York University Annual Chinese Culture Day 2025 約克大學中國文化日

Wednesday, 29 January 2025 | 11:00 to 14:30 EST | Room 152, Founders Assembly Hall, Keele Campus, York University
OPENING REMARKS
The Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy
PUBLIC LECTURES
Public Lecture: “Re-writing Scripts: Recent Graphic Memoirs by Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Authors”
Keynote Speaker: Professor Eleanor Ty, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, English, Wilfrid Laurier University
Public Lecture: “Narrating Chinese Canadian Stories Behind Exclusion: Beyond the Silence”
Keynote Speaker: Justin Poy 伍雋雄, Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month; Executive Producer, Exclusion: Beyond the Silence; President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency
Public Lecture: “Hospitality of a New Wave: Rethinking Cantonese Churches’ Support for Hong Kong Diasporas in Canada”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bryan Chung Yuen Chan 陳宗遠博士, DMin., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Chair: Dr. Jack Hang-tat Leong 梁恒達博士, Digital Initiatives Librarian, York University
TAI-CHI PERFORMANCES
Tai-Chi Gong-fu Fan / Twenty-Four Posture Tai-Chi Fist / Tai-Chi Fan Dual Performance
Performers: Dr. Jason Kwok, Tai-Chi Master (郭詠觀醫生/太極師傅), and disciples, Joana Ho (何楚儀), Patricia Chung (林雪梅), Donna Tse (謝淑貞), Belinda Wong (王碧君), Martin Ma (馬超平), Rosanna Chu (朱幸萍), Christina Tso (曹吳娟娟)
This event is open to public. Please register at this link.
This event is organized by Dr. Jessica Tsui-yan Li 李翠恩博士, Associate Professor, The Chinese Program, York University, and cordially sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Founders College, and the Asian Business and Management Program at the York Centre for Asian Research.
