc.ca

Josephine Chiu-Duke
Professor, Asian Studies
Former Co-Director, Centre for Chinese Research
chiuduke@mail.ubc.ca

Allan Cho
Community Engagement Librarian, Program Services, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
allan.cho@ubc.ca

Paul Evans
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
HSBC Chair in Asian Research
paul.evans@ubc.ca

Chris Lee
Associate Professor, English
Director, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program
chris.lee@ubc.ca

Raymond Pai
Lecturer and Acting Director of Cantonese, Asian Studies
PhD Candidate, Language and Literacy Education
raymond.pai@ubc.ca

Pitman Potter
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
potter@allard.ubc.ca

Christopher Rea
Professor, Asian Studies
Former Director, Centre for Chinese Research
christopher.rea@ubc.ca

Yves Tiberghien
Professor, Political Science
Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research
yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca

Wei Cui
Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Director, Center for Asian Legal Studies
cui@allard.ubc.ca