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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nPhoto credit: Youth Collaborative for Chinatown<\/em><\/p>\n 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 … <\/p>\nSince the day I won First Place and People’s Choice<\/a> 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<\/a> if you would like to invite me to speak at your event!<\/h6>\n
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![event poster<\/a>]<\/li>\nLoanwords and cross-cultural fertilization, Fortune Cookie Redux, invited by Marpole Community Centre [event poster<\/a>]<\/li>\nThe history of Cantonese in Canada, International Mother Language Day Event, invited by Kwantlen Polytechnic University [event poster<\/a>]<\/li>\nTransgression\/Cantosphere, a multimedia installation art exhibition with Hong Kong Exile, Centre A [website<\/a> | photo album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n2015<\/h5>\n\nClosing keynote speech, UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference [program<\/a>]<\/li>\nStudent speaker, President\u2019s Summer Dinner & Fireside Chats (private event to recognize generous university donors), invited by UBC Development and Alumni Engagement<\/li>\nThree-Minute Thesis Showcase, Tapestry Retirement Home at Wesbrook Village<\/li>\nHow to talk about your research to anyone, invited by UBC Global Scholars Network<\/li>\nLooking back at the Umbrella Revolution, invited by St. John’s College [event poster<\/a>]<\/li>\nLinguistic diversity and the city, invited by Centre A [photo album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n2014<\/h5>\n\nM’goi\/Do Jeh: Sites, Rites, and Gratitude, invited by Centre A [website<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConferences and workshops that I’ve organized with colleagues<\/h1>\n\n\n\n[2026] Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture and Research Seminar [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2025] Start from the Basics: A Workshop for Cantonese-speaking parents [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2024] UBC Cantonese Teaching Workshops [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2023] UBC Cantonese Teaching Workshops [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2021] UBC Heritage Language Teaching Workshop [website<\/a> | recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2021] The Second Symposium on Teaching Cantonese As a Second Language [website<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2018] The Fourth Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics [website<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2018] Cantonese Worlds 2 Workshop [website<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2015] Cantonese Worlds Workshop [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStudent engagement activities that I’ve organized with colleagues<\/h1>\n\n\n\n[2026] Cantonese Fun Night 2026 [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2025] Cantonese Comedy Festival [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2023] Field trip to the Chinese Canadian Museum [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2023] Cantonese Fun Night 2023 [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2022] Cantonese Fun Night 2022 [website<\/a> | recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2021] The First UBC Cantonese Speech Contest [website<\/a> | recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2020] The First UBC Cantonese Lyrics Competition [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2020] The Second UBC Cantonese Singing Contest (cancelled due to pandemic) [website<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2019] The Second Annual Cantonese Fun Night [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2018] The First UBC Cantonese Singing Contest [website<\/a> | photo album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEvents that I’ve attended as an adjudicator<\/h1>\n\n\n\n[2026] Cantopop Singing Contest, The Big Van [Instagram post<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2023] UBC Three-Minute Thesis Competition, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies<\/li>\n[2021] UBC Undergraduate Three-Minute Thesis Competition [Facebook page<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2020] The Voices of Our Community (a virtual Mandarin singing contest) [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2020] UBC Lantern Festival Poetry Night [event poster<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2015] UBC Cantonese Got Talent [recap<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSummer programs that I’ve coordinated<\/h1>\n\n\n\n[2019] Graduate Application Preparation Program [flyer<\/a>]<\/li>\n[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<\/a>]<\/li>\n[2016-2018] Summer language and cultural immersion for students of Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong [highlights<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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