York professor edits new collection focusing on Chinese Canadian identities

York University Assistant Professor Jessica Tsui-yan Li (Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) contributed to Chinese Canadian studies in her recently published edited volume The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019). Jessica Tsui-yan Li Focusing on the geopolitical and economic circumstances that have prompted […]

York University students shine at Chinese Bridge competition and student MC contest

York University students enrolled in Chinese studies continue to make an impression at the Chinese Bridge, a high-profile international Chinese language proficiency competition for university students. This year, students Christopher Kelayna, Vera Kornilovsky and Amra Mujithaba placed first, second and third, respectively. Kornilovsky tied for second place and Mujithaba was one of three students to […]

China Day celebrations feature guest lecture and a demonstration of Yue opera

York University’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (DLL) celebrated China Day on Jan. 28. The event was part of the World Cultures Celebrations initiative created to promote intercultural understanding and leadership. Professor Carole H. F. Hoyan from The Chinese University of Hong Kong gave a public lecture, titled “On Lu Xun’s Reception of Eroshenko,” […]

Celebrate Chinese New Year with Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

York University’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (DLLL) celebrates the Chinese New Year as part of the World Cultures Celebrations initiative to recognize and respect cultural diversities and festivals around the world. The Chinese New Year celebrates the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar to honor deities and ancestors. This festival is widely rejoiced […]

Screening of 'Crosscurrent' with Director Yang Chao covered by Omni TV

On November 3, 2016, The Chinese Program, DLLL, presented a screening of ‘Crosscurrent’ with Director Yang Chao. This elegiac and visually astounding feature film from the acclaimed Director Yang Chao (Passages) was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Cinematography- Mark Lee Ping-Bing) at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The film blends fantasy, […]

The Tenth Annual York University Chinese Language Contest - March 17

  Hosted by Chinese Section, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University Date:March 17, 2015 Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm, Location: Ross S562  

Summer courses for 2016

AP/CH2030 6:0 Course Description: This 6-credit language course is being offered in a modified format, as one of the projects following York U/Fudan U exchange agreement. Students will attend classes both in Toronto and in Shanghai, and participate in field trips. While continuing to develop the four basic skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, students […]

Luc Pokorn became one of the Five Continental Champions

Luc Pokorn became one of the Five Continental Champions - the American Continental Champion the first time that a Canadian university student won the title ever since the competition, China Bridge, started in 2002. Read more.