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Allan has published his work in the ''Georgie Straight'', ''Ricepaper Magazine'', ''Diverse Magazine'', and short stories in the anthologies ''The Strangers and Eating Stories', A Chinese Canadian & Aboriginal Potluck''.  Having discovered in his genealogical research that his great-great-grandfather had arrived in Vancouver on [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=28520& March 11, 1899] at age 30 and great-grandfather in Vancouver on [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=70544& April 12, 1912] at age 24, Allan is currently working on a book project on the transnational journey of his family within the context of global migration in the 19th and 20th centuries.  During the day when he is at work, he is an academic librarian at the University of British Columbia [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/716 Library], where he specializes in research support for the Digital Humanities, English Language & Literature, and Asian Studies.  He maintains [http://www.allancho.com/ Allan's Catalogue].

He has served on the Board of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. In addition to being the Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop, he is a published writer and nurtures youth writers through the national Ricepaper Magazine which recently has morphed into a more dynamic digital publication. Allan spearheads the annual LiterASIAN festival, which is the only Asian Canadian Writers’ Festival in North America.  He consults on a variety of projects, and one called the Early Hong Kong-Canada Connections: An Exhibition-Oriented research Project to Uncover Historical Facts and Artefacts on Chinese Migration to the "New Gold Mountain" of Canada.  He volunteers in the museum sector, serving as a tour docent at the [http://vancouverchinesegarden.com/ Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden] and at the [https://www.roeddehouse.org/website/index.php/en/ Roedde House Museum].