Photo credit: Youth Collaborative for Chinatown

Since the day I won First Place and People’s Choice at 2015 UBC Three-Minute Thesis Competition, I have become an advocate of making academic research accessible to the public. I’ve organized different events to engage the greater academic community, student communities, as well as the general public. Please contact me if you would like to invite me to speak at your event!

Public talks and programs

• • 2024

    • (As Curriculum Advisor) Saturday School at Mon Keang at the Wongs’ Benevolent Association
    • Writing effective résumés and cover letters, professional development workshop for UBC Chinese Language Program [recap]

  • 2023

    • Storytime in Cantonese, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden [event page]
    • Canto Legends and Idioms, Vancouver Hong Kong Fair [event page]
    • Canto Story Time, Vancouver Hong Kong Fair [event page]
    • UBC Campus Tour & Party with Hong Kong House [recap]
    • Build-Your-Own Family with Lego & Chinese Family Tree, Chinese Canadian Museum [event page]

  • 2022

    • A 15-minute crash course on Cantonese Romanization, Vancouver Hong Kong Fair [recap]
    • Cantonese poetry recital (with CNTO 303 students), UBC Lantern Festival, a virtual event by UBC Chinese Language program [video]

  • 2021

    • Pursuing graduate studies in the humanities and social sciences, invited by UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative [event poster]
    • Cantonese popular culture through academic lens, UBC Cantonese Popular Culture Master Class Series [event poster]
    • Lunar New Year in Cantonese (a language class on Zoom open to the public), co-organized by the Youth Collaborative for Chinatown [slides]
    • Cousins across the water in conversations: The Lunar New Year, invited by The Chinese Canadian Museum [event poster]
    • Cantonese poetry recital, invited by UBC Chinese Language Program [recap]

  • 2020

    • Subethnicity in the Chinese Canadian community in Vancouver, invited by Global and Hong Kong Studies Program, The Education University of Hong Kong
    • Talking to elders during COVID (a language class on Zoom open to the public), co-organized by the Youth Collaborative for Chinatown [slides]

  • 2019

    • Valedictorian speech, UBC Graduation Day, invited by UBC Dean of Arts
    • Explain your research to anyone in three minutes, invited by St. John’s College [slides]
    • Asian Language Storytime, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, invited by UBC Asian Library [event details]

  • 2018

    • Beyond the BA (career talk), invited by UBC Speech and Linguistics Students Association [event page]
    • Perception of lexical tones by homeland and heritage speakers of Cantonese, invited by the Education University of Hong Kong [recap]
    • Reporting on China and Hong Kong in Vancouver: Frontline and Bottom Line, invited by the Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society [event poster]

  • 2016

    • Explain your research to anyone in three minutes, invited by St. John’s College [event poster]
    • Loanwords and cross-cultural fertilization, Fortune Cookie Redux, invited by Marpole Community Centre [event poster]
    • The history of Cantonese in Canada, International Mother Language Day Event, invited by Kwantlen Polytechnic University [event poster]
    • Transgression/Cantosphere, a multimedia installation art exhibition with Hong Kong Exile, Centre A [website | photo album]

  • 2015

    • Closing keynote speech, UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference [program]
    • Student speaker, President’s Summer Dinner & Fireside Chats (private event to recognize generous university donors), invited by UBC Development and Alumni Engagement
    • Three-Minute Thesis Showcase, Tapestry Retirement Home at Wesbrook Village
    • How to talk about your research to anyone, invited by UBC Global Scholars Network
    • Looking back at the Umbrella Revolution, invited by St. John’s College [event poster]
    • Linguistic diversity and the city, invited by Centre A [photo album]

  • 2014

    • M’goi/Do Jeh: Sites, Rites, and Gratitude, invited by Centre A [website]

Conferences and workshops that I’ve organized with colleagues

• • [2024] UBC Cantonese Teaching Workshops [recap]
  • [2023] UBC Cantonese Teaching Workshops [recap]
  • [2021] UBC Heritage Language Teaching Workshop [website | recap]
  • [2021] The Second Symposium on Teaching Cantonese As a Second Language [website]
  • [2018] The Fourth Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics [website]
  • [2018] Cantonese Worlds 2 Workshop [website]
  • [2015] Cantonese Worlds Workshop [recap]

Student engagement activities that I’ve organized with colleagues

• • [2023] Field trip to the Chinese Canadian Museum [recap]
  • [2023] Cantonese Fun Night 2023 [recap]
  • [2022] Cantonese Fun Night 2022 [website | recap]
  • [2021] The First UBC Cantonese Speech Contest [website | recap]
  • [2020] The First UBC Cantonese Lyrics Competition [recap]
  • [2020] The Second UBC Cantonese Singing Contest (cancelled due to pandemic) [website]
  • [2019] The Second Annual Cantonese Fun Night [recap]
  • [2018] The First UBC Cantonese Singing Contest [website | photo album]

Events that I’ve attended as an adjudicator

• • [2021] UBC Undergraduate Three-Minute Thesis Competition [Facebook page]
  • [2020] The Voices of Our Community (a virtual Mandarin singing contest) [recap]
  • [2020] UBC Lantern Festival Poetry Night [event poster]
  • [2015] UBC Cantonese Got Talent [recap]

Summer programs that I’ve coordinated

• • [2019] Graduate Application Preparation Program [flyer]
  • [2019] Understanding Hong Kong’s connection with the world, for students of Global and Hong Kong Studies Program, The Education University of Hong Hong [newsletter]
  • [2016-2018] Summer language and cultural immersion for students of Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong [highlights]