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[Resources] Vancouver’s early Chinese newspapers preserved at the UBC Library

June 7, 2017

Chinese Times was first published in 1907 as Chinese English Daily News 華英日報. It was renamed as Chinese Daily News 大漢日報 in 1910 and Chinese Times 大漢公報 in 1915 under the management of Chinese Freemasons. Published daily (except Sunday and holidays) until October 1992, Chinese Times is the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper in Canada which provides valuable resources for researchers in Chinese Canadian studies.


[CFS] The 44th Youth Literary Awards

May 27, 2017

Call for submissions for various literary genres from writers aged between 11 and 40 (deadline: Aug. 20)


[Community] HKSI Associate Dr. Henry Yu on the rezoning of 105 Keefer

May 20, 2017

"Chinatown is a special part of Vancouver, and it needs to be a dynamic and vital community which retains its special characteristics even as it changes."


[CFA] Graduate Research Fellowship for Fieldwork in/related to Asia

May 11, 2017

The IAR is pleased to offer one-time fellowships to graduate students who need to travel to Asia (or significant research collections) for their PhD or MA research theses or to present papers at conferences (following acceptance). Fellowships will be in the range of $500–$3000 per student. *** deadline: May 17 ***


[Webcast] Video of “Hong Kong: 20 Years After—A Symposium” is now available

May 8, 2017

Relive the launch of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative!


[Community] Dr. Miu Chung Yan of the School of Social Work urges all to vote in the upcoming election

May 3, 2017

In a video public service announcement (in Cantonese), Dr. Miu Chung Yan, a HKSI Associate, urges all to vote in the upcoming provincial election.


[Associates] Dr. Shannon Walsh of the Department of Theatre and Film selected as a Wall Scholar

April 29, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Walsh, a HKSI Associate, on being selected as a 2017–2018 Wall Scholar of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.


[Publications] Op-ed by Dr. Leo Shin on the selection of Carrie Lam as the next chief executive

April 24, 2017

Can Carrie Lam heal a deeply divided Hong Kong?


[Associates] Geographer Dr. David Ley retires after 45 years at UBC

April 21, 2017

"For more than 40 years, geographer David Ley has studied the Vancouver housing market, giving him a priceless academic perspective on the city’s struggle with now-epic unaffordability."


[CFP] Hong Kong Keywords: A Workshop (24 June 2017)

April 20, 2017

Initiated for postgraduate students, a single day bilingual workshop on "Keywords: Rethinking Hong Kong Cultures" will be held at the University of Hong Kong. Each participant will present his/her selected keyword related to Hong Kong cultures in Cantonese and/or English. **Abstract due: 15 May 2017**