CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

ASIAN CANADIAN STUDIES
DAY 1, March 14, Friday, St. John’s College

Registration and Breakfast 900am-930am
Welcome Remarks, Principals, St. John’s College/Green College, 930am-945am

Session 1: Asian Canadian Studies I (945am-1030am)
Title: Asian Canadian Art and Media Representation/s
Discussant: Prof. Chris Lee, UBC English

Justin Tse, Geography, University of British Columbia
The Hui Brothers and the 1970s Young Hongkonger Man:
Re-thinking the Astronaut in Context of 1970s Heterosexual Masculine Desire

Joanne Hui, Interdisciplinary Studies, Concordia University
The Research and Creation of A Graphic Novel: Comic Art Narrating Migration Experiences


Session 2: Asian Canadian Studies II (1045am-1200nn)
Title: Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Asian Canada
Discussant: Prof. Renisa Mawani, UBC Sociology

Sanzida Z Habib, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia
Race, Ethnic Diversity, Culture, and Multiculturalism: A Feminist Antiracist Examination of South Asian Canadian Women’s Utilization of Cancer Screening Services

Eisuke Shimo, Anthropology, Hokkaido University
Invoking “Japaneseness”: The Utilization of ethnic resources among new Japanese immigrants in Canada

Sannie Tang, Nursing, University of British Columbia
Critical conceptualization of immigrants as a ‘social group’: Possibilities for challenging social inequities and historical injustice


Lunch Break (1200nn-200pm)

Session 3: Asian Canadian Studies III (200pm-315pm)
Title: Asian Canadian Histories and Placemaking
Discussant: Prof. David Ley, UBC Geography

Ruth Mandajano, History, University of British Columbia
Hot Potatoes: Chinese-Canadian Resistance in Vancouver during the Exclusion Era

Laura Madokoro, History, University of British Columbia
A new kind of refugee: Hong Kong to Canada in 1962

Yin-Lun Chan, Architecture, University of British Columbia
Layering Upon Cultural Landscapes: Continuity as a Design Vision for Vancouver's Chinatown0

PLENARY SESSION: ASIA PACIFIC MIGRATION STUDIES IN TRANSITION
Fairmont Social Lounge, St. John’s College, 400pm-630pm

400pm-405pm Introduce Plenary Speaker: Lawrence Santiago, Geography, University of British Columbia
405pm-450pm Plenary: Prof. Brenda Yeoh, Geography, Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
450pm-530pm Response: Prof. Henry Yu, History, University of British Columbia, leading to Audience Q&A
530pm-700pm Wine and Cheese Reception for Prof. Yeoh at St. John’s College

TRANSPACIFIC MIGRATIONS
Day 2, March 15, Saturday, Green College

Breakfast, 900am-930am

Session 4: Transpacific Migration Studies I (930am-1045am)
Title: Korea as a Node of Pacific Migrations
Discussant: Prof. Jennifer Chun, UBC Sociology

Sung Sook Lim, Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Negotiating National and Ethnic Identities of Korean Chinese Workers in South Korea

Hui-Jung Kim, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marriage Migration and Changing Gender-Nation Relations in South Korea

Byoungha Lee, Political Science, Rutgers University
A Comparative study of Immigration Policies in Japan and Korea: From a Perspective of Historical Institutionalism

Session 5: Transpacific Migration Studies II (1045am-1200nn)
Title: Comparative Pacific Migrations Across Global Regions
Discussant: Prof. Henry Yu, UBC History

Judy Maxwell, History, Australia National University
Tracing the Chinese Diaspora in North America, Australasia, Latin America and Europe

Marilou Carrillo, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia
Transnational Feminism from Living Forced Migration, Marginalization, and Social Transformation: Perspectives of Filipino Women Activists in Three Continents

Kenneth Ho, Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Identity and Mainland-to-Hong Kong Migration

Lunch Break (1200nn-200pm) Asian-themed lunch at Green College for participants only (Please RSVP)

Session 6: Transpacific Migration Studies III (200pm-315pm)
Title: Class, Capital and Labor Migration in Asia Pacific
Discussant: Prof. Jim Glassman, UBC Geography

Jeaah Jung, Sociology, Oxford University
Effect of Social Capital on Migrant Workers: The Case of Korea

Junjia Ye, Geography, University of British Columbia
Multiple Identities in a Transnational Workplace: The Case of Singapore’s Financial Sector

Seok Hyeon Choi, Social Policy, Oxford University
How Do Skill Formation Regimes Influence Occupational Destination of Filipino Contract Workers?


Session 7: Transpacific Migration Studies IV (330-445pm)
Philippine Imagine-Nations: Filipina/o Global Migrations and the Media
Discussant: Prof. Nora Angeles, UBC Community and Regional Planning and Women’s Studies

Mark Lawrence Santiago, Geography, University of British Columbia
Who Cares? Global Nursing Shortage and the Politico-Cultural Economy of Philippine Nurse Migrations

Jason Cabanes, Communication, Ateneo de Manila University
Pinoy Postings: Young Filipino Professionals Blog Posts in Singapore

Jonathan Corpus Ong, Sociology, Cambridge University
Watching the Nation, Singing the Nation: How Filipino Migrants in London Construct Their Identity in the Media Rituals of News Reception and Karaoke