PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, Canada
KEEFER WONG is a PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at York University. As a graduate associate at York Centre for Asian Research, his research intersects globalization, political sociology, knowledge production, Canada, China, and Hong Kong. He has presented in international conferences and published in academic and government reports. A recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council doctoral scholarship since he joined at York, Keefer is working on his dissertation examining anti-Asian racism, ethnonationalism, and experiences among older ethnic Chinese individuals who are born in Canada and those who immigrated to Canada as working adults. He has been an RA and GA for numerous research projects, including the SSHRC-funded project entitled “COVID19: Exploring the Experiences of Anti-Chinese/Asian Racism in the GTA” (PI: Guida C. Man), and was recently nominated for the Dean’s Teaching Award.
A century after the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese women still face challenges in Canada
Jul 11, 2023 07:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This July marks a century since the Chinese Exclusion Act was introduced in Canada. On June 23, a plaque was unveiled in the Senate in Ottawa to mark the centenary. While the act was in force, Chinese immigrants to...
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