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Dr. Wei Djao is an educator, entrepreneur, writer, author, editor, web magazine publisher, and scholar. She has also worked as a documentary film interviewer, narrator, and field consultant. She is currently a certified Instructor at the Toronto Davisville Kumon Learning Centre. [http://www.kumon.ca/CenterEpage/Home.aspx?p1=75eab5e9-e0fe-4214-9039-9695d5e8b751&p2=2&p3=toronto-davisville]
Dr. Wei Djao is an educator, entrepreneur, writer, author, editor, web magazine publisher, and scholar. She has also worked as a documentary film interviewer, narrator, and field consultant. She is currently a certified Instructor at an after school math and reading learning centre, Toronto-Davisville.


For many years Wei was on the faculty of the PhD. Program in Education (College of Education, Walden University, Minneapolis) [http://www.waldenu.edu/colleges-schools/riley-college-of-education] and she continues to have a keen interest in education. As an educator and professor, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge, [http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/sociology/] Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Saskatchewan, [http://www.arts.usask.ca/sociology/]a Senior Lecturer at Lingnan College, now Lingnan University in Hong Kong [http://www.ln.edu.hk/] and a tenured faculty at North Seattle Community College. [https://northseattle.edu/] She has also taught at California State University, Hayward (East Bay). [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/class/departments/sociology/]
As an educator and professor, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge, [http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/sociology/] Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Saskatchewan, [http://www.arts.usask.ca/sociology/]a Senior Lecturer at Lingnan College, now Lingnan University in Hong Kong [http://www.ln.edu.hk/] and a tenured faculty at North Seattle Community College. [https://northseattle.edu/] She has also taught at California State University, Hayward (East Bay). [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/class/departments/sociology/] For many years, Wei was on the faculty of the PhD. Program in Education (College of Education, Walden University, Minneapolis) [http://www.waldenu.edu/colleges-schools/riley-college-of-education] and she continues to have a keen interest in education.


She was a volunteer interpreter/translator at WoodGreen Community Services, [http://www.woodgreen.org/] serving Chinese immigrants with limited English. Her volunteer involvement also extended to the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), [http://canadianethnicmedia.com/] the Canada-China Friendship Association, [http://www.fccfa.ca/history.htm] and the East Asian Library at the University of Toronto. She also served as one of the Regional Councillors Advisory Board at TVO. [http://about.tvo.org/who-we-are/people/regional-councillors-advisory-board]
She was a volunteer interpreter/translator at WoodGreen Community Services, [http://www.woodgreen.org/] serving Chinese immigrants with limited English. Her volunteer involvement also extended to the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), [http://canadianethnicmedia.com/] the Canada-China Friendship Association, [http://www.fccfa.ca/history.htm] and the East Asian Library at the University of Toronto. She also served as one of the Regional Councillors Advisory Board at TVO. [http://about.tvo.org/who-we-are/people/regional-councillors-advisory-board]
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'''University courses:'''
'''University courses:'''


Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL England, United Kingdom
 
Tutor and Associate Professor: Dr. John T. Gilmore
Tutor and Associate Professor: Dr. John T. Gilmore


Course: EN9A4. Chinese Poetry and the English Reader, English and Comparative English Studies.  M.A. Program.
Course: EN9A4. ''Chinese Poetry and the English Reader, English and Comparative English Studies.'' M.A. Program.
   
   
Week 9: ''Approaches to Li Qingzhao: Kenneth Rexroth, Ling Chung and Wei Djao.''
Week 9: ''Approaches to Li Qingzhao: Kenneth Rexroth, Ling Chung and Wei Djao.''
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''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora''
''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora. '' Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003.
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid1498.htm
[http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid1498.htm]


'''Excerpt:'''
'''Excerpts:'''


Walter Quan
Walter Keoki Quan, Victoria
[http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2005/01/coming-out-gay-and-asian-in-vancouver.html]
[http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2005/01/coming-out-gay-and-asian-in-vancouver.html]


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'''University courses:'''
'''University courses:'''


Department of English Language and Literature
Department of English Language and Literature, University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland
University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland
 
Professor:  Deborah Madsen
Professor:  Deborah Madsen


Course: Literatures of the Chinese Diaspora, M.A. Seminar.
Course: ''Literatures of the Chinese Diaspora.'' M.A. Seminar.


10 Nov  Diasporic Testimonials: student presentations: individual diasporic narratives
10 Nov  ''Diasporic Testimonials: student presentations: individual diasporic narratives.''
Wei Djao, ''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora'' (2003).
Wei Djao, ''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora'' (2003).
[http://home.etu.unige.ch/~madsen/diaspora_literatures.htm]
[http://home.etu.unige.ch/~madsen/diaspora_literatures.htm]


''Reviews of '''Being Chinese''':''
Reviews of ''Being Chinese'':


Angela C. Pao, " Floatng Points: From Diasporic Spaces to Multicultural Places," ''Asian Colloquial Papers.'' Volume 1, Number 2, September 2011, 7-9.
Angela C. Pao, " Floatng Points: From Diasporic Spaces to Multicultural Places," ''Asia Colloquia Papers.'' Volume 1, Number 2, September 2011, 7-9.
[http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Publications/Asia_Colloquia_Papers_Pao.pdf]
[http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Publications/Asia_Colloquia_Papers_Pao.pdf]


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—''Library Journal''
—''Library Journal''


One does not need to be Chinese to enjoy Being Chinese. Indeed, the view given to non-Chinese by this masterful work is priceless and unprecedented.  
One does not need to be Chinese to enjoy ''Being Chinese.'' Indeed, the view given to non-Chinese by this masterful work is priceless and unprecedented.  


—''New York Resident''
—''New York Resident''
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"Opinion status as ethnic identity in the Chinese diaspora." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 32, Issue 3, 2002, 363-380. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472330280000251?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2sr_RDutA]
"Opinion status as ethnic identity in the Chinese diaspora." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 32, Issue 3, 2002, 363-380. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472330280000251?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2sr_RDutA]


"Asian Canadians and the Welfare State", ''Canadian Ethnic Studies,'' Volume. XIV. Number 2, 1982.
"Asian Canadians and the Welfare State", ''Canadian Ethnic Studies,'' Volume XIV. Number 2, 1982.
[http://www.crr.ca/en/library-a-clearinghouse/bibliographic-search/131-japanese-canadians/22723-canadian-ethnic-studies-etudes-ethniques-au-canada]
[http://www.crr.ca/en/library-a-clearinghouse/bibliographic-search/131-japanese-canadians/22723-canadian-ethnic-studies-etudes-ethniques-au-canada]


" ‘Traditional Chinese culture’ in the small factory of Hong Kong." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 11, Issue 4, 1981, 413-425.  [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472338185390281?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2q5PRDutA
" ‘Traditional Chinese culture’ in the small factory of Hong Kong." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 11, Issue 4, 1981, 413-425.  [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472338185390281?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2q5PRDutA]


"Equity and the democratization of knowledge."  ''Washington Center News,'' Fall 2002,  2.
"Equity and the democratization of knowledge."  ''Washington Center News,'' Fall 2002,  2.
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'''Media:'''
'''Media:'''


Wei was the editor and publisher of ''Ginger Post,'' an English-language online magazine targeting the Chinese and Asian community.
Wei was the editor and publisher of ''Ginger Post,'' an English-language online magazine targeting Chinese and Asian communities.
[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Post]
[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Post]
[http://canadianethnicmedia.com/?m=200905]
[http://canadianethnicmedia.com/?m=200905]
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