Student Spotlight: Tracy Cheung
October 14, 2022
Tracy Cheung (CAS ’22) reflects on her experience in Contemporary Asian Studies.
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Student Spotlight: Vamika Jain
October 14, 2022
Vamika Jain (CAS ’22) reflects on her experience in the program.
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Student Spotlight: Chan-Min Roh
October 14, 2022
Chan-Min Roh reflects on his experience as a CAS student.
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Student Spotlight: Abena Somiah
October 14, 2022
Abena Somiah (CAS ’22) reflects on her experience as a CAS student.
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Spotlight on Alumni: Sarah Lang (MAPS ’05)
March 6, 2021
“Don’t waste your time trying to “figure out” or “find” your purpose before you take action. Follow your curiosity, take action and then reflect back on it. Give yourself permission to live and try new things. You get to pick...
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Spotlight on Alumni: Alice Niu (CAS ’16)
October 15, 2020
“It does not matter where you work, but how people view your work and how you view your work.” Alice Niu (CAS ’16) completed her undergraduate degree in Contemporary Asian Studies and Ethics, Society and Law. During her time at the Asian...
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Spotlight on Alumni: Sonia Pang (CAS ’15)
October 15, 2020
Sonia Pang (CAS ’15) is the Senior Brand Enterprise Partnerships Specialist at Shutterstock, a stock media and editing tools provider headquartered in New York City. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2015, double-majoring in Political Science and...
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Spotlight on Alumni: Derek Li (MAPS ’17)
October 15, 2020
Derek Li (MPP, MAPS ’17) completed his Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) with the Collaborative Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies (MAPS) at the University of Toronto. Before coming back to graduate school at U of T, Derek had a successful...
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Thomas Siddall publishes research on gentrification and queer communities in Beijing
October 2, 2020
In 2019, Contemporary Asian Studies student Thomas Siddall received funding from the Dr. David Chu Scholarships in Asia-Pacific Studies to conduct fieldwork in Beijing. Thomas researches community and solidarity as movements of postmemory and respacialization, in the Sinosphere and across...
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Recent CAS Grad Publishes Article on China’s Digital Industrialization
August 19, 2020
In an article published on the NATO Association of Canada website, Mia Nguyen—a recent Contemporary Asian Studies grad— comments on China’s hukou reform strategies that would stimulate internal migration across the country.
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