{"id":68,"date":"2022-08-09T17:12:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T00:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:46:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to my website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-430 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2025\/09\/zoelam2025-293x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2025\/09\/zoelam2025-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2025\/09\/zoelam2025.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><br \/>\nHello! I am a Lecturer in <a href=\"https:\/\/cantonese.arts.ubc.ca\/\">Cantonese Language and Culture<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.ubc.ca\/\">Department of Asian Studies<\/a> at the University of British Columbia. You can learn more about my work here.<br \/>\n\u4f60\u597d\uff01\u6211\u4fc2\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u5351\u8a69\u5927\u5b78\u4e9e\u6d32\u7814\u7a76\u7cfb\u7cb5\u8a9e\u8ab2\u7a0b\u8b1b\u5e2b\u3002\u55ba\u5462\u500b\u7db2\u7ad9\u4f60\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e86\u89e3\u591a\u5572\u6211\u5605\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002<\/p>\n<h1>Latest News<\/h1>\n<p>[2026.10.01] I am deeply honoured to be recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.ubc.ca\/news\/2025-2026-lecturers-of-the-year\/\">Lecturer of the Year (2025\u20132026)<\/a> by the Department of Asian Studies.<\/p>\n<p>[2026.05.03] Our team has been awarded the OER Affordability Grant to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/oerfund.open.ubc.ca\/cantonese-textbook\/\">an open and interactive Cantonese textbook for beginners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[2025.09.01] I am honoured to be one of the recipients of the inaugural UBC <a href=\"https:\/\/pop-culture.arts.ubc.ca\/pop-pedagogies\/award\/\">Pop Pedagogies Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[2022.09.23] My monograph is now available. See <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/research\/\">this page<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-347\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/10\/C-Perception-of-lexical-tones-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/10\/C-Perception-of-lexical-tones-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/10\/C-Perception-of-lexical-tones.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I acknowledge that the University of British Columbia is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m, S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh, and S\u0259l\u0313\u00edlw\u0259ta\u026c Nations (Vancouver campuses) and the Syilx peoples (Okanagan campus). Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/native-land.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">native-land.ca<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.fpcc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/maps.fpcc.ca\/<\/a>\u00a0to learn more\u00a0about these places, peoples and\u00a0languages.<\/p>\n<p><em>This site was last updated on October 9, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I am a Lecturer in Cantonese Language and Culture in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. You can learn more about my work here. \u4f60\u597d\uff01\u6211\u4fc2\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u5351\u8a69\u5927\u5b78\u4e9e\u6d32\u7814\u7a76\u7cfb\u7cb5\u8a9e\u8ab2\u7a0b\u8b1b\u5e2b\u3002\u55ba\u5462\u500b\u7db2\u7ad9\u4f60\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e86\u89e3\u591a\u5572\u6211\u5605\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002 Latest News [2026.10.01] I am deeply honoured to be recognized as Lecturer of the Year (2025\u20132026) by the Department of Asian Studies. 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