–Dates are subject to change, but announcements will be made–
| Wk | Date | Topics | Readings | Important events |
| Introduction | ||||
| 1 | M Jan 8 | Syllabus day and History | ||
| W Jan 10 | Academic literacy | Becker (1996) Jones (2010) |
TCPS2 Certificate due Friday (Jan 12) | Migration |
| 2 | M Jan 15 | Hussein (2009) | ||
| W Jan 17 | History of HK-Canada migration Webinar video: What is Diaspora? |
Butler (2001) UBC HKSI (2022a) |
No class – watch webinar video for discussion Mon Final class to withdraw without W |
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| 3 | M Jan 22 | Chan (1995) | ||
| W Jan 24 | Chan (2022) Yu (2019) |
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| 4 | M Jan 29 | Colonialism: Then and now | Lai (2018) Luk (1991) |
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| W Jan 31 | Movie 1: Lawyer Lawyer Movie 2: All Our Father’s Relations |
Ma (1997) Yoshizawa (2016) |
No class – watch movie for discussion Mon | |
| Identity | ||||
| 5 | M Feb 5 | Chen (2019) Lau (2020) |
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| W Feb 7 | Cultural Identity | Veg (2017) Wong (2005) |
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| 6 | M Feb 12 | Webinar video: Hong Kong Identity | Matthews (1997) UBC HKSI (2022b) |
No class – watch webinar video for discussion Wed |
| W Feb 14 | Lan (2012) Li & Findlay (1996) Xu & Vanderkilppe (2019) |
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| Week 7 – February 19-23: Reading Week 2022 | ||||
| Experience | ||||
| 8 | M Feb 26 | Acculturation | Cheung et al. (2011) Schwartz et al. (2014) |
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| W Feb 28 | Bélanger & Verkuyten (2010) Lo et al. (2014) |
Last class to withdraw with W | ||
| 9 | M Mar 4 | Language | Yim & Clément (2019) Yim & Clément (2021) |
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| W Mar 6 | Chiang & Shen (2023) Pai & White (2023a) Pai & White (2023b) |
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| 10 | M Mar 11 | Reverse migration & transnationalism | Fong (2012) Ngan & Chan (2023) Yan (2021) |
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| W Mar 13 | Family arrangements | Irving et al. (1999) Tse & Waters (2013) |
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| 11 | M Mar 18 | Diasporic guilt | Tam (2021) Tang (2021) |
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| W Mar 20 | Globalization and social mobilization | Blunt (2007) de Leon (2018) |
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| More perspectives | ||||
| 12 | M Mar 25 | ADHK (2019) Lee (2023) SCMP (2022) |
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| W Mar 27 | Mental health | Chan et al. (2009) Madokoro (2011) |
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| 13 | M Apr 1 | Easter Monday – University closed | ||
| W Apr 3 | Intersectional perspectives | Parsons (2020) Preston et al. (2005) Suen & Chan (2020) |
14 | M Apr 8 | Tentative: Wong (2022) | W Apr 10 | Wrap-up/review | No readings |