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SUMMARY: When Local Meets Transnational: Reciprocal Effects of Immigrants C
 irculating between Hong Kong and Canada
DESCRIPTION: When Local Meets Transnational: Reciprocal Effects of Immigran
 ts Circulating between Hong Kong and Canada Jan 19\, 2021: 5:30-7:30 PM PST
  | 9:30-11:30 AM (GMT+8) (Jan 20\, 2021) Jan 26\, 2021: 5:00-7:00 PM PST | 
 9:00-11:00 AM (GMT+8) (Jan 27\, 2021) an online forum organized by Dr. Miu 
 Chung Yan (School of Social Work\, UBC) Dr. […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><em><strong>When Local Meets Transnational
 : Reciprocal Effects of Immigrants Circulating between Hong Kong and Canada
 </strong></em></p><p><strong>Jan 19\, 2021: 5:30-7:30 PM PST | 9:30-11:30 A
 M (GMT+8) (Jan 20\, 2021)</strong></p><p><strong>Jan 26\, 2021: 5:00-7:00 P
 M PST | 9:00-11:00 AM (GMT+8) (Jan 27\, 2021)</strong></p><p><em>an online 
 forum organized by</em></p><p>Dr. Miu Chung Yan (School of Social Work\, UB
 C)<br />Dr. Sean Lauer (Sociology\, UBC)</p><p><em>and featuring presentati
 ons by</em></p><p>Dr. Leo Shin (UBC)<br />Dr. Helen Leung (Simon Fraser Uni
 versity)<br />Andy Yan (Simon Fraser University)<br />Dr. Joyce Chan (Carey
  Theological College)<br />Dr. Eric Fong (Hong Kong University)<br />Dr. La
 ke Lui (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)</p><p>The signing of the Joint De
 claration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort
 hern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Qu
 estion of Hong Kong in 1984 triggered a massive outmigration among Hong Kon
 g residents. More than 380\,000 HK people immigrated to Canada from the ear
 ly-1980s to the mid-1990s. Many later decided to return to Hong Kong after 
 securing their Canadian citizenship. The high transnational mobility among 
 HK immigrants had indeed drawn significant attentions in migration studies 
 until late 2000. Recently due to the sociopolitical situation in Hong Kong\
 , there has been a noticeable trend of reverse return migration among HK Ca
 nadian residing in Hong Kong. This emerging phenomenon has sparked new scho
 larly and public interests in HK immigrants to Canada. In this e-forum\, dr
 awing from the expertise of sociology\, urban planning\, religion studies\,
  history\, sexuality/cultural studies\, and social work\, we intend to revi
 sit the transnational migration experience of Hong Kong immigrants to Canad
 a.</p><p><a href="https://migr.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/
 2021/06/e-forum_poster_compressed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener norefe
 rrer" data-cke-saved-href="/sites/migration.ubc.ca/files/u348/e-forum_poste
 r_compressed.pdf"><strong>Click here to download full program schedule.</st
 rong></a></p>
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