Awards and Achievements


[Awards] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu received Public Engagement Award 2024

September 1, 2024


[Awards] Dr. Christopher Rea recieves the 2024 Dean of Arts Mentorship award

March 13, 2024


[Awards] Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura receives Honorable Mention for the Sumie Jones Prize for Project Leadership in Japan-centered Humanities

February 15, 2024


[Awards] Dr. Christopher Rea receives Literature Translation Fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts in the U.S.

January 24, 2024


[Awards] HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Timothy Cheek elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 11, 2023

Hearty congratulations to Dr. Timothy Cheek on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.


[Awards] Congratulations to HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Jamie Peck (Geography) on winning the Vautrin Lud Prize that is considered as the “Nobel of Geography”

July 27, 2023


[Awards] HKSI Associate Dr. Shannon Walsh receives the Governor General’s Award for Artistic Achievement in Visual and Media

March 28, 2023


[Awards] HKSI Emeritus Associate Dr. David Ley appointed to the Order of Canada

January 5, 2023

On December 29, 2022, Professor Emeritus David Ley was appointed to the Order of Canada for his ongoing and substantial contributions to the field of human geography.


[Awards] HKSI Emeritus Associate Dr. Pitman Potter appointed to the Order of Canada

December 30, 2022

On December 29, 2022, Dr. Pitman B. Potter was appointed to the Order of Canada, a national honour that recognizes Canada’s most influential leaders and contributors to society.


[Awards] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu has been named Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong Studies

November 17, 2022

View Dr. Helena Wu's Canada Research Chair profile here.