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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.


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.
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.
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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
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'''Excerpts:'''
'''Excerpts:'''


Walter Keoki 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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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]


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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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